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Starbucks has promised to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in response to Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring refugees access to the US and banning entry for anyone from seven majority Muslim countries. Have you been affected by Trump's migration ban? Share your experience Read more The move came as leading US companiesincluding Alphabet, Amazon, Ford, Goldman Sachs and Microsoft came...

The Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) has predicted a ‘cold wave’ across the country over the coming weekend. Windy conditions are set to prevail over the country, making the nights colder and temperatures would come down to 3-6C, reports QMD. These climatic conditions have been predicted on the basis of the extension of a Siberian high-pressure system, accompanied by fresh to strong...

At a restaurant in Old Al Ghanim area the health control section of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has detected the use of expired foodstuff to prepare meals. This was found out in an inspection campaign conducted by the section at a number of food outlets in Doha. A violation report was issued to the erring restaurant for flouting...

Flying on a plane is generally an awful experience, but next time you're crammed in the middle seat counting down the hours, be thankful there aren't 80 birds perched in coach with you. An image posted Monday morning on Reddit of a Saudi prince who brought 80 birds on a plane is going viral: Reddit We've reached out to the author of...

VISA RULES IN QATAR Qatar adopts a visa-exemption policy for more than 30 countries, as well as the GCC members, to boost tourism. The current regulations are applicable to GCC residence permit holders. Business Visas are issued to businessmen who have applied in advance. To obtain a tourist visa, the individual should have traveled into the country by Qatar Airways. Fourteen-day...

One by one, a judge detailed the 22 charges against an Alaskan man accused of killing five people and wounding six others in the Florida airport shooting spree. Then, the suspect pleaded not guilty. Esteban Santiago, 26, stood in chains Monday in a red "max custody inmate" jumpsuit as U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Seltzer took the unusual step of reading...

To prevent a backlash after the murder of jailed gangster Manjeet Mahal’s father in Najafgarh on Sunday, the Delhi Police will carry out a review to assess the threat to relatives of all major criminals in the area who are currently behind the bars. The police will then arrange for security in their villages to ensure they are not targeted...

WHEN Apple released its latest flagship devices last September, it limited the dual-camera set up to the larger iPhone 7 Plus. Excluding the screen and battery size differences, the iPhone 7 Plus also offered more RAM than the smaller device. While Apple kept pricing for the iPhone 7 the same as the iPhone 6S or iPhone 6, the “premium features” of...

THIS HOTEL takes waking up under the stars to a whole new meaning — as it comes without walls and a roof. The open-air Null Stern hotel ‘room’ in the Swiss Alps provides adventurers with just a cosy queen-sized bed, two lamps and spectacular views of the Graubünden surroundings, The Sun reports. For the price of 250 Swiss francs per night...

BRODIE MacPherson, sister of Aussie actor Daniel MacPherson, posted pictures of her dramatic weight loss on Instagram earlier this month. The image (posted above) showed that she had lost 60kg over the past two years, which equates to five dress sizes. When people on social media congratulated her on her weight loss, she wrote “as a woman at times it can...

A RISING number of single and divorced women in Saudi Arabia has lead a “cartel” of eight marriage officials to promote polygamy as the solution to all single ladies’ problems. But the modern polygamist woman has high expectations, including demands of a dowry of AU$217,000 and a knowledge and memory of the entire Qur’an. The Saudi Gazette reports members of the...

“RECRUITMENT” – This is in real believed to be the foundation of every organization. To build a team or a company, the first and main thing required is Manpower which is achieved through Recruitment. It simply means-the action of enlisting new people in the armed forces/ the action of finding new people to join an organization or support a cause/the...

About 70 percent of the exit-related complaints from expatriate workers since enforcement of the new residency law were resolved amicably by the Exit Permit Grievances Committee, the Ministry of Interior said yesterday. The committee received a total 498 complaints since it started work on December 13 last year coinciding with enforcement of Law No 21 of 2015 regulating entry, exit...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai,, has approved Cabinet Decree Number 24 for 2017 on granting citizens of the Russian Federation an entry visa at all entry points to the United Arab Emirates. The Decree states that citizens of the Russian Federation are granted an entry visa for 30 days...