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Nagasaki bombing is marked INTERNATIONAL

Nagasaki bombing is marked

Yesterday the Japanese city of Nagasaki marked 71 years since its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor lauding a visit by US President Barack Obama to Hiroshima earlier this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malaysia and Indonesia join forces to develop Islamic capital market ECONOMY

Malaysia and Indonesia join forces to develop Islamic capital market

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and the Bursa Malaysia (KLSE) entered a collaboration to develop a World Shariah Stock Market Centre by signing a memorandum of understanding on August 2 ....

4:45 AM November 25 2016
INLD protests crop insurance scheme INTERNATIONAL

INLD protests crop insurance scheme

Supporters of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the main opposition party in Haryana, yesterday held a march here to protest against the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme).

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hun Sen receives leadership award INTERNATIONAL

Hun Sen receives leadership award

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen received the Asean Lifetime Achievement Award as one of the bloc’s longest serving heads of government on Saturday evening, despite his past as a former Khmer Rouge commander during the 1970s.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai airport flights resume after Emirates accident ASIA

Dubai airport flights resume after Emirates accident

Dubai airport, the world's busiest in terms of international passengers, resumed flights on Wednesday after a nearly four-hour shutdown caused by an accident involving an Emirates plane, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
NBK Automobiles in special offer for commercial vehicle owners ARABIA

NBK Automobiles in special offer for commercial vehicle owners

Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Automobiles, the exclusive dealers of Mercedes-Benz in Qatar, has announced that it is offering commercial vehicle owners the opportunity to replace their Actros clutch kits and service the air-conditioning systems on heavy-duty models at “special low rates”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
National Reading Campaign resumes ARABIA

National Reading Campaign resumes

National Reading Campaign, an initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, has resumed with several summer activities.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Frampton wins slugfest over Santa Cruz to claim WBA title CULTURE

Frampton wins slugfest over Santa Cruz to claim WBA title

Carl Frampton defeated Mexico’s Leo Santa Cruz by a majority decision on Saturday to claim the WBA featherweight crown and become the first boxer from Northern Ireland to win titles in two divisions.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Know your politics quiz: Who said what? TECHNOLOGY

Know your politics quiz: Who said what?

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts, said John Oliver. Or maybe it was Henry Adams. (Hint: It was Adams.)

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Floods kill 26 wedding guests in Pakistan INTERNATIONAL

Floods kill 26 wedding guests in Pakistan

At least 26 people, mostly children, were killed yesterday when a vehicle carrying wedding guests was washed off a mountainous road by floods and flung into a gorge, officials said. The dead included 18 children and six women.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Green’s greed to blame for BHS collapse: lawmakers INTERNATIONAL

Green’s greed to blame for BHS collapse: lawmakers

Retail tycoon Philip Green’s greed and disregard for corporate governance led to the demise of BHS and cost 11,000 jobs, a report by lawmakers said, calling the collapse of the stores group “the unacceptable face of capitalism”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases INTERNATIONAL

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases

An Indian court on Monday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing protected wildlife 18 years ago, ending the latest long-running case against the actor.

4:45 AM November 25 2016