The Philippine economy expanded 7.0% in the second quarter, official data showed yesterday, but President Rodrigo Duterte’s new government said major changes were needed to fix one of Asia’s biggest rich-poor divides.
World taekwondo officials have been trying to make their sport a more spectacular and less defensive martial art by introducing new rules and equipment, with mixed results.
Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst crushed Brazil’s gold-medal hopes with an emphatic victory in the Olympic women’s beach volleyball final, silencing a raucous crowd at Rio’s famed Copacabana beach.
Overseas loans and trade-related short-term financial instruments largely helped Qatar in covering the decline in inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investments ...
The Public Works Authority, Ashghal, will implement from Saturday a traffic diversion for three months on Al Aziziya Street, between Ibn Aamer Street and Umm Al Kharj Street.
Migrant construction workers, abandoned in their thousands by Saudi employers in filthy desert camps during the kingdom's economic slump, say they will not accept a government offer ...
The Qatar Stock Exchange settled near the 11,000 mark, mainly supported by telecom and banking stocks.
Meals and water have been distributed among workers in Qatar as part of youth initiatives carried out in co-operation with Qatar Charity (QC).
With Asean countries becoming popular destinations for Qataris and other GCC nationals, the Asean Committee in Doha (ACD) is planning to organise more cultural events in Qatar to attract a greater number of visitors from the region.
Almost 5,000 hotel keys have been added to Qatar’s stock over the past 18 months and the additional supply has started to impact performance measures in the second quarter of 2016, a DTZ executive says.
Cleveland bench coach Mills managed the team after Francona was taken ill
British workers on the Eurostar cross-Channel rail service will strike for seven days this month, including over a public holiday weekend, in a dispute over hours, a union said yesterday.
