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The number of deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose by 136, pushing the nationwide death toll to 2,004 as of the end Tuesday, the country's National Health Commission reported on Wednesday.
At least 132 of the fatalities were from Hubei Province, the epicentre of the epidemic.Nationwide, there had been a further 1,749 new confirmed cases of which 1,693 were from Hubei, bringing...
The World Photography Organisation and Sony Middle East & Africa has announced Abdulla al-Mushaifri as the Qatar National Award winner for the Sony World Photography Awards 2020.
The National Awards programme is an initiative set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony to support local photographic communities across 63 countries/regions from around the world.
The programme awards one photographer from...
Barwa Bank has announced the launch of its latest campaign on home financing. Qualified applicants will be receiving up to QR100,000 in cash when they apply for a home finance. The offer is valid until June 30.
The QR100,000 cash reward is applicable on a financing amount of QR2mn spread over a period of 15 years and QR50,000 cash reward...
The Arabic language programme for non-native speakers, launched by Al Khor men’s branch of the Qatar Charity Centre for Community Development five months ago, has made noticeable improvements in communication skills and speaking capabilities of many participants.
At least 20 people, both men and women, including engineers, doctors and other employees, are enrolled in the programme, which is implemented in...
The College of Education at Qatar University (QU-CED), along with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, jointly organised the Special Educational Day Forum that was attended by more than 660 participants from Qatar and abroad.
The forum aimed to highlight the latest news and experiences in the field of education in order to educate those looking to develop further,...
The EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore, has praised the outcomes of the International Conference on “Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists”.
The conference was organised by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in co-operation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), European Parliament, International Federation of Journalists,...
Qatar University (QU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Qatar Aeronautical College, aiming to enhance co-operation between the two sides in the academic, training, technical and other fields of common interest.
QU President Dr Hassan al-Derham and HE the Director General of Qatar Aeronautical College Sheikh Jabor bin Hamad al-Thani signed the MoU, which focuses on upgrading...
The Tarsheed Carnival 2020 by the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) under the National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) yesterday started at Kahramaa Awareness Park.
The carnival, in its fourth edition, is held as part of the efforts to ensure environmental sustainability, spread awareness about the rational use of water and energy, and to achieve the...
Libyans from a number of cities have gathered in the capital, Tripoli, to celebrate nine years since the beginning of an uprising that eventually toppled Muammar Gaddafi after 42 years in power.
Waving flags and playing music, the large crowds took to the streets to mark the 2011 uprising that began in the coastal city of Benghazi.
But nearly a decade later, the...
More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight.
One plane carrying cruise passengers touched down at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California just before midnight Sunday, while another arrived at Lackland Air Force...
An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who once said black Americans have a lower average IQ than white Americans and had discussed the benefits of forced contraception quit on Monday amid backlash over his comments.
Andrew Sabisky said he was quitting because he had become "a distraction".
Earlier, Johnson's spokesman repeatedly refused to comment when asked about Sabisky, whose appointment drew widespread criticism...
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached at least 1,868 as of the end of Monday, with additional 93 deaths from Hubei and five more in other parts of the country, according to the country's health commission on Tuesday.
The government also reported an additional 1,886 new infections across the country, but mostly from Hubei, bringing the nationwide total to...
Adviser and Chairman of Arab Human Rights Commission in the Arab League, Mohamed al-Dhahi, said that Qatar looks forward to the future by organising the two-day international conference entitled ‘Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists’ and wished Qatar success in this field.
This came in a statement made by al-Dhahi on the sidelines of the...
Ooredoo has announced that the all-new Samsung Galaxy S20 will be available to pre-order online at ooredoo.qa/Samsung until March 5.
In a press statement yesterday, Ooredoo said stocks are limited and pre-orders would be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis.
“Featuring unprecedented 5G and AI (artificial intelligence) camera technologies, the Galaxy S20 series – including the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+ and...
