"I am not weak": Qatari women unsuccessful in first election

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"I am not weak": Qatari women unsuccessful in first legislative elections

Voters chose none of the 26 women who stood for election in Qatar's first legislative elections on Saturday, disappointing candidates who had wanted to lend a voice for women and other Qataris in the Gulf monarchy's political process. The ..
Philippines' Duterte says daughter running for president in 2022 elections

Philippine President Rodrigo's daughter would run for president in next year's election and her father's long-time aide, who filed his vice presidential candidacy, would be her running mate, broadcasting firm ABS-CBN news reported late on..
New Zealand's Delta outbreak spreads outside Auckland

New Zealand's Delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional regions into a snap lockdown. There were 32 new coronavirus cases on Sunday in Auckland, which..
Unvaccinated aged 12 and above students and staff to undergo Rapid Antigen or PCR test this week

As schools, kindergartens and colleges are set to resume in-person classes at full capacity from Sunday, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has said unvaccinated and partially vaccinated students aged 12 and above will be tested for coron..
Qatar records 99 new Covid-19 cases on October 2

Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) today reported 99 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 159 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in Qatar to 235,014. Out of 99 new cases, 57 are com..
Thousands of girls married off during pandemic now absent as schools reopen in Bangladesh

When 16-year-old Borsha recently went to her local police station with a desperate plea for help to get out of a forced marriage, her biggest wish was to get back to school. Her simple request for a return to education was one that has no doubt mi..
Singapore reports highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases

Singapore's health ministry reported 2,909 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic, while it recorded eight new deaths from the disease. A recent spike in infections after the relaxation of some restric..
Merck's COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50% in study

An antiviral pill developed by U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co (MRK.N) could half the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19, with experts hailing it as a potential breakthrough in how the..
EU finds J&J COVID shot possibly linked to another rare clotting condition

The European Union's drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine and recommended the condition be listed as a side-effe..

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