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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday evening. During the call, they reviewed bilateral relations and prospects of strengthening them, besides discussing efforts related to combating the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The Canadian prime minister expressed his thanks and...

The precautionary measures taken in Qatar to combat the Covid-19 pandemic will continue, the Cabinet has affirmed, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. This came after the Cabinet, at the beginning of its regular meeting Wednesday, heard the explanation given by HE the Minister of Public Health on the latest developments and steps taken to curb the spread of...

Katara - the Cultural Village has received an overwhelming response to the two competitions it hosted as part of efforts to support the government’s stay-at-home policy to fight the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. A total of 1,831 entries were received in two categories of writing competition held for students and adults. The competitions, which were in English, were open to...

Qatar Charity (QC) has opened two new branches, one for men and another for women, in Al Waab and collection points at Al Meera Rawdat Al Hamama and Al Meera Umm Garn. These are in addition to providing a collection vehicle at Hyatt Plaza, QC has said in a statement. With these new openings, the number of branches has jumped to...

Doha Qatar Airways is pleased to announce the airline will begin a phased approach to expanding its network in line with passenger demand evolution and the expected relaxation of entry restrictions around the world. Having maintained flights to at least 30 destinations where possible during this crisis and to most continents, helping to take over 1 million people home, the airline...

Text Size:  A  A  A Joseph Varghese The Indian embassy has initiated steps to facilitate the repatriation of stranded Indians from Qatar after the Indian government has decided to operate special flights to bring home nationals who are held up in foreign countries because of the ongoing Covid-19 situation and the suspension of air travel. In the first phase of the plan, two special flights...

*New procedures will allow employers, employees who work in the area but live outside, residents who live in the Area but work outside, enter and exit the area The Government Communications Office (GCO) has announced the decision to reopen from today the Industrial Area until Street 32, with reorganised exit and entry procedures. Streets 1 and 2 and Al Wakalat Street...

Ministry of Public Health today announced the registration of 830 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as 146 new recovered cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of recovered cases in the State of Qatar to 2070. The Ministry explained that most of the new cases are due to expatriate workers who have been infected...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) will operate drive-through Covid-19 test, survey hubs at three health centres in the country over two days. This would be done in collaboration with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) Ambulance Service and laboratories, and Qatar University (QU), it was announced on the social media pages of the country's health...

Videogame sales in the United States surged in the last two months as the virus shut down the country, with sales in March hitting their highest in over a decade. This June 13, 2013 file photo shows the Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. (Reuters) Millions of people stuck indoors turned to video games such as...

M METIN BASBAY When the dust from the pandemic settles, there will be a lot of people in developed economies wondering why, their systems failed them. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced governments around the world to take extraordinary steps to limit the damage of the outbreak. While reducing the number of deaths, these measures have triggered a major economic recession,...

As well as maintaining opulent lifestyles, the Saudi monarchy has been pumping its extensive wealth into fuelling the Middle East's wars. Saudi Arabia's ruling royal family has a net worth of about $1.4 trillion, which is 16 times more than that of the British royal family. The ruling monarchy draws most of its income from vast oil reserves that were founded 75...

The Hamad International Airport handled 529,436 tonnes of cargo during the first quarter of 2020, which represents a 4.7% increase in the global hub’s cargo activity in comparison to the same quarter last yeara The Hamad International Airport (HIA) handled 529,436 tonnes of cargo during the first quarter of 2020, which represents a 4.7% increase in the global hub’s cargo...

QNA/Doha *'Qatar not leaving any stone unturned to ensure workers are protected from ill-effects of this crisis' *Labour Ministry, expat community heads, BWI and international labour leaders hold remote meeting *Representatives of Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese and African communities participate in event Qatar has reaffirmed its commitment to preserving the dignity of expatriates and ensuring the continuation of the decent work environment in the...