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As Qatar continues to diversify local modes of transportation, students at the Qatar Academy for Science and Technology (QAST) have found innovative ways to encourage people to use public transportation. The recently-launched Education City tram at Qatar Foundation proved to be the perfect opportunity for students at the QAST to learn skills relevant to STEM, such as critical thinking, data...

In preparation for the annual Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, part of the European Tour, Commercial Bank and Education City Golf Club (ECGC) are gearing up to welcome Qatar Schools Golf Championship, scheduled to be held on February 22. The championship will run in two sections - one for experienced junior golfers who possess a golf handicap, to be played on...

The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) and Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) represented in its National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency “Tarsheed” signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding. The memorandum of understanding aims at achieving co-operation between Kahramaa and Katara in the fields of awareness, experience exchange, joint activities, events and competitions between Katara and Kahramaa, that contribute...

Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally recognised government, has warned that the North African country will face a financial crisis and budget deficit in 2020 because of a blockade of oil terminals and oil fields by groups loyal to his rival, Khalifa Haftar. The North African country's oil output has fallen sharply since January 18 when the blockade started. "The...

Qatar's foreign minister has said efforts to resolve a years-long Gulf diplomatic crisis were not successful and were suspended at the start of January. The discussions began in October last year over a rift that saw Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, along with Egypt, severing political, trade and transport ties with Qatar in June 2017. The quartet continues to impose a land,...

Israel's move to tighten the blockade on the Gaza Strip, including reimposing restrictions on Palestinian fishing, will "increase tensions", a spokesman for Hamas, the group that governs the enclave, has said. "The Israeli measures of reducing the fishing zone and cancelling permits of businessmen aims at tightening the siege and will increase tensions," Hazem Qassem told Al Jazeera on Sunday. More: Palestinians hail...

Yemen's warring sides have agreed to implement a major prisoner swap, the United Nations has said, in a breakthrough that came after another bout of heavy fighting, including air raids by a Saudi-UAE-led military coalition that killed dozens of civilians. Sunday's announcement over the long-delayed exchange came after seven days of meetings in Jordan's capital, Amman, between the Houthi rebels and the...

Syrian government forces have made significant advances in their military push against the last major rebel bastion in the country's northwest, according to state media, in a ferocious offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. State television said on Sunday that the Russian-backed forces "have liberated all the villages and small towns west of Aleppo...

Rival leaders in war-torn South Sudan face a February 22 deadline to form a long-delayed government of national unity. But just a few days before the milestone, hopes for a breakthrough dampened after Riek Machar, a former vice president and rebel leader, expressed his dissatisfaction with a peace proposal made by his rival, President Salva Kiir. More: South Sudan's Machar rejects President Kiir's peace offer ...

Burundi's main opposition party has picked Agathon Rwasa as its candidate for the country's May 20 presidential election. Members of the National Congress for Liberty, known by its French acronym CNL, approved the 56-year-old's nomination on Sunday, the party announced on Twitter. More: Burundi to give outgoing presidents luxury villa, over $500,000 'Climate of fear': UN warns of Burundi atrocities before polls Burundi...

South Island, New Zealand - Gary Harding's body is a living testimony to his indigenous New Zealand heritage. Ta moko, a cultural-tattoo artwork, adorns Harding's face and body, forming a visualisation of his Maori "whakapapa" or genealogy, his role in the community and his life's journey. "I enjoy when someone asks questions, then I have the opportunity to share and educate them, rather than...

China's National Health Commission announced on Monday morning that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mailand China reached 1,770 as of the end of Sunday, up by 105 from the previous day. At least 100 of the new deaths were from the province of Hubei, the epicentre of the epidemic. Across the country, there were 2,048 new confirmed infections, about...

Close co-operation between various stakeholders can make sure that human rights are taken into account while addressing the challenges on digital platforms, noted Georgette Gagnon, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She was speaking at the opening session of the  ‘International Conference on Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists’ organised by National...

The Hydroponic Trial and Demonstration Centre opened by Agrico, Qafco and Yara International in February 2019 has achieved six times higher yield than the average productivity in Qatar and 50% higher than the best Qatari farmers could achieve by using the similar technologies. The quality of the facilities and the materials used in cultivation, coupled with high professionalism of the...