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Air Tanzania fails to make top 100 as Kenya Airways slips in ranking; Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s Best

LONDON— Air Tanzania, RwandAir and Uganda Airlines failed to make the cut in the top 100 carriers in the UK-based Skytrax World Airline Awards—which rates the world’s best carriers with Kenya Airways being ranked in position 81 down from 79th in last year’s report. However, the Rwandan carrier scooped some category awards in ‘Best Cabin […]

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27 countries reported cholera outbreaks throughout 2022: WHO

GENEVA— Twenty-seven countries reported cholera outbreaks throughout 2022, the World Health Organisation reported “not only seeing more outbreaks but more deadly outbreaks.” At a press conference in Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed to poverty, conflict, and climate change as the factors fueling the current cholera outbreak in the world. According to the […]

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Pope, Calling Migrants’ Exclusion ‘Criminal’, on Collision with Meloni

Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned defense of migrants, calling their exclusion “scandalous, disgusting and sinful,” putting him on a collision course with Italy’s upcoming right-wing government. Francis made his comments as he canonized a 19th century bishop known as the “father of migrants” and a 20th century man who ministered to the sick […]

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QRCS launches Warm Winter Campaign 2022-2023 [EN/AR]

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has announced the launch of its annual “Warm Winter” winterization campaign. Under the theme “Humanity First: We Give Them Warmth”, the new drive is aimed at providing QR 13.5 million worth of winter projects/aid for the benefit of 261,300 people in 14 countries. Ali bin Hassan Al-Hammadi, Secretary-General of […]