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Tamuq professor elevated to IEEE Fellow

Third edition of Turkey Expo Qatar concludes

The third edition of Turkey Expo Qatar...

HBKU college workshop offers students new insights on laboratory skills

The College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa...

Souq Waqif Equestrian Festival 2019 begins

The Souq Waqif Equestrian Festival 2019 began yesterday and for the...

Symposium explores impact of brain-gut interaction on health

A symposium at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) explored the...

HMC holds Dietary Guidelines workshop

Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Corporate Department of Dietetics...

CMU-Q and Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation officials

CMU-Q, Jassim Foundation team up to instill computing skills in children

Thousands of students in Qatar are learning about computing through...

Hundreds of Zimbabweans arrested during anti-government protests were detained yesterday on public order charges, as the United Nations urged an end to a brutal security crackdown and an internet blackout.

Vigils held in Australia for murdered Israeli girl

Hundreds of Australians dressed in black gathered in Melbourne on the steps of Victorian state parliament late yesterday for a silent vigil in memory of murdered Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe.

Chief Justice Khosa takes oath of office

Pakistan’s new chief justice was sworn in yesterday, pledging reform of a Supreme Court whose controversial decisions include ousting a prime minister and freeing a woman accused of blasphemy.

Third Women’s March approaches

01:09 AM - 19 January 2019

Latest report on Trump draws House inquiry

01:08 AM - 19 January 2019

President ‘spoils’ Pelosi plan for commercial flight to Afghanistan

01:07 AM - 19 January 2019

Colombia blames Bogota bombing on ELN rebels

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Colombia blames deadly Bogota car bombing on ELN rebels

08:01 PM - 18 January 2019

Coalition strikes leave 23 dead in eastern Syria

Sudanese protestors burn tires during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Khartoum

Mourners and worshippers protest after 3 die in Sudan demos

Hundreds of mourners returning from the funeral of a protester and...

Bodies of four baby lion cubs that died in a zoo, are seen in the southern Gaza Strip

Newborn lion cubs die in Gaza after winter storm

Four baby lion cubs died from the cold in a Gaza zoo after wind...

Wage strike paralyses Tunisia

UN says Yemen monitors safe after Hodeida shooting

A United Nations mission tasked with overseeing a truce in war-torn...

UN approves mission to shore up Yemen truce

The UN Security Council unanimously approved yesterday the deployment...

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China is said to offer path to end trade imbalance with US

China has offered to go on a six-year buying spree to ramp up imports from the US, in a move that would reconfigure the relationship between the world’s two largest economies, according to officials familiar with the negotiations.

‘China growth hits slowest pace in decades in 2018’

China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades in 2018, analysts in an AFP poll said, as the government struggles to contain ballooning debt and a bruising trade war with the United States.

Modi’s pre-election handouts to cost India billions, breach fiscal targets: Sources

A series of vote-catching measures planned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than Rs1tn ($14bn), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Ambani to battle Amazon, Walmart in e-commerce

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani announced details of a new online shopping platform yesterday that will see his oil-to-telecoms conglomerate take on Amazon and Walmart in India’s burgeoning e-commerce market.

Germany, China vow to open markets, boost financial ties

Germany and China yesterday signed agreements to strengthen co-ordination in banking, finance and capital markets, and pledged to further open market access and deepen co-operation to broaden economic ties.

Ghosn received $9mn improperly from Nissan-Mitsubishi JV

Carlos Ghosn improperly received $9mn in compensation from a joint venture (JV) between Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors, the Japanese automakers said yesterday, raising the possibility of their ousted chairman facing a fresh charge of embezzlement.