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Qatar hosts tens of thousands of skilled Jordanian workers whose remittances help the faltering economy back home. Jordan and Qatar announced the restoration of full diplomatic ties by naming their respective ambassadors, two years after Amman downgraded its relations with Doha due to pressure from a Saudi-led block. In June 2017, Jordan recalled its ambassador to Qatar siding with the regional...
The Gulf nation agreed to buy military equipment and develop a petrochemicals complex with Chevron. Qatar has made agreements with U.S. companies to spend billions on airplanes and jet engines and to develop a petrochemical complex, the White House said on Tuesday. At least some of the deals were previously made but but publicly touted by the Trump administration Tuesday. Among...
The Gulf nation's petroleum company will develop a new plant along the country's coast with the American energy firm. Chevron Phillips Chemical and Qatar Petroleum signed an agreement on Tuesday to develop an eight-billion-dollar petrochemical plant along the US Gulf Coast, the second pact between the companies to build such plants in the last few weeks. The US Gulf Coast II...
Doha Bank has announced that it is welcoming the summer by launching an exclusive campaign for Mastercard LuLu co-branded cardholders. To reward its customers who use their card to pay for cross-border purchases, Doha Bank will offer cardholders 5% savings in the form of LuLu points, the bank has said in a statement. Going hand in hand with the bank’s efforts...
As the gaming season has just started, Fifty One East and Sennheiser have invited fanatics to gear up with GSP 500, “a favourite choice for gamers with its fascinating sound and unprecedented level of quality”. The headset delivers “high-fidelity sound with incredible spatiality for a truly immersive gaming experience”, according to a press statement. The GSP 500 headset is available at...
Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Tires Services, the authorised distributor of Michelin, BFGoodrich and Tigar Tyres in Qatar, provides a wide range of tire products and services from Michelin, one of the most well-known and reliable tire brands worldwide. NBK Tires Services has been the official importer of Michelin tires for over 35 years in Qatar. Together with Michelin, NBK Tires...
Vodafone Qatar has expanded the rollout of its GigaNet fibre network in West Bay, with more than 55 commercial and residential towers now connected. Thousands of businesses, hotels and government institutions operate out of the commercial district of West Bay. Vodafone Qatar’s fibre enables a large suite of business services, including high-speed Corporate Internet, Security services, Broadband and Fixed Voice...
The Doha Islamic Youth Forum discussions continued yesterday for the third day, with a main session on the theme ‘Youth and Social Media’. The forum, which is hosted by the State of Qatar in co-operation with the Islamic Co-operation Youth Forum (ICYF) brings together nearly 90 young people representing 56 countries of the Islamic world, including 20 young people...
The Qatar pavilion at the ongoing 2019 International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing, China, hosted on Sunday Turkish Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan. She toured the various sections of the pavilion during the visit. Source:gulf-times.com
Al Shamal Municipality’s general control section has carried out a campaign to remove abandoned vehicles and equipment in co-operation with the public services department and the security authorities concerned. Seventeen abandoned vehicles and equipment were removed over two consecutive days of the campaign, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment said in a statement. In addition, 143 abandoned vehicles were removed by...
Al Wakrah Municipality’s health control section conducted 420 inspection tours last month at various food establishments there. The inspection campaign resulted in the issuance of seven violations of Law No 8 of 1990 on the regulation of human food control, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) said in a statement. Six of these cases were resolved through reconciliation after the...
The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) mission in Iraq, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), continues to provide water and sanitation services in Iraqi IDP camps in Al Jadah area, south of Mosul, through humanitarian interventions that include provision of drinking water, maintenance of sewage plants and improvements in hygiene. This has contributed to alleviating the suffering...
*Amir meets US President in the White House *Several agreements and MoUs signed in the fields of trade, investment and defence *Trump highlights role of Al Udeid Air Base His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and the President of the United States of America Donald Trump discussed the strong bilateral strategic cooperation between the two countries and ways of...
The newly-launched Driving Training System (DTS) will help the General Directorate of Traffic ensure high-quality training at driving schools as well as transparency in the entire process of learning how to drive and obtaining a licence, a top official has said. The directorate is also set to introduce a grading system for trainers based on the quality of their training,...