CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DR. KHALID BIN MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

Life Style

Microsoft talks to buy TikTok's U.S. operations spark ire in China 03 Aug 2020 - 09:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone with the TikTok logo displayed in this picture illustration taken Nov. 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Google debuts $349 Pixel 4a after pandemic delay 03 Aug 2020 - 06:28 pm
Photo credit: Google
Eli Lilly starts late-stage study of COVID-19 drug in nursing homes 03 Aug 2020 - 04:24 pm
The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co pharmaceuticals group, in Fegersheim, near Strasbourg, France, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
Twitter plans 'Undo Send' button with paid subscription service 03 Aug 2020 - 04:18 pm
Peninsula
There may never be a 'silver bullet' for COVID-19, WHO warns 03 Aug 2020 - 02:23 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquar
Next big COVID-19 treatment may be manufactured antibodies 03 Aug 2020 - 02:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Lab technician works at Sorrento Therapeutics where efforts are underway to develop an antibody, STI-1499, to help in prevention of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, U.S., May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Phot
SpaceX brings NASA astronauts safely home in milestone mission 03 Aug 2020 - 01:57 pm
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, U.S.,
Honouring tradition, French artisans harvest salt from the sea 03 Aug 2020 - 12:56 pm
File picture used for representation
Scientists inspired by 'Star Wars' create artificial skin able to feel 03 Aug 2020 - 12:29 pm
Dr. Benjamin Tee, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), demonstrates how his device can detect the texture of a soft stress ball at a lab in NUS, Singapore July 27, 2020. Picture taken July
The revolution will be stencilised: 'Thailand's Banksy' won't back down 03 Aug 2020 - 11:55 am
Headache Stencil, a graffiti artist poses in front of his works during his exhibition at The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok, Thailand, July 31, 2020. Picture taken July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Microsoft halts bid to buy TikTok's US operations: Report 02 Aug 2020 - 09:56 pm
file photo/REUTERS
Taiwan grandparents become Instagram stars modelling abandoned clothes 02 Aug 2020 - 09:43 pm
Instagram: @wantshowasyoung
Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus 02 Aug 2020 - 07:29 pm
file photo/REUTERS
'Rise and shine, dad': NASA astronauts on overnight trip home in SpaceX capsule 02 Aug 2020 - 06:37 pm
This NASA video frame grab image shows SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken watching on their screens an infrared view of the International Space Station after undocking from it on August 1, 2020. / AFP /
Facebook Messenger Rooms quietly arrives on WhatsApp for Web 01 Aug 2020 - 07:40 pm
Twitter: @messenger
Record spikes in Asia as WHO issues grim virus warning 01 Aug 2020 - 07:18 pm
A medical specialist wearing a protective suit pours droplets of blood, collected from people who have returned from Da Nang, onto a test kit for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a rapid testing center outside Hanoi, Vietnam July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Facebook challenges YouTube with licensed music videos 31 Jul 2020 - 09:47 pm
In this file illustration photo taken on March 25, 2020 a Facebook App logo is displayed on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia. Facebook reported July 30, 2020, that its quarterly profit had nearly doubled and users grew despite a boycott by advertisers.
SpaceX and NASA still plan to fly astronauts home this weekend, but Hurricane Isaias could complicate landing 31 Jul 2020 - 08:39 pm
NASA commercial crew astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken leave for their flight aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 27, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton