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His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani met at his Amiri Diwan office on Monday with the outgoing Tunisian ambassador to Qatar Salah al-Salhi. The Deputy Amir granted the ambassador the Decoration of Al Wajbah in recognition of his role in enhancing bilateral relations, and wished him success in his future assignments and further progress and...
Ezdan Real Estate has announced the launch of a promotional campaign for commercial units at Ezdan Oasis in Al Wukair, which targets small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including craftsmen, entrepreneurs and companies.
Hani Dabash, director, Ezdan Real Estate Property Management, said the promotion will run from July 21 until September 30.
The new tenants will be able to choose from spaces...
Nuruddin, a raffle draw winner of Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ ‘Sparkling Summer – Win up to 100 grams of Gold & up to 100% Cash Back’ campaign, receiving the prize of 100gm gold from Haneesh P C, branch manager – Malabar Gold & Diamonds, in the presence of other officials from the jewellery chain.
Source:gulf-times.com
Dr Hassan S Bazzi, associate dean for research at Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq), has been elected a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in chemistry and contributions to science, the profession and the society.
This is the second fellowship for Dr Bazzi, who was named Fellow of the Royal Society of...
The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed the rehabilitation and furnishing of a health centre in Bir Saliba, a town in Sirba locality, West Darfur State, Sudan, in order to continue serving the region’s population of 29,000.
At a total cost of $73,991 (around QR270,000), the health facility’s main premises, waiting area and outdoor shed were maintained, and it...
A team from Qatar is participating in the 30th International Biology Olympiad, taking place in the city of Szeged in Hungary until July 21.
The team includes four students from different schools in Qatar: Maryam Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari from Al Bayan Secondary School for Girls, Mohamed Nasser al-Ansari from Noor Al Khaleej International School, Nasser Naseeb al-Manhali from Hamad Bin...
Guatemala yesterday said it would postpone President Jimmy Morales’ visit to Washington to discuss Guatemala’s potential designation as a ‘safe third country’ for asylum seekers, stressing that it has no plans to sign such an agreement.
In a statement, Guatemala said the planned meeting between Morales and US President Donald Trump this week had been postponed until the Guatemalan Constitutional...
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to remain firmly on course in his war on drugs, challenging human rights advocates to prove they have a better approach by solving the Philippine drug menace themselves.
“No, no change,” Duterte said when asked if an impending United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings committed by his police forces would...
Tropical Storm Barry yesterday buffeted Louisiana, bringing more heavy rain and possible tornadoes to the region even as it weakened.
After briefly becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Barry was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Saturday.
It nevertheless moved inland with a serious punch.
While there were few indications yet of widespread flooding, Louisianans kept a...
Broadway went dark along with much of Midtown and the Upper West Side on Saturday night when a Con Ed equipment failure cut power to hundreds of thousands of people in Manhattan.
Strap-hangers were led out of subway tunnels, firefighters responded to numerous reports of people trapped in elevators, and nearly a dozen Broadway shows shut down for the night...
One of Africa’s bastions of press freedom is attempting to enact harsh legislation that threatens journalists reporting on an unfolding security crisis, human rights organisations and press freedom advocates have warned.
Burkina Faso, currently ranked the fifth best African country for media freedom, is attempting to criminalise the “demoralisation” of its defence forces by any means, and the dissemination of...
Tens of thousands rallied in a large Hong Kong suburb yesterday, driven by abiding anger at the government’s handling of an extradition bill that has revived fears of China tightening its grip over the former British colony and eroding its freedoms.
Millions have taken to the streets over the past month in some of the largest and most violent protests...
A major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia yesterday, sending panicked residents running into the streets, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The shallow quake struck about 165km (100 miles) south-southwest of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province at 6:28pm (0928 GMT), according to the US Geological Survey.
“The earthquake was quite strong, sending residents...
Former Bangladesh military dictator Hussain Muhamed Ershad died yesterday aged 89, after weeks in a Dhaka hospital, officials said.
General Ershad ruled Bangladesh for nearly a decade before being ousted from power in a pro-democracy upsurge in 1990 and was jailed for years on corruption charges.
He passed away due to complications from old age, Kazi Firoz Rashid, a longtime colleague...
