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Emir chairs meeting of investment council ARABIA

Emir chairs meeting of investment council

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment, chaired the Council’s third meeting for 2016 held at the Emiri Diwan yesterday morning.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jumbo treat INTERNATIONAL

Jumbo treat

Sri Lanka’s Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake, third right, feeds fruits to an elephant after an event at a Buddhist temple near Colombo yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
In plane sight INTERNATIONAL

In plane sight

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a model of her new campaign plane at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
As bodies pile up, many fear to talk about president’s war INTERNATIONAL

As bodies pile up, many fear to talk about president’s war

The body of 22-year-old pedicab driver Eric Sison lies in a coffin in a Manila slum with a chick pacing across his casket, placed there in keeping with a local tradition to symbolically peck at the conscience of his killers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Carney’s stimulus questioned as BoE faces pro-Brexit lawmakers ECONOMY

Carney’s stimulus questioned as BoE faces pro-Brexit lawmakers

Mark Carney had better have made the most of his summer break, because he’s about to meet his critics again.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi takes safety steps for Haj ASIA

Saudi takes safety steps for Haj

Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid a repeat of a crush that killed hundreds last year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi shares lead Gulf up as foreign investor restrictions eased ECONOMY

Saudi shares lead Gulf up as foreign investor restrictions eased

Saudi Arabia led Gulf stocks higher yesterday as Riyadh eased restrictions on foreign investment in its securities markets, while most other bourses in the region were buoyed by strength in oil prices and global equities at the end of last week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Central banks nearing limits of ability to stimulate growth: OECD ECONOMY

Central banks nearing limits of ability to stimulate growth: OECD

The world’s central banks are “pretty close” to the limits of their ability to stimulate economies, Angel Gurria, head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Keukeleire wins sprint, Quintana keeps lead CULTURE

Keukeleire wins sprint, Quintana keeps lead

Belgium’s Jens Keukeleire won a bunch sprint to clinch the 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana yesterday as Nairo Quintana retained the overall lead.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Customs foils attempts to smuggle marijuana into Qatar ARABIA

Customs foils attempts to smuggle marijuana into Qatar

The General Authority of Customs (GAC) has foiled four separate attempts to smuggle a total of 22.6kg of the illicit drug marijuana into Qatar during the past few days.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QSE gains 64 points to settle close to 11,300 mark ECONOMY

QSE gains 64 points to settle close to 11,300 mark

Stronger buying support from Gulf and foreign institutions led Qatar Stock Exchange gain another 64 points to settle close to the 11,300 mark.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Driverless taxi firm eyes operations in 10 cities by 2020 INTERNATIONAL

Driverless taxi firm eyes operations in 10 cities by 2020

A US software firm which chose Singapore for the world's first public trial of driverless taxis hopes to be operating in 10 Asian and US cities by 2020, an executive said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016