The new treatment utilizes "artificial brainwaves" through a wearable device that according to clinical trials, resulted in 77% of subjects recovering faster from strokes.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli startup develops "artificial brainwaves" to treat strokes
Ancient Christian ruins discovered in Egypt
The complex is comprised of six sectors containing the ruins of three churches and monks' cells..
Source: Albawaba
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J'lem to hold social malls to encourage small businesses, sustainability
The fairs will be inclusive in nature, meaning that anyone interested in erecting a stall or instructing a workshop will be able to do so.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: J'lem to hold social malls to encourage small businesses, sustainability
UAE daily COVID-19 cases drop below 2,000, seven deaths reported
The United Arab Emirates reported on Sunday 1,992 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours and seven coronavirus-related deaths, according to the country’s NCEMA.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.An additional 2,169 recoveries were also confirmed since the previous day.The Gulf country has seen a drop in cases after infections spiked across the UAE. However, in recent weeks, authorities reimposed some restrictions which authorities say have helped slow the spread of the virus.Read more:UAE calls on UN Security Council to ‘condemn’ armed groups obstructing aid deliveryDubai’s population set to surge 76 percent on lure of world’s best quality of lifeDubai to increase tourism capacity by 134 percent in 2040
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE daily COVID-19 cases drop below 2,000, seven deaths reported
Soccer academy for African refugees in Egypt
A South Sudanese man in Egypt recently opened an academy to teach and train African refugees passionate about soccer.
Source: Al Monitor
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Jordan plant to produce 600 oxygen tanks in three weeks after hospital incident
The Jordanian armed forces established an oxygen plant to produce 600 oxygen cylinders in three weeks, the interior minister announced Sunday, following a hospital shortage that killed six COVID-19 patients.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.Minister Mazen al-Faraya also said a total of 10 tons of oxygen will be produced in the month of April, according to local Roya News.He also clarified, during an emergency parliament session held on Sunday, that a total of nine people had died, of which six were a direct result of the hospital running out of oxygen.The director and four other officials of the hospital in Salt, near Amman, were detained on Sunday in connection to the incident, judicial sources said.Public anger over the deaths led to the resignation of health minister Nazir Obeidat, and King Abdullah II, who visited the state hospital on Saturday, ordered its director Abdel Razak al-Khashman to also step down.The head of health services for the province where Salt is located has likewise been suspended pending the completion of an investigation.They came as the daily virus caseload in Jordan has surged in recent weeks, prompting authorities to reimpose curbs, including an all-day curfew on Fridays, the day of rest.Jordan, which launched its COVID-19 vaccination drive in January, has recorded more than 460,000 coronavirus cases and over 5,200 deaths.With AFPRead more:Jordan’s King confronts hospital chief after oxygen outage killed 7 COVID-19 patientsFive detained over COVID-19 hospital deaths in JordanJordan’s health minister resigns after 7 patients die due to hospital oxygen outage
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Full Article: Jordan plant to produce 600 oxygen tanks in three weeks after hospital incident
New charges against British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘unacceptable’: UK
New charges of “propaganda against the system” made by Iran against British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a week after she finished serving a five-year sentence, are “unacceptable,” Britain said Sunday.“It is unacceptable that Iran has chosen to continue a second wholly arbitrary case against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab wrote on Twitter.“She must be allowed to return to her family in the UK without delay. We continue to do all we can to support her,” he added.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the appEarlier on Sunday, Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s lawyer said she stood trial at Iran’s Revolutionary court.“Her trial was held at branch 15 of the Revolutionary court. Her charge is propaganda against the system,” he told the Iranian Emtedad website.Read more:Iran says former UK foreign secretary’s comments prolonged Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s arrestIranian court summons Zaghari-Ratcliffe again after being released from house arrest
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: New charges against British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘unacceptable’: UK
Saudi Arabia registers 348 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
Saudi Arabia recorded 348 new COVID-19 cases, 247 recoveries and four deaths in the last 24 hours, the country’s health ministry announced on Sunday.The latest numbers bring the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 6,567, and active cases to 3,137.The Kingdom continues to ramp up its vaccination drive. As of Saturday, Saudi Arabia had administered over 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, the health ministry announced.For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page.There are over 500 vaccination centers within the country, and residents can book appointments via the Sehaty app which the government launched to ensure equal access to vaccines.The country has also expanded the pool of eligible candidates for the vaccine since the registered priority group have all already received their COVID-19 vaccine shots.Read more:No severe side effects of AstraZeneca dose reported in Saudi Arabia: Health AuthorityWhen Saudi adolescents teach their less successful peers one-to-oneSaudi Arabia administered over 2 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Ministry
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi Arabia registers 348 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
Fingers point to Yemen Houthi militia for starting fire that killed African migrants
Rights groups say the Iran-backed Houthi militia is responsible for causing a fire in a detention center last week that killed at least 44 migrants, according to The Associated Press, a number disputed by Yemen-based groups.A local rights group said the Houthi militia was “directly and consistently responsible for the killing and injury of approximately 450 mostly Ethiopian migrants in a detention center, on 7 March 2021, in a fire caused by bombs apparently fired by Houthi forces,” citing witnesses who survived the incident.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Survivors and local rights campaigners say the deadly blaze erupted when guards fired tear gas into the crowded warehouse, trying to end a protest against alleged abuses and ill-treatment at the facility.The Houthis did not state the cause of the fire, mention a protest or give a final casualty toll.They also prevented the UN migration agency from accessing injured migrants at hospitals.‘Heinous crime’The “Government of Yemen has categorically condemned the heinous crime committed by the Houthi militias against African migrants detained in prisons of Houthis in Sanaa,” Yemen’s Embassy in Washington, DC, said in a statement posted on Twitter.A statement by Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights read: “We note with great sadness and concern the news of killing and injury to dozens of Africans held in Houthi prisons, and deplore the extreme attempts by Houthis to cover up this horrific incident. There were many fatalities.”“The Government of Yemen affirms to the international community that the Houthi militia no longer poses a threat just to Yemenis, but also to migrants and citizens of neighboring countries. And swift action is needed to bring those responsible for this crime to account,” the statement posted on Twitter concluded.A leader of the migrant community in the Yemeni capital on Saturday called for an international probe into the fire.In a news conference in Sanaa, Othman Gilto, who heads the Ethiopian community, blamed “negligence” by the Iran-backed Houthi militia who control the capital, as well as the United Nations, which has aid agencies present in Yemen.Some 900 migrants, mostly from Ethiopian, were detained at the facility — including 350 inside a warehouse — when the fire took place on Sunday, according to the International Organization for Migration, adding that it was three times the facility’s capacity.Michael Aron, the British Ambassador to Yemen, said he was “appalled by the fire at Houthi-controlled migrant center in Sana’a.”“OHCHR [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights] and humanitarian agencies need immediate, unrestricted access to site and those injured. A credible, transparent, independent investigation must be carried out, including a full account of those killed and injured,” he said in a tweet.With The Associated Press.Read more:Migrants call for international probe into Yemen fire that killed at least 44Arab Coalition destroys Houthi air defense system in Yemen’s MaribYemen: Fighting in Marib intensifies as pro-govt forces defend northern stronghold
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Full Article: Fingers point to Yemen Houthi militia for starting fire that killed African migrants
It’s a shame to ignore mental health issues: Sheikh Abdullah
‘Mental health is no longer a taboo subject, and more efforts are needed to further create awareness.’..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: It’s a shame to ignore mental health issues: Sheikh Abdullah