Two parents are trying to raise funds to fly their child overseas for urgent heart surgery because they only want to use unvaccinated donor blood.
It comes after a similar high-profile case which saw Health New Zealand be granted guardianship of a sick four-month-old baby last week.
The toddler, almost two years old, at the centre of the new dispute has hypoplastic left heart syndrome which means the left side of her heart is underdeveloped. She has already had four open heart operations, her mother was quoted saying on a fundraising page.
She needs urgent heart surgery but her family are now fundraising to send her to India to receive treatment because they were denied the guaranteed usage of un-vaccinated donor blood.
"We shall send her overseas where her and her parents will get the care and respect for her rights we all deserve. The surgeon is waiting and has promised Directed Donor Blood and first-class blood and surgery."
However, the page doesn't give any details about the Indian hospital or surgeon the family are planning to go to.
Supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party demand Prime Minister Hasina to resign and for new elections.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party have gathered in Dhaka to protest against the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections.
The protesters rallied on Saturday at the Golapbagh sports ground, where the crowd chanted “Sheikh Hasina is a vote thief” amid heightened tensions in the Bangladeshi capital.
The rally comes days after security forces stormed the headquarters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday. At least one person died and dozens of others were injured in the raid.
Anti-government protests have erupted across the country in recent months triggered by power cuts and fuel price hikes. The prime minister has rejected calls to stand down
Independent observers have reported that the past two general elections were rigged by Hasina’s government, forcing losses by the BNP.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/10/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-bangladesh-against-pm-hasina
Japan is currently the only G7 nation that does not recognise same-sex marriage.
A Tokyo court has upheld a ban on same-sex marriage in Japan, but also said that the ban was a violation of human rights.
The compensation case was brought by four couples who claimed the law was discriminatory.
Campaigners have welcomed the ruling as an indication to the government that it needs to change the law.
"This is actually a fairly positive ruling," said Nobuhito Sawasaki, one of the lawyers involved in the case.
"While marriage remains between a man and a woman..., (the court) also said that the current situation with no legal protections for same-sex families is not good, suggesting something must be done about it," he told Reuters.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling party has not disclosed any plans to change or review the legislation, although several senior members support same-sex marriage and union.
In Wednesday's ruling, the judge dismissed the case but also said that blocking gay couples from a legal pathway to marriage was irrational.
The lawyers and couples involved welcomed the ruling as "ground breaking", urging the government to promptly enact a law to mitigate the problem.
Currently, Japan's constitution says that marriage is defined by the mutual consent of both sexes.
State media said he had died just after 12:00 local time (04:00 GMT), in Shanghai, on Wednesday.
Jiang presided over a time when China opened up on a vast scale and saw high-speed growth.
His death comes as China sees some of its most serious protests since Tiananmen, with many demonstrating against Covid restrictions.
A Chinese Communist Party statement said he died of leukaemia and multiple organ failure.
It added that he was recognised "as an outstanding leader with high prestige" and "a long-tested Communist fighter".
Some wonder if Jiang's death might trigger more protests in China now - just as the death of former Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang led to the Tiananmen Square protests 33 years ago.
If beneficiaries had suffered physical injury or death from an adverse event following immunisation, they could approach civil courts to claim damages for negligence, malfeasance or misfeasance, government says
The government cannot be held liable to pay compensation for deaths due to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
“As such, once a vaccine beneficiary who has access to all relevant information voluntarily chooses to enter a vaccination centre and receive vaccination, the question of a lack of informed consent does not arise,” the government said.
(NOT TRUE AT ALL - Schools and college threatened students and gave jabs forcefully in schools and colleges)
Telling new data has shown an incredible fact about one nation that completely rejected lockdowns throughout the pandemic.
Serious holes have been poked in the world’s response to the pandemic, with Sweden emerging atop a telling list of nations least affected by Covid-19.
In a list of countries studied by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Scandinavian nation ranked lowest for overall cumulative excess deaths from 2020-22 at 6.8 per cent, compared to Australia (18 per cent), the UK (24.5 per cent) and the US (54.1 per cent).
The results are even more poignant considering Sweden was one of the few developed nations that opted against widespread lockdowns.
As governments scrambled to make the idea of locking down regular life palatable throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Sweden refused, opting for a “voluntary” approach to dealing with the spread.
The nation of 10.4 million kept schools from closing throughout the biggest waves of the virus’ spread and did not mandate masks.
It should be noted Sweden’s population density sits at around 25 per square kilometre, roughly half that of the worldwide average, with neighbouring Denmark having around 125 per square km.
According to the Swedish government, the country’s response has been partly based on voluntary action.
Officials were repeatedly warned against lockdowns
Health officials have been criticised for ignoring the widespread effects lockdowns can have on mental health, citing troubling data from some of the world’s most locked-down cities, including Melbourne.
Documents released in 2021 showed Victoria’s Mental Health Minister was warned about the run-on effects of widespread lockdowns in a two-page ministerial briefing note, which also alerted him to a rise in youth self-harm incidents, hospital presentations and suicidal ideation.
The measures were followed by police officials urging the public to tip them off about “illegal” family gatherings and household visits. Some states, including Western Australia, proudly employed camera drones to scale public areas for those breaching their hourly quota of outdoor time.
There is a full inquiry underway into Australia’s response to Covid, with an independent review being funded by three major philanthropic organisations and headed by Western Sydney University chancellor Peter Shergold.
“Schools should have stayed open,” the almost 100-page report found.
“It was wrong to close entire school systems, particularly once new information indicated that schools were not high-transmission environments”.
The Reserve Bank of India is set to launch the pilot of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), which it categorizes as legal tender in a digital form. Commonly known as the digital rupee, it will be exchangeable at par with existing currencies and will be considered acceptable for payments and a safe store of value.
Countries that are Considering CBDC With the recent popularity of a cashless or digital financial framework, world governments and central banks are exploring (some of them have also implemented) the possibilities of digital currency.
The Bahamas, Nigeria, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines have already launched their digital currency.
Russia – the Digital Ruble has completed the initial trials–full cycle of transactions as announced by the central bank of Russia.
China – plans to launch the eCNY or digital Yuan by 2022.
With blockchain technology, the digital rupee will increase efficiency and transparency. Blockchain will also enable real-time tracking and ledger maintenance.
(So they will know where the money is and for what it is being used)
By introducing the digital rupee, the RBI expects to address problems associated with existing physical currencies and cross-border transactions.
Cross-border money transfer and converting the money into foreign currency is tedious and expensive. With the launch of the digital rupee, the instant cross-border money transfer is set to make bank cash management and operations more seamless.
You don’t have to open a bank account to transact with a digital rupee. ^^^^^^<-- does it mean they will have a bar code? chip implanted?
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/in/investing/what-is-digital-rupee/
https://rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=54616
Netanyahu assured with near-certain victory as almost 90% votes counted
On Wednesday night, Meretz was placed just below the threshold of 3.25%, and the Likud led with 32 seats.
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu will with near certainty be Israel's next prime minister after approximately 90% of the votes counted, the Central Election Committee's data shows.
At press time on Wednesday, the Netanyahu coalition will consist of 65 MKs, while the Lapid bloc will consist of 50 and Hadash-Ta'al five.
The results after 87.6% of the vote were: Likud 32, Yesh Atid 24, Religious Zionism Party (RZP) 14, National Unity 12, Shas 11, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) eight, Yisrael Beytenu five, Ra'am five, Hadash-Ta'al five and Labor four.
Meretz stood at 3.19% of the general vote, below the requisite 3.25% electoral threshold.
Balad also stood underneath the threshold at 3.02%. Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked stood at 1.16%. and will not be a part of the upcoming Knesset.
Imran Khan injured in firing during Pakistan rally: media
One person has been arrested from the spot and police shifted him to an unknown location, ‘GEO TV’ reported Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on November 3 sustained bullet injury when unidentified assailants opened fire on the container-mounted-truck carrying him during his protest march in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, media reports said.
The incident occurred near Allahwala Chowk of Wazirabad town of Punjab.
Geo TV footage showed that 70-year-old Khan was hit in the right leg. Police shifted him to a bullet proof vehicle from the container he was riding at the time of the attack.
The channel reported that one person has been arrested from the spot and police shifted him to an unknown location.
Initially, it was reported that Mr. Khan was safe while some people were injured. However, later it turned out that Mr. Khan was also injured.
There are also reports that Mr. Khan’s close aide Senator Faisal Javed was also injured in the attack.
Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, AFP journalists on the scene witnessed.
The frail-looking Hu, 79, initially seemed reluctant to leave the front row of Politburo Standing Committee members in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, where he was sitting next to President Xi Jinping.
He had brief exchanges with Xi and Premier Li Keqiang after stewards spoke with him. A steward, holding Hu’s arm, led the former president out.
Hu patted Li’s shoulder as he left. His departure was not explained. Hu, who retired in 2013, appeared at last Sunday’s Congress opening with his hair completely grey.
Xi, 69, is widely expected to be reaffirmed this weekend as the Party’s General Secretary, paving the way for him to gain a norm-breaking third term as Chinese president next March.
The new Central Committee of around 200 senior Party officials was elected shortly after 11am Saturday, state media agency Xinhua reported, without disclosing a full list of members
The decision comes after referenda in the Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions on accepting Russian sovereignty.
A signing ceremony accepting occupied Ukrainian territories into the Russian Federation will take place on Friday, Russian media reported on Thursday.
Following the referenda on becoming part of Russia in the Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, President Vladimir Putin will give a speech and participate in a signing ceremony officiating the annexation. "Tomorrow at 15:00 in the Grand Kremlin Palace, in the St. George's Hall, a ceremony will be held to sign agreements on the entry of new territories into the Russian Federation," press secretary Dmitry Peskov said according to Russian state media outlet RIA.
Putin will meet with the Russian-installed a heads of the regions at the ceremony, according to TASS. Their on Wednesday had formally asked Putin to incorporate them into Russia, which Russian officials have suggested is a formality. "The results are clear. Welcome home, to Russia!" Dmitry Medvedev, a former president who serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Telegram, after the release of the results.
Heartland star Robert Cormier dies suddenly aged 33
Robert Cormier, who played Finn Cotter on the show Heartland, died on Friday. He was just 33 years old.
The Canadian actor’s cause of death is yet to be determined.
In his obituary, Cormier is remembered as “an athlete, an actor, and a great brother,” who had “a passion for helping others and was always looking to achieve more.”
Anti-child sexual abuse drive: CBI conducts searches in 20 States
Apart from the accused Indian nationals, the other suspects were from countries like Pakistan (36), Canada (35), the United States (35), Bangladesh (31), Sri Lanka (30), Nigeria (28), Azerbaijan (27), Yemen (24), Malaysia (22), Saudi Arabia (19), Indonesia, (19), Egypt (21), United Arab Emirates (19), United Kingdom (17), South Africa (15), Nepal (15), Algeria (17), Iraq (14), Afghanistan (12), Kenya (12), and Oman (12).
The probe led to the identification of over 50 groups with more than 5,000 offenders, including the nationals of about 100 countries, also including Turkey, Poland, Sudan, South Korea, Uganda, Kuwait, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia and Romania.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on September 24, 2022 conducted searches at 56 locations across 19 States and one Union Territory, as part of a pan-India drive against the circulation and sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).
The operation code-named “MeghaChakra” is being carried out following the inputs received from the Interpol’s Singapore special unit based on the information received from the authorities in New Zealand.
Searches are being carried out in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Telengana and Tamil Nadu among others.
Last November, the agency had launched a similar exercise code-named “Operation Carbon”, in which the suspects in 13 States and one Union Territory were raided. Subsequently, the CBI registered about two dozen cases involving more than 80 people.
The previous operation was conducted at 76 locations across the country.
The persons named in the First Information Reports (FIRs) were booked under the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, for allegedly being part of the syndicates that uploaded, circulated, sold and viewed CSAM through various social media platforms and groups.
Based on its findings, the CBI had later decided to send requests to several countries for gathering information under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) on those involved in the racket. More than 100 references were to be made.
World famous author dies ‘suddenly’
Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed Wolf Hall saga, has died “suddenly and peacefully”, aged 70.
The acclaimed writer, who won the prestigious award for two of the books in her Wolf Hall trilogy, died peacefully on Thursday surrounded by close family and friends, according to her agent, Bill Heath.
“It is with great sadness that A.M. Heath and HarperCollins announce that best-selling author Dame Hilary Mantel DBE died suddenly yet peacefully yesterday, surrounded by close family and friends, aged 70,” Mr Heath wrote in a blog online.
“Hilary Mantel was one of the greatest English novelists of this century and her beloved works are considered modern classics. She will be greatly missed.”
In a statement, her publisher HarperCollins said: “We are heartbroken at the death of our beloved author, Dame Hilary Mantel.
“Our thoughts are with her friends and family, especially her husband, Gerald.
“This is a devastating loss and we can only be grateful she left us with such a magnificent body of work.”
The British author’s last novel, the conclusion to her trilogy about the tumultuous life of Thomas Cromwell, the scheming chief minister to King Henry VIII, attracted midnight queues outside bookshops.
Dunedin plumber Rory Nairn died from myocarditis caused by the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, a coroner has found.
It is the second death ruled to have been caused by the vaccine.
Nairn, 26, collapsed in the bathroom of the home he shared with his fiancée, Ashleigh Wilson, early on November 17, 2021.
Twelve days earlier he had received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
A coroner's inquest last month heard he reported feeling heart flutters in the days following but put it down to stress.
Nairn was never warned about the risk of myocarditis.
Coroner Sue Johnson on Tuesday morning released her first findings into the death, determining the vaccine caused Nairn's death.
"I find that Rory James Nairn, aged 26, died on November 17, 2021... The cause of his death was myocarditis, due to vaccination with the Comirnaty TM Pfizer/BioN Tech COVID-19 vaccine," the coroner said.
A Melbourne music teacher and his boyfriend have admitted to more than 60 child sex offences between them, including performing sexual acts in front of minors and sexual assault.
Couple Benjamin John Heels and Tristan Dayle Cullinan-Smayle, both 33, pleaded guilty to the raft of charges before Judge Helen Symes in the County Court of Victoria on Thursday.
Heels, an ex-music teacher at Fountain Gate Secondary College in Narren Warren in Melbourne’s populous southeast, pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 16 in the suburb of Pakenham from January to May last year.
He also notified the court of his intention to plead guilty to more charges of sexually assaulting a minor, sexual activity in the presence of a child, using a carriage service to transmit child sex abuse material and possessing child sex abuse material.
Cullinan-Smayle pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to encourage a child under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity with him in Berwick in 2017.
He also said he intended to plead guilty to charges of transmitting child pornography, possessing child abuse material, and using a carriage service to transmit child abuse material.
PM Mishustin would become acting president and elections would be held, but experts say the substance a post-Putin Russia is tough to predict.
In recent months, the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the subject of much speculation, with claims that he has cancer, Parkinson’s, or has even survived an assassination attempt.
But so far, no doctor’s note has been produced.
“He can stay in power for 10 years or more if he wants, it really depends on the circumstances,” political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya told Al Jazeera. “I wouldn’t really pay too much attention to the problem of his health.”
Should the 69-year-old die or otherwise leave office suddenly, the Federation Council has 14 days to call presidential elections, and if it does not, the Central Election Commission would.
In the meantime, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin would become acting president. However, Mishustin is not seen as being particularly close to Putin, nor a credible candidate for any election.
Instead, Stanovaya believes Putin’s departure will leave a power vacuum between business interests, security officials such as Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu and other factions of the elite.
“If something happens to him tomorrow, I believe that the system would survive; It’s still robust,” said Stanovaya.
“If something happens tomorrow, I believe conservative forces, siloviki [security officials] will seize the political initiative and take over. But if something happens to Putin later – one year or more – in this case, the risks of destabilisation are much higher. We will see infighting and the siloviki would have much less chance to keep the initiative. Next year the situation might be more different and difficult.”
According to reports in independent Russian media outlets, members of the Russian elite were surprised and felt anxious when Putin announced the Ukraine invasion on February 24, declaring the “special military operation” a necessary step.
A patriotic consolidation took hold in the following weeks as the economy held more robustly than expected.
Nevertheless, Putin’s refusal to acknowledge a link between economic woes and sanctions is reportedly alienating business-minded officials, while others criticise him for not waging war actively enough.
According to some reports, a few Kremlin insiders are quietly discussing who may come after Putin.
But Stanovaya said such talk is not serious.
“Actually no one knows [who will be next],” said Stanovaya. “If someone for example starts writing Medvedev is the successor, it might be seen as a political attack on Medvedev, because no one wants to appear as a successor, because it makes your position more vulnerable.”
Security expert Mark Galeotti told Al Jazeera: “It’s honestly hard to see Putin going soon. For all the tales of illness, there’s no evidence he is seriously ill, and given how disastrously the war has gone, I can’t see him retiring unless he’s forced to go by the people around him.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/12/what-happens-if-putin-suddenly-dies
Petitioner Dilip Lunawat has made Bill Gates a party to the case, as the Bill Gates Foundation had funded SII's efforts in manufacturing the Covishield vaccine.
The Bombay High Court recently issued notice in connection to a plea filed by a man seeking compensation of Rs 1,000 crore (around 150 million USD) from the Maharashtra government, the Union government, the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, for the death of his daughter, who he claimed died due to the side effects she suffered after she was administered vaccines against Covid-19.
Lunawat has claimed that his daughter Snehal, a medical student in Nashik, was given both doses of Covishield under the state’s initiative to vaccinate healthcare workers. He added that due to side effects of the vaccines, Snehal passed away on March 1, last year.
The petition claimed that the Union government’s Adverse Events Following Immunisation Committee, last October, had admitted that his daughter died due to the side effects of Covishield. Lunawat sought from the court a declaration that the authorities have “callous criminal attitude, as they have continued with their narrative that they have treatment for side effects of anti-Covid vaccines”.
The petition filed through advocate Abhishek Mishra also sought directions to the state to pay an interim compensation of Rs 1,000 crore (around 150 million USD), which can be recovered from SII. It also sought a direction to the Centre to take steps against social media companies, which are involved in the “conspiracy of suppressing correct data about deaths caused due to vaccine side effects”.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has been on trial for more than a year on multiple charges, ranging from corruption and incitement to leaks of official secrets
Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings.
The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar's opposition to decades of military rule has been detained since a coup early last year and has already been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison. She denies all the allegations against her.
On Friday, she was judged to have committed fraud in a November 2020 general election that her National League for Democracy (NLD) won with an overwhelming legislative majority, trouncing a party created by the powerful military.
Suu Kyi (76) has been on trial for more than a year on multiple charges, ranging from corruption and incitement to leaks of official secrets, for which the combined maximum sentences is more than 190 years.
This news is all over Indian newspapers
NEW YORK: Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.
^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fear news
The dog belongs to a couple who said they sleep alongside the animal.
^^^^^^^^^ selective use of words
(sleep - define sleep!!)
The two men were infected with monkeypox after having sex with other partners and wound up with lesions and other symptoms.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ slow reveal of truth.
The greyhound later developed lesions and was diagnosed with the virus.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ missing context
Monkeypox infections have been detected in rodents and other wild animals, which can spread the virus to humans. But the authors called it the first report of monkeypox infection in a domesticated animal like a dog or cat.
Pets that come in close contact with a symptomatic person should be kept at home and away from other animals and people for 21 days after the most recent contact, the CDC advises.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fear news
They have taken one incident in the world to turn and spin into fear news across the world.
Search for "Monkeypox can spread to dogs" and see newspapers in Asia, Australia, and other parts of the world spreading this fear news.
And how many people dig deep to understand this is because of unnatural sex with animals? this is not even mentioned in the news!!
Arise, Lord, in your anger;
Neutrality remains popular domestically in Austria, which has sent humanitarian assistance and non-lethal weapons to Ukraine.
Room for geopolitical neutrality has shrunk across Europe since February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
The continent’s evolving security architecture has prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their historic non-alignment and even Switzerland is moving closer to NATO.
However, Austria continues to sit on the fence and Vienna has no plans to join NATO despite the ongoing war.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/15/austrian-neutrality-in-light-of-the-ukraine-war
New Delhi is concerned about the possibility of the ship's tracking systems attempting to snoop on Indian installations, it is learnt.
Colombo: A Chinese ship with abilities to track satellites and intercontinental missiles docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port this morning amid security concerns expressed by India. Harbour Master, Captain Nirmal de Silva, told NDTV that the Chinese ship arrived at Sri Lankan port at around 840 am.
The ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship, Yuan Wang 5, was allowed to dock at the Hambantota port on the condition that it will not carry out any research while in Sri Lankan waters, news agency AFP quoted port officials as saying.
New Delhi is concerned about the possibility of the ship's tracking systems attempting to snoop on Indian installations, it is learnt.
Sri Lanka, which had earlier asked China to postpone the visit of the high-tech ship, cleared it for docking on Saturday.
Clinicians' reluctance to discuss the possible harms of anal sex with their patients is letting down a generation of young women who are unaware of the risks, researchers have warned.
In an editorial for the medical journal The BMJ last week, surgeons Tabitha Gana and Lesley Hunt argued that with anal intercourse becoming more common among heterosexual couples, failure by doctors to candidly discuss the risks can expose women to "missed diagnoses, futile treatments, and further harm arising from a lack of medical advice".
Gana and Hunt, a colorectal surgeon and consultant surgeon respectively at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, UK, have warned that healthcare professionals - particularly those in general practice, gastroenterology and colorectal surgery - "have a duty to acknowledge changes in society around anal sex in young women".
Anal intercourse is considered a risky sexual act due to its association with alcohol, drug use and multiple sex partners, as well as being associated with specific health concerns, Gana and Hunt explained, including incontinence and injuries caused by trauma.
For example, increased rates of faecal incontinence and sphincter injury have been reported in women who have anal intercourse and > due to their different anatomy, women are also at a higher risk of incontinence than men.
Shocking video has captured the moment a businessman collapsed and died while giving a speech at a conference in Egypt.
Muhammad Al-Qahtani, a Saudi businessman reportedly residing in the United Arab Emirates, was giving a speech at the speaking at the Arab-African Conference in Cairo on Monday when he appeared to lose consciousness and fall over backwards.
Mr Al-Qahtani was chairman of the board of Al-Salam Holding Company and reportedly held a number of honorary positions as a goodwill ambassador.
He had been speaking at the event, which was held under the title “in support of the achievements of [Egyptian] President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi”, at the time he collapsed,