In remote Indian village, teacher turns walls into blackboards to close school gap

REUTERS PASCHIM BARDHAMAN, (INDIA),Sept 16 - In a small tribal village on the eastern tip of India, an enterprising teacher has turned walls into blackboards and roads into classrooms, trying to close the gap in learning brought on by prolonged ..

Chinese city imposes travel curbs, closes public venues in new COVID-19 outbreak

REUTERS   A city in China's southeastern province of Fujian has closed cinemas and gyms, sealed off some entries and exits to highways and told residents not to leave town as it battles a local COVID-19 outbreak. The virus situation..

Qatar Stock Exchange Closes Flat on Tuesday

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index dropped 2.24 points, or 0.02 percent, when the bourse closed trading at 11,062.92 points on Tuesday. The volume of shares traded increased to 129,135,189 from 118,159,325 on Monday, and the value of shares increase..

Kayaker's close encounter with two curious whales

BBC A drone has captured the moment when a kayaker had a close encounter with two curious wales in Argentina. Analia Giorgetti, who was out on the water on her birthday, says it was "...

Abu Nakhla Petrol Station closed temporarily for maintenance work

In its official twitter account, Woqod has announced that all services at Abu Nakhla petrol station will be further closed temporarily for maintenance work Woqod said that the closure will be effective from tomorrow August 25, 2021, from 6am unt..

'America's Got Talent': 9-Year-Old Opera Singer Closes Out Shaky Quarterfinals Night With Epic Perfo

Taliban race closer to complete Afghan takeover

AFP <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Taliban fighters enter A..

New Zealand moves closer to passing 'self-identification' law

REUTERS New Zealand progressed with its plans to make it easier to change a person's sex on their birth certificate on Wednesday as legislation moved through parliament with support from all political parties. The self-identification bill w..

Qatar Stock Exchange Closes Flat

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 4.29 points, or 0.04 percent, when the bourse closed trading at 10,920.42 points on Thursday. The volume of shares traded increased to 210,102,330 from 184,072,620 on Wednesday, and the value of shares ..