FDA issues emergency approval to use ivermectin against screwworm - UPI.com
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency approval for use of the drug ivermectin in the battle against New World screwworm infestations in U.S. cattle. Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emerg»»»
Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies
Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died in the United Nations detention centre in The Hague after suffering several strokes, according to local media. Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dub»»»
How the UAE is compressing a century of institutional learning
For much of modern educational history, the world’s most admired schools appeared to embody a simple truth: enduring quality took time. The UK’s Eton College had nearly six centuries to become Eton, and Phillips Exeter Academy had more than two centuries to become Exeter; their reputations were bui»»»
RAK Emirati dies in Mykonos drowning during Greece holiday
Ras Al Khaimah: Thousands of mourners gathered in Ras Al Khaimah on Thursday to bid farewell to a young Emirati man who died in a drowning accident off the Greek island of Mykonos earlier this week. Badr Abdullah Mohammed Al Harmi, 35, passed away on Monday after being caught in strong sea currents»»»
USS Lincoln sailor facing disciplinary charges for jumping overboard - UPI.com
The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way back to the U.S. after more than 250 consecutive days on duty. File Photo by Will Tyndall/U.S. Navy | License Photo Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month is facing disciplinary action over what his wife said was a »»»
Stars and Stripes publisher, editor and reporter sue Pentagon to challenge their firings
WASHINGTON: Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment free speech rights to speak out against government interference in their work. Stars and »»»
Syria president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. "Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of th»»»
Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed 'Lake America'
US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed "Lake America" as he escalated his trade war with Canada, sparking immediate pushback from Ottawa. Trump stepped up his trolling of Canada by signing an executive order changing the name of the body of water on the border betw»»»
Court approves Bank of America's $73M settlement with Epstein victims - UPI.com
A federal judge on Thursday approved a $72.5 million settlement between victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Bank of America over the bank's financial dealings with the sex offender. File Photo courtesy of New York State Division of Criminal Justice/EPA-EFE Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Manhattan federal judge on T»»»
Ceuta residents tear down migrant camps in ongoing protests
Residents of the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta tore down makeshift migrant shelters as police fired rubber bullets during escalating protests over the migration crisis, videos posted online purport to show. Thousands of migrants remain in the territory nearly a month after a record mass cr»»»
Iran's Hormuz leverage risks becoming a 'strategic liability'
In a sharply worded opinion piece, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former head of Saudi intelligence and a prominent royal family voice, warned that Iran’s attempts to weaponise the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic blackmail will ultimately "backfire". “What Tehran regards as leverage could, over time, becom»»»
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' as Carney pushes back
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to update the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" in the country's geographic naming service. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back, citing the name's Indigenous origins, as the row between the neighbors roi»»»
Syria president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. “Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presid»»»
Iran shops embrace installments as sanctions bite
Iranian businesses are increasingly turning to discounts and installment payments to keep customers shopping, as sanctions and the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war squeeze household budgets, RT’s Salman Khujuri reports. The trend comes nearly six months after the US and Israel launched the »»»
New batch of real estate brokers take legal oath
QNA Doha A new batch of licensed Qatari real estate brokers took the legal oath before the Real Estate Brokers Affairs Committee at the Ministry of Justice. The new batch comprises 43 real estate brokers including individuals and real estate brokerage companies. The new batch of real estate brokers»»»
NMoQ connects learning, creativity and heritage at ExxonMobil STEAM fest
Tribune News Network Doha The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), in collaboration with ExxonMobil Qatar, has launched the ExxonMobil STEAM Festival, open from August 27 to November 28. The festival will take place at NMOQ’s Temporary Exhibitions Gallery 2 and it presents a new approach to learning by»»»
Qatar stresses importance of protecting food security
QNA New York The State of Qatar stressed the importance of protecting food security and strengthening the resilience of countries vulnerable to food insecurity. This came in the statement of the State of Qatar delivered by Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations HE Shei»»»
‘Qatar places great emphasis on youth empowerment, capacity-building’
QNA Geneva Qatar, recognising the significant role young people can play, has placed great emphasis on youth empowerment and capacity-building, promoting a culture of volunteerism and active citizenship, and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, in line with Qatar National Vision 2030, partic»»»
Meet Vinod Khosla? Why he thinks era of abundance is possible with AI
Indian-American billionaire Vinod Khosla, has been a described as a "contrarian" kind of visionary. Tech media has sometimes tag him as "abrasive", even "polarising". Yet Vinod Khosla, 71, has a reputation as a high-conviction billionaire venture capitalist who co-founded Sun Microsustems and leads»»»
Netanyahu’s narrow political calculus may ignite ‘regional war that spares no one,’ Syrian envoy warns
NEW YORK CITY: Israeli military strikes and incursions are pushing the region toward catastrophe, Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Ibrahim Olabi, told the UN Security Council on Thursday. “The entire region is standing at a threshold of a regional war that would spare no one,” he said, b»»»
New US aircraft carrier to deploy to the Middle East: report
A new US aircraft carrier will deploy to the Middle East to relieve another carrier that recently sailed to the region as the war with Iran drags on, the US Naval Institute (USNI) reported. The USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group is expected to sail from San Diego, on the US west coast, in the comi»»»
900-year-old German winery faces bankruptcy
The Landesweingut Kloster Pforta, one of Germany’s oldest wineries, faces insolvency by 2027, according to an expert report commissioned by the state government. Its troubles, from an unsustainable business model to high staffing costs, come amid a wider German wine slump driven by falling consumpt»»»
Over 160 migrants pulled from sea off Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: The Mauritanian coast guard said Thursday that it had rescued more than 160 migrants, including 17 children, from a boat in trouble off its coast, its second major emergency operation in a week. The migrants were “exhausted by the journey and the insecurity of the vessel” wh»»»
Pakistan: Protests continue in Azad Kashmir despite repression and internet blackout
Harshly repressed protests that have shaken Pakistan-administered Kashmir since early June have continued through local legislative elections held in July and August. With internet access cut off and access by foreign media restricted, local residents are attempting to report on the situation on th»»»
Catastrophic Nepal-Tibet flash floods kill nearly 400 as 1,400 others missing
The death toll in the catastrophic flash floods that struck the Nepal-Tibet border rose on Thursday to 392 people, as rescue teams waded through mud on searching for more than 1,400 missing. Experts warned of the risk of further floods a day after the devastating tsunami-like wall of»»»
Government to Back Heavy-Duty Road Transport Sector with EUR 55 Mln
Road freight transport in Bulgaria will receive EUR 55 million in government support. On Thursday, the government approved a de minimis aid scheme aimed at supporting the costs of maintaining the competitiveness of Bulgaria’s heavy-duty road transport sector. The Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) wi»»»
What do we know about the Israeli-backed Palestinian militias looting and terrorizing Gaza?
NEW YORK CITY: A investigation this week by the newspaper Haaretz revived scrutiny of a network of armed Palestinian militias that operate in Israeli-controlled parts of Gaza with weapons, funding and protection provided by the Israeli military. The origins of the militia project can be traced to t»»»
Conflict, poverty push southern Yemen’s children out of school: Save the Children
LONDON: About two-thirds of children surveyed across four districts in southern Yemen are out of school as the new academic year begins, Save the Children said on Thursday. A survey of 2,214 households in districts across Aden, Lahj and Taiz governorates found that 32 percent of children had never »»»
RAGOZIN: Ukraine corruption leaks put ‘control’ of graft at heart of political crisis
In the batch of leaked secret recordings preceding the latest wave of corruption-related arrests in Ukraine, a woman strongly resembling the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, Iryna Mudra, cites an even more senior official at the presidential administration. The latter allegedl»»»
CIA chief flies into Moscow as Ukraine holds drones fire for three days
CIA director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow on August 25 spending seven hours in Moscow in talks with the Kremlin before flying out again the same day, sparking a torrent of speculation on the subject matter of the meeting. The US admitted that it had asked Ukraine to hold off o»»»
Why one million Afghan children face life-threatening malnutrition
DUBAI: In overcrowded hospital wards across Afghanistan, several severely malnourished children often share a single bed. Their arms are little more than bone beneath stretched skin. Their bodies have been weakened by hunger and wasting. Exhausted mothers wait beside them, many struggling with maln»»»
UK PM Burnham rules out Irish unity vote, drawing Sinn Fein rebuke
BELFAST: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Thursday a referendum on Irish unity was “off the table,” drawing a sharp response from pro-unity party Sinn Fein during his first visit to Northern Ireland since taking office. Northern Ireland’s constitutional status remains deeply divisive, nearl»»»
Trump says Putin won’t attack NATO territory
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted Russian leader Vladimir Putin would not attack NATO territory, downplaying reports that Washington had warned Moscow against a possible move on Europe. The Kremlin also dismissed the reports as “scare stories” following a rare visit to the »»»
Lindsay Clancy trial goes to jury - UPI.com
The trial of Lindsay Clancy ended Thursday, and the case went to the jury. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The trial of Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, has ended, and the case was sent to the jury Thursday. The prosecution and defense made th»»»
Saudi artists weigh AI’s role in music
RIYADH: Artificial intelligence is already making its way into the music studio. The harder question is how far artists are willing to let it go. That debate is gaining urgency worldwide after Spotify removed more than 75 million AI-generated “spam” tracks from its platform over the past year, expo»»»
Higher oil costs could cut aid to 1.5m children, Save the Children warns
LONDON: Volatile oil prices after six months of conflict in the Middle East have raised the cost of delivering humanitarian aid worldwide, putting lifesaving assistance for almost 1.5 million children at risk, Save the Children said on Thursday. Crude oil prices surged at the onset of the US-Israel»»»
Arab states press UN Security Council to stop Israeli attacks on Syria
NEW YORK: Arab states used a UN Security Council session on Thursday to demand firm international action against Israeli strikes on Syrian territory, with Turkiye and the US also voicing concern over the escalation. Speaking on behalf of the Arab Group, Qatar’s permanent representative to the UN, S»»»
Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies at 84 - UPI.com
Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic (L) enters the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal for the verdict hearing in his genocide trial in The Hague in November 2017. Mladic has died at age 84, the U.N. said Thursday. File Photo by Peter Dejong/EPA Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic»»»
US defense review presses NATO allies to prove they are taking the lead in Europe
BRUSSELS: The Pentagon on Thursday pressed US allies at NATO to prove they are stepping up their defense of Europe as Washington shifts its attention to security challenges closer to home and in the Indo-Pacific region. The US has begun cutting the forces it has stationed in Europe — around 80,000 »»»
Kuwaiti tanker hit in latest Hormuz shipping attack
LONDON: A ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz this week is a Kuwaiti oil tanker, a British maritime monitor said on Thursday. Al-Salam II was heading east through the waterway on Tuesday evening when it was hit by a projectile above the waterline, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKM»»»
Until all are one: The man behind Optimus Prime rolls out for the final time
LONDON: There are voices that belong to actors, and there are voices that seem to belong to the characters themselves. For more than four decades, Peter Cullen’s was the latter. To generations of “Transformers” fans, Optimus Prime did not merely sound like Cullen. Cullen was Optimus Prime: the deep»»»
UAE Friday sermon recalls Prophet Muhammad’s life
First Sermon (Khutbah One)Praise be to Allah, Who sent His Messenger with guidance and manifest light, and made his birth a mercy to all the worlds. We bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and we bear witness that our Prophet Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. May Al»»»
Damascus International Fair opens new avenues for Syria-Türkiye economic cooperation
Damascus, Aug. 27 (SANA) Representatives from major Turkish industrial and commercial enterprises participating in the 63rd Damascus International Fair emphasized on Thursday that economic and trade relations between Syria and Türkiye are entering a transformative phase of strategic cooperation. Dr»»»
EU lawmaker denied entry says Israel ‘afraid of what we are going to see’
LONDON: Hanna Gedin, a member of the European Parliament, told Arab News that the Israeli government denied her entry this week on political grounds, along with her MEP colleague Jonas Sjostedt. “Refusing us to enter the West Bank and Palestine, a country that Israel is occupying in violation of in»»»
More than 100 bone fragments, some 30 teeth found in Acapulco - UPI.com
Relatives of missing persons participate in a demonstration at the Angel of Independence in Mexico City in June. File Photo by Tomas Perez/EPA Aug. 27 (UPI) -- More than 100 bone fragments and about 30 teeth were found in El Arenal, a rural community in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco. The rema»»»
Trump renames Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' - UPI.com
1 of 3 | A poster shows the name change from Lake Ontario to Lake America, as President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the renaming, amid a recent trade war with Canada, in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo Aug. 27 (UPI) -- President Don»»»
Russia threatens to cut oil and gas supplies to Hungary after Budapest labels Moscow a security threat
A Russian State Duma member has warned that Moscow could suspend oil and gas supplies to Hungary after the country’s new government formally described Russia as a security threat. The warning comes as Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s administration pursues a major foreign policy shift away from the cl»»»
Israeli rhetoric on southern Lebanon raises fears of collective punishment
LONDON: In southern Lebanon’s villages, the fear of being treated as a collective enemy is not new. Years of conflict, displacement and political rhetoric have left many Shiite residents wary of language that erases the line between Hezbollah fighters and civilians living alongside them. This week,»»»
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already spawned tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border trade. The change would take effect immediately, said Trump, who also ordered the Gulf of Mexico ren»»»
HMC cuts specialist appointment wait from 58 days to 16; delivers 25 million services in six months: Managing Director
Doha, Qatar: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has reduced the average waiting time for a first specialist appointment from 58 days to around 16 days, as part of a broader effort to improve access, efficiency and patient experience across Qatar’s public healthcare system. HMC Managing Director H.E. M»»»