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As part of its commitment to raise digital literacy awareness in the country, Vodafone Qatar has invited all employees operating in companies located at Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) to learn how to keep their children safe in the digital world. Hundreds of people attended the event that came under the banner of Vodafone Qatar’s award winning online safety...

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced a temporary traffic diversion at Makkah Al Mukarramh Interchange from tomorrow and from August 2 in two phases. The diversion has been announced in order to allow the opening of the new bridge at Al Luqta and accelerate the completion of the second phase of the remaining works of Makkah Al Mukarramah Interchange...

The Summer in Qatar (SiQ) programme 2019, now more than half-way since its launch on June 4, has attracted and engaged more people to experience and take part in various tourism offerings and activities taking place across the country, it is learnt. “One of the main indications of (SiQ’s) success is the collaboration between different stakeholders starting from the preparation...

Ooredoo announced yesterday that it has doubled the number of channels on the Zee Family Package, meaning customers now get a greater choice for the same price. The Zee Family Package, a popular programme package from the Indian subcontinent, now includes 17 channels instead of the previous nine, with no change to the monthly subscription, so the Zee Family Package...

QNB Group has launched full-fledged contactless cards on its credit, debit, and prepaid products portfolio, while it has been actively deploying Point of Sale (PoS) terminals that can process both contact and contactless transactions. The move comes within the group’s strategy to enhance its leadership in the development of innovative digital banking solutions and to fully digitise its financial transactions. With...

SriLankan Airlines has launched a ‘SriLankan Travel Fest’ offering a discount of 40% on Business Class to over 35 destinations when booked through its online channel www.srilankan.com. An upcoming promotion will offer a discount of 25% on Economy class tickets when booked through the airline’s official online platform. The ongoing offer gives travellers the freedom to travel anytime from July...

The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs has begun a study on measuring the impact of occupational heat stress on productivity at various sites in Qatar. The study is conducted in co-operation with World Labour Organisation, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and will look to place a strategic framework that helps companies evaluate the occupational heat...

Alleged foreign-intelligence recording suggested Doha's 'interest' in Somalia attack, but Qatar rejected the accusation. Qatar and Somalia denied a news report that suggested Doha had an "interest" in a bombing in northern Somalia carried out by a local armed groupin May. The New York Times reported on Monday it obtained an audio recording from a foreign intelligence agency involving a Qatari businessman working...

Mohammed Saud was part of an Arab delegation hosted by the Israeli foreign ministry, the first visit of its kind. A Saudi man visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem as part of an Israeli-sponsored trip has been driven out of the site by Palestinians. Arab normalisation with Israel is largely regarded as taboo, as it involves the recognition of the Israeli state...

Boris Johnson, the Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by the end of October, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the leadership of the Conservative Party yesterday. His convincing victory catapults the United Kingdom towards a showdown with the EU and towards a constitutional crisis at...

Spanish caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez lost a first parliamentary confidence vote yesterday as he seeks to remain in power after an inconclusive general election. A second, decisive vote has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, before which Sanchez needs to reach a coalition deal with far-left Podemos, a party that was once an arch-rival. If he manages to form a coalition...

Firefighters aided by overnight rain brought under control yesterday massive wildfires raging for four days in a central region of Portugal where dozens of people died in huge blazes in 2017. Nearly 1,100 firefighters were still deployed to completely put out the fires, which ripped through the heavily forested Castelo Branco region, 200km north of Lisbon, said commander Luis Belo...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said yesterday that it is okay for some members of the French parliament to ignore her and other children’s warnings about global warming, but she implored them to listen to scientists. Ahead of her speech to a group of MPs, conservative and far-right lawmakers hurled insults and said they would shun the 16-year-old, who has...

Tour de France cyclists competed in scorching temperatures and a French nuclear power plant prepared to shut down yesterday as western Europe baked in a new heatwave already breaking longstanding records. Overheating tourists in Paris and Berlin plunged into fountains and ornamental ponds to keep cool while zoo keepers in the Netherlands handed out food caked in ice to look...