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Tribune News Network Doha AS the school gates close, the long, hot summer can only mean one thing – it’s summer camp time! Why not scrap your usual summer vacation plans and take the whole family to camp? IKEA is stepping things up a notch with its exciting Summer Academy. IKEA understands the importance of family time and bonding with little ones....

QNA Doha THE Ministry of Culture and Sports hosted a panel discussion organised by Qatari Authors Forum on Thursday to discuss the children’s book, ‘The Light of Hope’, written by celebrated author Basma El Khatib and published by Hamad bin Khalifa University HBKU Press. Released by Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press recently, ‘The Light of Hope’ was named winner of the 2019...

QNA Doha THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani met with US Senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen, members of the senate of the US Congress and their accompanying delegation at Al Bahr Palace on Wednesday. The delegation called on HH the Amir to greet His Highness during their visit to the country. The meeting reviewed the friendly bilateral...

They may still be six months away, but new rules on marine fuels are already sending shock-waves through the little-known world of refinery feedstocks. The price of these low-sulphur, heavier oils – that refineries make and then reprocess into transport fuels like gasoline and diesel – has jumped in Europe in recent weeks because the shipping industry is starting to...

Asian oil refiners are being squeezed by rising freight rates and insurance costs for shipping crude from the Middle East after attacks on ships in the Gulf last month, industry officials and analysts said. The Middle East accounts for more than two-thirds of Asia’s oil supply and the attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman on June 13 have...

Kuwait plans to boost production from Canadian shale deposits by two thirds and increase output of natural gas in Australia as the Opec member ramps up efforts to find and develop overseas deposits of the fuel. The international upstream arm of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp sees output of almost 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day at its Canadian shale...

Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump on July 22, the Pakistani foreign ministry said yesterday, a rare visit between leaders of the sometimes prickly allies. Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohamed Faisal said the prime minister is visiting Washington at the invitation of the US president. He said at a weekly briefing that the...

An Australian student who was detained in North Korea was freed and safely left the country yesterday, arriving in Tokyo via Beijing later the same day after Swedish officials helped broker his release. Alek Sigley, 29, who was studying in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, had been missing since June 25. “I’m OK. I’m good, I’m very good,” Sigley told reporters...

A court here yesterday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a personal bond of Rs15,000 in connection with a defamation case filed by an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker. CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury also appeared before the same court in the same matter and pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges levelled against him, lawyer Chandrakant Bojgar said. He...

Two people were killed and over 30 vehicles burnt yesterday after thieves breached a fuel pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, causing an explosion, emergency services said. The incident, which happened in the early hours in the Ijegun area, is the latest in a long string of such accidents. “We have recovered two burnt bodies and rescued eight others with severe...

Vice-President-elect of the Republic of Indonesia Ma’ruf Amin has met with the ambassador of the State of Qatar to Indonesia Ahmed bin Jassim al-Hamar. The ambassador congratulated the Vice-President-elect on his win in the Indonesian elections during the meeting in Jakarta. Ma’ruf Amin won the post of Vice-President of the Republic in the Indonesian elections last April, and is...

Qatar University (QU) has participated in a global study showing “gross cardiac rehabilitation insufficiency worldwide”. Just one in 12 heart attack victims globally receive rehabilitation to prevent another event, according to the first-ever audit of cardiac rehabilitation around the world, undertaken by the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR). Over 18mn more spots are needed every year, according to...

The Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) and Doshisha University in Japan organised a joint seminar in Kyoto recently to discuss a number of dynamics in the Middle East and Gulf regions. The one-day event, which gathered a number of Arab and Japanese researchers, focused on current political developments such as the “Deal of the Century” and the recent shifts...

Tribune news network DOHA Qatar Airways QR1459 operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft, marked the first flight from Doha to Mogadishu and landed on Monday at Aden Adde International Airport, inaugurating the airline’s first gateway to Somalia. On board the inaugural flight to Mogadishu was the Somali Ambassador to Qatar, HE Abdul Razak Farah Ali, as well as Qatar Airways Senior Vice...