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Signs agreement to cover treatment costs
The Royal Humanitarian Foundation signed an agreement with King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Centre to provide financial grants for Syrian refugees with cancer unable to afford treatment in Jordan. The initiative enables beneficiaries to access diagnostic, treatment and comprehensive medical care services at the centre.
BNA LOCAL · · BH
Monitors participate in Russian Federation election
Ali Ahmed Al Derazi, Chairperson of Bahrain's National Institution for Human Rights, observed Russia's State Duma elections at the invitation of the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights. He visited polling stations and election headquarters, reviewed voting procedures, and participated in a roundtable on election monitoring and best practices.
BNA LOCAL · · RU
joins IAP seminar on wildlife crime database
Counsellor Adnan Mattar Fakhro and Senior Advocate Hassan Abbas Al Haddad of Bahrain's Public Prosecution participated in a remote international seminar organised by the International Association of Prosecutors. The seminar introduced OCTOPUS, a legal database designed to assist legal professionals in addressing transnational wildlife crime.
BNA LOCAL · · BH
joins Fintech Forward 2026 on October 7-8
Bahrain Bourse announced its participation as Platinum Sponsor of Fintech Forward 2026, hosted by Bahrain Economic Development Board on October 7-8. The event brings together industry leaders and policymakers to explore opportunities shaping finance's future under the theme Finance in the Age of Intelligent Infrastructure.
BNA BUSINESS · · BH
Marks 96th Saudi National Day via embassy reception
Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah attended a reception hosted by Saudi Arabia's Embassy in Bahrain, marking the kingdom's 96th National Day. He conveyed congratulations from Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to Saudi leadership, affirming Bahrain's solidarity and support for Saudi Arabia's security and stability.
BNA LOCAL · · BH
Commends King's talks with Hellenic Republic leaders
King Hamad received Crown Prince Salman after a successful visit to Greece, where he met President Constantine Tassoulas and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The discussions enhanced Bahrain-Greece partnership across all areas. The King also commended Saudi Arabia's development achievements and strongly condemned Iran-backed Houthi terrorist attacks.
BNA LOCAL · · BH
Discovers record-low mass objects in Perseus region
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered brown dwarfs with masses as low as twice Jupiter's in the star-forming region IC 348, located 1,000 light-years away. This challenges previous theories suggesting brown dwarfs could not be less than about 10 times Jupiter's mass. The findings reveal objects only slightly more massive than giant planets.
Tech Explorist ·
Confirms youngest planet ever, Elias 2-24 b, 450 light-years
Astronomers using NASA-funded archives discovered Elias 2-24 b, the youngest known planet at less than a million years old, orbiting star Elias 2-24 about 450 light-years away. The Jupiter-sized world still sits embedded in its dusty birth disk, challenging existing planet-formation models that previously struggled to explain planets only 5 million years old.
Tech Explorist ·
Study reveals how viruses build capsids via Nature
Researchers at Oxford used mass photometry and single-molecule trapping to watch virus-like particles assemble piece by piece in real time. The process starts with weak, reversible protein interactions that allow trial-and-error exploration. When five protein units form a pentagonal ring, the structure becomes stable, accelerating growth toward the final capsid shell.
Tech Explorist · · GB
Grows human neurons in mice, replicating brain development
Stanford Medicine researchers successfully transplanted human cortical organoids into genetically engineered mice lacking their own cortex. The xenocortical mice developed human neurons that survived, formed neural circuits, and connected with the mouse spinal cord. Within months, over 90 percent of cortical tissue was human origin.
Tech Explorist · · US
Reconstructs 10-second video clips from neural activity
Researchers at University College London decoded what mice saw by recording single neuron activity in the visual cortex using calcium imaging. They reconstructed video clips by comparing neural responses to blank screens versus movies, then used an algorithm to rebuild the seen footage from brain signals alone.
Tech Explorist · · GB
NASA tracks Earth's mass movements millimeters accurately
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed a method combining GPS tracking and satellite orbital data to accurately measure seasonal shifts in Earth's center of mass caused by oceans, ice, and atmosphere. The new hybrid technique reveals the movement is about half the size previously estimated eight years ago.
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