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Misk, Mohammed bin Rashid Knowledge Foundation Sign Partnership Agreement

Aspects of cooperation include launching empowering initiatives and training 300 young men and women in various skills. SPA
Aspects of cooperation include launching empowering initiatives and training 300 young men and women in various skills. SPA
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Misk, Mohammed bin Rashid Knowledge Foundation Sign Partnership Agreement

Aspects of cooperation include launching empowering initiatives and training 300 young men and women in various skills. SPA
Aspects of cooperation include launching empowering initiatives and training 300 young men and women in various skills. SPA

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (Misk) signed a partnership agreement with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation on the sidelines of the Misk Global Forum organized by Misk on the Al-Bujairi hill in the historic district of Diriyah under the slogan “Think and Impact.”

Forum participants included leaders, thinkers, innovators, and creators from around the world.

The Misk Foundation was represented by Executive Vice President Eng. Omar Najjar, and the Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation was represented by Executive Director Jamal bin Juwaireb.

The agreement aims to strengthen the strategic partnership, integrate efforts to serve beneficiaries, and create a positive and constructive impact to empower young men and women in various key fields.

Aspects of cooperation include launching empowering initiatives and training 300 young men and women in various skills through training materials developed in cooperation with Coursera and the United Nations Development Program. It also includes empowering beneficiaries by providing programs that enhance the cognitive potential of Arab youth.

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Latest Tests Show Seine Water Quality Was Substandard When Paris Mayor Took a Dip

Boats carrying members of delegations sail along the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. (AFP)
Boats carrying members of delegations sail along the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. (AFP)
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Latest Tests Show Seine Water Quality Was Substandard When Paris Mayor Took a Dip

Boats carrying members of delegations sail along the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. (AFP)
Boats carrying members of delegations sail along the Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. (AFP)

Tests results released Friday showed the water quality in the River Seine was slightly below the standards needed to authorize swimming — just as the Paris Olympics start.

Heavy rain during the opening ceremony revived concerns over whether the long-polluted waterway will be clean enough to host swimming competitions, since water quality is deeply linked with the weather in the French capital.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a highly publicized dip last week in a bid to ease fears. The Seine will be used for marathon swimming and triathlon.

Daily water quality tests measure levels of fecal bacteria known as E. coli.

Tests by monitoring group Eau de Paris show that at the Bras Marie, E. coli levels were then above the safe limit of 900 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters determined by European rules on June 17, when the mayor took a dip.

The site reached a value of 985 on the day the mayor swam with Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet and the top government official for the Paris region, Marc Guillaume, joined her, along with swimmers from local swimming clubs.

At two other measuring points further downstream, the results were below the threshold.

The statement by Paris City Hall and the prefecture of the Paris region noted that water quality last week was in line with European rules six days out of seven on the site which is to host the Olympic swimming competitions.

It noted that "the flow of the Seine is highly unstable due to regular rainfall episodes and remains more than twice the usual flow in summer," explaining fluctuating test results.

Swimming in the Seine has been banned for over a century. Since 2015, organizers have invested $1.5 billion to prepare the Seine for the Olympics and to ensure Parisians have a cleaner river after the Games. The plan included constructing a giant underground water storage basin in central Paris, renovating sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants.