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Sheikh Joaan honours winners of Founder’s Sword Festival

Qatar Olympic Committee President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani...

‘Friendship’ sculpture at Katara portrays strong Qatar-Cuba ties

A unique sculpture titled, Friendship, which depicts a fusion of the...

Traffic awareness campaign at Sealine

The Sealine Committee (Southern Traffic Department) carried out an...

Nasser al-Naimi

HMC official appointed to Planetree certification committee

Nasser al-Naimi, Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Centre for Patient...

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Kahramaa continues training for recruits of the National Service Academy

The training programme by the Qatar General Electricity and Water...


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Signage for the Disney+ streaming service is displayed during the D23 Expo 2019 in Anaheim, Californ

What's next for Hollywood? Spotlight turns to Disney's streaming plans

What will Disney do? Hollywood is asking that question a week after AT&T Inc's Warner Bros upended the film business by saying it would debut all of its 2021 movies on its HBO Max streaming service on the same day they hit theaters.

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Facebook faces US lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company ...

St Mary Medical Center uses triage tents to handle the overflow at its 200 bed hospital during the o

US nears final Covid vaccine review as daily national deaths top 3,250

The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3,250 lives lost to Covid-19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign ...


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UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash

UAE, Egypt hail efforts to resolve Gulf dispute

The UAE said on Tuesday it supports Saudi efforts to end a three-year...

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EU promises Gazans help getting virus vaccine

A European Union delegation visited Gaza yesterday pledging to help...

Kuwaiti candidate and former parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem celebrates with his supporters fol

Kuwait opposition makes strong gains in parliamentary elections

Kuwait’s opposition took nearly half of parliament’s seats in weekend...

Kuwaiti candidate and former parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem celebrates with his supporters fol

Kuwait Amir accepts post-election government resignation

Kuwait's prime minister submitted his government's resignation on...


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The “remarkable” rating is attributed to the focus on strengthening the bank’s operational environme

Moody’s affirms QIIB rating at A2 with stable outlook

Global credit rating agency Moody’s has affirmed QIIB’s rating at “A2” with a “stable” outlook; indicating the strength of its financial position amid various market factors and challenges during the past period.

An employee stands at the Hammar Mushrif new Degassing Station Facilities site inside the Zubair oil

China set to bail out Iraq with multibillion-dollar oil deal

Iraq is poised to sign a multibillion-dollar contract with China ZhenHua Oil Co, a bailout from Beijing for the cash-strapped government which will receive money upfront in exchange for long-term oil supplies.

The Honda Motor Co auto plant stands in Swindon, UK. Honda said it was pausing work for the day yest

Honda pauses UK production after Covid and Brexit delays

Japanese automaker Honda yesterday suspended production at its British plant after suffering a shortfall in parts, after blockages at ports caused by the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit.

A G4S logo is seen on a sign outside the company’s headquarters in Crawley, UK. G4S’ board yesterday

Global security giant G4S backs £3.8bn takeover

British security giant G4S, which guards sites including prisons, offices and Covid test-centres, has accepted a £3.8bn takeover from US rival Allied Universal, while rejecting yesterday a slightly smaller offer from Canada’s GardaWorld.

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Fresh hopes for US stimulus cheer Asia equity markets

Asian markets mostly rose yesterday as investors cheered news that the White House had put forward a fresh stimulus proposal of more than $900bn, lifting hopes US lawmakers could pass a deal before Christmas.

The Bedaya Centre-Akhlaquna workshop in progress. The aim of the workshop was to empower young peopl

Bedaya, Akhlaquna conduct workshops on social entrepreneurship

Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development, a joint initiative by Qatar Development Bank and Silatech, in collaboration with “Akhlaquna”, has conducted a month-long series of workshops on social entrepreneurship.

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