Month : September 2022

Health

$1.5 billion WHO campaign aims to prevent bacterial meningitis in Africa

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced it will launch a $1.5 billion campaign to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 million children in Africa have not yet received their meningitis vaccinations, raising fears of a resurgence......
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UAE ranks 26th globally, 1st regionally in UNDP Human Development Report

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According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s 2021/2022 Human Development Report, the UAE ranked 26th globally and first in the Arab world, beating Spain, France and Italy. Human Development Index (HDI) measures progress in three fundamental dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge, and......
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Meeting with North Korea on family reunions is being proposed by South Korea

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Despite long-strained ties between the rivals over the North’s nuclear weapons program, South Korea’s new government proposed a meeting with North Korea on Thursday to reunite families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War. AP reports that family reunions are highly emotional and humanitarian issues because they typically involve people who......
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Albanian government severs diplomatic ties with Iran after July cyberattacks

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Albania has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled its embassy staff. This is because of an alleged cyberattack carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites nearly two months ago, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said. A country cutting diplomatic ties over a cyberattack was the first known instance of......