The Supreme Court urged MCGM and Railways to prevent incidents like the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse that killed 14. Precautions are needed before monsoon to avoid such tragedies.

RIYADH: Climate change poses a significant threat to agriculture, with serious implications for food security, livelihoods and access to water. That is why Saudi Arabia is adopting a range of innovative and sustainable farming practices. As summer temperatures become more intense around the world, crop yields are dwindling and water scarcity mounting, raising the specter of food insecurity in some regions and higher prices on domestic and global markets.

RIYADH: The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh has called on all Hajj pilgrims to strictly adhere to security and official instructions by obtaining a Hajj permit and the vaccinations required by the Ministry of Health, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The grand mufti, who is also the chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars and head of the General Presidency for Scholarly Research and Fatwa, said that pilgrims were not allowed to go to Hajj without a permit.

RIYADH: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center distributed 25,000 bread bundles to needy families in Lebanon, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The food packs were given to Syrian and Palestinian communities living in northern Lebanon, benefiting 62,500 individuals from 12,500 families. The aid is part of Saudi Arabia’s effort to support vulnerable families in the region and beyond. Around 100,000 Syrians relocated to neighbouring Lebanon after the civil war of 2011, with over 90 percent of Syrian households there living in poverty.

JEDDAH: Prince Saud bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz, the deputy governor of Makkah province, received some 400 pilgrims arriving at the Jeddah international airport early Saturday from the city of Surabaya, Indonesia, the SPA reported. They were among those who came through the “Makkah Route,” an initiative launched by the Saudi government six years ago to facilitate travel procedures for those performing the rituals of Hajj in the Kingdom.

A tourist from Australia had his trip disrupted when he suffered a serious asthma attack after his first night in Singapore. In a post on Facebook group Complaint Singapore on Wednesday (June 5), Nguyen Luoi said he had booked a three-night stay at a hotel in Bugis via a third-party website. The hotel is listed as three-star online. After checking into the hotel on Monday, Nguyen was given a room that did not have a window. When he woke up the next morning, he said he experienced breathing difficulties which persisted throughout the day. He attributed this to the presence of mould in the room. His post included a video of what looked like mould growing on the room's air-conditioning vents, which he believed had caused his asthma attack.  «I suspect the flimsy wallpaper also hides more mould as I've never had an asthma attack this bad,» he wrote. In a subsequent email to the hotel, he said that he did not bring along his asthma medication «as I have not had a use for it for a long time».

Lieutenant Jonathan Loh, 25, has become the first Singaporean in nearly 30 years to graduate top of his cohort at the prestigious United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). At his graduation ceremony in Colorado on May 30, LTA Loh – the only Singaporean in his year – waved the Singapore flag with pride after receiving 10 awards. The last time a Singaporean topped the USAFA programme was in 1995. The four-year USAFA programme receives 12,000 applications every year but accepts only 1,100 to 1,200 students. Of these, only 15 are international cadets. Only two Singaporeans have ever been top graduates of the course. The other was Colonel (Retired) Low Chung Guan. Graduating international cadets are typically honoured at the USAFA’s graduation ceremony, where they get the chance to fly their country’s flag. Speaking to reporters on June 7, LTA Loh recalled how he felt “proud, thankful, honoured and humbled” when he flew the Singapore flag. “It wasn’t about me at that moment but the people behind me.” 

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