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Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool are under pressure as they try to salvage a troubled season by finishing in the Premier League's top four. Klopp's side have failed to defend the Premier League title they won last term and were knocked out of the Cha...

The man who filed a criminal complaint accusing Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald of assault is now offering an apology to the NFL star....

Early vaccine rollout and government's additional liquidity and financial schemes to cushion the impact of the Covid-induced shock will help Qatar economy recover and gain growth trajectory later this year....

Doha Bank has recently held a meeting with Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka, State Minister of Money & Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms ......

Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick dropped a bombshell yesterday by revealing he wants to leave the club world champions at the end of the season. Despite Bayern winning six titles over the last 12 months under Flick, he told Sky that he "wants to b...

Much of the focus at cycling's upcoming trio of Belgian classics will be on 21-year-old Briton Tom Pidcock, winner of the Brabantse Pijl cobbled classic in midweek, leaving world-class riders trailing in his wake....

Pol Lirola scored his first two goals for Marseille and hit an injury-time winner as Jorge Sampaoli's side claimed a 3-2 home victory over Lorient in Ligue 1 yesterday....

Soon after the Covid-19 pandemic hit in spring 2020, the European Union activated the Stability and Growth Pact's general escape clause, thereby suspending the Union's limits on member states' fiscal deficits and government debt....

French nationals touched by support from Pakistanis; question, refuse embassy call to leave country...

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Chelsea ended Manchester City's quest for a historic quadruple of trophies as Hakim Ziyech's goal earned a 1-0 win to take the Blues into the FA Cup final yesterday....

Russia yesterday said it would expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kyiv, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank....

Iran's state television on Saturday identified a man it said was behind a recent explosion and power outage at its main Natanz nuclear plant....

Designing persuasive technologies that can influence humans to change behaviour, and the ethics of such influence, was the focus of the 16th International Conference on Persuasive Technologies (PT2021) held from April 12-14....

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, welcomed the Class of 2025 with Marhaba Tartans, a day of online sessions to introduce new students to the university....

Participants in the first conference of the Green Tent activities affiliated with 'A Flower Each Spring' programme emphasised the importance of endowments in eradicating poverty and hunger, promoting good health and social well-being ......

Al Ahli can't afford another slip up while Al Duhail will be aiming to maintain their perfect start when the two sides meet in Group C of the AFC Champions League on Sunday....

Persepolis FC flexed their credentials as favourites as they came from behind to defeat Al Rayyan SC 3-1 in Group E of the 2021 AFC Champions League in Margao, India, on Saturday....

Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology giant and give up control, as meetings with Chinese regulators signalled to the company that the move could help draw a line under Beijing's scrutiny of...

As part of its community initiative 'Shop & Donate', LuLu Hypermarket Qatar has announced its support for Qatar Charity's (QC) 'Ramadan of Hope' drive for the fourth year in a row....

Al Meera Consumer Goods Company and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) have launched the Ramadan Crescent Festival, a charity initiative to support families in need....

Qatar's national transport provider Mowasalat (Karwa), in partnership with Qatar Charity (QC), will once again distribute free Karwa SmartCards during Ramadan as part of its social responsibility activities....

Alfardan Premier Motors Co, the official retailer of Jaguar Land Rover in Qatar, has announced that it is offering customers special deals on select Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in celebration of the holy month of Ramadan....

Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co will use its new Zeekr electric-car unit to take on tech giants like Apple Inc and Xiaomi Corp, which also have ambitions to enter the burgeoning EV market....

The Bank of Thailand has responded to the US decision to keep the nation on watch for currency manipulation by asserting it has stepped into the market only to curb volatility in the baht....

Forty students from high schools across Qatar have completed the challenging Qatar Aspiring Doctors Programme (QADP), an initiative run by the Office of Student Outreach and Educational Development at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q)....

At least five people were shot dead and dozens injured when Bangladesh police opened fire Saturday on demonstrating workers at the construction site of a Chinese-financed power plant, officials said....

The designated authorities referred 362 people to the Public Prosecution for violating the preventive and precautionary measures enforced in the country to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Ministry of Interior reported on Saturday....

A major retailer of the region, LuLu Hypermarket Qatar has won the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award in the 'Best Company in the Private Sector' cetegory at the 8th CSR Awards this year ......

For his first run of 2021, Al Shaqab Racing's homebred Toro Strike cruised to an impressive victory in the Michael Foster Conditions Stakes for four-year-olds and older over 1,400m at Thirsk, UK, enhancing his strike rate to three wins, on Saturday....

Qatar Chamber has participated in the activities of the digital edition of 'Hannover Messe 2021', which was held recently under the theme 'Industrial Transformation' with the participation of the largest production companies in the world....

Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFC Authority) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Labuan IBFC Inc, to develop long-term co-operation and boost economic and financial sector ties between the two financial centres....

Liquefied natural gas, one of the cleanest fossil fuels and a main pillar of Qatar's economy, is a key tool that Qatar uses to make the world a better place by alleviating the impact of climate change to have a more robust economy, HE the Deputy Prime...

Qatar Foundation Research, Development, and Innovation (QF RDI) along with several partners, has developed a smart version of corrosion coupon to understand more than just the corrosion rate of oil and gas pipelines....

The designated authorities on Saturday referred 362 people to the Public Prosecution for violating the preventive and precautionary measures enforced by the country to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19)....

Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday it had detained a Ukrainian diplomat, accusing him of receiving sensitive information from a Russian national....

There are programmes under development to provide vaccination for all the attendees of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Friday....

Leading innovators from the worlds of sustainability, healthcare and education have been inspiring the next generation of leaders at an ACS Doha virtual round table the fourth and final event in a series, entitled 'The World Needs Innovators'....

Shuttered for over a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greek universities are now grappling with a surge in online exam cheating giving rise to a new reality: the...

More shocking bodycam footage, more fatal shootings by officers, and a murder trial nearing its conclusion -- public trust in the US police has seldom been more strained....

Philippine authorities said Saturday they have seized some 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million in one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country....

Six senior girls of the DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) participated in the Qatar Debate Nationals (Girls) and bagged the runner-up trophy. The competition was organised through online platform Zoom recently....

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touched down Saturday on the steppe of Kazakhstan following a half-year mission on the International Space Station, footage broadcast by the Russian space agency showed...

The Smart Qatar Programme (Tasmu), one of the key initiatives led by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), is a highly valued programme for the health sector in Qatar, a health official has said....

The Karnataka Sangha Qatar (KSQ) recently organised its annual blood donation camp at the Hamad Blood Donation Centre....

India pledged yesterday to raise monthly production of its own Covid-19 vaccine about tenfold to nearly 100mn doses by September, as immunisations have slowed in the country despite a surge in new infections....

A gunman killed at least eight people at a FedEx facility in the mid-western US city of Indianapolis before turning the gun on himself in the latest in a string of mass shootings in the country, authorities said yesterday....

Opponents of Myanmar's junta announced a National Unity Government yesterday including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests and ethnic minorities, saying their aim was to end military rule and restore democracy....

An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain's late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka....

To support Qatar's digital ecosystem and accelerate the implementation of smart solutions and applications, the Smart Qatar Programme (Tasmu) of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) oversees the Tasmu Digital Valley (TDV), which acts as...