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Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:21:00 +0000
11-year-old child dies of COVID-19 in Qatar amid rising numbers
The Ministry of Public Health said that an 11-year-old has become the latest COVID-19 fatality in Qatar. An 11-year-old child has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, Qatar’s ministry of health confirmed on Friday, amid a surge in infe...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:10:40 +0000
Professor who made racist comments against Qataris awarded $700,000 funding grant
Backlash over the Qatar National Research Fund’s decision to award a huge grant to an American professor who had previously made racist comments about Qataris and other non-white ethnicities. Northwestern University in Qatar [NUQ] together with...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 03:00:21 +0000
‘Coronasomnia’: an epidemic within a pandemic
More people have reported insomnia since the global pandemic was first triggered, giving birth to a whole new endemic dubbed ‘coronasomnia’.  This pandemic has interfered with our sleep. The word “insomnia” was Googled in the past ye...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:00:40 +0000
I thought I had recovered, then came ‘Long Covid’
Though Covid-19 symptoms can typically recover in two weeks, young, European expat Lisa was among some of the patients that weren’t so lucky.  At least 1 in 20 patients (with some sources suggesting even 1 in 10) who contract COVID-19 have bee...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:29:39 +0000
The Round Up 4 Feb 2021
The top stories in #Qatar on #TheRoundUp this Thursday: Australia still waiting for report on airport incident How will the new COVID measures impact you Professor who made racist comments awarded $700,000 funding grant 2022 World Cup raises awarenes...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:00:35 +0000
GameStop, Reddit and the stock market: What’s the beef?
What happens when a number of Reddit users go to war with large hedge funds in support of a game retailer? The stock market went through an immense volatility last month – the likes of which have never been seen before. It started when large trader...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:42:00 +0000
Qatar 2022 organisers to work on raising awareness of human rights
An agreement has been signed between the tournament’s organisers and Qatar’s National Human Right’s committee to raise awareness of human rights and ensure their protection is central in the delivery of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.  Th...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:33:19 +0000
Australia presses Qatar for report into airport ‘abandoned baby’ incident
Qatar’s government had promised to conduct an investigation into the incident which saw more than a dozen Australian women invasively searched during a police hunt for the mother of a newborn baby dumped in one of the airports toilets. Australi...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 08:44:26 +0000
Scottish court finds woman guilty of indecent behaviour on Qatar Airways flight
The British woman was charged with verbally attacking cabin crew on board a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Edinburgh on August 8th, 2019. An intoxicated woman on a Qatar Airways flight to Scotland, who threatened to kill one of the flight attendan...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:51:16 +0000
QNB Group now an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2022
Qatar’s largest bank says it looks forward to helping make the Qatar 2022 World Cup a ‘success to be remembered for generations’. FIFA announced on Wednesday that QNB- the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa- as an o...



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