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ALCOHOL will be banned from streets and public places and if Qatari officials get their way even stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, the head of the country’s tournament organising committee said on Tuesday. The comments by Hassan Al-Thawadi will further alarm football traditionalists already unhappy that the tournament will be moved to the winter because of fierce summer temperatures...

© LOC  Listen  The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has reiterated today the commitment to delivering stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ which are built with sustainability standards which will leave a lasting environmental legacy. This came as FIFA officially endorsed the use of Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) for 2022 FIFA World Cup™ venues at the...

IANS Islamabad: NatGeo's famed "Afghan Girl" Sharbat Gula on Tuesday refused to stay in Pakistan any more, turning down the provincial Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government's offer to help stop her deportation, the media reported. A special anti-corruption and immigration court had earlier ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 National Geographic cover photo became a symbol of her...

By Raynald C Rivera / The Peninsula Doha: Qatari and Chinese photographers have captured through their lenses striking parallelisms between their distinct cultures revealed through 72 stunning images on display at the “Cultures, From Different Angles” exhibition, which is a part of "Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture" programme. The exhibition opened last night at Katara Building 19 and is...

Elan Signage has announced its participation in the ‘Made in Qatar’ 2016 expo, which concludes tomorrow (November 9) at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition in Saudi Arabia. During the four-day event, Elan Signage announced its plan to commission a new signage factory at the Industrial area in Qatar by the first quarter of 2017. It also showcased a portfolio...

SINGAPORE: Qatar has set its October retroactive official selling price (OSP) for its Marine crude at $48.40 a barrel, up $5.95 a barrel from the previous month, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Qatar also set its October Qatar Land crude OSP at $50.25, up $6 from the previous month, the source said. The prices were also...

DOHA // Qatar will raise the salaries of government employees next year in a rare spending increase by a Gulf country at a time when low oil and gas prices are weighing on state finances. Some Qataris’ basic salaries will double, under a law to be passed in January that was published in Al Sharq newspaper on Sunday. Salaries for non-Qataris...

Qatari citizens are to be given priority in appointments for government and public jobs, a new law issued by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani stipulates. After citizens, priority is to be given to children of Qatari women married to non-Qataris, non-Qatari spouses of Qatari citizens, nationals of other GCC countries, Arab expatriates and other nationalities, in that...

Qatar’s Emir has approved new legislation that will increase the salaries of nationals working in government jobs. Law No. 14 of 2016 on Human Resources Management, which was published in full by Al Sharq yesterday, outlines policies on the hiring, firing, annual leave, benefits and retirement of those in government jobs. The legislation reiterates the state’s preferential hiring system, as outlined in the previous HR...

Officials have thwarted attempts to smuggle 28kg of marijuana and more than 1,500 Tramadol pills into the country this month, the General Authority of Customs (GAC) said. The drugs were found in four separate consignments that smugglers recently tried to import as checked-in luggage at Hamad International Airport (HIA), and among clothes in an air cargo shipment. Weed was also hidden in a...

Everyone wants to travel the world and visit the beautiful sites, but with so many places to visit where do you start? Here we come to you with the list of 10 most incredibly super awesome places to visit around the world, before you die. See which places our readers like the best, and vote for your favorites. Top 10...

Oct. 19, 2016 at 1:17 AM Courtney Cox TODAY When Cory Hearon looked to the sky last Tuesday, he was shocked by what he saw. The single cloud above Camden, South Carolina, looked remarkably like an angel in the sky. He shared what he saw in a Facebook live stream that has since been viewed more than 6 million times. "I almost didn't video...

Three apps are helping refugees connect and build links in their new communities Image: Welcome! 1. Arriving in a new country can be overwhelming. Public authorities are able to provide accommodation and food, but don’t often have the capacity to support social needs. Swedish app Welcome! aims to fill the gap. It features an easy-to-navigate platform giving refugees access to information...

If you only see one astronomical event this year, make it the November supermoon, when the Moon will be the closest to Earth since 1948. image: http://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2016/11/l96uu-supermoon1.jpg Photo Credit: KENT KOBERSTEEN On November 14, the Moon will appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than an average full moon. "The full moon of November 14 is not only the closest full moon of...