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Hamad Hospital, named after the former emir of Qatar, has 100 beds and helps people who lost their limbs in conflict.
Qatar opened the first prosthetic hospital and a disability rehab centre in the Gaza Strip on Monday, overcoming obstacles that delayed the much-needed project in the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Rafat Lubad, the local director of the hospital, said the facilities are...
Network's AJ Short film, virtual reality unit Contrast, and AJ+ online series In Real Life among the 2019 winners.
The Al Jazeera Media Network has won four Webby awards in a contest that is often referred to as the Emmy's of the online world.
The Qatar-based network's wins emerged from out of more than 13,000 entries from an array of media organisations, including...
Dozens of seats remain empty in the newly inaugurated parliament amid allegations of rigging and irregularities.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has inaugurated the country's new parliament, though dozens of seats remained empty amid ongoing claims of election fraud.
The parliament's first session on Thursday came six months after a vote that was marred by a string of deadly bombings and attacks on polling stations across...
With this upgrade to Amazon Prime, the online leader has thrown down the gauntlet to its two biggest retail rivals.
Daniel B. Kline
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Apr 26, 2019 at 1:01PM
Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) plan to upgrade its free-shipping option for Prime members to one-day delivery is a drop-the-mic move -- the rough equivalent of Jeff Bezos strutting onstage, calling out Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Target (NYSE:TGT) by name, and asking "How you like me...
Help is at hand for those who are struggling to pay court-ordered payments, alimonies and small debts. Two prominent Qatari entities, the Supreme Judiciary Council and the Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Bin Thani Foundation for Social Welfare in Qatar, have signed an MoU to set up a fund to help these people in distress.
The agreement was signed by Supreme...
Qatar will host the upcoming edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup, the Executive Office of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation has confirmed.
The biennial tournament will be held in December and January, with four teams — Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and Yemen — having confirmed participation, besides Qatar.
The confirmation came at a meeting of the Executive Office of the federation...
Grass turf grown especially in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup has been laid in record time at Al Wakrah Stadium, as the second proposed host venue for Qatar 2022 advances rapidly towards completion.
The team building the iconic quarter-finals venue broke the record for the fastest turf laying of a football pitch by completing it in just 9 hours...
Qatar’ population has increased from 2.70 million in February 2018 to 2.77 million at end of February 2019, representing an annual increase of 2.7 percent, according to the monthly statistics released by the Planning and Statistics Authority.
According to the report, 1,819 live births were registered in February 2019, a 17.1 percent decrease compared to January 2019. A decrease in...
The four nations first posed their objection during the 139th IPU general assembly in Geneva in October 2018
Their opposition was grounded on concerns about Qatar’s links to terror groups
The Anti-Terror Quartet of countries — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt — have confirmed that they will boycott the 140th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which...
Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, is creating a safe and healthy working environment for all workers.
“Qatar pays a great attention to employee’s health and safety,” Dr Saleh al Marri, Assistant Minister of Health Affairs at the Ministry of Public Health said at the “Launching of the month of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)” conference on...
The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, along with the leaders of Arab countries, attended the opening session of the 30th Summit of the Council of the Arab League in Tunis on Sunday.
The session was attended by members of the official delegation accompanying HH the Amir, and heads of delegations participating in the Summit.
A number of leaders...
In a letter to the IAEA, Qatar urges the Vienna-based organisation to create a framework for regional nuclear security.
Qatar has said a nuclear plant under construction in the UAE poses a serious threat to regional stability and the environment.
In a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), seen by the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Qatar also called the Vienna-based organisation to create...
The new museum aims to showcase Qatari history through a series of permanent exhibits.
Doha, Qatar - The National Museum of Qatar(NMoQ) is set to open its doors to the public on Thursday.
Designed by Jean Nouvel, the Pritzker Prize-winning French architect, the multifaceted structure resembling a giant desert rose sits across from the bustling Doha Corniche, the main waterfront promenade in the...
A new type of drug - called bempedoic acid - could offer another weapon in the fight against bad cholesterol.
An international study suggests the pill lowers cholesterol in people who continue to have high levels despite taking other drugs such statins.
And scientists suggest the new therapy may also work as an alternative for people who are unable to take...
