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King Salman Honors Dr. Nizar Madani

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King Salman Honors Dr. Nizar Madani

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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud conferred King Abdulaziz Sash of the second class on former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar bin Obaid Madani in recognition of his efforts, contributions, and services to his homeland.

This came during the King's reception of Dr. Madani at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Wednesday on the occasion of the end of his term of office.

The King commended Dr. Madani's efforts exerted during his service, stressing the importance of honoring everyone who works in the service of his country, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The audience was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of State for African Countries Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan and Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs Azzam bin Abdulkarim Al-Qain.

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Undersea Power Cable Linking Finland, Estonia Hit by Outage

Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
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Undersea Power Cable Linking Finland, Estonia Hit by Outage

Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday.

Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped Wednesday and that authorities were “investigating the matter.” He said the interruption would not affect electricity supplies in Finland, according to The AP.

Estonian network operator Elering said there was enough spare capacity to meet power needs on the Estonian side, public broadcaster ERR said on its website.

Authorities have been on edge about undersea infrastructure in the Baltic. Two data cables, one running between Finland and Germany, the other between Lithuania and Sweden, were severed in November.

Germany's defense minister said officials had to assume the incident was “sabotage," but without providing evidence or saying who might have been responsible. The remark came during a speech in which he discussed hybrid warfare threats from Russia.

The Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that once brought natural gas from Russia to Germany were damaged by underwater explosions in September 2022. Authorities have termed it sabotage and launched criminal probes.

The Estlink-2 cable was down for much of this year to repair damage from a short circuit that may have been caused by the cable's complex positioning, ERR reported.