• People watch an annular solar eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo / Natacha Pisarenko)
    People watch an annular solar eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo / Natacha Pisarenko)
  • Afghan farmers spread pomegranate seeds to dry in the Sun in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province. AFP
    Afghan farmers spread pomegranate seeds to dry in the Sun in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province. AFP
  • A father hugs his son, as Greeks and Greek-Cypriots are evacuated from Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
    A father hugs his son, as Greeks and Greek-Cypriots are evacuated from Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
  • Spectators watch the men’s singles final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. AFP
    Spectators watch the men’s singles final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. AFP
  • Open Mosque Day in Duisburg, Germany. EPA
    Open Mosque Day in Duisburg, Germany. EPA
  • People on Cullercoats Beach, Tynemouth, England, at sunrise. PA
    People on Cullercoats Beach, Tynemouth, England, at sunrise. PA
  • A boy stands in front of a large Chinese flag during the Golden Week holiday in Beijing. Getty Images
    A boy stands in front of a large Chinese flag during the Golden Week holiday in Beijing. Getty Images
  • Prelates attend a holy mass at St Peter's Square in the Vatican. AFP
    Prelates attend a holy mass at St Peter's Square in the Vatican. AFP
  • People take shelter in central Israel as an air raid siren goes off, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Reuters
    People take shelter in central Israel as an air raid siren goes off, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Reuters
  • Rescuers work to retrieve bodies from a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Dhading, Nepal. Reuters
    Rescuers work to retrieve bodies from a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Dhading, Nepal. Reuters
  • Damaged buildings following an Israeli military attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut. EPA
    Damaged buildings following an Israeli military attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut. EPA
  • Palestinians survey a projectile after Iran had fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, in Tubas, the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinians survey a projectile after Iran had fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, in Tubas, the occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. AP
    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. AP
  • A resident helps free a car stuck in flooding during Tropical Storm Helene near Boone, North Carolina. Reuters
    A resident helps free a car stuck in flooding during Tropical Storm Helene near Boone, North Carolina. Reuters
  • Fisherwoman throw a net near a capsized ship off Tarkwa Bay in Lagos. AFP
    Fisherwoman throw a net near a capsized ship off Tarkwa Bay in Lagos. AFP
  • Jonathan Paredes of Mexico dives from the 27 metre platform during the second competition day of the seventh leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Antalya, Turkey. Getty Images
    Jonathan Paredes of Mexico dives from the 27 metre platform during the second competition day of the seventh leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Antalya, Turkey. Getty Images
  • Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor arrives at the 24th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Abu Dhabi. AFP
    Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor arrives at the 24th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Abu Dhabi. AFP
  • A beautician demonstrates techniques for customers during the Beauty Expo at the Taipei World Trade Centre in the Taiwan capital. AP
    A beautician demonstrates techniques for customers during the Beauty Expo at the Taipei World Trade Centre in the Taiwan capital. AP
  • A assesses the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs. AP
    A assesses the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs. AP
  • A Nepali security forces officer in Kathmandu uses an inflated inner tube in his rescue of residents stranded by the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains. Reuters
    A Nepali security forces officer in Kathmandu uses an inflated inner tube in his rescue of residents stranded by the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains. Reuters
  • A giant banner of Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, is set up in Tehran, Iran, days after his assassination by Israel in the suburbs of Beirut. Getty Images
    A giant banner of Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, is set up in Tehran, Iran, days after his assassination by Israel in the suburbs of Beirut. Getty Images
  • Parrots stand on powerlines in Hilario Ascasubi, which they invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according to biologists in Argentina. Reuters
    Parrots stand on powerlines in Hilario Ascasubi, which they invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according to biologists in Argentina. Reuters
  • Shops are closed in Hong Kong, China, as a cash crunch is creating financial strain not seen for decades. Bloomberg
    Shops are closed in Hong Kong, China, as a cash crunch is creating financial strain not seen for decades. Bloomberg
  • Bolivia's national football team players train in La Paz. AFP
    Bolivia's national football team players train in La Paz. AFP
  • A local guide walks past moais, or megalithic statues, in the Rano Raraku archaeological area on Easter Island, Chile. The site is managed by the Mau Henua indigenous community. Reuters
    A local guide walks past moais, or megalithic statues, in the Rano Raraku archaeological area on Easter Island, Chile. The site is managed by the Mau Henua indigenous community. Reuters
  • Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, centre, leads the applause as outgoing prime minister Fumio Kishida (not pictured) leaves his office in Tokyo on his final day as PM. AFP
    Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, centre, leads the applause as outgoing prime minister Fumio Kishida (not pictured) leaves his office in Tokyo on his final day as PM. AFP
  • Part of the Rhone Glacier is covered with insulating fabric to prevent it from melting, near Gletsch, in the Swiss Alps. Switzerland's glaciers have shed 2.4 per cent of their volume over the past year. AFP
    Part of the Rhone Glacier is covered with insulating fabric to prevent it from melting, near Gletsch, in the Swiss Alps. Switzerland's glaciers have shed 2.4 per cent of their volume over the past year. AFP
  • Hindu devotees perform rituals on the banks of the Hooghly River on the occasion of Mahalaya, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
    Hindu devotees perform rituals on the banks of the Hooghly River on the occasion of Mahalaya, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
  • Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River in the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Reuters
    Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River in the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Reuters
  • Chinese flags displayed on the balconies of an apartment block in Hong Kong to celebrate China's National Day. Getty Images
    Chinese flags displayed on the balconies of an apartment block in Hong Kong to celebrate China's National Day. Getty Images

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October 04, 2024

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HIV on the rise in the region

A 2019 United Nations special analysis on Aids reveals 37 per cent of new HIV infections in the Mena region are from people injecting drugs.

New HIV infections have also risen by 29 per cent in western Europe and Asia, and by 7 per cent in Latin America, but declined elsewhere.

Egypt has shown the highest increase in recorded cases of HIV since 2010, up by 196 per cent.

Access to HIV testing, treatment and care in the region is well below the global average.  

Few statistics have been published on the number of cases in the UAE, although a UNAIDS report said 1.5 per cent of the prison population has the virus.

About Seez

Company name/date started: Seez, set up in September 2015 and the app was released in August 2017  

Founder/CEO name(s): Tarek Kabrit, co-founder and chief executive, and Andrew Kabrit, co-founder and chief operating officer

Based in: Dubai, with operations also in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon 

Sector:  Search engine for car buying, selling and leasing

Size: (employees/revenue): 11; undisclosed

Stage of funding: $1.8 million in seed funding; followed by another $1.5m bridge round - in the process of closing Series A 

Investors: Wamda Capital, B&Y and Phoenician Funds 

A Prayer Before Dawn

Director: Jean-Stephane Sauvaire

Starring: Joe Cole, Somluck Kamsing, Panya Yimmumphai

Three stars

Updated: October 04, 2024, 6:02 PM
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