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WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 2021 RAMADAN 30, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5256 QR 2 Fajr: 3:26 am Dhuhr: 11:30 am FINE Asr: 2:58 pm Maghrib: 6:13 pm HIGH : 40°C LOW : 29 °C Isha: 7:43 pm RAMADAN TIMING World 7 Business 8 Sports 12 TODAY TOMORROW IFTAR IMSAK Several children Economic rebound in Coach Blanc applauds killed in Russian H2 to sustain oil Al Rayyan players on 6:13PM 3:25AM school shooting demand: OPEC making Amir Cup final Thursday is first AMIR EXCHANGES EID GREETINGS day of Eid Al Fitr QNA greetings with HH the Amir of Kuwait Iraq Dr Barham Salih, President of DOHA Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al the Republic of Tunisia Kais Saied, QNA Sabah on the occasion of the bless- and President of the People’s Demo- DOHA HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qa- ed Eid Al Fitr. cratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid tar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani HH the Amir also exchanged Eid Tebboune. THE Crescent Sighting Committee at the Ministry of Awqaf on Tuesday exchanged greetings with greetings with President of the State HH the Amir also exchanged Eid and Islamic Affairs has announced that Wednesday, May a number of leaders of Arab and of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas and greetings with HH Crown Prince of 12, will be the final day of Ramadan, and that Thursday, Islamic countries on the occasion of President of the Republic of Turkey the State of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal May 13, is the first day ofE id Al Fitr. This came in a state- the blessed Eid Al Fitr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and ment from the committee after it met at the headquarters HH the Amir exchanged greetings In the telephone conversations, Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs on Tuesday with the Custodian of the Two Holy HH the Amir exchanged greetings Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman HH under the chairmanship of Sheikh Dr Thuqail Al Shammari. Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz with HM King Abdullah II ibn Al Hus- Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, in two Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi sein of the Hashemite Kingdom of phone calls held by HH the Amir on Arabia. HH the Amir also exchanged Jordan, President of the Republic of Tuesday. Daily COVID-19 cases drop further to 343 Qatar calls for unified Arab position to THE new daily COVID-19 infections dropped below 350 in many weeks on end Israeli crimes against Palestinians Tuesday, with Qatar registering 343 cases -- 242 from Israel’s shelling of Gaza is a criminal attack: FM community and 101 from travel- QNA Death toll mounts lers returning from DOHA abroad. In a statement QATAR has stressed the im- as Israel-Gaza on Tuesday, the portance of having a common MoPH said 994 people recovered from the virus in the past and united position of the Arab 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in Qatar to League members to mobilise violence escalates 203,546. the international support in THE Israeli military has stand down its security forces Four people aged 33, 49, 70, and 73 years succumbed favour of the Palestinian peo- continued its bombardment from the Al-Aqsa Mosque to the virus. Three of them had a history of chronic diseases ple and end Israeli aggression, of the besieged Gaza Strip compound in occupied East and all were receiving the necessary medical care, the MoPH some of which can be catego- on Tuesday, targeting several Jerusalem after days of vio- added. (TNN) rised as war crimes and ensure areas after rockets were fired lence against Palestinians. that it doesn’t happen again. from the enclave. Israeli police stormed the This came during the Health authorities in Gaza compound on Monday for a speech of the State of Qatar said at least 28 Palestinians third consecutive day, firing given by Deputy Prime Minis- The Israeli occupation forces’ storming into Al – including 10 children – were rubber-coated steel rounds, ter and Minister of Foreign Af- Aqsa mosque and terrorising of worshippers killed in Israeli air strikes on stun grenades and tear gas at Amir Cup final postponed fairs HE Sheikh Mohammed the strip since late on Mon- Palestinian worshippers inside with stun grenades and bullets, with complete bin Abdulrahman Al Thani day, after Hamas launched the mosque in the final days of TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK limited number of fans to in the extraordinary session disregard of the sanctity of the month of Ramadan and rockets from the coastal the holy month of Ramadan. DOHA attend outdoor sports events of the League of Arab States’ the feelings of Muslims all over the world, show they are territory towards Israel. The More than 700 Palestinians as long as they are vacci- foreign ministers. The session confident they will get away with these severe violations of rocket fire came after Hamas, were hurt in Jerusalem and The Qatar Football Associa- nated. was held virtually under the human rights without being held accountable.” which rules Gaza, issued an across the occupied West tion (QFA) has postponed The Amir Cup is a pres- presidency of Qatar, the cur- — HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani ultimatum demanding Israel Bank in recent days. PAGE 5 the final of the 49th Amir tigious and hugely popular rent chair of the council. Cup, for the 2020-21 sea- tournament, and games be- The FM said the occupied son, which was scheduled to tween Al Sadd and Al Rayyan city of Al Quds and Al Aqsa religious and national duty to adan and the feelings of Mus- be played on May 14 at the have always attracted a lot mosque are seeing a massive displace all Arabs and replace lims all over the world, show Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, of fans. escalation by the Israeli occu- their places, supported by the they are confident they will get between Al Sadd and Al Accordingly, the QFA pation, represented in raising Israeli government and Israeli away with the violations of hu- Rayyan. will announce the new date the level of Judaisation and il- law. man rights without being held This decision comes af- of the game shortly, in full legal settlement that can only He said Israel has carried accountable. ter the announcement of the coordination with all the be described as ethnic cleans- out large scale operations of Qatar called on Arab and gradual lifting of COVID-19 relevant authorities, particu- ing of Palestinians and all that settlement and Judaisation, Islamic countries, as well as restrictions in the country, larly the Ministry of Public is not Jewish by Jewish set- and now they want the settlers’ the international community which include allowing a Health. PAGE 12 tlers who admitted on camera storming into Al Aqsa mosque to stand up to these racist ap- to stealing Palestinian homes. and attacking of worshippers proach that has been ongoing He said the issue was not to become a common practice. for decades against Muslim a matter of a single incident He added that the Israeli and Christian holy sites. of owning a number of homes occupation forces’ storming A beginning can be made Qatar recognises Qatar integrates plans in Sheikh Jarrah neighbour- into Al Aqsa mosque and ter- with ending all forms of sup- nurses’ role in to protect civilians: hood, but it’s part of a plan rorising of worshippers with port to the Israeli forces of oc- carried out by radical settle- stun grenades and bullets, cupation. Smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi compound healthcare (PG 4 ) Qahtani (PG 2 ) ment groups in Arab neigh- with complete disregard of the in Gaza City on Tuesday. bourhoods, that consider it a sanctity of the month of Ram- Continued on page 4 50% adults receive at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ready fully vaccinated with two received at least one dose, DOHA doses. with nearly 8 out of 10 having Vaccination at QNCC from 3pm to In a statement, the MoPH received two doses. Qatar is THE National COVID-19 Vac- said the vaccination programme among the top 10 countries in 11pm on first day of Eid: MoPH cination Programme reached a is progressing at rapid pace. The the world in terms of vaccine THE COVID-19 Vaccination significant milestone onT ues- availability of more vaccines coverage per population. Centre at the Qatar Na- day with 50.1 percent of adults as well as the opening of addi- The MoPH said it is very tional Convention Center in Qatar having received at tional vaccination centres have encouraging that there is clear (QNCC) will remain closed least one vaccine dose, the Min- enabled Qatar to significantly evidence that the vaccines are in the morning on the first istry of Public Health (MoPH) increase the pace of the vaccina- protecting people from devel- day of Eid, the Ministry of has announced. tion programme since February. ● 1,876,178 vaccine doses ● 32.7% of adult population oping symptoms of COVID and Public Health has an- To date, 1,876,178 doses Last week more than 200,000 have been administered are fully vaccinated with becoming ill. Data up to the end nounced. However, it will have been administered since doses were administered over a so far in Qatar two doses of April showed that just 1 per- be operational in the afternoon, from 3pm to 11pm. From the the start of the programme, seven-day period, it added.
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