In a trial of 3,400 children, one dose of the experimental drug ganaquine cured as many infections as the standard three-day course, a result that could transform treatment in places where completing a course is the hardest part.
With reservoirs at a third of capacity and a wheat harvest half the average, the kingdom is importing grain at record rates and betting on desalination to keep its cities and farms alive.
The first fully computer-based sitting of the national secondary school certificate exam, taken by 1.9 million students, was disrupted at 112 centers by outages and connection failures, forcing retakes.
The scheme that replaced a discredited national fund has signed up 22 million people, but fewer than half pay in, and hospitals waiting months for reimbursement have begun turning members away.