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His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulated Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Sultanate of Oman. His Excellency wished - in a tweet on his official account on Twitter - the new Omani minister, and wished the bilateral...

A video that has been circulating online shows a scene from a 2003 TV series featuring a remarkably similar situation to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. (Screengrab from season 2, episode 14 of the show Dead Zone, entitled"Plague".) Did an American TV series from 2003 really predict the Covid-19 pandemic? Become an Observer Contribute Since mid-May, people online have been sharing an excerpt...

Anna Medaris Miller , Business Insider US  Aug 18, 2020, 08:50 PM (Getty) The WHO's Mike Ryan said "we're nowhere close" to having herd immunity levels needed to stop the coronavirus.  Only about 10% of the global population has antibodies against the infection, and experts don't know how protective they are or how long the protection lasts.  A safe...

the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported on Tuesday 293 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), and 267 recoveries from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people who recovered from the disease in Qatar to 112,355. The MoPH issued a statement on Covid-19 developments in Qatar, which said that all new cases have been...

Qatar Airways has paid out in excess of $1.2bn in refunds to almost 600,000 passengers since March, demonstrating its commitment to honouring its obligations to passengers who need to change their plans due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on global travel. In the context of unprecedented numbers of refund requests as airlines and passengers navigate entry restrictions imposed...

Mauritius arrests captain of Japanese oil spill ship Posted on August 18, 2020 0 comments By Giulia Paravicini A Japanese bulk carrier MV Wakashio, that has struck a coral reef causing an oil spill, is seen in Mauritius Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City (Reuters) – Mauritius has arrested the captain of a Japanese bulk carrier that...

Do you know the difference between nits and head lice? Or which preventative measures work best? There's a few products and natural remedies you can use to banish them as well as tips to prevent them Anyone with children will know what a pain head lice are. The dreaded lice seem to spread like wildfire around the school classroom. No one is...

Human rights groups are urging major clothing brands to cut ties with suppliers in the Xinjiang region of China. By Terry Nguyen  Aug 17, 2020, 4:00pm EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) SHAREAll sharing options A worker makes medical equipment at a factory in the Beijing suburbs. Since China has ramped up...

This page is updated regularly. Since the new coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December, the infectious respiratory disease COVID-19 has spread rapidly within China and to neighboring countries and beyond. The first confirmed coronavirus cases outside China occurred on Jan. 20, in Japan, Thailand and South Korea. On Jan. 21, the first case in the U.S. was identified in...

  Despite the media and political drumming of the peace agreement concluded between the UAE and the Israeli entity under the auspices of the United States of America, which talked a lot about the privileges that the Emirates would gain from behind its abandonment of the Palestinian issue and its announcement of normalization with Israel, especially in the military field,...

 His Excellency Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, met with His Excellency Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Pakistan. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral cooperation relations, in addition to issues of common concern.

Lt. Col. Jaber Adiba, Assistant Director of the Traffic Awareness Department at the General Traffic Department, said that the recent openings and others by the Public Works Authority "Ashghal" undoubtedly contribute to the regulation of traffic in addition to the new roads and bridges that facilitate and provide practical solutions to traffic congestion and congestion. In a statement to the...

Who Bought the Gigantic $4.5 Trillion in US Government Debt Added in the Past 12 Months? Everyone but China? by Wolf Richter • Aug 18, 2020 • 4 Comments Someone had to buy the Incredibly Spiking US Gross National Debt. Here’s who. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Remember the ridiculous and quaint charade around the “Debt Ceiling” in Congress and the White House? Me neither. But those were the...

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