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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed Sunday’s Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph due to a sprained back, extending the 95-year-old monarch’s absence from public life after she was ordered to rest following a stay in hospital last month. A Buckingham Palace source said the sprain was unrelated to the unspecified ailment that caused the queen’s hospital visit, calling it an “incredibly unfortunate coincidence”. But Elizabeth’s absence from an engagement she sees as one of the most significant of the year will increase concerns about her health. The ceremony would have been the queen’s first in-person public engagement since she was advised…

Manama: National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)’s President Ali Ahmed Al Derazi received US Congress delegation. NIHR president praised the strong relations between the two countries, and the development they are witnessing on all levels. Al Derazi reviewed NIHR’s efforts in following up on the human rights situation, and the role it plays in promoting and protecting human rights in the Kingdom.

Manama :  The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) and the institution of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation have signed a cooperation protocol. Signed by the Chairman of the NIHR’s Council of Commissioners, Ali Ahmed Al-Derazi, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation, Professor Tatiana Moskalkova, the protocol aims to provide a framework for bilateral cooperation in issues of mutual concern, through exchanging legal expertise, participation in international meetings related to human rights and reviewing the two institutions’ experiences in protecting and enhancing women’s rights. The protocol is based on the memorandum…

MANILA  : Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter on Saturday registered her candidacy for vice president in next year’s elections and was chosen as the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the late Filipino dictator, in an alliance that has alarmed human rights activists. Sara Duterte backed out this week from her reelection bid as mayor of southern Davao city then took the place of a largely unknown vice-presidential candidate of her political party, Lakas CMD, in a maneuver that allowed her to seek the second-highest post even after a deadline lapsed for candidates in the May 9…

WASHINGTON : President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening as the two sides look to dial back tensions after a rough start to the U.S.-China relationship since Biden took office earlier this year. The White House is setting low expectations for the video call between the leaders. Biden looks to stress that the two nations need to set guardrails in deepening areas of conflict in the increasingly complicated relationship between the two nations. White House officials said that no major announcements are expected to come from the meeting. “I wouldn’t set…

DOHUK :  Sarkawt Ismat was cold, hungry and terrified, trapped between Polish and Belarusian troops facing off on opposite sides of the European Union’s eastern border. The 19-year-old Iraqi taxi driver is among thousands from the Middle East who have been trying to cross into the EU in recent months through a backdoor opened by non-EU member Belarus. Ismat left his home in Dohuk, a town in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, two weeks ago, after selling his taxi. He paid $2,600 to a local travel agency for a bus to Turkey, a hotel stay in Istanbul, a plane ticket to…

Tokyo : The Japanese government’s preparations for the next virus surge include adding thousands more hospital beds to avoid a situation like last summer when many COVID-19 patients were forced to stay home, even while dependent on oxygen deliveries, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Even though Japan has a reasonable health insurance system and the world’s largest number of beds per capita, COVID-19 patients were admitted to only a fraction of the beds, mostly at public, university and major private hospitals. The government has provided subsidies to lure more hospitals to treat such patients, but progress is slow, triggering calls…

Washington :  President Joe Biden on Friday chose Dr. Robert Califf, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner and prominent medical researcher, to again lead the powerful regulatory agency. Califf’s nomination comes after months of concern that the agency near the center of the government’s COVID-19 response has lacked a permanent leader. More than a half-dozen names were floated for the job before the White House decided on Califf, The Associated Press (AP) reported. A cardiologist and clinical trial specialist, President Joe Biden served as FDA commissioner for the last 11 months of President Barack Obama’s second term. Before that,…

Abu Dhabi : The Higher Organising Committee for the Global Media Congress held its first meeting at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) to discuss preparations for the launch of the Congress. Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and organised by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) in strategic partnership with Emirates News Agency (WAM), the inaugural Global Media Congress will take place from 15 to 17 November 2022 in the UAE Capital. Chaired by Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, Director-General of WAM, the meeting…

New WHO report maps barriers to insulin availability and suggests actions to promote universal access 100 years after its discovery, insulin still out of reach for many living with diabetes GENEVA, 12th November, 2021 (WAM) — A new report published by WHO in the lead-up to World Diabetes Day (14th November) highlights the alarming state of global access to insulin and diabetes care, and finds that high prices, low availability of human insulin, few producers dominating the insulin market and weak health systems are the main barriers to universal access. “The scientists who discovered insulin 100 years ago refused to…