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INDEX QATAR 2-5,7,12 COMMENT 10 BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 3 ARAB WORLD 7 BUSINESS 1-8 German INTERNATIONAL 7-9,11 SPORTS 1-8 QU among top corporate sector DOW JONES QE NYMEX 350 universities eyes investment worldwide 29,014.98 9,811.57 41.33 opportunities in +369.32 -39.11 -1.43 in 2021 THE +1.29% -0.4% -3.34% Qatar, says envoy Latest Figures rankings published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11660 September 3, 2020 Muharram 15, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals 8 held for violating Amir meets senior adviser to US president; home quarantine stresses just solution to Palestinian cause The competent authorities have Qatar Airways arrested eight people who violated the requirements of the home quarantine they had committed to following, in accordance with the procedures of the health to fl y to over authorities in the country. It is in implementation of the precautionary measures in force in the country, approved by health authorities represented in the 85 destinations Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to ensure the achievement of public safety and to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The arrested are currently being by mid-Sept referred to prosecution. They are: Mansour Hadi Hajaj al-Shahwani al-Hajri, Ahmed Abdulaziz Mohamed atar Airways will operate over Abdullah Marafieh, Munger Mannan, 650 weekly fl ights to more than ‘Qatar Airways deserves Bleech Flee, Jamblely Juba, Faleh Q85 destinations by mid-Sep- additional frequencies’ Hadi Fahad al-Shahwani al-Hajri, tember, off ering “more global connec- Mohamed Mubarak Mohamed al- tivity” than any other airline. Qatar Airways Group Chief Rakhila al-Marri and Abdul-Rahman The national carrier continues to Executive HE Akbar al-Baker Saleh Ali Abbad al-Ajji. lead the industry in providing global has said his airline “should The authorities concerned in connectivity by resuming fl ights to just be considered to be given a the state have urged citizens over half the destinations it operated reasonable amount of additional and residents who are subject to pre-Covid-19. frequencies so that we will be able quarantine to fully adhere to the Since the onset of the pandemic, to keep connecting the Australian requirements set by the Ministry of Qatar Airways network has never fallen people to the outside world.” Public Health, to ensure their safety below 30 destinations with continuous “We are a global connector for the and the safety of others. Anyone services to fi ve continents. people of Australia. And we are part who violates these conditions will During September, the airline will of the Qantas alliance – we are part expose himself to the penalties resume fl ights to the following des- of oneworld,” al-Baker said in his stipulated in accordance with the tinations – Houston (three weekly comments on expanding Australian provisions of Article (253) of the fl ights started September 2 increas- services during the CAPA Australia Penal Code No. (11) of 2004. ing to four weekly from September 15), Pacific Aviation Summit. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at his off ice in Al Bahr Palace yesterday with the visiting Kathmandu (one weekly fl ight starting Senior Adviser to the US President, Jared Kushner. During the meeting, they reviewed the close strategic relations Steroids cut Covid September 5), Mogadishu (three week- between Qatar and the United States, in addition to discussing a number of issues of common concern, especially the death rates: study ly fl ights starting September 6), Phila- tions via our US partners to several key peace process in the Middle East region. His Highness the Amir aff irmed, during the meeting, Qatar’s position that calls delphia (three weekly fl ights start- domestic points such as Atlanta, De- for a just settlement of the Palestinian cause on the basis of international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Treating critically ill Covid-19 ing September 16) and Sialkot (three troit and Miami. Similarly, the increase Initiative and on the basis of the two-state solution in a way that achieves security and stability in the region. Page 2 patients with corticosteroid drugs weekly fl ights started September 1). in frequencies to Djibouti, Ho Chi Minh reduces the risk of death by 20%, The airline’s variety of fuel-effi cient City, London and New York will provide an analysis of seven international aircraft and strategic network manage- further air freight capacity to these im- trials found yesterday, prompting ment has also enabled it to increase fre- portant trade and economic centres. the World Health Organisation to quencies in the following destinations, “The recovery of international travel update its advice on treatment. providing more fl exible travel options will take time but returning to over UAE caused ‘maximum suff ering’ The analysis – which pooled data to passengers: Ankara (increased to 50% of our pre-Covid-19 network is a from separate trials of low dose daily from September 1), Baghdad (in- signifi cant milestone. Restoring pas- hydrocortisone, dexamethasone creasing to 11 weekly fl ights from Sep- senger confi dence is key, and we are and methylprednisolone – found tember 3), Basra (increased to daily proud to lead the industry by off ering for Qataris, UN court hears that steroids improve survival rates fl ights from September 2), Djibouti (in- one of the most fl exible and generous of Covid-19 patients sick enough to creasing to six weekly fl ights from Sep- booking policies that enables custom- O ‘Punitive measures intended to bend Qatar to UAE’s political will’ be in intensive care in hospital. tember 6), Erbil (increasing to 11 weekly ers to plan their travel with confi dence. “This is equivalent to around fl ights from September 3), Ho Chi Minh By continuing to fl y during the pan- 68% of (the sickest Covid-19) City (increasing to daily fl ights from demic while others stopped, we have AFP to avoid the truth,” Mohamed Ab- Elimination of All Forms of Racial patients surviving after treatment September 15), London Heathrow (in- gained the trust of passengers as an The Hague dulaziz al-Khulaifi , representing Qa- Discrimination (CERD). with corticosteroids, compared creased to four daily fl ights from Sep- airline they can rely on. tar, told the court. “The UAE’s actions go to the very to around 60% surviving in the tember 1), New York JFK (increased to “We have taken more international “This dispute is about the UAE’s core of the evil the convention was absence of corticosteroids,” the double daily fl ights from September passengers home than any other airline he United Arab Emirates (UAE) punitive discriminatory measures, designed to eradicate,” said al-Khu- researchers said in a statement. 1), Sulaymaniyah (increased to daily during this pandemic and as entry re- has infl icted “maximum suf- which are intended to bend the state laifi . fl ights from September 2). strictions ease and we resume more of Tfering” on Qataris as part of of Qatar to the UAE’s political will by The ICJ, set up in 1946 to rule Harry, Meghan sign Qatar Airways Group Chief Execu- our pre-Covid-19 network, we remain the Gulf diplomatic crisis, Qatar told infl icting maximum suff ering on the in disputes between UN member deal with Netflix tive, HE Akbar al-Baker said, “We are focused on our fundamental mission the UN’s top court yesterday. Qatari people.” states, is expected to decide in com- proud to be the leading global airline of carrying passengers across the globe Doha alleges that measures taken Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE ing months whether the case can go Prince Harry and Meghan have connecting passengers with the world, safely and reliably. There are still mil- by Abu Dhabi after several Middle and several other allies cut relations ahead. signed a multi-year deal to make TV operating one of the youngest, most lions of people who have not seen their Eastern states severed ties with Qatar with Qatar after accusing it of back- A fi nal judgement could however series, films and children’s shows for fuel-effi cient and sustainable fl eets to friends and families for months and our in 2017 breached a UN treaty against ing extremism and siding with Iran. take years, and while the ICJ’s rulings Netflix, as part of their new careers take people safely to where they need growing network allows them to travel racial discrimination. They imposed an eff ective block- are fi nal, it has no means of enforcing away from the frontline of the royal to be. The gradual rebuilding of our home or take a trip to see loved ones. The two energy-rich states are ade by land, air and sea, and ordered them. family. The Duke and Duchess of network has been focused on strength- “With a young fleet of fuel effi- arguing this week before the Inter- the expulsion of Qatari nationals. The case has gone Qatar’s way so Sussex, who have had to become self- ening connections between our hub cient aircraft such as the Airbus A350 national Court of Justice (ICJ) in The alliance has issued a raft of far, with the ICJ in 2018 ordering the suff icient after announcing in January in Doha and key gateways around the and Boeing 787 operating the major- The Hague about whether the tri- terms Qatar must accept before it will UAE to take emergency measures to that they intended to “step back” world as well as major business and ity of the current network, Qatar Air- bunal has the jurisdiction to deal lift the embargo.