MADRID: Spain will donate 500,000 doses of the mpox vaccine, or 20 percent of its stockpile, to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, according to reports. In a statement today, the Ministry of Health of Spain said that the country had urged the European Commission to propose that all EU member states donate […]
NEW YORK: Evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military have impacted the safety of humanitarians delivering aid in the Gaza Strip, the head of the UN’s Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) said on Tuesday. “Mass evacuation orders are the latest in a long list of unbearable threats to UN and humanitarian personnel,” Under-Secretary-General Gilles […]
GENEVA: Following the global emergency declaration on 14th August, WHO announced on Tuesday that it requires $87.4 million over six months, from September 2024 to February 2025, to collaborate with countries, partners, and stakeholders to stop the ongoing mpox outbreak. In its latest appeal, WHO detailed that these funds will support critical activities outlined in […]
Dubai: Jay Shah has been elected unopposed as the next Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Shah, who has served as the BCCI Honorary Secretary since October 2019 and Chair of the Asian Cricket Council since January 2021, will assume this prestigious role on December 1, 2024. Shah was the sole nominee for […]
Musk also talked about the safety of humans inside the spacecraft. He further added, “Crew safety is absolutely paramount and this mission carries more risk than usual, as it will be the furthest humans have traveled from Earth since Apollo and the first commercial spacewalk!” The ambitious Polaris Dawn project, which will see Elon Musk-led […]
SEOUL: The Republic of Korea has reported eleven cases of mpox, all of which are the less severe Clade II variant, according to health authorities this year. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced that the most recent case was detected this month. In response to the situation, authorities have increased border screening […]
NEW DELHI: India is set to launch the “Unified Lending Interface” (ULI) nationwide, following its pilot project last year, according to Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Das announced the upcoming rollout of ULI at the Global Conference on Digital Public Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies in Bengaluru. Das compared ULI to […]
BRUSSELS: Belgium has reported over 1,192 cases of bluetongue virus affecting livestock. The Belgian Health Authority indicated that the bluetongue virus is spreading rapidly across the country, with cases rising from 874 last week to 1,192 this week. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) has recommended vaccinating cattle and sheep. […]
BERLIN: Germany is donating 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine to African countries affected by the disease, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in Berlin on Monday. In the medium term, Germany, together with European partners, will also support the African Union in setting up local vaccine production, German news agency dpa quoted Hebestreit as saying. According […]
MAINZ: Near the Fijian Islands in the south-western Pacific, the ocean has not been as warm in the past 600 years as it is today, according to a study published in Science Advances journal. The data is “further evidence of the unprecedented warming of the western Pacific,” according to the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) […]
Event originally scheduled for Bangladesh will now be held across two venues in the UAE from 3 October. 23 matches featuring the top 10 women’s teams in the world from 3 to 20 October in the UAE. Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the revised schedule for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup […]
