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A Pakistani cabinet minister says Islamabad will continue to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar under a 15-year agreement, despite the severing of diplomatic ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and some other countries.
Shahid Khaqan Abb
A Pakistani cabinet minister says Islamabad will continue to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar under a 15-year agreement, despite the severing of diplomatic ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and some other countries.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the federal minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, said Qatar and Pakistan last year signed a $1 billion agreement, under which Qatar's Liquefied Gas Company Limited will sell LNG from 2016 to year 2031 to state-run Pakistan State Oil.
He said since no sanctions have been imposed on Qatar by the United Nations, Pakistan and Qatar were bound to abide by the agreement.
Qatar has released an initial report into the alleged hack of its state-run news agency, an incident which helped spark a diplomatic crisis between the energy-rich country and Arab nations.
The Qatari Interior Ministry said late Wednesday that the website of the Qatar News Agency was initially hacked in April with "high techniques and innovative methods."
It said hackers installed a file and then published a fake news item attributed to Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, just after midnight May 24.
The ministry did not say who it suspected carried out the attack. It also thanked the FBI and the British National Commission for Combating Crime for assisting it in its investigation.
The alleged fake news item, which had Sheikh Tamim making controversial comments on Iran and Israel, immediately was picked up by Saudi and Emirati media, laying the groundwork for the crisis that began Monday (05.06.2017.)
Kuwait's emir has traveled to Qatar and met that country's leader as part of his efforts to mediate an end to a crisis that's seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich country and attempt to isolate it.
Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was met planeside by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, when he arrived on Wednesday night.
The two held talks, though details of their discussions were not released. Sheikh Sabah earlier Wednesday traveled to Dubai where he met with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves as prime minister and vice president of the UAE.
Sheikh Sabah also has traveled to Saudi Arabia in his efforts.
It said hackers installed a file and then published a fake news item attributed to Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, just after midnight May 24.
The ministry did not say who it suspected carried out the attack. It also thanked the FBI and the British National Commission for Combating Crime for assisting it in its investigation.
The alleged fake news item, which had Sheikh Tamim making controversial comments on Iran and Israel, immediately was picked up by Saudi and Emirati media, laying the groundwork for the crisis that began Monday (05.06.2017.)
Kuwait's emir has traveled to Qatar and met that country's leader as part of his efforts to mediate an end to a crisis that's seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich country and attempt to isolate it.
Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was met planeside by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, when he arrived on Wednesday night.
The two held talks, though details of their discussions were not released. Sheikh Sabah earlier Wednesday traveled to Dubai where he met with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves as prime minister and vice president of the UAE.
Sheikh Sabah also has traveled to Saudi Arabia in his efforts.
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Don't feel like going to work or school? Just do a teleconsultation and get a medical chit to go on sick leave for the day. The Ministry of Health (MOH) fears that too many people are doing just that - and that doctors are acceding to such requests. It is now seeking feedback from doctors on tightening the rules on issuing medical certificates (MCs). In a circular sent to doctors on April 22 reminding them of their obligations, MOH also sought their feedback on a proposal to amend the Healthcare Services Act to tighten the conditions for issuing MCs. «(An MC) must be made in the context of an existing patient-doctor relationship and is premised on the duty of care the doctor owes the patient arising from this patient-doctor relationship,» according to the circular seen by The Straits Times. MOH said that it has received feedback from various employers and government agencies regarding the excessive issuance of MCs following outpatient medical service consultations, particularly teleconsultations.
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Un homme a été retrouvé mort samedi 11 mai au matin, à Motu Uta. Une enquête est en cours pour déterminer les circonstances de son décès.
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Pankaja Munde, daughter of late BJP MP Gopinath Munde, is the BJP's OBC face and candidate for the Beed Lok Sabha seat. The upcoming election on May 13 is a rematch between Munde-Sonawane and BJP-NCP, highlighting the OBC-Maratha divide in the constituency.
Over the past 10 years, BJP has maintained dominance in the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency, facing challenges from BRS and Congress in the upcoming election. G Kishan Reddy, the current MP, has made significant developments in the area, including the redevelopment of the railway station and securing funds for the constituency.
Icelanders might be able to see the Northern Lights that were shining across Europe last night. This is still unlikely, considering the summer brightness and the large cloud cover that is forecast for the country.
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The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to grant the Palestinians additional rights in the global body and backed their drive for full membership, which is blocked by the United States. Israel's UN ambassador Gilad Erdan reacted angrily to the largely symbolic vote, while Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour said it was historic. With the war in Gaza raging, the Palestinians in April relaunched a request dating back to 2011 to become full members of the United Nations, where their current status is that of a «nonmember observer state.» To succeed, the initiative needed a UN Security Council green light and then a two-thirds majority vote in the General Assembly. But the United States -- one of five veto-holding members on the Security Council and Israel's closest ally -- blocked it on April 18. Before Friday's vote, Palestinian ambassador Mansour said «I have stood hundreds of times before at this podium, but never for a more significant vote than the one about to take place, an historic one.» «The day will come where Palestine will take its rightful place among the community of free nations,» he added. But Israeli ambassador Erdan fired back, saying the UN Charter was being abused and making his point by putting a printout of the charter through a shredder as he stood at the podium. «With this new precedent, we may see here representatives of ISIS or Boko Haram that will sit among us,» Erdan said, referring to two jihadist groups. He said it would give «the rights of a state to an entity that is already partly controlled by terrorists, and will be replaced by a force of child-murdering Hamas rapists.» The United States opposes any recognition of statehood outside of a bilateral accord between the Palestinians and Israel, whose right-wing government is adamantly opposed to a two-state solution. US deputy ambassador to the UN Robert Wood said after the resolution passed that while «our vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood... it remains the US view that unilateral measures at the UN and on the ground will not advance this goal.» The resolution gives the Palestinians «additional rights and privileges» starting in the next session of the General Assembly, in September. - 'Symbolism is what matters' - Richard Gowan, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, said the move could create «a sort of diplomatic doom loop, with the Assembly repeatedly calling for the Council to grant Palestine membership and the US vetoing it.» The text explicitly rules out letting the Palestinians be chosen to sit on the Security Council or to vote in the General Assembly. But it lets them submit proposals and amendments directly, without having to go through another country, as is the case now. It also gives them the right to be seated among member states in alphabetical order. The resolution was approved by a vote of 143 to 9 with 25 nations abstaining. «The symbolism is what matters,» said Gowan. «This resolution is a very clear signal to Israel and the US that it is time to take Palestinian statehood seriously.» The war began with Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,943 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. The Hamas militant group welcomed the passage of the UN measure, which it called «a reaffirmation of international solidarity with our people.» © Agence France-Presse
A man who tried to access Drake’s Bridle Path mansion earlier this week returned to the property Saturday and was apprehended again for allegedly trespassing, Toronto police say.
