AI companions present risks for young users, US watchdog warns
New York, United States -- AI companions powered by generative artificial intelligence present real risks and should be banned for...Technology Health Science
‘Something new for the honey market’: Austria trials DNA testing to uncover fraud
Voels, Austria -- At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a...Business Science
Antibiotics shortages hit nations as surging illnesses spur demand
Hospitals in many countries have come under pressure from a rising number of illnesses including what has been dubbed a...But ramping up production of antibiotics has proved difficult for drug makers, particularly for cheap generic medicines that offer a slender profit margin.
Pharmaceutical companies who had cut back production because of the previously falling demand are now scrambling to meet skyrocketing orders, causing delays.
UN nature deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030
MONTREAL, CANADA - A UN nature deal proposed Sunday calls to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030...It called on wealthy countries to increase financial aid to the developing world to $20 billion annually by 2025.
Developing countries, spearheaded by Brazil, were seeking the creation of a new fund to signal the global north's commitment to the cause.
Dubai Supreme Council of Energy reviews efforts to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
DUBAI, UAE - Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum chaired the 73rd...The meeting discussed a proposal by ENOC to supply petroleum products to Al Maktoum International Airport through the Falcon Station in Jebel Ali.
It also discussed the national system for trading carbon credits in cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment.
UAE climate change ministry launches roadmap to plant 100m mangroves by 2030
ABU DHABI, UAE - UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) launched the roadmap for the National Carbon Sequestration...This is as part of its efforts to implement the UAE's strategic initiative to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
The project is part of the strategic directions of the UAE to increase reliance on nature-based solutions in facing environmental challenges.
UAE participates in First Framework Working Group meeting within G20 Finance Track
BENGALURU, INDIA - The UAE participated in the first Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting within the G20 Finance Track, which...Held for the first time under India’s G20 presidency in Bengaluru, the meeting sought to discuss the work plan for FWG in 2023.
The meeting was also attended by G20 members, invited countries and representatives from international organizations.
Climate change fuelling cholera surge, says WHO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Climate change is fueling a global cholera upsurge, the WHO said Friday, warning the situation was compounded by...Fatality rates are extremely high for most of the countries for which the UN health agency has data.
Cholera outbreaks can be prevented by ensuring access to clean water and improving surveillance.
WHO sees Covid-19 emergency dying out in 2023
Urging China to share information that might pinpoint how the pandemic started, the WHO has said that it was hoping...The WHO's emergency committee on Covid-19 will discuss the criteria for declaring an end to the emergency phase when they next meet in January
Nearly 650 million confirmed Covid cases and more than 6.6 million deaths have been reported to the WHO, though the UN health agency acknowledges this will be a vast undercount
Participation rises in Sharjah Sustainability Award
SHARJAH, UAE - The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) announced an increase in participation in the 11th...The breakup of the entries are 311 from university and college students and 174 from school students.
Nominations were also received in the Distinguished Teacher Award category.
UAE launches Arab world’s first ever lunar rover, will land in April 2023
Dubai, UAE - The Arab world's first lunar rover successfully took off to space on Sunday. The UAE-built Rashid Rover...The UAE became the first Arab country and the fourth country globally to land on the lunar surface after the United States, Soviet Union, and China.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) said once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon.
NASA capsule splashes down after key voyage
After venturing further into space than any previous habitable spacecraft, Orion splashed down safely in the Pacific, completing the Artemis..."I don't think any one of us could have imagined the mission this successful," said Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin in a press conference.
As it reentered the Earth's atmosphere, the gumdrop-shaped capsule had to withstand a temperature of 2,800 degrees C, about half that of the surface of the Sun.
