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Texas "Clock Kid" to move to Qatar Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old who was arrested at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas for allegedly bringing a hoax bomb to school, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, in Washington. Mohamed is in Washington for a visit to the White House for White House Astronomy Night. AP/ANDREW...

We Could Finally Be Close To Wiping Out HIV From The Body HIV has a nasty habit of lying dormant in certain populations of cells, invisible to the immune system and to any drugs we try and attack it with. Purging these so called “reservoirs” and then destroying them is widely regarded as the prerequisite for a long-awaited cure, and...

Iran begins issuing 30 days Visa on Arrival Iran has started implementing a cabinet’s bill that allows tourists to obtain visas with 30 days validity upon their arrival in the country’s international airports. “Iran has started issuing visas with 30 days validity which can be extended for 15 days at its international airports,” ISNA news agency quoted Mojtaba Karimi, a foreign...

Starbucks, Fiat to repay illegal tax advantages US coffee retailer Starbucks and the financing arm of Italian carmaker Fiat must repay several millions of euros in illegal tax advantages. The ruling is part of an EU clampdown on corporate tax avoidance. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced Wednesday that tax rulings which "artificially reduce a company's tax burden" were illegal because...

Slovenia gives army expanded powers to tackle refugee crisis Ljubljana has granted the military the power to patrol the border where police are absent. Slovenia has seen thousands of migrants come through from Croatia just this week. Slovenia's parliament passed a new law on Wednesday morning allowing the army more power to assist border police. The small eastern European nation has...

Pirelli Qatar Round Race 2 winner Leon Haslam was delighted to have finished the 2015 World Superbike Championship on the top of the podium in Losail, but world champion Jonathan Rea was devastated to have missed Colin Edwards' 2002 season aggregate record by a whisker. After his rollicking victory under the floodlights on Sunday, Haslam commented,"We knew that the Aprilia...

Report: Qatar’s rich getting richer, but wealth of middle class stagnates Though the number of affluent individuals living in Qatar continues to rise, growth in the typical resident’s wealth has been sluggish in recent years, according to new research. The annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report showed that Qatar’s wealth has steadily increased since 2009, following the worst of the global...

QF Radio to come out of hiatus with second relaunch in a year After spending a few months retooling its offerings, QF Radio has announced it will return to the airwaves on Sunday, Oct. 25 with three times the number of programs on its schedule. The Qatar Foundation-run English and Arabic language radio stations operate on 91.7FM and 93.7FM, respectively. They both...

Pistorius freed on parole after year behind bars for killing girlfriend Pistorius will be confined to his uncle Arnold’s home in a wealthy suburb of the capital Pretoria (AP) Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s “Blade Runner”, was released on parole on Monday, just short of a year into his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. But the disgraced Paralympic gold medalist...

‘A tragedy at any moment:’ Refugees forced to cope with winter cold A migrant is half-covered with a thermal blanket while sleeping on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast. (Reuters) As soon as you reach the Greek border village of Eidomeni, it’s obvious that the number of migrants moving through...

Trudeau declares victory in Canada as Harper resigns Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party has been elected as Canada's new prime minister. Outgoing leader Stephen Harper has stepped down as leader of the Conservatives after nine years in the top job. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigned as Conservative Party leader on Tuesday after the Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau, emerged...

Katara’s second European Jazz Festival to kick off in Doha this month Leading jazz musicians from seven European countries will perform a series of free, public concerts during the second annual Katara European Jazz Festival, which opens next week. The five-day musical celebration at Katara Cultural Village begins on Oct. 28 and will feature evening performances from bands representing France, Austria,...

Incubator for innovative start-ups launched Ooredoo and Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC) on Sunday signed a one-year agreement to launch a 'Digital and Beyond'incubator with the aim of creating in Qatar its own 'Silicon Valley'of start-ups. The agreement, which includes the option to renew it every year, will enable young Qataris to present their ideas for new businesses to a global...

Typhoon Lando kills at least 16, strands thousands SANTA ROSA, Philippines – Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday, October 19 and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as the death toll from Typhoon Lando (Koppu) climbed to 16. Koppu, the second strongest storm to hit the disaster-plagued Southeast Asian archipelago this year, had...