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Moroccan rescuers reach

Rescuers began what they called the most delicate stage of a days-long effort to save a small boy trapped in a well in northern Morocco on Satur…

Veteran French adventurer dies during solo Atlantic row

A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic “to laugh at old age” was found dead in his cabin at sea yesterday, his support te…

14 dead as coalition bombs Sanaa after UAE attack

The coalition killed 14 people in air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a medical source said yesterday, after an attack by Houthi insurgen…

Nadal says Djokovic knew the risks:

Rafael Nadal had little sympathy for long-time rival Novak Djokovic, saying on Thursday that he must face the consequences for not being vaccina…

LuLu celebrates the festive season with a new promotion of Italian Food

Lulu Hypermarket kicked off recently a new promotion of Italian food products, giving shoppers the opportunity to explore not only a wide range…

Justices doth protest too much

This week, the US Supreme Court begins its 2021 term amid a buzz of speculation that it has lost the public’s confidence. A recent Gallup poll f…

What climate change requires of economics

This summer’s record-breaking heatwave in the American northwest offered a reminder – as if it were needed – of what anthropogenic climate chang…

Bulgarian president honours Qatar

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met in Sofia Saturday with the outgoing Qatari ambassador Rashid bin Ali al-Khater. The ambassador conveyed the…

QC rebuilds 537 fire-damaged houses for Rohingya refugees

Qatar Charity (QC), with the support of benefactors in Qatar, has started rebuilding 537 homes for Rohingya refugees in Cox

Lebanon battles wildfires for third straight day

Lebanon battled rapidly spreading wildfires for a third straight day Friday after they destroyed pine forests and threatened homes in northern a…

Tanker truck explodes close to Italian airport

At least one person was killed and more than 60 others injured yesterday when a tanker truck crashed into a lorry and exploded, sending a fireba…

Workshop on strategy to combat desertification begins today

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment will begin today a workshop on the preparation of the national strategy to combat desertification.…

Opec, allied producers

The co-operation between Opec and allied non-Opec producers since January 1, 2017 has helped “stock overhang being brought down to almost zero”,…

Big Oil investors show they want more than just profit

Big Oil’s investors took a bruising for nearly three years as oil prices bumped along decade lows. Now they want payback. They’re willing to pun…

Athens to modernize 85 fighter planes amid tension with Turkey

Greece plans to modernize a total of 85 outdated F-16 fighter aircraft amid tensions with neighbouring Turkey, the government said. The arrangem…

Sinn Fein eyes N Ireland power-sharing deal by end Oct

A deal can be done by the end of October to restore Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, Sinn Fein’s leader in the region said yesterday…

Rejuvenated Berlusconi lays out election platform

Marking a formal return to Italy’s political stage, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday laid out his policy priorities for the for…

Myanmar men appeal death sentences for murders of Britons in Thailand

Two migrant workers from Myanmar on Monday appealed their death sentences for the 2014 murders of two British tourists on the popular Thai resor…