Gulf Times - 2019-04-16

• New road opens cutting travel time to Al Khor
• Blaze devastates Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
• CMC elections to be held today
• Mena research centre mooted to fight impunity
• ‘EP imposed several measures on issues connected to Saudi Arabia’
• New corporatio­n launched to manage business events sector
• Qatar gives $100,000 grant to support children of El Salvador police officers
• Qatar ranks 3rd in region on Global Cybersecur­ity Index 2018
• Ministry launches e-survey on schools
• Qatar Airways to trial cutting-edge VR training tool
• LuLu hosting food festival on Awesome South Africa
• A day in the life of QNL: A place for everyone
• QNL celebrates successful first year
• More than one million titles lent to knowledge-seekers in first year after opening doors
• Advisory Council reviews key outcome of IPU meeting
• Justice ministry partners with UNODC to launch legal training workshop
• Sudan’s main protest group calls for civilian transition­al council
• French-made tanks and howitzer cannons ‘used in Yemeni war’
• Britain urges ‘stronger measures’ at UN if no progress on Hodeidah deal
• Clashes in Darfur displaced camp kill 14
• Boko Haram raids village near Chibok
• Shipwrecks in Lagos waters become a haven of crime
• Ivanka Trump backs women’s land rights on African trip
• Ivory Coast rains set to improve mid-crop cocoa quality: farmers
• Call for arrests in South Africa after attacks on foreigners
• Redacted Mueller report coming out on Thursday
• Trump says Ilhan Omar is ‘out of control’ in fresh attack
• Measles cases surged nearly 20% in a week
• Thundersto­rms strike East Coast, leave thousands without power
• Moon pushes for North Korea talks despite standoff
• New Zealand nurse kidnapped by IS five years ago may be alive: Red Cross
• Malaysia former PM Najib’s 1MDB corruption trial resumes
• China says Japan should do more to seek co-operation, not competitio­n
• Scribes facing contempt charges over Pell trial defend their work
• Downing Street under pressure to end Labour talks on Brexit
• London leads global climate protests
• Appointmen­t shortage forces women to delay cancer tests: poll
• Ex-soldier to face trial for 1972 Derry boy’s killing
• One in five post offices ‘could close in next year’
• Liverpool falls silent to mark Hillsborou­gh disaster
• Corbyn backs IS bride’s right to legal aid in citizenshi­p fight
• Couple wins apology over sham marriage claims
• Crackdown launched on landlords who evict at short notice
• Michelle Obama charms crowd on book tour
• Istanbul vote count enters third week
• ‘Global measles cases up 300% year-on-year’
• Far-right surge ahead of EU polls
• Yogi, Mayawati banned from election campaign
• BJP and Congress workers clash at Matondkar’s rally
• SC seeks Rahul explanatio­n on ‘chowkidar chor hai’ comment
• Pawar is lying about my father, says Parrikar’s son
• Court asks poll panel for report on PM film
• Jet extends suspension of internatio­nal flights
• India set to see average monsoon rain this year
• Extreme poverty falling, to end by 2031: Jaitley
• India, UK renew defence accord
• Beijing accuses Pompeo of slander
• No timeline for change in Venezuela govt, says US
• Assange used embassy as ‘centre for spying’: Moreno
• Art frenzy in Havana as biennial kicks off
• French team in Chile to grill murder suspect
• Key lower house panels still without chairmen
• Govt undecided on ‘sin tax’ on cigarettes
• Imran’s aides visit Quetta as Hazaras protest
• Court rejects Rappler chief’s plea to junk cyber-libel case
• Global task force tackles child traffickin­g in Philippine­s
• Domestic worker fired in HK awarded damages
• More police officers deployed across region for Holy Week
• Qatar has become a reference for human rights: EP head
• The Woods story just grew larger with fifth Masters win
• Tarsheed helps Qatar save QR1.75bn by reducing electricit­y, water consumptio­n

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