Al Shaqab Racing’s ALMAFJAR wins Prix Arca at La Teste

The Al Shaqab Racing-owned ALMAFJAR (FR) (Mister Ginoux / Al Dhabi) produced a fine front-running performance to take the Prix Arca – WATHBA Stallions Cup, a mile race for four-year-old and older Purebred Arabians at La Teste de Buch on Sunday, 1 August. Trained by in-form trainer Elizabeth Bernard, ALMAFJAR was ridden to success by apprentice jockey Gary Sanchez. Breaking quickly from

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QU Announces Decisions of Accepting New Students for Fall 2021

Qatar University (QU) has announced admissions for new students for the Fall 2021 semester in various colleges. The university said in a statement that more than 4,200 new and transferred students have been accepted to QU, of which over 73% are Qatari students of the total number of accepted students. It said that the applicants can view admissions in their

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Electoral Process for the Shura Council Elections Begins

The first phase of the electoral process for the Shura Council elections in its first session kicked off yesterday as voter registration applications were submitted in 30 electoral districts in various regions of the country. The electoral districts defined by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) opened its doors for the citizens from 4pm to 8pm to register their names in

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Younousse and Tijan storm into quarterfinals

Tokyo: Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan qualified to the quarterfinals of the Tokyo 2020 men’s Olympic beach volleyball tournament. The Qatari duo defeated USA’s Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser 2-1 (14-21, 21-19, 15-11) in the round-of-16 at on Sunday. “Thank god we won this game!” Cherif exclaimed. “We were ready for a long game. We know each other really

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MOPH: Updates on travel and return policies to Qatar

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), announced updates regarding the travel and return policy for “Covid-19”, as of midday on Monday, August 2nd. The new updates to travel and return policies to the State of Qatar include an update of the country classification lists, as well as an update of procedures for travellers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines

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MADLSA Extends Probation Period for Workers to Nine Months

The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) has extended the probation period for workers (domestic helps) to become nine months, in the context of implementing the Minister of Development Decision No. (21) for the year 2021 concerned with regulating the licensing of recruiting workers from abroad for the account of others. The ministry clarified in a post

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MoFAIC receives a copy of credentials of the Ambassador of Barbados to the UAE

H.E. Omar Saif Ghobash, Assistant Minister for Cultural Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation received a copy of the credentials of H.E. Gabriel Abed, Ambassador of Barbados to the UAE. Ghobash wished the Ambassador success in the performance of his duties and in enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation between the UAE and Barbados. The newly

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