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Mall of Qatar to open in August
One of the country’s largest under-construction shopping centers will open in August, the Mall of Qatar’s developers have said. A spokesperson for UrbaCon Trading and Contracting – which is reportedly...
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Newly renovated Al Khor park officially opens to the public
With reporting from Riham Sheble/All photos courtesy of MME One of Qatar’s oldest and largest parks will reopen to the public this weekend after being closed for renovations since 2010. The 240,000...
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Gulf officials, including Qatar, pledge to link media, political action
Information ministers from across the Gulf who met in Saudi Arabia yesterday agreed to do more to coordinate their media efforts, QNA reports. Qatar was represented by Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al...
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Qatar to host Asian indoor athletics championships this weekend
SuppliedMariam Farid More than two dozen Qatari athletes will compete alongside 450 men and women from 37 other countries to take home a medal in the seventh Asian Indoor Athletics Championships,...
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People in Qatar urged to help 13-year-old cancer patient Zara
Saving Zara/FacebookZara Al Shaikh A Qatar-based doctor whose daughter is sick with blood cancer has appealed to people here and around the world to register as potential stem cell donors to help save...
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“Stroke is the second leading cause of death globally and the incidence of...
Dr. Ghanim Al Sulaiti, chairman of neurosurgery at Hamad Medical Corp. (HMC), speaking at the first annual Qatar Neuroscience Conference this week. He added that Qatar also has the highest incidence...
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Temperatures to spike in Qatar over next few days
Omar Chatriwala/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Temperatures in Qatar are expected to be 3 to 6 degrees higher than average for this time of year over the next several days, according to...
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Planes, drones and more on show at annual Al Khor Fly-In
All photos by Baba Tamim The annual Al Khor Fly-In kicked off for the ninth time yesterday with a number of aircraft on display, as well as acrobatic and drone formation flying shows. The two-day...
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Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim takes home gold with 2.35m jump
Qatari high-jumper Mutaz Barshim became the first athlete to ever win an event at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships for the fourth time in a row. The 24-year-old cleared 2.35m (7.7 feet) in the...
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Three changes that will affect entrepreneurs in Qatar
Tim Hatton/FlickrFor illustrative purposes only Amid a broader push to diversify Qatar’s economy beyond oil and gas, the government has begun rewriting several cumbersome rules for starting a new...
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“You cannot buy a World Cup.”
Sepp Blatter, long-time FIFA president, in an interview with the Times in which he insisted the vote for who hosts the 2022 World Cup was not fixed. According to the Guardian, Blatter said Qatar was...
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Ashghal offers progress update on Lusail Expressway
All photos courtesy of Ashghal Commuters tired of all the construction stretching from West Bay to beyond the Pearl-Qatar, take heart – progress is being made on the new Lusail Expressway. In a...
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Magical Festival Village soft-opens in Qatar over the weekend
All photos by Baba Tamim After a few delays, Magical Festival Village has finally opened its doors to the public, with decent crowds turning up to check it out on Friday evening. Located next to...
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British MP hails Qatar for improving worker conditions ahead of 2022
Qatar is making progress when it comes to workers’ welfare on construction sites, the head of a British parliamentary delegation has said. The fact-finding visit however only involved 2022 World Cup...
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Qatar inspectors temporarily shut Lusail petrol station over pricing
Ministry of Economy and CommerceInspectors from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce temporarily close a petrol station in Lusail. Government inspectors have temporarily closed a petrol station in...
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Qatar Armed Forces to conduct military exercises in March
The General Command of Qatar’s Armed Forces will be carrying out military exercises between March 14-16 from 8am to 8pm, QNA reports. The exercises will be at an altitude of 4,000 feet and within a...
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Animals shifted from closed-down Doha Zoo to Al Khor Park
All photos courtesy of MME on Facebook More than 100 animals and birds have been moved to the newly reopened Al Khor Park from the site of the former zoo, QNA reports. Another 70 will be brought over...
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Troops criticize living conditions on US air base in Qatar
U.S. Air Forces Central CommandAn Airman from the 7th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron directs a Boeing E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems aircraft to park after completing its...
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Ratings agency: Qatar economy to remain ‘resilient’ amid oil slump
Qatar is in better financial shape than several of its GCC peers, according to credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) , which maintained its positive position on Qatar while downgrading...
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Qatar rejects more than 5 million kg of imported food in 2015
MilahaDoha Port Qatar imported nearly 2.6 billion kg of food last year – the equivalent of almost 3kg a day for each of the 2.4 million people living in the country, according to official figures....
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