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Government says it is in the process of acquiring modern machines to conduct open-heart surgeries at major hospitals in the country, a lack of which has hindered specialised treatment. This follows a series of children’s open-heart surgeries conducted recently at Parirenyatwa Hospital by specialist doctors from Egypt, as part of the government’s partnership programme. For a country grappling with a poor health system, the programme was a shot in the arm for heart patients. Speaking in Parliament recently, the Deputy Minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, said the government is procuring machines to decentralise open-heart surgery operations. “We want you to…

FAQSWe tested and recommend all of the heart rate monitors below, which do a pretty impeccable job. But what do all these terms mean?Heart rate zones: If someone tells you they’ve been doing 80/20 training, they’ve been doing heart rate zone-based workouts. Heart rate zones are an easy way to break down your range of effort during exercise. Zones go from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating working at 90 to 100 percent of your maximum heart rate. Zone 2 represents training at 60 to 70 percent of maximum heart rate and represents light training. 80/20 training is intended to…

United Nations official says Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing ‘hell in all shapes’ as Israel steps up its Gaza City assault.Bones and skin are all that is left of seven-year-old Mai Abu Arar.The Palestinian girl is one of tens of thousands of children facing malnutrition in Gaza as Israel’s man-made famine deepens with the Israeli military stepping up its assault on Gaza City.Mai’s mother, Nadia Abu Arar, says her child was once lively and joyous, but she is now fighting for her life after drastically losing weight.“The doctors told me that she isn’t suffering from any disease or from any…

Kumail Nanjiani says that he signed on for six Marvel movies when he was cast as the superhero Kingo in Marvel Studios’ “Eternals,” but that the film’s critical and commercial disappointment “shattered” him and led him to seek out therapy. The topic came up in Nanjiani’s appearance on fellow stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia’s “Working It Out” podcast. Nanjiani revealed that his Marvel experience is a key subject in his new stand-up special, releasing on Hulu later this year. “I talked about how I was in this big movie. It came out right after COVID, so I had a year and…

Tens of thousands of people have marched through Australia’s major cities and towns, organiers said, demanding action to save dying and starving Palestinians.More than 40 protests took place across Australia on Sunday, the group Palestine Action said, including large turnouts in state capitals Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.“We demand from our politicians more than just talk. We are long past this,” Remah Naji, one of the organisers of the protest in the eastern city of Brisbane, told Al Jazeera.“Now, we demand actions in the same way we acted in times of genocide. We are signatories to the Genocide Convention, which means…

Canadian PM floats the possibility of ‘presence of troops’ from allied countries to protect Ukraine against Russia.Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has expressed support for Ukraine’s calls for security guarantees as part of any peace deal with Russia, including the possibility of deploying troops to the Eastern European country.During a visit to Kyiv, where he met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, Carney said a group of Ukraine’s Western allies, known as the Coalition of the Willing, is working with the United States to bolster Ukrainian defences.“In Canada’s judgment, it is not realistic that the only security guarantee could be…

Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.” Unlike certain other Meta employee memoirs, “How to Save the Internet” doesn’t sound like a tell-all or a scathing critique. And in an interview with the Guardian, Clegg (who previously led the U.K.’s Liberal Democrats) seems to distance himself from Silicon Valley without quite disavowing his former employer. “I really do believe that, despite its imperfections, social media has allowed billions of people … to communicate with each other in a way that has never happened before,”…

Israeli aircraft and tanks have pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City, destroying buildings and homes, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with an expanded large-scale offensive on the city.Witnesses reported the sound of continuous explosions overnight from Saturday night into Sunday morning in the areas of Zeitoun and Shejaia. Meanwhile, tanks shelled houses and roads in the nearby Sabra neighbourhood and several buildings were blown up in the northern area of Jabaliya.Fire lit the skies from the direction of the explosions, causing panic and prompting some families to stream out of the city. Other residents said…

Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city.Trump, a Republican, has said he would likely expand the deployment of federal forces to oversee policing in Washington, DC, to other cities, including Chicago. On Sunday, he also suggested the possibility of sending troops to Democratic-run Baltimore in Maryland.Democratic House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday denounced plans to deploy federal forces to Chicago. Crime rates, including murders, have declined in…

MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty ImagesIsrael has carried out many strikes on Houthi targets following their attacks against IsraelIsrael has carried out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the group’s missile attack on Friday which the Israel military said carried cluster munitions.The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing the presidential palace, a fuel depot and power stations. The Israeli military said the Houthi missile strike, which caused light damage, was the first use of such bombs by the Iran-backed Houthis during the current conflict with Israel, according to local media and the AP.The Israeli…