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Team Qatar off to Iran for Asian Men’s Beach Handball Championship

DOHA – Qatar’s senior beach handball team will leave Doha Friday to Tehran to  participate in the eighth edition of  Asian Men’s Beach Handball Championship which will be held in Iran from March 22nd to 28th and qualifies for the World Championships to be hosted by Greece next June.   Team Qatar’s delegation is headed by the Qatar’s Handball Association’s

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HMC Wins AHF Grand Prize for Epidemiological Response

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has won the Grand Prize of the Arab Hospitals Federation (AHF), in the field of epidemiological response, at the conclusion of the 23 annual meeting of AHF in Cairo, which lasted for two days under the slogan “Towards launching new health care strategies”.   The AHF award comes in return for the excellence achieved by the

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UAE Welcomes Sanctioning of Houthi Militias by EU Council

The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the decision by the Council of the European Union to amend Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014, thereby adopting the arms embargo adopted by the United Nations (UN), which all UN Member States are required to implement under the UN Charter.   The European Council decision cites the text of the UN Security Council resolution 2624

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QATAR UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER BAGS THE L’ORÉAL PRIZE -UNESCO FOR WOMEN

In Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program 2021   Dr. Nura Adam Mohamed, a graduate from the Biomedical Science Department, College of Health Sciences (CHS)-Qatar University. Who is now working as a Research Associate at the Biomedical Research Center (BRC) at Qatar University, has been awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents ward 2021,

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Al Shaqab to host LGCT and GCL 2022 season opener

DOHA – Al Shaqab, a member of Qatar Foundation, will once again host the opening competition of the 2022 Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) team series. The latest edition of the world’s premier five-star showjumping competition will bring together the  best riders and horses in their quest for individual and team glory from March 3-6,

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Injaaz Stud’s RECEDING WAVES wins Ras Rokan Island Cup

The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) organised the ninth race meeting in the 2021-22 season calendar of the Al Uqda Racecourse on Thursday, 20 January. The six-race card day was run on dirt and was wrapped up with the feature event, Ras Rokan Island Cup, a 2000m Handicap (0-95) for 4YO+ Thoroughbreds. The Cup went the way of Injaaz

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Shura Council Completes Study of the Aspects Associated with Marriage and Decides to Address Concerned Authorities in the State

The Shura Council’s Special Committee for studying of “Aspects Associated with Marriage” held a meeting yesterday, in the presence of HE Speaker of the Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim. During the meeting, chaired by HE Chairman of the Committee Ali bin Shabib Al Attiyah, the Committee continued its discussions on the negative aspects and behaviours associated with marriage,

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GCC Railways Authority to Be Established

The ministers of Transport and Communication in the GCC countries, members of the Ministerial Committee of Transportation, have approved the timetable for the founding phase of the GCC Railways Authority, during their extraordinary meeting, which was held via video conference. HE Minister of Transport Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, led the State of Qatar’s delegation. The meeting discussed implementing the

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