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Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.

AD Ports Group 2024 revenue $4.70bn

The Group's EBITDA increased by 69 percent YOY.

Tesla sales tumble in Europe in Q1

The company suffered from boycotts against the policies of Elon Musk.

Ford’s US Q1 auto sales dip

But its Q1 figures exceed a forecast by Edmunds

Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

The property giant attributes loss to falling sales and shrinking profit.

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

UN agencies warn of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths

Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had...
  • At least 90 percent of children under five in Gaza are affected by one or more infectious diseases, according to a joint assessment by the UN agencies
  • Seventy percent children had had diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the assessment, marking a 23-fold increase compared to the 2022 baseline

HMG 2023 net profit $544m

The rise was due to the hospitals and pharmacy segments.
  • The increase in net profit came as revenues edged up 14.41 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US$2.5 billion (SAR 9.5 billion).
  • Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 18.49 percent YoY to US$666 million (SAR 2.5 billion).

WEF24: AI-generated drugs promise cost reduction

AI is playing a critical role across the biomedical spectrum, from accelerating drug discovery to improving care delivery systems, says...
  • AI is playing a critical role across the biomedical spectrum, from accelerating drug discovery to improving care delivery systems, says Dr Alex Zhavoronkov of Insilico Medicine.
  • The latest technology enables end-to-end systems, and today, what we see is the true pinnacle of AI-powered drug discovery: the integration of AI and robotics, he adds

World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission

Clark, Philippines - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in...
  • Starting this week in the Philippines, the US agency's DC-8 is flying for up to eight hours at a time, sometimes just 50 feet from the ground, to swoop up air particles for study.
  • Millions of deaths each year are linked to air pollution, and improving the ability to identify its sources and behavior can lead to more accurate warning systems for the public.

Stealth to Health: Medical innovation to combat silent killers

The future of healthcare is shifting towards decentralized, preventive care, leveraging AI to anticipate risks and improve long-term health outcomes,...

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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...

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 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,...

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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.