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Google Matches Donations To Raise $11 Million for Refugees in 3 Days The world’s largest search engine has located—and donated—millions of dollars for refugees pouring into the EU. Just three days after announcing it would match donations for refugee relief, Google hit its goal of raising $11 million dollars.Refugees_are_human_beings CC Haeferl Finnish Prime Minister Opens His Home to Refugees, Joins Growing List The...

200 Million People Lifted From Extreme Poverty in Just Two Years The media may paint a different picture sometimes, but facts are facts: fewer people are living in extreme poverty than at any point in history. A new report shows that 200 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 2012 — and since 1990 that global population figure...

‘Qatar leads Arab countries in resolving regional conflicts’ HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani is assisted by Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul during the opening ceremony of the “2nd High-Tech Port by Musaid Qatar” at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). Qatar is the leading Arab country that is trying to resolve...

The Color Run™ Returns! Following last year’s thrilling introduction to Qatar, in which more than 5,000 fun-loving residents took excitement to a new high, The Color Run™, the original 5-kilometre colour powder race, will return on Saturday, 9 January 2016. The January installment will build on the huge success of 2015 and the Happiest 5k on the Planet™ will enliven and...

Nissan’s Performance Brand ‘NISMO’ Launched in the Middle East Nissan’s world-famous motorsport and road car performance brand, NISMO, made its Middle East debut at a spectacular launch event in Dubai, heralding the next step in ‘Innovation that Excites’ for driving enthusiasts across the region. In addition to launching the performance marque, Nissan also confirmed the world premiere launch of the Patrol...

What caffeine does to your brain It’s 6:30 am. Your alarm rings. You hit snooze a couple of times, and then a miracle happens. The sweet smell of coffee comes wafting into your room. It’s the motivation you need to emerge from your warm bed. Those commercials were right; it’s the best part of waking up. Almost two-thirds of American adults...

Nobel Chemistry Prize winners: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar On Thursday, the Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded. The main event, the Nobel Peace Prize, will be awarded on Friday in Oslo, when the successor to Malala Yousafzai as the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureate will be named. Some consider German Chancellor Angela Merkel a frontrunner. Finally, next...

Turns out using the internet all the time might not be great for your health Though the internet is undeniably packed with great things—bear videos, cat videos, bear videos—it’s probably not the greatest idea to spend too much time surfing the ol’ world wide web. Some researchers at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital sought to prove this thesis with a recent study...

How marketers are plotting to use neuroscience to control what you buy Ever felt exceedingly pleased with yourself after splurging on a luxury good? Blame marketers, who are becoming increasingly sophisticated and increasingly Orwellian. Case in point, a recent study published in the Journal of Marketing Research used brain imaging tech to test how the amount of grey matter a person...

Microsoft just built the laptop I've been waiting for Every year for the past three years, Microsoft has made the same bold claim: The Surface is the perfect replacement for your laptop and your tablet, a dreamy all-in-one miracle device. But I've never agreed with Microsoft. Even though the Surface technically had a lot of laptop and tablet features, it didn't...

Burger King's Halloween Burger Does Something Scary To Your Poop Inspired by its notorious Japanese menu, Burger King has released a black-bunned "Halloween Whopper" for sale in the U.S., Spain and the U.K. during the month of October. However, what is most scary about the burger is the "trick or treat" it pulls on your bowels. The Whopper has been giving...

10 things Qatar could do to an expat The very first time you were packing your bags to leave to Qatar, you’d have had a mixture of emotions running through you. Starting from excitement at the idea of moving to a completely new country from the deep dread and sorrow of leaving home, you’d have felt it in a myriad...

Qatar is not only the home for Karak and Majbous, but it also houses some beautiful, awe inspiring buildings. Given below is a list of some beautiful constructions that we’ve come across in Qatar. 1- Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) If you’ve not been to this place yet, you should go there very soon. This museum is far from the dusty, old...

Qatar Airways Bags ‘Best Middle Eastern Airline’ Award Qatar Airways has been voted “Best Middle Eastern Airline” for the tenth consecutive year at the 26th Annual TTG Travel Awards. The latest win seals a decade of success for Qatar Airways at the TTG Travel Awards, organised by one of the most respected trade magazines in the Asia Pacific. Readers based their...