Does Bill Gates have too much influence in the WHO?
International Geneva The WHO’s upcoming Assembly in Geneva starting May 24 will be facing calls for reform, especially in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the issues in […]
Thousands march in Pakistan Shia procession as virus cases soar
Shi’a Muslim devotees take part in a procession to commemorate the death anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s companion and son-in-law Imam Ali in Lahore on May 4, 2021. (AFP/Arif Ali) AFP […]
Why India’s pandemic data is vastly undercounted
Trajectory of cases is reminder of how virus can rocket through unvaccinated population Published: May 02, 2021 AP ALSO IN THIS PACKAGE Photos: Lifesaving oxygen aid arrives in India as COVID-19 […]
PAKISTAN: A critical phase
A critical phase Editorial Published May 1, 2021 – DAWN.COM THE coming weeks are critical for Pakistan’s Covid-19 response. With a national positivity ratio of 10pc and an average of over 150 […]
Iraq’s health system, once envy of the region, is in crisis
Apr 28,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Sanctions kill ordinary folk while elites carry on as usual. This should be the lesson of the US and its Western allies, which impose sanctions […]
This Ghanaian Islamic leader in the UK was the first to open up a mosque for vaccinations
NII NTREH Apr 24, 2021 at 01:17pm April 24, 2021 at 01:17 pm | THE BLACK AGENDA NII NTREH | Associate Editor April 24, 2021 at 01:17 pm | THE BLACK AGENDA Nii Ntreh […]
Bali: Local Man Ends His Life After One Year Of Being Laid-Off
A 40-year-old man named I Made Budi Suwantara from Marga, Tabanan has decided to end his life after allegedly being depressed due to his financial situation. Suwantara was found dead […]
‘Swiss tourism could benefit from the crisis’
Banking & Fintech After a year of empty airports, deserted beaches, cities and hotels, SWI swissinfo.ch caught up with David Ruetz, head of the Internationale Tourismus Börse Berlin (ITB) to discuss how […]
Saudi authorities announce Ramadan procedures at Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Up to 150,000 worshippers and pilgrims will be allowed at the Grand Mosque daily during Ramadan. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/b95ey Itikaf, suhur, iftar inside mosques suspended due to pandemic JEEDA […]
Covid-19 vaccine: How the poor in the Middle East are being left behind
Health experts say vaccine rollout is inhibited by longstanding inequality, stunting progress worldwide The WHO estimates only 20 percent of the entire EMRO region, extending from Morocco to Afghanistan, will be vaccinated by the end of 2021 (AFP/Illustration Mohamad Elaasar)By Azad Essa in New York CityPublished date: 10 March 2021 10:43 UTC | Last update: 2 weeks 1 […]
Let’s Not Medicalise Misery?
HEALTH 20th March 2021 Sarah Waseem, UK As we move through 2021 things are beginning to look more hopeful. The Covid19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc on our global economies […]
Tackling the global learning crisis
Mar 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg NEW HAVEN — Education has emerged as one of the most consequential casualties of the pandemic. According to estimates from UNESCO, […]
Indonesian Muslim body clears AstraZeneca use in emergency
BY ASSOCIATED PRESSJAKARTA, INDONESIA ASIA PACIFIC MAR 19, 2021 AstraZeneca’s vaccine against COVID-19 was cleared Friday for use in Indonesia after the drug regulator declared it safe and clerics in […]
‘Sister Wives’ star Kody Brown says his four wives passed him around ‘like a rag doll’ during the pandemic
Kody Brown and his four wives have a combined 18 children https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/02/1862/1048/GettyImages-492216862.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 By Stephanie Nolasco | Fox News ‘Sister Wives’ star Kody Brown, four spouses explain the motivation to chronicle […]
A painful lost year
Mar 09,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY The second week in March marks two devastating anniversaries. On March 11, 2020, Eileen, my beloved wife of 51 years, passed […]
Covid Germany: ‘90% of severely ill patients have migrant background’
Tim Stickings For Mailonline Coronavirus infections fall in England by two thirds during lockdown, research… More than 90 per cent of severely ill coronavirus patients in Germany have a ‘migrant […]
Safe reopening of mosques – Lessons from Pakistan
BY NASIM CHOWDHURY OP-ED MAR 01, 2021 A mosque is decorated with lights for the Mawlid an-Nabi holiday celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in Karachi, Pakistan, Oct. 25, […]
Vaccine solidarity now
Feb 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jose Manuel Barroso GENEVA — The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020 brought fresh hope that the end of the pandemic […]
Vaccine-poor Germans shunning AstraZeneca jab
By AFP – Feb 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES A shut cafe in Munich, Germany. Countries are relying on vaccines to tame the pandemic, but some Germans have shunned the AstraZeneca […]
Reflections on a plague year
Feb 14,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jim O’Neill LONDON — It is probably premature to offer an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s possible consequences, not least because there may well […]