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Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV Clubs register ‘major rise’ in growth ARABIA

Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV Clubs register ‘major rise’ in growth

Ooredoo has announced that its Mozaic TV Clubs, which enable customers to watch movies and programmes on demand, has seen an “unprecedented take-up in the past few months, recording the highest-ever growth in the history of the service”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nepal ethnic minorities call off border blockade INTERNATIONAL

Nepal ethnic minorities call off border blockade

Nepal’s ethnic minority groups lifted a four-month-old blockade along a major trading point with India yesterday...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UDC lines up host of special activities ARABIA

UDC lines up host of special activities

Preparations are in full swing at The Pearl-Qatar to celebrate Qatar National Sport Day tomorrow.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama urges swift action on Zika virus INTERNATIONAL

Obama urges swift action on Zika virus

US President Barack Obama has called for faster research on the quick-moving Zika virus, which is spread by mosquitoes and has been linked to a rise in birth defects in Brazil.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lanka seeks to attract private universities ARABIA

Lanka seeks to attract private universities

Sri Lankan minister for higher education and highways Lakshman Kiriella has appealed to resourceful educational entrepreneurs to explore the possibilities of setting up private universities for higher education in his country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Crossing the Empty Quarter ARABIA

Crossing the Empty Quarter

In 1930 a small team of men, guided by Omani Sheikh Salih bin Kalut Al Rashidi al Kathiri, led British explorer Bertram Thomas on the first recorded crossing of this magnificent but dangerous landscape.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
‘Affluenza’ teenager may have been forced to flee INTERNATIONAL

‘Affluenza’ teenager may have been forced to flee

An attorney for a teenager who killed four people in the “affluenza” drunken-driving case may have been forced to go to Mexico with his mother after an apparent violation of his probation, a defence attorney said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Serena, Sharapova lead field at Qatar Total Open CULTURE

Serena, Sharapova lead field at Qatar Total Open

The Qatar Tennis Federation has announced an incredibly strong field of participants for the upcoming Qatar Total Open, February 21-27, 2016.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
'Major fire' at Paris' famed Ritz hotel, no casualties INTERNATIONAL

'Major fire' at Paris' famed Ritz hotel, no casualties

A major fire broke out at the landmark Paris Ritz hotel, which is closed for renovations, the fire service said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
ExxonMobil Qatar sponsors Rota’s clubs ARABIA

ExxonMobil Qatar sponsors Rota’s clubs

ExxonMobil Qatar will become the sponsor of Reach Out To Asia’s (Rota) Youth Service Clubs for the next two years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Robots, new working ways to cost 5 million jobs by 2020 INTERNATIONAL

Robots, new working ways to cost 5 million jobs by 2020

Disruptive labour market changes, including the rise of robots and artificial intelligence, will result in a net loss of 5.1 million jobs over the next five years in 15 leading countries ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar startups to gain from public, private sectors’ support ECONOMY

Qatar startups to gain from public, private sectors’ support

Entrepreneurs and start-ups in Qatar stand to gain from the “ample support” provided by the government and the private sector, an official of Injaz Qatar has said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016