In a chaotic display of tomato-flinging frenzy, 22,000 revellers joyfully bombarded each other during Spain's annual "La Tomatina" street showdown in the charming eastern town of Buñol.
Tracing its origins back to a spontaneous food skirmish among local children in 1945, the festival, situated in a tomato-rich area, culminates each year on the final Wednesday of August.
Gaining significant media coverage during the 1980s propelled it into a worldwide phenomenon, now attracting attendees from across the globe.
In a chaotic display of tomato-flinging frenzy, 22,000 revellers joyfully bombarded each other during Spain's annual "La Tomatina" street showdown in the charming eastern town of Buñol.
Tracing its origins back to a spontaneous food skirmish among local children in 1945, the festival, situated in a tomato-rich area, culminates each year on the final Wednesday of August.
Gaining significant media coverage during the 1980s propelled it into a worldwide phenomenon, now attracting attendees from across the globe.
Oman’s Ahmad al Harthy returns to race action this weekend during round six of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the event marking another fresh test for the Team WRT driver with his maiden visit to the Circuit of the Americas in the USA. Badged as the ‘Lone Star Le Mans’, the six-hour race at COTA in Austin, Texas, will be contested on September 1, and Al Harthy and his esteemed team-mates in the No 46 BMW M4 LMGT3 entry, Valentino Rossi and Maxime Martin, are determined to deliver a serious points haul.
Lebanon crisis deepens amid escalating conflict. On Sunday, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Lebanon.
Lebanon crisis deepens amid escalating conflict. On Sunday, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Lebanon.
The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MoHT) is organising the Omani Culinary Arts Festival from August 22 to 26 at Al Haffa Beach in Salalah, coinciding with the Khareef Dhofar Season 2024 events.
Amira al Lawati, Head of the Food Tourism and Culinary Arts Programme at the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, stated that the festival will feature a variety of activities over the five days.
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Clouds flow over most governorates, with low clouds or fog forming over the coastal areas of the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Sea, and autumn clouds condensing over Dhofar Governorate.
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The Minister of Labour has issued a decision (452/2024), temporarily suspending permits for the employment of expatriate workers in specific professions for six months.
The decision called for the suspension of the issuance of trading permits for the employment of expatriate workers in certain professions Based on the Labour Law issued by Royal Decree 53/2023 and guidelines provided by the Ministry of Labour for trading permits as per the decision 180/2022.
The Minister of Labour has issued a decision (452/2024), temporarily suspending permits for the employment of expatriate workers in specific professions for six months.
The decision called for the suspension of the issuance of trading permits for the employment of expatriate workers in certain professions Based on the Labour Law issued by Royal Decree 53/2023 and guidelines provided by the Ministry of Labour for trading permits as per the decision 180/2022.
Article 1 states that the issuance of trading permits for the employment of non-Omani workers in private sector establishments for the professions listed in the attached annex is suspended for six months.
Article 2: Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1, permits may be issued for the employment of non-Omani workers in the professions listed in the annex, provided that the request for renewal or transfer of services is submitted from within the Sultanate of Oman.
Article 3: This decision shall come into effect on September 1 and the concerned authorities are responsible for implementing its provisions.
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1- Construction Worker/General
2- Cleaning Worker/ general buildings
3- Loading and Unloading Worker
4- Bricklayer
5- Steel Fixer
6- Tailor / Women's Clothing / General
7- Tailor / Men's Clothing / General
8- Electrician / General Electrical Installations
9- Waiter
10- Painter
11- Chef/General
12- Electrician / Home Installations
13- Barber
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Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them.
On Tuesday, air strikes killed five Palestinians in the Al-Bureij camp, in the central Gaza Strip, medics said, while two others were killed in a separate air strike in Rafah, near the southern Gaza border with Egypt.
According to readings from the meteorological monitoring stations of the CAA, the Wilayat of Nakhl recorded the highest amount of rainfall at 48.6 mm, followed by the Wilayat of Al Buraimi at 24.6 mm, then the Wilayat of Rustaq at 22.8 mm.
Cloud advection is expected over most of the governorates, with chances of isolated rain of varying intensity and occasional thunderstorms over the governorates of South Al Batinah, Al Dakhiliyah, Muscat, North Al Batinah, Al Dhahirah, Al Buraimi, North Al Sharqiyah, and Musandam.
At least 83 people were killed and scores injured after landslides in the hills of India's southern Kerala state, local media reported, with rescue operations obstructed after a main bridge collapsed in the region.
State Health Minister Veena George said that over 70 people were injured and the Indian Express reported that many people are likely to have been washed away in the Chaliyar river.
"The situation is serious. The government has pressed all agencies into rescue," state Forest Minister A K Saseendran told Reuters after the landslides in the Wayanad district of the state.
More rain was predicted through the day. The army was roped in to build a temporary bridge after a bridge in the district that linked the affected area, mostly tea and cardamom estates, to the nearest town of Chooralmala was destroyed, Saseendran added. #Wayanad
