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  12 May 2018 - 15:29 The Peninsula Doha: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announced the completion of the third phase of Rawdat Rashed Road Development Project, which aimed to provide a safe, highly-developed road to link Salwa Road with Dukhan Highway. The road is now fully open to traffic. Eng. Ahmed Al-Obaidly, Head of Southern Areas Section at the Roads Projects Department...

  02 May 2018 - 10:34 French President Emmanuel Macron visits an Australian Navy base at Garden Island in Sydney on May 2, 2018. / AFP / POOL / LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP Sydney, No country can be allowed to dominate the Indo-Pacific, the leaders of France and Australia said Wednesday, as regional capitals fret over the rise of an increasingly assertive China. French President...

  02 May 2018 - 12:12 French President Emmanuel Macron listens to a question during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at Kirribilli House in Sydney on May 2, 2018. AFP / Saeed Khan By Trevor Marshallsea | AP SYDNEY: Was it a Freudian slip by French President Emmanuel Macron? A joke linked to French gastronomy? Or even, a week...

  12 May 2018 - 10:38 AFP Sydney: Three generations of a single family were identified Saturday as the victims of Australia's worst mass shooting in 22 years, a murder-suicide which left seven people dead. They included Katrina Miles, 35, and her four children -- three boys and a girl aged eight to 13 -- who were found Friday in a shed on...

  10 May 2018 - 8:42 Maria van der Hoeven (left), former Minister of Education, Culture and Science and Former Minister of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands, and Qatar University Chief Strategy and Development Officer Dr Darwish Al Emadi, during the event. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar University (QU) hosted a lecture on “Climate Issues and Continued Life-long Learning” delivered by Maria van der...

  10 May 2018 - 8:52 The officials of College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) and University of Aberdeen after signing the agreement. The Peninsula DOHA: The College of the North Atlantic-Qatar has signed its first in-country block transfer articulation agreement for degree pathways. The College has reached an agreement with the University of Aberdeen for credit transfer that facilitates pathways towards a Bachelors...

  10 May 2018 - 8:53 The multidisciplinary care team at the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC). The Peninsula DOHA: From 6am tomorrow (Friday), Women’s Hospital will stop admitting patients experiencing obstetrical and gynaecological emergencies and the service will be permanently transferred to the new Emergency Department at the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) – one of Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC)...

  10 May 2018 - 8:54 The Peninsula Safari Win 10 Nissan Patrol Car Promotion’s second lucky draw was held at Safari Mall in Abu Hamour. Saiful Islam Noor and Mehabub Rahiman received the keys of 2 Nissan Patrol cars from Safari Group Chief Coordinator Shaheen Backar and Safari Hypermarket Showroom Manager Lince Sebastain.

  10 May 2018 - 8:57 Maryam Abdul Latif Al Mannai (left), and Dr Khalid Al Khanji signing the MoU. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar University (QU) signed a collaborative agreement with the Social Development Center (Nama) yesterday, to establish collaboration in the field of volunteerism, community service, student leadership, entrepreneurship, and sports activities, as well as all social initiatives, projects and programs. The agreement...

  10 May 2018 - 9:02 Pakistan’s Ambassador to Qatar, Shahzad Ahmad (center), inaugurating Pakistan Pavilion at the 15th Edition of Project Qatar Exhibition. The Peninsula DOHA: Ambassador of Pakistan to Qatar, Shahzad Ahmad, inaugurated the Pakistan Pavilion at the 15th Edition of Project Qatar Exhibition being held at the Doha Exhibition & Convention Centere (DECC), in an impressive ceremony. He was accompanied by...

  10 May 2018 - 9:05 File picture of Emiri Diwan in Doha. QNA Doha: The State of Qatar said it is following closely the developments of the Iranian Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) signed in 2015 between Iran and the (P 5+1) countries, and adapted by the UN Security Council in resolution number 2231. In a statement issued yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said...

  10 May 2018 - 9:05 Dr Hanan Al Fayyad (left) and Dr Emtinan Al Samadi during the seminar in Kuwait, yesterday. The Peninsula KUWAIT: The Language Center of the Faculty of Arts at Kuwait University yesterday hosted a seminar on translation and its role in communication taking as a model the “Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation”. The sponsor of the event, Dr Abdulhadi Al...

  10 May 2018 - 9:18 Sidra Medicine research team members pose for a picture. The Peninsula Doha: Sidra Medicine has launched an ambitious partnership with ENIGMA, the world’s largest brain mapping project, to study brain health and disease among the Qatari population. The partnership is Sidra Medicine’s latest project aimed at advancing personalised medicine in the country. The alliance will analyse genetic data and...

  10 May 2018 - 19:05 Oil tankers pass the skyline of Singapore, June 8, 2016. (Reuters /Edgar Su) By Alex Longley I Bloomberg Oil tanker owners are facing a nervous wait to find out whether they can carry on doing business with Iran after President Trump said on Tuesday he was reinstating a raft of sanctions against the Persian Gulf country. The return...