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QATAR | Blaze
Car catches fire in parking lot
Civil Defence personnel doused a fire that broke out in a car in the parking area of a shopping mall in the Ain Khaled area of Doha yesterday, the Ministry of Interior said in a tweet in the evening. Meanwhile, a report on the portal Doha News said people heard a loud explosion-like sound, probably caused by a malfunction in the car, which left the vehicle as well as some of the parking shades damaged.
AMERICA | Probe
FBI interviews
Hillary Clinton
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interviewed Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for three and a half hours yesterday as part of the probe into her use of a private e-mail server while serving as secretary of state. The interview at FBI headquarters in Washington followed a week of intense public focus on the investigation and on Clinton’s viability as a presidential candidate.
QATAR | Diplomacy
Phone talks on
enhancing ties
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has held a telephone conversation with Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, on bilateral relations and ways to develop them in addition to regional developments.
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SPORT Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you are saying farewell to those that have left a positive impression. That was the case earlier this month when Canada hosted Mexico in a friendly at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
TECHNOLOGY Some 60mn primary-school-age children have no access to formal education
CULTURE Lekhwiya’s El Arabi scores the equaliser after Tresor is sent off; Tabata, al-Harazi score for QSL champions
ARABIA The Yemeni Minister of Tourism, Dr Mohamed Abdul Majid Qubati, yesterday expressed hope that the 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen declared by the Command of Coalition Forces on Saturday will be maintained in order to lift the siege imposed on Taz City and ease the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged
ARABIA Some 200 teachers from schools across the country attended Qatar Museum’s (QM) first ever Teachers Council at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) yesterday.
ARABIA The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and the Indonesian Supreme Court (SCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on judicial co-operation, it was announced yesterday.
ECONOMY Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.
