Ashghal Opens Vital Duhail-Al Gharrafa Bridge to Traffic
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INDEX QATAR 2-5,12 COMMENT 10 BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 4 ARAB WORLD 5 BUSINESS 1-12 QNB wins two INTERNATIONAL 6-9, 11 SPORTS 1-8 Lebanese prestigious DOW JONES QE NYMEX express Global Business gratitude for 27,931.02 9,602.49 42.01 Qatar’s swift Outlook awards +34.30 +49.39 -0.23 +0.12% +0.52% -0.54% and eff ective aid Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11642 August 16, 2020 Dhul-Hijjah 26, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir sends greetings to Indian president His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Ashghal opens vital Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent yesterday cables of congratulations to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on the anniversary of his Duhail-Al Gharrafa country’s Independence Day. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani sent a similar cable to Prime Minister Narendra bridge to traffi c Modi. Ooredoo, Es’hailSat to O New bridge provides free-flowing traffic between Al Khafji St and launch satellite services Al Gharrafa St and connects West Bay, Al Markhiya, Madinat Khalifa and Duhail with Al Gharrafa and Al Rayyan Ooredoo has partnered with Es’hailSat to deliver “next- generation” Inmarsat L-band A view of the Duhail-Al Gharrafa bridge that was opened to traff ic yesterday. By Shafeeq Alingal Dignitaries present at the opening included satellite voice and data services Staff Reporter Yousef al-Emadi, Projects Aff airs director; Bader that will enhance business Darwish, Highway Projects Department assist- communications across Qatar ant manager; Mubarak bin Freish Mubarak Alsa- and worldwide. Ooredoo will he Public Works Authority (Ashghal) lem, CMC member (Constituency No 15); Ali bin off er “cutting-edge” satellite yesterday announced the opening of the Khalaf Majrin al-Kubaisi, CMC member (Con- services for customers in Qatar, TDuhail-Al Gharrafa bridge and a section of stituency No 3); and other offi cials from Ashghal including prepaid and postpaid UN rejects US resolution to the traffi c signals within the Duhail Interchange and the contracting company. global satellite voice services Development Project on Shamal Road. A section of the traffi c signals under North and satellite broadband plans. The opening comes six months ahead of Bridge have also been opened in addition to the Business customers can also turn extend Iran arms embargo schedule and coincides with the opening of Duhail Al-Gharrafa Bridge. So, commuters from their smartphones into satellite schools for the new, 2020-2021 academic year. Al Shamal Road can directly access Duhail and phones and easily communicate Ashghal began implementing this project in the West Bay through Al Khafj i Street and vice- worldwide. Page 3 QNA of maintaining international peace and security. fi rst quarter of 2019. versa, while those from Al Gharrafa can directly New York Reuters adds: Iran’s president said yesterday Consisting of a 400m three-lane dual car- reach Al Shamal Road and vice-versa. Passengers Threats won’t deter the United States suff ered a humiliating defeat riageway to accommodate about 12,000 vehi- along Al Gharrafa Street, Al Khafj i Street and Turkey: Erdogan with the UN Security Council’s refusal to extend cles per hour on both directions, the bridge will Shamal Road can take a U-turn after the opening he US resolution to extend the arms em- the arms embargo on Tehran. provide free-fl owing traffi c between Al Khafaji of all U-turn exits on all streets. International threats and sanctions bargo on Iran failed to get the required Street and Al Gharrafa Street and reduce travel Due to its strategic location at the northern will not deter Turkey from carrying Tnumber of votes during a UN Security Russia and China voted against, while time by 95% from West Bay, Al Markhiya, Madi- entrance of Doha city on Shamal Road, the new out energy research in disputed Council session on Friday, as the majority of the 11 members abstained including nat Khalifa and Duhail towards Gharrafat Al openings on Duhail Interchange will enhance eastern Mediterranean waters, members abstained. France, Germany and Britain. The Rayyan, Al Gharrafa and Al Rayyan. traffi c fl ow in the region by providing alterna- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said In a statement, the Security Council announced United States and the Dominican Ashghal has stressed that the remaining parts tive routes to schools, Qatar University and the yesterday. The search for oil and gas on 14 August its failure to adopt a draft resolution Republic were the only votes in favour of the Duhail Interchange project are scheduled College of the North Atlantic-Qatar and Educa- in contested energy-rich waters not aimed at extending arms-related restrictions on to open in September, within 18 months from the tion City. It will also serve commuters heading to far from Cyprus has pitted Turkey Iran, set to expire in October under resolution “I don’t remember the United States prepar- start of works on the project. commercial entities in the region. To Page 2 against its uneasy Nato ally Greece 2231 (2015). Russia and China voted against, while ing a resolution for months to strike a blow at the and the entire EU bloc. Turkey’s 11 members abstained including France, Germany Islamic Republic of Iran, and it garners only one decision to send a scientific vessel and Britain. The United States and the Dominican vote,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a accompanied by a navy fleet into the Republic were the only votes in favour. televised speech. “But the great success was that Oil spill threatens ecological devastation volatile region prompted Greece and Tabled by the United States, the text would the United States was defeated in this conspiracy France to reinforce their presence in have had the Council decide acting under Arti- with humiliation.” the eastern Mediterranean. cle 41 of the Charter of the United Nations that “It’s a serious mistake, we regret that,” Pom- paragraph 5, as well as subparagraphs (b) and (e) peo said yesterday in a news conference during a Public Health England to of paragraph 6, Annex B of resolution 2231 (2015), visit to Poland. be replaced by new body continue to apply until the Council decides oth- The United States could now follow through erwise, notwithstanding the duration specifi ed on a threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions Britain’s Health Secretary Matt in each paragraph or subparagraph. on Iran using a provision in the nuclear deal, Hancock will announce that Public Russia and China strongly opposed extend- known as snapback. Diplomats have said the Health England (PHE) will be ing the 13-year ban, which was due to expire on United States could do this as early as next week, scrapped and replaced by a new October 18 under a 2015 nuclear deal signed be- but that it would face a tough, messy battle. body specifically designed to protect tween Iran and six world powers. Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said England against a pandemic by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in the Security Council’s decision not to extend the early next month, The Telegraph a statement the United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle newspaper reported. Hancock will “failed today to uphold its fundamental mission” East instability. announce a merger of the pandemic response work of PHE with NHS test and trace into a new body, called France grapples with new virus surge the National Institute for Health Protection, the newspaper said. France reported 3,310 new coronavirus infections France was in the middle of one of Europe’s strictest over the past 24 hours, marking a post-lockdown lockdowns. The resurgence prompted Britain to President Aoun rules out high for the fourth day in a row as the country impose a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from resigning aft er blast grapples with a rebound in cases. France, fuelling a rush by British travellers to return The latest count took France’s cumulative cases home before an early Saturday deadline. Lebanese President Michel Aoun ruled to 215,521, the health ministry said in a website A relatively high incidence in Paris also led the out resigning in the wake of last week’s update yesterday, adding that 252 clusters were authorities to expand zones in the capital where disastrous explosion at Beirut port, being investigated, 17 more than 24 hours earlier. wearing a mask is mandatory outdoors. A picture taken yesterday shows iridescence on the water at the beach in Petit Bel Air, due to the in which 178 people were killed and This week’s upswing has taken the seven-day But doctors are increasingly calling for masks to oil leaked from vessel MV Wakashio, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of some 6,000 injured. Prime Minister moving average of new infections above the 2,000 be required in the workplace as they see people south-east Mauritius. The oil spill threatens ecological devastation as demands mount for answers Hassan Diab and his government threshold for the first time since April 20, when mingling in confined spaces as a bigger risk factor. as to why the vessel had come so close to shore. resigned on Monday amid growing anger on the streets, but Aoun told French broadcaster BFMTV that if he followed suit it would cause a “power vacuum.” The current situation in Lebanon made it impossible to organise elections “that would Indian community celebrates 74th enable a genuine representation of the people,” Aoun said.