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Investment ramp up, Barzan output to lift Qatar real GDP growth to 3.8% in 2017: QNB ECONOMY

Investment ramp up, Barzan output to lift Qatar real GDP growth to 3.8% in 2017: QNB

The ramp up in investment spending and initial gas production from the Barzan gas project will accelerate Qatar’s real GDP growth to 3.8% in 2017 and 4.1% in 2018 from 3.2% this year, QNB has said in its ‘Qatar Economic Insight’.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sweden holds off Russia in World Cup of Hockey CULTURE

Sweden holds off Russia in World Cup of Hockey

Sweden fended off a late comeback bid from Alex Ovechkin’s Team Russia to win 2-1 Sunday as each squad opened its account in the World Cup of Hockey at Toronto.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Elton John kicks off Apple Music Festival in London INTERNATIONAL

Elton John kicks off Apple Music Festival in London

Music stars such as Britney Spears, Michael Buble, Robbie Williams and Alicia Keys will take to a London stage over the coming days to perform at the Apple Music Festival, with veteran Elton John kicking off proceedings on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dollar bulls awaken as Yellen boosts outlook for rate hike ECONOMY

Dollar bulls awaken as Yellen boosts outlook for rate hike

Dollar traders are playing catch-up with the Federal Reserve.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kurdish forces must pull back to get US support after Manbij: Biden ASIA

Kurdish forces must pull back to get US support after Manbij: Biden

The United States has made it clear to Syrian Kurdish forces that they must return to east of the Euphrates river after seizing control of the Syrian town of Manbij to retain US support, Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Late Costa strike gives Conte winning debut CULTURE

Late Costa strike gives Conte winning debut

Diego Costa thrust himself back into the headlines with an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea edged West Ham United 2-1 in Antonio Conte’s first Premier League game as manager on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Oil trades at fresh August high on hopes of producer action ECONOMY

Oil trades at fresh August high on hopes of producer action

Oil prices reached their highest levels in more than five weeks on Tuesday as the market rode optimism over potential producer action to prop up the market.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Artist eyes record with giant hillside portrait INTERNATIONAL

Artist eyes record with giant hillside portrait

Armed with a spray gun and lugging buckets of flour, water, and pigment, a French artist has overcome storms and burrowing moles to turn a hectare of Swiss hillside into what is believed to be the world’s largest painting on grass.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrian refugee Mardini a ‘winner’ in the water CULTURE

Syrian refugee Mardini a ‘winner’ in the water

It was what Yusra Mardini left unsaid, rather than the conventional words of excitement, that made the bigger impression after the teenager’s debut in the Olympic pool on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
As extremists barred from airwaves, some fear creeping censorship INTERNATIONAL

As extremists barred from airwaves, some fear creeping censorship

When Hafiz Saeed, a Pakistani Islamist wanted in the United States and India, led supporters on an anti-India protest march across Pakistan to the capital this week, the story was not aired by local TV channels.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN envoy hopes Geneva meeting will pave way for Syria peace talks ASIA

UN envoy hopes Geneva meeting will pave way for Syria peace talks

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria hopes that a meeting expected to be held in Geneva next week with US and Russian officials will pave the way for a resumption of peace talks between the warring parties, his spokeswoman said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emerging currencies, stocks extend gains ECONOMY

Emerging currencies, stocks extend gains

Emerging stocks were set to end with the biggest weekly gains since March, buoyed by policy-easing prospects...

4:45 AM November 25 2016