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African health agency says DRC fighting has spawned ‘health emergency’

  • ADDIS ABABA: The head of Africa’s health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a “full-scale public health emergency,” warning that the fighting there could fuel major pandemics. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has been advancing across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s vola...
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Eight Chinese Hangor submarines to enter Pakistan fleet ‘very soon’— naval chief

  • ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Pakistan Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, has said this month eight Hangor-class submarines built for Pakistan by China would be included in the South Asian country’s fleet “very soon.” The joint construction of eight Hangor-class submarines is a key project in China...
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Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk

  • WASHINGTON: About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have up to a 4 in 10 chance of ...
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World has already forgotten the lessons of COVID

  • In December 2019, as the world was looking ahead to a new year, a novel virus was quietly spreading in China, having most likely made the leap from animals to humans in a Wuhan wet market. Soon, the COVID-19 pandemic would bring the world to a grinding halt, forcing billions of people into unpr...
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AlUla celebrates citrus harvest with Citrus Season 2025

  • ALULA: The Royal Commission for AlUla launched Citrus Season 2025 on Friday. The event coincides with the peak harvest period, and “underscores the RCU’s commitment to supporting the agricultural sector and establishing AlUla as a premier agritourism destination,” according to a statement. Ra...
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Tech-savvy Saudis push consumer fintech to new heights

  • RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s tech-savvy population is pushing consumer fintech to new heights, with innovations such as buy now, pay later gaining significant traction, according to industry experts.  In an interview with Arab News, Arjun Singh, partner and global head of fintech at Arthu...
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Haleon Pakistan to start manufacturing multivitamin brand Centrum

  • KARACHI: Haleon Pakistan plans to start manufacturing multivitamin brand Centrum in the country for domestic sales and export, its CEO said, as it seeks to boost sales in the country amid lower inflation. The Pakistan unit of British consumer health care firm Haleon plans to expand its pain m...
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Investigation reveals a Russian factory’s plan to mix decoys with a new deadly weapon in Ukraine

  • KYIV: A high-tech factory in central Russia has created a new, deadly force to attack Ukraine: a small number of highly destructive thermobaric drones surrounded by huge swarms of cheap foam decoys. The plan, which Russia dubbed Operation False Target, is intended to force Ukraine to expend sc...
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PM launches prevention program as over 33 million Pakistanis found to have diabetes

  • ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday, National Diabetes Day, his government was launching a new program for the control and prevention of diabetes in a country where over 33 million people had the chronic disease.  According to a new analysis in The La...
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UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

  • LONDON: British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa. Scientists said the risk to the public remains low. Authorities an...
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