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  16 Apr 2018 - 10:07 Representational image The Washington Post · Tara Bahrampour When the Trump-affiliated firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users, it used the "Big 5" or "Five Factor Model" personality test to target them with ads designed to influence their votes in the 2016 election. The test scores people on five traits - openness, conscientiousness,...

  24 Apr 2018 - 12:37 Image used for representation only. By Alex Lawler / Reuters  LONDON:  Oil rose above $75 a barrel on Tuesday to its highest since November 2014 before paring some gains, supported by OPEC-led production cuts, strong demand and the prospect of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose to its highest level since OPEC on...

  25 Apr 2018 - 8:59 The Peninsula Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah with United Kingdom Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson in London. They discussed  bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region, especially the Syrian crisis and developments in Yemen.

  25 Apr 2018 - 13:56 Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Italian energy company Eni arrives for a meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | AP NICOSIA, Cyprus: Eni will proceed with more exploratory drilling south of Cyprus over the next 20 months, affirming a "strong engagement and commitment" in...

  25 Apr 2018 - 8:43 The participants at the panel discussion. The Peninsula DOHA: The most prominent traffic violations by motorists are committed due to high speed, engagement with mobile phones, wrong overtaking, deviation from the lane, not having proper distance with other vehicles, said an official from the General Directorate of Traffic. In a panel discussion organised yesterday by the department entitled “The...

  25 Apr 2018 - 15:41 The Peninsula Online Doha: Al-Khor and Al-Thakhira Municipality will soon open the Al Qarma Beach Garden located east of Al-Khor city, which was established with the support of the Ras Laffan Industrial City Community Outreach Programme. As per the signboard outside the new park, only women and children under the age of 10 will be allowed inside....

Decision gives the Trump administration three months to deliver better legal reasoning on why programme is illegal. 5 hours ago Trump's hardline immigration policies have ignited a pro-immigrant protest movement in the US MORE ON UNITED STATES Trump is offering Saudi Arabia a 'bad deal' on Syriatoday US Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump travel bantoday Amid Trump's threats, Macron calls...

  25 Apr 2018 - 0:26 Bayern Munich's German head coach Jupp Heynckes prepares the balls during a training session at the trainings ground of FC Bayern Munich in Munich, southern Germany, on April 24, 2018 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. AFP / Christof Stache By Ian Chadband...

  25 Apr 2018 - 12:34 Liverpool fans outside the stadium before the match Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine AP LIVERPOOL, England: Police say two men from Rome have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an assault before a Champions League game that left a Liverpool fan in critical condition. The injured 53-year-old man is being treated in the hospital after being caught...

  25 Apr 2018 - 9:14 The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Biobank and the Qatar Genome Programme (QGP), members of Qatar Foundation (QF), have partnered with the Department of Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar to facilitate the development of the first Qatari gene chip, known as the ‘Q-Chip’. The partnership also includes the Diagnostic Genomic Division at Hamad Medical Corporation as well as...

  25 Apr 2018 - 12:37 Police patrol outside Jodhpur Central Jail, where Asaram Bapu has been held since September 2013, in Jodhpur in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer IANS Jodhpur: Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was on Wednesday convicted by a Jodhpur court for raping a minor girl at his ashram here in Rajasthan in 2013 and sentenced to...

  25 Apr 2018 - 9:15 By Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula DOHA: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has readied about 1,200 mosques across the country to receive the worshipers during upcoming holy month of Ramadan with spacial focus on providing separate areas for women worshipers almost in all mosques. According to the calendar and experts, May 16 is expected to be...

  25 Apr 2018 - 9:37 QNA Beirut: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi has that stability, civil peace, and social security are the main pillars that provide the environment for development and progress in its tracks, and without these pillars, it will be impossible to achieve and establish the goals of development. “Therefore,...

  25 Apr 2018 - 9:37 The Peninsula DOHA: Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Qatar Willy Kempel said yesterday that Qatar government’s handling of the rights of workers and the investigation of labour files is a kind of protection of human security. Addressing a lecture on human security organised by the Diplomatic Institute of the Foreign Ministry the Ambassador underlined that...