Hundreds of thousands protest at French retirement reforms
dpa ParisSeveral hundred thousand protesters hit the streets across France on Tuesday in a second round of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s attempt to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.In Paris alone, 500,000 people came out...
Brazil is back on world stage: Scholz
dpa Brasília/Rio de Janeiro German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on a visit in Brasília on Monday, said he is looking forward to a new chapter in relations with Brazil, following the end of the term of the country’s controversial far-right former...
Italy’s government will not give in to prisoner on hunger strike
Rome: Italy’s government said on Tuesday it will not give in to a convicted anarchist who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days to protest the terms of his imprisonment.Alfredo Cospito is serving a decades-long prison sentence for a 2012...
Court says protesters must pay Madame Tussauds £3,500 compensation over cake stunt
dpa LondonTwo Just Stop Oil protesters must pay Madame Tussauds £3,500 in compensation after slapping vegan chocolate cakes in the face of a waxwork of Britain’s King Charles III.Eilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, were found guilty of criminal damage on Tuesday after Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard they targeted the model “in the...
Russia sees increased danger from Western arms exports to Ukraine
Moscow: Russia is facing increased military danger from Ukraine because NATO countries are sending weapons there, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday.At a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Samih Zhukri in Moscow, Lavrov said Russia’s armed forces would do everything to ensure that the West’s...
Wagner group committed human rights violations in Mali: UN experts
Geneva: Independent UN human rights experts have called for an investigation into the activities of the Russian mercenary group Wagner and government troops in Mali.There are suspicions that they have committed human rights violations and crimes against humanity since 2021, more than a dozen independent experts advising the UN Human Rights Council...
Taiwan swears in new prime minister after cabinet reshuffle
dpa TaipeiFormer vice president Chen Chien-jen was sworn in as Taiwan’s new prime minister on Tuesday to lead a newly formed Cabinet as the country’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party looks to regain ground following a setback in local elections in November.Former prime minister Su Tseng-chang on Monday led his Cabinet members to resign in a major reshuffle triggered by the DPP’s poor...
Japan, NATO agree to deepen ties amid Russia, China threat
dpa Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pledged on Tuesday to further deepen their cooperation, in light of China’s growing ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.“China is substantially building up its military forces, including nuclear weapons, bullying its neighbours, and threatening Taiwan,” Stoltenberg said following talks with Kishida...
Pope’s Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church’s future
Agencies Pope Francis began a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has called a lingering “colonialist mentality” that still considers Africa ripe for exploitation.Francis landed at Kinshasa’s airport and was greeted by tens of thousands of Congolese who lined the main road into the...
Pakistan mourns as toll in Peshawar mosque bombing rises to 100
Agencies The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has risen to 100, a medical official says, as the South Asian country faces a mounting security challenge from armed groups.“So far, 100 bodies have been brought to Lady Reading Hospital,” the spokesman for the largest medical facility in the city, Mohammad Asim, said in a statement on...
Cyclone in Madagascar kills dozens, displaces tens of thousands
Agencies More than two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands have been left homeless since a severe tropical cyclone made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island’s western coast, official records show.Cyclone Cheneso smashed into northeastern Madagascar 10 days ago, bringing strong winds and triggering downpours that have caused extensive flooding.Over the week it...
Erdogan signals NATO support for Finland, leaving Sweden in the cold
dpa /AgenciesIstanbulTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signalled he might support Finland’s accession process to the Western defence alliance NATO - while withholding approval for the membership of the country’s Nordic neighbour Sweden.“If necessary, we can send a different message regarding Finland,” Erdogan said in a speech to young people on Sunday evening, according to a...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Hebron as tensions spiral
Agencies Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man in the southern city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the latest killing in a wave of escalating violence.Identifying the deceased as 26-year-old Naseem Abu Fouda, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said he was shot in the head on Monday morning.Local journalists reported Abu Fouda was hospitalised just after 2am (00:00 GMT).The official...
Suicide bomber kills 59, wounds 150 at mosque in Pakistan
Agencies A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 150 others, officials said.Most of the casualties were police officers. It was not clear how the bomber was able to slip into the walled compound, which houses the northwestern city of Peshawar’s police headquarters...
Azerbaijan says can’t trust Tehran with embassy security after attack
Berlin: The Azerbaijani government on Monday said it does not believe Iran can be trusted with security for its embassy in Tehran following the killing of the embassy’s security chief in an armed attack. Baku suspended embassy operations in Tehran, noting that it had repeatedly told Iranian authorities about threats to its mission in the Iranian capital, which it said Tehran...
Body of one pilot found in Greek air force crash, one still missing
Athens: One of the two Greek pilots on board a fighter jet that crashed into the Ionian Sea west of the country was found dead on Monday, while the other remains missing, Greek authorities reported. Rescue teams were able to recover the body of one pilot from the floodwaters several hours after the accident, state radio ERT reported, citing the coast guard.Hope of recovering the missing pilot...
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Tribune News NetworkDohaPassenger traffic at Hamad International Airport (HIA) more than doubled in 2022 as it welcomed 35.7 million passengers throughout the year, an increase of 101.9 percent year-on-year.The airport also saw an increase in overall aircraft movements, which jumped 28.2 percent...
(From left) Minister of Municipality HE Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaei, Algeria’s Ambassador to Qatar HE Dr Mestafa Boutora, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Minister of Justice HE Masoud bin Mohammed Al Ameri, HE Ibrahim Abdullah Fakhro and HE Ali Ibrahim Ahmed at an event to...
STATS Perform/dpaLionel Messi wishes Diego Maradona had been able to hand him the World Cup trophy last month, but he has no regrets over the time it took him to lead Argentina to football’s greatest prize.Messi inspired Argentina to their fourth World Cup in Qatar last year, winning the Golden...
Tribune News NetworkDohaFor the fourth consecutive year, Commercial Bank, the most innovative digital bank in Qatar, has been named the Best Trade Finance Provider in Qatar by Global Finance, the world’s leading publication that recognises excellence in the financial industry. This award...
