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Covid-19 among topics discussed between Muhyiddin and Qatar Emir (source — www.thesundaily.my) 27/04/2020 18:29:09

KUALA LUMPUR: The current global Covid-19 pandemic was among the topics discussed between Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Hamad Al-Thani today.Muhyiddi...

Qatar's humanitarian response to the coronavirus pandemic (source — www.independent.co.uk) 24/04/2020 15:15:43

Photojournalist Paddy Dowling reporting exclusively for The Independent from Doha discovers what the state is doing to protect its migrant workforce against midst the pandemic

Qatar Racing maestro David Redvers fears Covid-19 could see the racing industry suffer long-term (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 21/04/2020 18:19:57

Never has the racing calendar been this hard to predict. So how does David Redvers – one of the most respected race planners in the business – make a plan for races that might not happen? ...

Amir Khan calls out Manny Pacquiao for fight in Qatar after coronavirus crisis (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 21/04/2020 14:34:01

Khan has long called for a fight against former trainer partner Pacquiao and hopes it can be agreed this year

Amir Khan calls out Manny Pacquiao fight in Qatar after coronavirus crisis (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 21/04/2020 14:34:01

Khan has long called for a fight against former trainer partner Pacquiao and hopes it can be agreed this year

FIFA bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup (source — www.independent.ie) 07/04/2020 16:18:34

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the only major scheduled football event left unchanged after this year's calendar was wrecked by the coronavirus, has become the focus of fresh FIFA corruption allegations...

Migrant workers fear massive Singapore dormitory lockdown is coronavirus time bomb (source — www.thesundaily.my) 06/04/2020 14:45:01

SINGAPORE: Migrant workers living in vast Singapore dormitories cut off from the outside world due to the coronavirus outbreak fear their cramped and squalid quarters are fast becoming a hotbed for in...

Stranded tourists charged $12k to leave Sydney (source — www.dailytelegraph.com.au) 02/04/2020 05:23:00

An Italian waitress on a working holiday visa has been stranded in Australia for more than two weeks because she cannot afford the flight home after Qatar Airways quoted $12,000 for a ticket home.Cami...

Airlines charging tourists $12,000 to leave Sydney (source — www.dailytelegraph.com.au) 31/03/2020 08:54:00

An Italian waitress on a working holiday visa has been stranded in Australia for more than two weeks because she cannot afford the flight home after greedy Qatar airline quoted $12,000 a ticket home.C...

Qatar Airways increases flights to Australia despite shutdown (source — www.9news.com.au) 30/03/2020 05:25:56

Qatar Airways is bucking the global air travel shutdown by increasing flights to Australia despite the coronavirus showing no sign of ending.

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