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Tehran- The United States seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane sold to Iran by Venezuela’s official airline. Tehran condemned the incident.
The US Department of Justice announced late Monday that the plane had been taken into custody. Washington says Iran’s Mahan Air 2022 sale of planes to Venezuela violates sanctions against Tehran.
Mahan Airlines was sanctioned after it was found to have links with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Washington said Mahan Air’s sale of the plane to Venezuela’s Emtrasur violated sanctions.
“Mahan Air plays a major role in supplying arms and fighters to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah. Violated export restrictions by selling plane to Venezuelan cargo airline Now, it is the property of the US government,” Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod said in a statement.

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2024-02-13 12:17:10

RIYADH – Confirmation that the video circulating on social media is old, showing footage of six loads of onions being hoarded by the Ministry of Commerce in an attempt to create an artificial shortage in the market and increase prices. The fake video is being circulated with footage of Ministry of Commerce officials seizing 100 tons of onions hidden in six lorries near Aziziya Wholesale Market in South Riyadh. It became clear that this incident happened three years ago during the corona epidemic. On that day, Al-Iqbariya channel broadcast the footage of the Ministry of Commerce seizing the hoarded onion stocks. This video is now being circulated on the pretext that it is a new incident. This video has nothing to do with the current onion crisis in the local market.
Three years ago, the Ministry of Commerce seized the onion stock belonging to three trading companies. The onion stock was hoarded by the owners to create an artificial shortage in the market and raise the price. In this case, the Ministry of Commerce summoned the owners of the establishment for questioning and handed over the case against them to the concerned department for taking legal action. The seized onion stocks were later distributed to the local market at a fair price through the intervention of the ministry.

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2024-02-09 14:30:01

Jeddah- Aiming to improve the quality of services, the Jawazat department has launched eight new e-services. The new services will be available through the Abshir and Mukeem sites. Four new services have been introduced in Abshir and Mukhim.
Abshir has introduced a new service to report passport theft and loss. Digital ID and Mukeem print for those coming on visitor visa will also be available through Abshir from now on. (Until now it was necessary to go directly to Jawasat to take the print.

The service to correct the change occurred while transliterating the name in Iqama is available at Mukhim. Apart from this, Mukhimil service is also made available to report loss of iqama. From now on Mookim will also be able to get visa information. A service to receive sponsor’s visa alert has also been introduced.

The new scheme was announced at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Passports under the leadership of the Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz. Abshir and Mukeem is the electronic service platform of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Passport Director General Lieutenant General Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al Yahya, National Information Center Director Dr. The announcement was made in the presence of Essam Bin Abdullah Al Waqit and Engineer Tamar Bin, Deputy Assistant Minister for Technology Affairs. Ilm CEO Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Saad Al Jadi also attended.

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2024-02-06 20:58:25

ABU DHABI – Nearly half of UAE residents are stressed by the rising ‘cost of living’, according to a survey released by a global healthcare services company. Personal and family financial worries are reported to lead to greater anxiety and stress.

45 percent of respondents indicated that the ‘cost of living crisis’ caused by global inflation was the main cause of stress for UAE residents. This concern is followed by problems related to personal (40 percent) and family finances. (39 percent),” the study was conducted by Cigna Healthcare.
‘Financial concerns are likely to increase going forward as global interest rates remain high in the coming months – added Cigna Healthcare, which has been operating in the MENA region for nearly 20 years.

Cigna Healthcare surveyed more than 10,800 people in 12 countries, including the UAE, from May to June 2023, called the ‘Vitality Study’.

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2024-02-02 21:02:18

New York-Many of us eat fish. However, not all fish are edible. Pufferfish is such an inedible fish. A 46-year-old man named Magno Sergio Gomez of Brazil became ill after eating a pufferfish and died later. The New York Post reported that the tragic incident took place in Aracruz, Spartito Santa, Brazil. Myrian Gomez Lopez, Magno Sergio Gomez’s sister, said she never once saw her brother clean or eat a pufferfish.
Some reports say that Magno was gifted the poisonous pufferfish by an unnamed friend. The pufferfish was washed and cut by Magno and his friend. Then its liver and intestines were removed and fried in lemon juice. Then they both ate the fish. Within an hour, both expressed their discomfort. Myrian Gomez Lopez says Magno started to feel numbness in his mouth at this point. As the discomfort worsened, Magno drove himself to the hospital within eight minutes. By this time, however, the discomfort had intensified and within eight minutes he suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Reports also say that he died a few days later.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that Magno was infected with tetrodotoxin, a toxin harmful to humans found in the liver and reproductive organs of pufferfish, when the carcass was autopsied. More than 1,000 times more lethal than cyanide, this toxin disrupts nerve signals to muscles. The body then loses strength, leading to paralysis and death.
After reaching the hospital, Magno collapsed and was admitted to the ICU. Magno died on January 27 after spending 35 days in the hospital’s ICU. Meanwhile, the toxicity affected the whole body and the body became weak, while the epilepsy affected the brain severely. Magno died but his friend survived. But the report also indicated that his legs were suffering from neurological problems. According to reports, the friend still has difficulty walking. Meanwhile, puffer fish is eaten in Japan. But reports also say that it was cooked after cleaning it in a special way.

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2024-02-02 02:18:56