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Medics are urging travellers to check destination-specific vaccine requirements well before departure to avoid delays, stress and preventable health risks As schools break for summer and airports across the UAE prepare for one of the busiest travel periods of the year, healthcare professionals are warning residents against a common but often overlooked travel mistake leaving vaccinations until the final stages of trip planning. While flights, accommodation and visa applications often take priority, many travellers fail to check whether their destination requires specific vaccines or health precautions. Doctors say this oversight can lead to unnecessary stress, disrupted travel plans and…
AI-powered systems help Dubai Police predict accident hotspots, monitor risky driving behaviour, and respond faster to violations across the emirate From predicting accident hotspots to detecting speeding vehicles in real time, Dubai Police is increasingly using artificial intelligence and smart traffic systems to make roads safer across the emirate. By analysing live traffic data, vehicle speeds, and driver behaviour, authorities can now identify potential risks before they escalate into serious incidents, allowing officers to intervene more quickly and effectively. Speaking to media, Dubai Police said its advanced traffic management system continuously analyses live traffic information, including vehicle volumes, speeds,…
Getty ImagesFor ordinary Armenians heading to the polls on 7 June, the economic costs of turning away from Russia will be front of mindArmenia votes on 7 June under mounting Russian economic pressure, as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks re-election on a promise of European integration.The election has drawn significant international attention to the small South Caucasus nation of three million people, which has steadily grown closer to the West while still intertwined with Russia, its largest trading partner.The rapprochement with the West is largely Pashinyan’s doing. Since coming to power in 2018, the prime minister has steered his country…
ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin has said he does not see any point in meeting Volodymyr Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader requested face-to-face talks over ending the war between the two nations.Zelensky sent an open letter on Thursday calling for direct negotiations with Putin, writing that it was “wrong to simply wait” for the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, to become the focus of US attention once more.The Ukrainian president also requested a ceasefire, while striking a defiant, at-times mocking tone.Putin called the note “rude” and refused the request for a meeting, reiterating his position…
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Watch: ‘Miracle’ rescue after guide stranded on Everest for six daysThe Nepali guide discovered crawling down Everest six days after he was last seen alive has told the BBC he survived by “chewing ice” and eating a few chocolates he found in his pocket.Dawa Sherpa was adamant he did not “go missing” on the descent down, but instead was forced to “stay behind” after his oxygen ran out.It had been assumed Dawa Sherpa had perished on the mountain, with his family back in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu starting to perform last rites before he was spotted by a clean up team…
ReutersDowning Street has hit out at “people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division”, after JD Vance’s comments on the murder of Henry Nowak.The US vice-president blamed the death of the 18-year-old-British student, who was fatally stabbed in December by Vickrum Digwa, on the “mass invasion of migrants” and said the “only response is righteous anger”. After the post on X, the Downing Street spokesman said the Nowak family “have said they do not want his death to be used to create further division”. “Our politics should bring people together even in the most terrible…
EPAMedical staff must wear protective equipment when treating people with Ebola because it spread through bodily fluidsThe latest Ebola figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo appear to offer some hope after the number of cases was dramatically scaled back. At one point the authorities were talking of more than 1,000 suspected cases and nearly 250 suspected deaths. They are now reporting around 380 confirmed cases in DR Congo, including 60 deaths, plus another 15 confirmed cases and one death in neighbouring Uganda.However, the key difference is that the authorities are now talking about confirmed, rather than suspected, cases as…
ReutersAstronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started leaking more air. Five of the seven crew were directed to go into the docked SpaceX shuttle Dragon “Freedom” on Friday afternoon and were braced for a potential evacuation.Meanwhile, two remaining personnel – a pair of Russian cosmonauts – attempted to repair a part of the Russian segment of the ISS, where the leaks had started increasing on Monday.The repairs were paused and the crew ordered back onto the ISS by Nasa on Friday afternoon.Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot…
Watch: A look back at Anthony Head’s careerBritish actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72.Head found international fame as Rupert Giles in hit supernatural teen show Buffy in the late 1990s.He went on to have a recurring role in sketch show Little Britain as the prime minister, he played king Uther Pendragon in the BBC’s Merlin, and appeared as former football club owner Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso.”He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by…