Author: Editorial Team
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak was currently high at the national and regional levels but low worldwide. The UN body added that there were 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths and numbers are expected to rise given the time the virus circulated before the outbreak in Congo and Uganda was detected. A WHO Emergency Committee met on Tuesday in Geneva and confirmed the latest Ebola outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus was a public health emergency of international concern but not…
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed” of the Ebola outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, as the suspected death toll in Congo climbed to over 130 people. Laboratory testing has now definitively linked 30 cases to the virus in Congo’s northeastern Ituri Province, where the outbreak was first identified, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, said in an address to the 79th World Health Assembly. Health ministers and diplomats are in Geneva for a week of negotiations…
MADRID — Spanish police said on Tuesday they arrested a 25-year-old man who allegedly killed his parents and injured four others, including his seven-month-old son, in a shooting overnight in the southern city of El Ejido, near Almería. The four injured were hospitalized and in a serious condition, the Guardia Civil force said in a statement. As well as the suspect’s son, the injured included a man, a woman and another minor. Authorities said the shooting was reported at 23:00 local time (22:00 BST) on Monday. The identities of the suspect and the victims have not been formally released by…
Dubai is gearing up for a major MMA showdown as the Professional Fighters League (PFL) brings its 2026 PFL MENA season opener to Coca-Cola Arena on May 24. Titled PFL MENA: Pride of Arabia, the event will feature fighters from 11 nations across the Middle East and North Africa, alongside some of the UAE’s biggest homegrown MMA names. Headlining the night is UAE fighter Mohammad “The UAE Warrior” Yahya, who will make his PFL debut against Tunisia’s Mehdi Saadi in a featherweight quarterfinal bout. Yahya returns to fight in front of a home crowd as one of the country’s most…
The Digital Entrepreneurship Council (CODE), affiliated with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, hosted Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfig Al-Rabiah at Dar Al-Hekma University in Jeddah, in the presence of Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha and the participation of a number of entrepreneurs and investors from Makkah Region. The council discussed the use of technology, artificial intelligence, and digital solutions to improve the Hajj and Umrah experience and enhance the quality of services provided to pilgrims, in addition to supporting the growth of tech startups and enabling them to develop scalable innovative solutions. It also…
Billions of dollars have been invested in conversational AI across the enterprise. Chatbots have been deployed, SLA dashboards have been built, and automation roadmaps have been approved. The reason is not the technology. It is the architecture. Most enterprise AI investments to date have automated the conversation, the front-end interaction between a customer and a system. But conversation is only 30 to 40 percent of the resolution journey. The remaining 60 to 70 percent involves cross-system action: processing refunds, correcting billing records, updating CRM entries, coordinating across departments. A chatbot can open a ticket. It cannot close one. And as…
Minister of Health Fahad AlJalajel inspected a number of healthcare facilities at the holy sites operated by the private sector, reviewing the readiness of health facilities, the efficiency of healthcare services, and the level of preparedness for the 1447 AH Hajj season. The inspection aimed to ensure the provision of integrated, high-quality healthcare services to pilgrims, in line with the objectives of the Health Sector Transformation Program and the Pilgrim Experience Program, both derived from Saudi Vision 2030, enabling pilgrims to perform their rituals in good health and peace of mind. The minister’s tour included Mina Emergency Hospital 2, whose…
BRUSSELS — European law enforcement authorities have dismantled a large-scale online propaganda network linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as part of a coordinated crackdown targeting extremist content across digital platforms. Europol, the EU’s central hub for fighting serious international crime and terrorism, said it took down more than 14,200 online posts, accounts and links tied to the IRGC after the EU designated the Iranian organization as a terrorist group in February. It also restricted the IRGC’s main X account, which had accumulated more than 150,000 followers. The operation, carried out by Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit between…
Kaspersky recently announced the opening of its Cybersecurity Center at KidZania in Dubai Mall, designed to educate children on the importance of digital safety. This first-of-its-kind role-play experience allows kids to act as cyber investigators while learning to detect and protect against cyberthreats. The interactive space offers hands-on experiences that build cybersecurity awareness and prepare children to navigate the digital world safely from an early age. Children are entering the online world at increasingly younger ages, making digital safety an essential concern for families across the country. At the same time, technology is increasingly shaping kids’ aspirations from an early…
BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the deepening ties between Moscow and Beijing as a “stabilizing” force on the world stage ahead of talks with Xi Jinping, less than a week after the Chinese leader received US President Donald Trump during his high-profile visit to the country. Putin is traveling to Beijing on Tuesday in his first foreign visit of the year with the war in Iran offering an opportunity to deepen energy ties with China. Russia hopes the turmoil in energy markets from the Middle East conflict will make China more flexible in negotiations on a contract…