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In the 20th century, Russia was one of the main contenders in the Cold War arms race yet Russia is hardly relevant to the 21st century global tech race as nations compete for capital, investment, knowledge, and innovation at a time when change happens at the speed of a tweet. That is just one of the startling findings to emerge from Global Finance’s ranking...

A Second Regional HQ Since the Saudi Arabia–led blockade of Qatar began two years ago, doing business in the Gulf Cooperation Council states has become increasingly complicated. Flying from Dubai to Doha used to take an hour; now it can take five or six. Far from undermining investor confidence, the new reality has prompted businesses to reshuffle their geographical positioning. Foreign...

Unilateral recourse to force will not bring peace to Libya, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cautioned on the first of a two-day visit to Algeria. "We reiterated that a solution to the conflict in Libya cannot be achieved through military means," Erdogan said during a press conference with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Sunday. More: Erdogan: Turkey will increase military support to GNA if needed ...

Heavy fighting has broken out, killing at least three people and wounding two dozen others as troops from Libya's two rival governments battle, further eroding a crumbling ceasefire brokered earlier this month. Clashes erupted on Sunday as renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar's forces advanced 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Misrata city and seized the town of Abugrein, which was under the control of...

Israel on Sunday announced it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions. Israel's Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri, after consulting with the country's security establishment, issued a statement saying Israelis would be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia under two circumstances: For religious reasons - on a pilgrimage for the Hajj, or for up...

The US embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone came under attack from rocket fire on Sunday evening. Five rockets crashed into a riverbank near the embassy in the Iraqi capital without causing any injuries, the US Joint Operations Command said in a statement, but AFP news agency citing a security source said three of the rockets "directly hit the...

Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant whose international stardom transcended basketball was killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 41. Bryant rocketed to fame as an 18-year-old and played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years, 18 of them as an all-star, and winning five NBA championships. His death sent shockwaves around the world and...

China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly outbreak of coronavirus jumped to 80 as the hard-hit province of Hubei announced 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744. While there were no new deaths confirmed outside Hubei, the national tally of verified infections rose by 769, about half of them in Hubei, the National Health...

China is extending the Lunar New Year holiday for three days and enforcing strict containment measures in an attempt to curb the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed 80 people and infected at more than 2,700, most of them in the central province of Hubei where the virus first emerged. The holiday season was due to end on Friday but will...

THE Indian community in Qatar celebrated the 71st Republic Day of their country with patriotic fervour and enthusiasm. Indian Ambassador to Qatar HE P Kumaran hoisted the national flag at the Indian embassy in Doha, in the presence of a large number of community members. Students from Indian schools sang the national anthem on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, the Indian...

Doha QATAR Charity (QC) implemented more than 598 relief projects in 34 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe at an estimated cost of QR340 million in 2019, benefiting more than 8 million people in places affected by crisis and disaster. Q’s humanitarian intervention included comprehensive relief, basic winter needs, food supply, shelter, education, social cohesion, livelihoods, protection, health, water, sanitation, training,...

Doha BIRLA Public School (BPS) celebrated the 71st Republic Day of India with an array of patriotic events held on its main campus on Sunday. School Director CV Rappai unfurled the national flag, accompanied by Mohammed Farooq, life member; Nevile Lukose, management representative; Principal AP Sharma and vice-principals. It was followed by a rendition of the national anthem by the school band....

Doha PATIENTS requiring kidney transplant procedures are benefiting from a new procedure, the ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation, implemented at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) last year. Kidney transplantation is the best treatment option for patients with kidney failure as it increases survival and improves the quality of life. Dr Yousuf al Maslamani, director of Qatar Center for Organ Transplantation at HMC, said that the...

CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA THE Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Center (QICDRC) to implement the Health in the Workplace Programme. The MoU was signed by the Director of Public Health Department in the ministry Sheikh Dr Mohammed bin Hamad al Thani and the CEO of QICDRC...