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SAIB reports $139 million Q1 net profit

its assets increased by 20.08 percent to $43.65bn.

Nissan forecasts $5.3bn annual net loss

Last year, it announced 9,000 job cuts worldwide.

Saudia to acquire 20 wide-body aircraft

10 of these being acquired for its flydaeal low-cost airline

ADIB’s Q1 net profit $517 million

Q1 2025 net profit before tax increased 18% YoY.

Emirates Islamic Q1 profit $394m

The bank's profit crossed AED 1bn mark for the first time.

Newborn mortality and malnutrition surges in Gaza, says WHO

"From different doctors, particularly in the maternity hospitals, they're reporting that they're seeing a big rise in children born with...
  • WHO said that at Kamal Adwan, the only pediatric hospital in northern Gaza, at least 15 malnourished children are coming in per day.
  • The organization is unable to establish precise statistics on child mortality because of the devastation in the Palestinian territory after six months of war.

WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

"Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services, including treatment for cancer, injuries from bombardments,...
  • The WHO chief Ghebreyesus said that "Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services".
  • "With only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of #Gaza, thousands of patients continue to be deprived of health care," WHO chief said.

Poorer countries need money before raising climate targets, says COP29 head

Copenhagen, Denmark - Developing countries should not have to set stricter targets for cutting their carbon emissions before funds are available...
  • Addressing the meeting, Azerbaijan's Mukhtar Babayev said "there is a growing gap between the needs of developing countries and what's available.
  • This year, "finance will lie at the heart of climate diplomacy", said Babayev, the ecology and natural resources minister of Azerbaijan, host of COP29 climate summit.

UN warns record e-waste in 2022 a catastrophe for environment

On average, every person on earth generates roughly 7.8 kilograms (17 pounds 3 ounces) of e-waste each year, said the...
  • Less than one quarter of the 62 million tons of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled, resulting in heavy metals, plastics and toxic chemicals leaking from junked devices
  • The scourge is only going to worsen as demand for new technologies, including solar panels and electric vehicles, outpaces the ability to recycle, the report by UN says

Middle East poised to lead global crypto surge as Bitcoin eyes $100,000

Geneva, Switzerland - A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide...
  • Neurological conditions are now the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide
  • The overall amount of illness and premature death caused by neurological conditions has risen by 18% since 1990

Nervous system disorders surpass heart ailments as top cause of illness

Paris, France - Conditions affecting the nervous system -- such as strokes, migraines and dementia -- have surged past heart disease...
  • More than 3.4 billion people -- 43 percent of the global population -- experienced a neurological condition in 2021, far more than had previously been thought, the analysis found.
  • The researchers looked at how 37 different neurological conditions affected ill health, disability and premature death across 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021.

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022: UN report

Geneva, Switzerland – The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to...
  • The report reveals that more children are surviving today than ever before, with the global under-5 mortality rate declining by 51 percent since 2000
  • The loss of life is primarily due to preventable or treatable causes, such as preterm birth, complications around the time of birth, pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria

Man vaccinated for Covid 217 times shows no side effects

Paris, France - A German man who deliberately got vaccinated for Covid-19 a whopping 217 times did not report any side...
  • The immune system of the 62-year-old man from the central German city of Magdeburg -- who has not been named -- is still firing on all cylinders, the researchers said
  • They said the man voluntarily received so many shots against all medical advice, and warned against jumping to far-reaching conclusions from this single case

As truce talks resume in Cairo, people in Gaza suffer from hunger

Heavy fighting rocked besieged Gaza as aid agencies warned of looming famine and new talks were held in Cairo towards...
  • Combat and chaos again stalled the sporadic aid deliveries for desperate civilians in Gaza.
  • The UN World Food Program said it was forced to halt aid deliveries in north Gaza because of "complete chaos and violence".

WHO registers eighty percent rise in measles case

Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization voiced alarm on Tuesday at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000...
  • At least 95 percent of children need to be fully vaccinated against the disease in a locality to prevent outbreaks, but global vaccination rates have slipped to 83 percent.
  • WHO official Crowcroft pointed out that 92 percent of all children who die from measles live among less than a quarter of the global population, mainly in very low-income countries

Accord reached ‘in principle’ over tackling future pandemics: negotiating body

WHO members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of...

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Saudi Arabia to host largest health event with global participation on Oct 21-23

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the seventh edition of the Global Health Forum under the...

Global fears spread about Mpox- How worried should you be?

The World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Europe warned on Thursday that Mpox could spread to other countries after...

Saudi king treated for lung infection: statement

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's King Salman has a lung infection and is undergoing a treatment programme involving antibiotics, the...

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From polar bears to groundwater, nature is riddled with ‘forever chemicals’

Paris, France - They didn't exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from groundwater to Antarctic...
  • On Thursday, a French legislator will introduce a bill to address what he calls the health "emergency" posed by exposure to PFAS in the environment
  • Widely used in everyday items, highly durable, and very slow to break down, PFAS have been detected in water, air, fish and soil in the remotest corners of the globe

Newborn mortality and malnutrition surges in Gaza, says WHO

"From different doctors, particularly in the maternity hospitals, they're reporting that they're seeing a big rise in children born with...
  • WHO said that at Kamal Adwan, the only pediatric hospital in northern Gaza, at least 15 malnourished children are coming in per day.
  • The organization is unable to establish precise statistics on child mortality because of the devastation in the Palestinian territory after six months of war.

WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

"Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services, including treatment for cancer, injuries from bombardments,...
  • The WHO chief Ghebreyesus said that "Around 9,000 patients urgently need to be evacuated abroad for lifesaving health services".
  • "With only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of #Gaza, thousands of patients continue to be deprived of health care," WHO chief said.