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DFI CEO Fatma al-Remaihi. By Joey Aguilar /Staff Reporter Adapting to the online programme for Qumra 2020 edition has sped up Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) learning curve and opened a new scope for digital formats to expand the reach of its various programmes and initiatives in the future, DFI CEO Fatma al-Remaihi has said. “With Qumra 2020, we were able to test...

ICSS chairman Mohamed bin Hanzab. QNA/ Doha International Center for Sports Security (ICSS) chairman Mohamed bin Hanzab said the State of Qatar has given an ideal model in societal and human interaction with atypical global crises. Referring to the challenge of coronavirus, bin Hanzab added that the power of sport and its impact on societies emerge in times of crises and adversities. ICSS...

Countries around the world have taken drastic measures, including border closures, in an attempt to curb COVID-19. Countries around the world are increasingly adopting sweeping measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, including full lockdowns, shutting down airports, imposing travel restrictions and completely sealing their borders. The outbreak of the coronavirus has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health...

A shortage of ventilators in several major cities worsens as the US death count crosses 2,300. The US has now recorded more than 123,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, the most of any country in the world US deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government's top infectious disease expert warned on Sunday as...

(CNN)President Donald Trump announced a 15-day plan on March 16 to "slow the spread" of the coronavirus pandemic that has turned the country upside down. Early next week, those 15 days will be up. Trump has said he wants to ease restrictions on the public and start opening up the country, against the advice of public health authorities. The disease is still spreading, with thousands of new cases...

Washington (CNN)The nation's top infectious disease expert said Sunday that based on models, the United States could eventually see 100,000 or more deaths from the novel coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 2,000 American lives as cases surge across the US. "Whenever the models come in, they give a worst-case scenario and a best-case scenario. Generally, the reality is somewhere in the...

By Kelly Mena, CNN Updated 9:40 PM ET, Sat March 28, 2020 NOW PLAYING Cuomo says possible NY quarantine 'would be chaos and mayhem' CNN See the chart that is critical to fighting coronavirus NOW PLAYING Washington, DC (CNN)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday in an interview with CNN that he didn't believe a possible New York quarantine was legal and that it would be a...

Today, the official total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is 13,677. I believe the actual number of infections is closer to 1.25 million, and here is why. I work as an urgent care physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Urgent Care in Palo Alto, CA, where I help run our outdoor drive-thru clinic for patients experiencing...

Leader of Yemen-based Houthi rebels offers Saudi pilot and officers in a swap for Palestinian activists in Saudi jails. by Ali Younes 8 hours ago A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency shows Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, speaking to King Salman bin Abdulaziz When the leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels recently offered a surprise prisoner exchange to Saudi...

What are the implications for ordinary people and the environment? Ben ChuEconomics Editior @Benchu_ Oil prices plunged after Saudi Arabia vowed to increase production At the end of last week the price of a barrel of crude oil was trading in international markets at around $45.55 (£34.78). But this morning, when markets opened again, the traded price plummeted, falling as much as a...

The US government buying petroleum is unlikely to assuage US oil prices, unless Saudi Arabia or Russia also scale back production Nick Oxford/ Reuters American oil producers are slashing their budgets for new operations for the rest of this year, which means far fewer new rigs, a painful downturn for dozens of oil-field services companies and the certainty of layoffs, from Texas to...

Two rockets were intercepted in the sky above the Saudi capital Riyadh and the southern city Jazan, state media reports. Cars were back on the streets in Riyadh a after curfew was lifted, which was imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on March 24 Ballistic missiles were intercepted on Saturday in the sky above Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh and...

QNA/Doha Weather inshore until 6pm Saturday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with a chance of scattered rain which can be thundery at some places and times with blowing dust at times, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of expected thundery rain and strong wind at some places at times. Offshore, it will be partly cloudy...

*Consultation, sick leave letter and delivery of medicines to patients' doorstep now a phone call away In light of the rapidly evolving Covid-19 pandemic, The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched a set of remotely accessible channels to healthcare services at the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) and Hamad Medical Corp (HMC). The new service was opened in collaboration with...