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The all-new Cadillac XT6, described as a luxurious three-row crossover, has arrived at the Cadillac Mannai showroom. The vehicle is now available for sale starting from QR229,000, Mannai, the exclusive dealer of Cadillac in Qatar, has announced in a statement. “Attention to detail is the mark of a luxury experience, so the 2020 Cadillac XT6 has been carefully curated to...
Doha Bank has announced the launch of its loyalty programme, Doha Bank Entertainer, as part of its “continuous efforts to offer best-in-class banking services and benefits and to reward its loyal cardholders”. The Doha Bank Entertainer app will give cardholders access to over 4,600 exclusive buy-one-get-one-free offers across Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong...
Al Sheehaniya Municipality’s Municipal Control Department conducted 11,198 inspection tours within its jurisdiction in 2019. A total of 429 violation reports were issued last year, of which 201 were resolved through reconciliation with the violators on payment of the stipulated fines, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) said in a statement. Health control inspectors carried out 1,442 inspection tours...
Director of Qatar University’s (QU) Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM) Dr Nasser Abdullah Alnuaimi has hosted three leading international researchers. The guests are from the National Institute of Materials Science, an independent administrative institution and one of the largest scientific research centres in Japan and the School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia, led by Prof Yusuke Yamauchi. Prof...
The Community College of Qatar (CCQ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar Postal Services Co (Qatar Post), under which the latter will deliver the college’s textbooks and courseware to its students across the country. This agreement marks “another productive step for CCQ to meet the needs of students and provide them with flexible solutions that motivate them...
Elon Musk's SpaceX has already captured the record for having the most operational satellites in space, with 180 Starlink satellites deployed. On Monday, the United States-based SpaceX is scheduled to launch 60 more - its second Starlink launch this month. There's also a third launch on tap for January, with 21 more sets bound for Low Earth Orbit (LEO). And there might be even...
Intelligence agencies in the United States believe Saudi Arabia had tried to spy on slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee when she visited the United Kingdom last year. UK-based The Guardian newspaper on Friday reported that the US agencies asked their UK counterparts to "keep a close eye" on Hatice Cengiz, 38, after they learned of the Saudi plan to surveil her. More: Saudi prince may be involved in Bezos phone...
US Senator Ron Wyden said on Friday he will move to compel the United States intelligence chief to release information about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi if the administration does not produce a report on the killing before the end of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Wyden was invoking the Senate's power to unilaterally declassify intelligence material to push the...
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 500 and leaving some 30 trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings, Turkish officials said. Rescue teams from neighbouring provinces were dispatched to the affected areas, working in the dark with floodlights in the freezing cold, and Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said troops...
Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez announced late on Friday that she will be a candidate in upcoming elections that will serve as a re-run of October's disputed vote that sparked protests and prompted former leader Evo Morales to resign. The former Senator assumed the presidency in November by invoking a constitutional clause that dictated she would be next in line...
China has stepped up its response to a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 41 people and infected at least 1,287 as of Saturday, placing restrictions on 13 cities, including 12 in Hubei Province - the centre of the outbreak. At least 36 million people are living in the affected cities, some of which have suspended public transport amid fears that the transmission rate will...
China has expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people as it rushes to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims, as the death toll from the outbreak continues to rise, casting a pall over Lunar New Year, the country's biggest and most festive holiday. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world climbed sharply...
Democrats seeking to remove United States President Donald Trump from office via impeachment wrapped up three days of opening arguments late on Friday, urging Republicans to allow witnesses and new evidence to be part of the Senate trial. "Give America a fair trial," said Adam Schiff, the House of Representatives lead manager, at the end of his closing arguments before the Senate. "She...
Students at Georgetown University in Qatar ( GU-Q) will take part in a language learning programme this year, taught by refugees from around the world. The pilot phase of the language learning platform will take place during the 2019-2020 academic year. It is designed to help participants improve their conversation skills and prepare for language proficiency exams, while the instructors...