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The Swedish teen activist tells US politicians to 'listen to scientists' and enact strong measures on climate change.
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who has inspired a global movement for climate change, delivered a strong message to members of Congress in the United States on Wednesday: "Wake up."
Wrapping up a six-day visit to Washington, DC, the 16-year-old Thunberg rallied a room full of Democratic politicians and...
Trump says he will name the lawyer and hostage negotiator as hawkish John Bolton's replacement.
Washington, DC - Within a day of announcing his shortlist of five candidates for the White House's top security job, US President Donald Trump tweeted that he picked Robert O'Brien as John Bolton's replacement as national security adviser.
"I have worked long and hard with Robert," Trump tweeted in...
Court documents show Purdue Pharma may provide less than half of the $10bn it estimated in its bankruptcy filing.
Purdue Pharma LP's deal to escape thousands of lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis may provide less than half the $10 billion that the closely held drugmaker projected in its Chapter 11 filing, said three people familiar with...
Karoui's lawyer said court rejected appeal to release runoff candidate for the third time.
A Tunisian court has turned down a request to release jailed media mogul Nabil Karoui, who, along with academic Kais Saied, has advanced to a runoff in Tunisia's presidential election.
Karoui, who was arrested in August on money laundering and tax evasion charges, finished second behind Saied in Sunday's election.
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Hussein has been jailed in Cairo without charge since December 2016 after arriving from Qatar to visit his family.
Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has now been detained without any formal charges in Egypt for 1,000 days.
Hussein, an Egyptian national who works for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel in Qatar, was arrested on arrival in Egypt on December 20, 2016, while on a personal visit...
Embattled prime minister scrambles to get on top of a new controversy as he faces a tight contest against Conservatives.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised following the publication of a photograph that showed him wearing brownface make-up at a party 18 years ago, as he scrambled to get on top of a fresh blow to a re-election campaign dogged by...
Pacific island nation's 16 legislators pick Kausea Natano as new leader instead of pro-Taiwan former prime minister.
Newly-installed lawmakers of the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu elected a new prime minister on Thursday, in a potential blow for ally Taiwan, which had diplomatic ties to another Pacific island nation cut this week in favour of Beijing.
Former Tuvalu Prime Minister...
TEPCO executives pleaded not guilty in relation to worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl
Tokyo, Japan - A court in Japan on Thursday acquitted three former executives at the company that runs the Fukushima nuclear power facility crippled by a tsunami-spawned meltdown in 2011 of criminal responsibility for the disaster.
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Japan’s northeast coast on the afternoon of March 11 that year triggered...
Three embassies in Doha have joined the Green Embassies of Qatar in a bid to promote environmental sustainability and protection through paper recycling.
Ambassadors Ivonne A-Baki (Ecuador), Fatma Mohamed Rajab (Tanzania) and Anders Bengtcen (Sweden) signed a partnership agreement yesterday with Qatari company Elite Paper Recycling (EPR) chairman Abdallah al-Suwaidi at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) office in Tornado...
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp (Kahramaa) had on Tuesday night organised the third edition of Engineer Day, which aims to highlight the role of the engineer in Qatar, enhance communication and exchange of expertise among engineers, create awareness of the challenges and best engineering practices, and uncover the possibilities, capabilities, and innovations.
The event was attended by several distinguished...
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has announced the awardees of the sixth cycle of the Graduate Sponsorship Research Award (GSRA).
GSRA, part of QNRF’s capacity-building initiative, is highly competitive, both financially and in terms of the standards of excellence required.
This year, 32 applicants out of a total of 76 were selected for the GSRA...
Exploring the role of law and regulation in enabling public and private financing for green growth will be the focus of the next colloquium at the College of Law of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). The legal and contractual aspects of green financing will also reflect on the complexities of drafting, negotiating, and facilitating commercial contracts and financing instruments.
The...
The Scientific Conference on Patient Safety, organised by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with its partners, concluded yesterday.
More than 1,000 health practitioners from the public and private sectors participated in the conference which was held within the activities of fifth Qatar Patient Safety Week in tandem with the first World Patient Safety Day.
The two-day conference discussed...
Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros Co (AAB), sole agents for Toyota vehicles in Qatar, has said it is reaching out to car enthusiasts through a roadshow at Doha Festival City by displaying the all-new Toyota Corolla 2020 year model, which was launched in June.
The roadshow continues until tomorrow, and is aimed at taking the Toyota Corolla “closer to car lovers...
