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As students despair, France addresses plight of pandemic’s ‘lost generation’ Issued on: 21/01/2021 - 22:31 French President Emmanuel Macron talks with students at Paris-Saclay University near the French capital on January 21, 2021. © REUTERS pool Text by:Benjamin DODMANFollow|Bahar MAKOOI 9 min France is scrambling to address the hardship and isolation experienced by students whose university years have been hijacked by the Covid-19 pandemic, with unions...

Deadly twin suicide attack hits central Baghdad At least 28 people killed after a commercial street in the heart of Iraqi capital hit by explosions with toll likely to rise, military says. The site of a twin suicide bombing attack in a central market is seen in Baghdad, Iraq January 21, 2021 21 Jan 2021 A rare twin suicide bombing killed at...

Volkswagen faces EU fine for missing 2020 emissions targets By Devik Jain and Medha Singh 0 comments Posted on January 21, 2021 The logo of German carmaker Volkswagen is seen on a rim cap in a showroom of a Volkswagen car dealer in Brussels BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen faces a fine of more than 100 million euros ($121 million) for missing EU targets on carbon dioxide...

Turkey-EU ties on better footing, EU’s Borrell says By Catarina Demony and Pedro Nunes 0 comments Posted on January 21, 2021 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Brussels BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkey and the European Union have started the year positively and steps to restart talks with Greece over hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean are welcome, but the EU remains concerned about human rights, the bloc’s top...

Futures edge higher ahead of weekly jobless claims data By Devik Jain and Medha Singh 0 comments Posted on January 21, 2021 The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in the financial district of New York (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday as investors counted on more pandemic relief and speedy vaccine rollouts under the new Biden administration to aid the...

Wall Street closes at record highs as Netflix jumps, Biden inaugurated By Echo Wang 0 comments Posted on January 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange, in New York City (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed at record highs on Wednesday as Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president, while solid results from Netflix sparked...

United Airlines posts fourth straight quarterly loss and pledges more cost cuts By Tracy Rucinski 0 comments Posted on January 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet taxis at Newark Liberty International Airport (Reuters) – United Airlines Holdings Inc on Wednesday reported a fourth straight quarterly loss as the coronavirus pandemic continued to upend the travel industry and said it aims to cut about...

‘We must end this uncivil war,’ Biden says, taking over a U.S. in crisis By Trevor Hunnicutt, Patricia Zengerle and Jarrett Renshaw 0 comments Posted on January 20, 2021 Inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, offering a message of unity and restoration to a...

Su-57 would easily defeat the F-35 in a dogfight, says famous Russian test pilot Magomed Tolboyev, a cosmonaut who led the tests with the Russian space shuttle Buran, praised the Sukhoi jet, but acknowledged that the American opponent is better prepared for the current war scenario RICARDO MEIER JANUARY 20, 2021  Su-57 vs F-35 0 SHARES ShareTweet One of the most notable Russian test pilots who commanded...

Telangana: Healthcare worker dies day after getting Covid shot, govt says not linked to vaccines This is the third incident of a healthcare worker dying after getting vaccine shots. By: Express Web Desk | Hyderabad, New Delhi | Updated: January 20, 2021 4:54:20 pm The nationwide vaccine drive, which was kickstarted on January 16 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, aims to inoculate over...

Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One Wednesday for the last time as president, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and tumult and a nation bitterly divided. Four years after standing on stage at his own inauguration and painting a dire picture of “American carnage,” Trump departed the office twice...

  The Qatar e-government website “Hukoomi” hotline reported that the exceptional return permit for the head of the family residing in the State of Qatar includes his accompanying family members, as well as domestic workers. The hotline added, in response to inquiries sent to him by the Al-Sharq website, that the head of the family who has an exceptional return permit...

Doha - Qena:   Data from the Planning and Statistics Authority showed that the state's gross domestic product grew by 9.6 percent in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the second quarter of the same year, while it recorded a decrease of 19.9 percent compared to the third quarter of 2019. The Planning and Statistics Authority said, in a statement today,...

  The Qatar Chamber participated in the first conference of the chambers of commerce and industry of the member states of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue, which was held today through visual communication technology. The conference was held on the sidelines of the seventeenth ministerial meeting of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue countries, with a large participation of representatives of federations and chambers...