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4 hours ago General Min Aung Hlaing and Aung San Suu Kyi FAST FACTS Fears grow authoritarian leaders will use new laws on 'fake news' to target legitimate news outlets that are critical of their rule. Governments across Southeast Asia have been using laws and the judiciary to curb press freedoms - now, they have found a handy crutch to lean on as they...

  22 Jan 2018 - 12:46 Manchester United's English defender Chris Smalling (R) vies with Burnley's English striker Ashley Barnes (L) during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Manchester United at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on January 20, 2018. AFP / Lindsey PARNABY AFP London: Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has hailed Jose Mourinho for building a strong...

  20 Jan 2018 - 0:02 European Commissioner in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici gives a press conference on the European Commission's proposals to give more flexibility to member states to set VAT rates and to simplify VAT obligations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Brussels, on January 18, 2018. AFP / Emmanuel Dunand AFP Brussels: ...

  22 Jan 2018 - 1:56 By Sachin Kumar / The Peninsula DOHA: Ports in Qatar have witnessed steep rise in the number of ships coming to Qatari waters since illegal blockade. The number of vessels coming to ports every month after siege has almost doubled, showing the strength Qatar’s growing maritime trade. As many as 417 vessels were handled by Hamad Port,...

  22 Jan 2018 - 2:13 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah and Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad with other dignitaries in Kuwait. QNA Kuwait: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al...

  22 Jan 2018 - 1:56 Children participating in a fitness programme at Ezdan Mall, Al Gharafa. The Peninsula DOHA: My GYM Qatar has launched collaboration with Friends of Nature and Ezdan Mall, Al Gharafa, to promote physical activities as part of Sports and Environment. On Friday, Friends of Nature welcomed My Gym Children’s Fitness Center and their Manager Ilham Afiouni, to educate little...

  22 Jan 2018 - 2:13 D4Dance Qatar troupe performs at the Bollywood Fashion Show held as part of Shop Qatar 2018 last week at Mondrian Doha. By Raynald C Rivera / The Peninsula DOHA: Shop Qatar 2018 kicked off yet another exciting week yesterday with the start of International Week featuring a special line-up of entertainment and activities that celebrate the arts...

  22 Jan 2018 - 2:20 The Peninsula DOHA: ‘Screen For Life’, Qatar’s National Breast and Bowel Cancer Screening program, led by the Primary Health Care Corporation, in 2017 has conducted a total of 11,990 breast cancer screenings for eligible women. That figure represented the double the number of breast cancer screenings in the programs inaugural year in 2016. Screenings were performed across...

  22 Jan 2018 - 8:28 File picture used for representation. The Peninsula Online Qatar Traffic Department has been taking various steps and initiatives to ensure speeding and related accidents do not occur. Mobile radars placed at locations with high risk of speeding has helped reduce the number of accidents say officials. Here are the locations for the radars today (Sunday, January 22) - Al...

  22 Jan 2018 - 2:20 One of the students presenting her graduation research project. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar University College of Health Sciences (QU-CHS) organised two-day seminar in January to present the student’s graduation research projects. These projects were in Biomedical Sciences, Public Health and Human Nutrition fields, 12 Biomedical Sciences students, Eighteen Public Health students and 29 Human Nutrition students presented their...

  22 Jan 2018 - 14:10 (COMBO) (L) Kuwait Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khalid Nasser Al-Roudan, (R) Turki Al-Sheikh, Chairman of the General Sports Authority and Advisor in the Saudi Royal Court The Peninsula Online Doha: A Saudi official has launched a scathing and defamatory attack on a Kuwait Minister after he visited Qatar and...

  22 Jan 2018 - 14:54 Akbar Al Baker, (left) Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive and Alejandro Agag Chief Executive Officer ABB FIA formula E Championship during the Press Conference in Doha. Photo: Abdul Basit © The Peninsula By Hadeel Al Sayegh | Reuters DOHA: The delivery of Qatar Airways' first Airbus A350-1000 has been delayed until February due to the "complex seat...

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