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A breakthrough in computer research has enabled a paralysed man to ‘write down his thoughts” by decoding his brain signals to generate handwriting in real-time. In a big win for people with paralysis, researchers have developed an accurate way of handwriting using brain signals. This allows people to write letters on a screen without […]

Qatar is one of the biggest buyers of UK weapons. The UK and Qatar have announced the launch of a new Joint Hawk Training Squadron to provide advanced and high-speed jet training to pilots.  Britain’s Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace and the Qatar’s Minister of Defence, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, announced the agreement at (The post UK […]

The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and was conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar. A new study by Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar (WCMQ) has revealed that those reinfected with Covid-19 have very little chances of requiring hospitalisation and even less chance of dying than the first time they were infected (The post […]

Nationals from over 80 countries can enter Qatar visa-free. Tajikistan became the latest country to exempt Qatari citizens from Entry Visa requirement, authorities announced earlier this week. “An official source inside the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan said that the government of the […]

Combining two different Covid-19 vaccines is ‘safe’ and provides strong immunity against the virus health experts insist. A senior doctor at Qatar’s ministry of health has reiterated that there is ‘no danger’ in mixing different Covid-19 vaccinations— an approach that has become widely known as the “mix-and-match” regimen. In an […]

Top US commander warned of Iran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon soon. The United Nations’s nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday that talks with top Iranian officials in Tehran were “inconclusive” as world powers prepare to return to stalled negotiations in Vienna next week. According to the International Atomic Energy […]

Abu Dhabi previously lobbied Washington to establish the Taliban’s office in the Emirates, before then accusing Qatar of ‘sponsoring terrorism’ for Doha’s hosting of the movement’s political office. The UAE has held talks with the Taliban-run Afghan administration in recent weeks with the aim of convincing Kabul’s new rulers of […]

The Gulf state says it is responding to calls for improvement by rights’ groups in the way work related deaths are documented in the country.  Qatar’s labour and health ministries signed an agreement on Wednesday aimed at cooperating on data collection to better address work-related injuries and deaths and help improve worksite safety. A […]

Two journalists from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation were arrested for trespassing while on a reporting trip in Qatar.  Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) journalists Halvor Ekeland and Lokman Ghorbani have been released by Qatari police after they were arrested in the early hours of Monday morning. Ekeland and Ghorbani were on a […]

Public calls urging legal action against traffic violators in Lusail have been increasing in recent weeks with residents complaining of dangerous and noisy motorists.  Traffic police announced on Tuesday that five motorcycles had been seized by officers in Lusail city.  The motorbikes were reportedly driven without number plates which is a […]