After Pakistan alert, WHO likely to issue wider warning on contaminated J&J cough syrup LONDON: The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children’s cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email. Nigeria’s regulator recalled a batch of Benylin paediatric syrup last Wednesday, … Read more
Jakarta: As she scrolled online to find the perfect Eid Al-Fitr gifts for friends and family, Diella Yasmine found herself pampered with the choices offered on e-commerce platforms. When a simple keyword search yields thousands of results that also cater to personalized preferences and requests, it makes Eid shopping a lot more convenient for Yasmine, … Read more
ARGUINEGUIN, Spain: Two people died and five are feared dead after they attempted to reach Spain’s Canary Islands on a boat with migrants on board, authorities said on Tuesday. The pirogue — a type of dugout canoe — was sighted on Monday evening at around 8 p.m. (2000 GMT) by a merchant vessel which alerted … Read more
SAINT LOUIS, Senegal: At least 26 people seeking to reach Europe died after their loaded vessel sank off northern Senegal, the governor of the Saint-Louis region told AFP on Thursday. Alioune Badara Samb said bodies had been found since Wednesday when the boat got into difficulty in a particularly dangerous part of the northern coast. … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO: Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern city of Rafah, residents said on Wednesday, as the death toll in the war across the devastated Palestinian strip rose to 29,313, according to the Gaza health ministry. In its daily summary of events in Gaza, the Israeli army said it had intensified its … Read more
LONDON: A man who piloted an “unseaworthy” boat across the English Channel was found guilty Monday of the manslaughter of four migrants who drowned during the crossing. Ibrahima Bah, from Senegal, took the helm of the poor quality inflatable carrying 43 people, which should have held no more than 20 passengers, in December 2022. But … Read more
More than 80 migrants were saved, but two died and three were missing following two sea rescue operations in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, charity said on Sunday. MSF’s vessel Geo Barents picked up over 60 people late on Saturday from a rubber dinghy in … Read more
MANILA: The hospitality of Filipinos is well recognized across the Middle East, which millions of them have over decades called home, but their rich cuisine remains largely unknown. A celebrity chef is now trying to change it. Some 700,000 Filipinos are employed in the UAE, more than half of them in Dubai. Their large presence … Read more
LONDON: UK leader Rishi Sunak battled Tuesday to quell growing dissent over his controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda, testing his authority with a general election on the horizon. Parliament launched two days of debate about the scheme — a central part of Sunak’s pledge to stop asylum seekers crossing from France to Britain … Read more
CAIRO: The Israeli army’s death toll in Gaza is already almost twice as high as during a ground offensive in 2014, a reflection of how far it has pushed into the enclave and of Hamas’ effective use of guerrilla tactics and an expanded arsenal.Israeli military experts, an Israeli commander, and a Hamas source described how … Read more