Tag: Qatar
Global corporate czars, royalty, politicians on Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding ceremony guest list
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India]February 27 (ANI): A who's who is heading to Gujarat's Jamnagar next week to attend the pre-wedding festivities of Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant Ambani who will tie the knot with industrialist Viren Merchant's daughter Radhika Merchant later in year. Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Bhutan…
Call for peace: Haavisto outlines seven steps towards a two-state solution in the Middle East
Haavisto emphasizes that silencing the weapons is necessary to facilitate this assistance. His description of the current state of Gaza is grim, painting a picture of devastation and despair, especially after the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, which resulted in 1,200 deaths and 240 hostages. The toll on the population…
Listen to Ekot quarter to six
That Israel has left the negotiations in Qatar, the nuclear agreement at COP28 and the Green Party’s response to this. These are some of the headlines in Ekot quarter to six. Hear the latest news from Ekot here.
Live: Biden says Hamas attacks on Israel were ‘sheer evil
US President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House on Tuesday, said that Saturday’s attack on Israel was “sheer evil”, and reiterated US support for Israel. Also on Tuesday, Hamas attacked the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon after the militant group warned residents to leave, international media reported. Follow our live blog for all the…
Nabil Bahoui Pen’s contract with Persepolis
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Swedish forward Nabil Bahoui officially signed a contract with Persepolis football club on Sunday. – Sports News – The 32-year-old winger has joined the Iranian club on a one-year contract. Bahoui will wear shirt number 14 for the Reds. He has most recently played in Qatar SC. Bahoui has also represented Sweden’s…
Swedish Forward Bahoui arrives in Tehran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Swedish forward Nabil Bahoui arrived in Tehran on Friday evening to finalize his contract with Persepolis football team. – Sports News – The 32-year-old winger will join the Iranian side on a one-year contract. He has most recently played in Qatar SC. Persepolis had also been linked with Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo.…
Nabil Bahoui joins Persepolis
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Swedish forward Nabil Bahoui joined the Persepolis football team on Tuesday. – Sports News – The 32-year-old winger has signed a one-year contract with the Iranian club. He has most recently played in Qatar SC. Persepolis had also been linked with Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo. Bahoui has also represented Sweden’s national team…
Persepolis Eyes Swedish Striker Bahoui: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Persepolis reportedly have a hold on Swedish forward Nabil Bahoui. – Sports News – The 32-year-old winger has reportedly played mostly in Qatar SC. Persepolis had also been linked with Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo. Bahoui also represented Sweden’s national team in 2014-15. He started his playing career in his home team IF…
Sudden-death shootout sees Australia win FIFA victory over France
Soccer fans witnessed an epic showdown as Australia claimed an exciting victory against France on Saturday in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. John Ryan recaps some of the highlights from the match. THREE DAYS AGO, Olympic City 2032 saw a grand clash between Australia and France. Beautiful Ekka weather was served up for locals and…
Türkiye delivers another interest rate hike to tackle the inflation problem
© Provided by Xinhua by Burak Akinci ANKARA, July 20 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s central bank on Thursday delivered a second rate hike in two months to combat high inflation, a fresh sign of adherence to orthodox monetary policy, experts said. The bank’s monetary policy committee said in a statement that it had decided to raise…
Singapore falls one place to 4th in 2023 Global Competitiveness Index, India ranks 40th
By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, June 26 (ANI): Singapore lost one place in the latest world competitiveness rankings published by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Last week, the IMD’s World Competitiveness Center (WCC) revealed that the city-state was placed fourth out of 64 economies in its annual report after climbing to third place a…
Now it’s official! Christian Eriksen is the ‘Comeback Kid’
Few will dispute Christian Eriksen’s right to call himself the ‘Comeback Kid’. But it’s not official! Since suffering a cardiac arrest in June 2021, he has recovered to play with Brentford and Manchester United in the English Premier League, as well as returning to play for Denmark at the 2022 World Cup. However, Qatar did…
Huge ecological footprint places Denmark among the world’s worst over-consumers of resources
The inconvenience knows Earth Overshoot Day will not disappear, despite Denmark’s emergence in recent years as a green superpower. If Denmark were the entire planet, it would use an entire year’s worth of resources in just under three months, meaning it would need the equivalent of four Planet Earths to support its needs, according to…
Denmark in the middle of the table in the InterNations survey, which assesses easy settlement
Denmark has ended up in the middle of the table a new InterNations survey that assesses how easy it is for internationals to settle when they move abroad. The Expat Essentials Index addresses four key areas in expats’ lives when they resettle: finding accommodation, dealing with administration, dealing with the language and digital life. In…
Ahead of the FIFA president’s re-election today, the expert questions whether Europe is out of touch with the world game?
In just a few hours, the media will confirm the re-election of Gianni Infantino, 52, as president of FIFA at its congress in Kigali, Rwanda. The Swiss football boss was booed countless times during the 2022 World Cup: in stadiums, where his face appeared on screens and around the world, especially when he supported hosts…
The storm of criticism against football’s most powerful man
Radio sports Susanna Andrén gives the story about how a Swiss lawyer became the one who rules world football. The World Cup in Qatar was a highlight of Infantino’s career, and despite a lack of confidence in Europe, he seems to have no plans to relinquish the chairman’s baton. In Fifa’s presidential election on Thursday…
WTA roundup: Top seeds roll in Dubai
The top two seeds in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships lost a combined three matches while prevailing in the second round on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates. No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland, the reigning French Open and US Open champion, beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-1, 6-1 and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of…
House praises Obiena for winning medals in three world events
MANILA – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution commending Filipino pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena for winning two gold medals and one bronze medal in three world events in the past few weeks. During the plenary session, the House adopted House Resolution (HR) 765, congratulating Obiena for winning two gold medals in…
Dane of the year: Who is Ariel and who is Ursula?
Given that 2022 brought us a general election, our ‘Dane of the Year’ should definitely be a politician. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Alex Vansplagh and Inge Støjberg – the respective leaders of the Social Democrats, the Moderates, the Liberal Alliance and the Danish Democrats – could all have been worthy inclusions based…
Tourism will return to pre-pandemic levels in some areas in 2023
Depending, among other things, on the extent of the economic recession, the continued recovery of tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, and the development of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. All areas will be restored More than 900 million tourists traveled internationally in 2022 – double the number in 2021, though still 63% of pre-pandemic levels, according…
The World Cup that made Pele “immortal”
Football legend Pele, who died on December 29, went down in history not only as an incredible striker but also as the only man to win the World Cup three times. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the three World Cups that would result in Fifa naming Pele “the immortal”. PeleThe WC’s undisputed ambassador,…
Yearender: Top 10 World Sports News Events 2022
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Here is Xinhua News Agency’s selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2022, in chronological order: – Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 20 February and the Paralympic Winter Games from 4 to 13 March. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the…
The Pele family gathers in hospital during health problems
The Brazilian icon is being treated by doctors in Sao Paulo Family members have gathered to spend Christmas at the bedside of Brazilian footballer Pele, as concerns continue to grow over his health. Pele remains at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he was admitted in late November. The 82-year-old is fighting colon…
Large stadium plans on the way in Aarhus
After many years of discussions, Denmark’s second largest city is finally getting a much-needed stadium upgrade. Superliga side AGF Aarhus’ new stadium project, ‘Arena of the forest’ will provide Denmark with a state-of-the-art 24,000 all-seater that will boost the country’s stadium portfolio and tournament hosting capacity. The stadium will be designed by London-based architecture firm…
Moroccan fans shocked by racist comments on Danish TV
The 2022 World Cup is over, but the dispute continues, only not in Qatar, but also in Denmark. Monkey comparison on TV2During the TV2 program ‘NEWS & Co’ presented by Søren Lippert, journalist Christian Høgh Andersen compared images of Moroccan players celebrating their victory to a “family of monkeys”. “Following on from the talk about…
Zelenskyy requests more military aid after recent Russian attacks
At a meeting with Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) leaders in Latvia on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately requested more military and defense support. “Russian aggression can and must fail. And our task now is to accelerate it. Now – at this summit – I urge you to do everything to accelerate the defeat of…
Russian rocket fire, disconnection of electricity, Covid in China and homecoming
Russian rocket fire continues Russia continues to shell Ukrainian cities with rockets. The shelling has been very intense and last Friday large parts of Ukraine’s infrastructure and electricity were knocked out. This week, the Kremlin spokesman said that any ceasefire or ceasefire just because it’s Christmas is out of the question, and that a peace…
Christiano! Find your own party day!
The supermarkets got an early Christmas by combining the festive period with the World Cup in football in 2022 – and taking advantage of the happy luck that Denmark’s main colors are the ones that Santa Claus himself wears the most. Supermarkets in Cameroon blame Coca-Cola for missing out on that bonanza. And it helped…
Argentina’s all-too-white soccer team is falling on Qatar’s watchful radar
The World Cup finalists do not have enough black players for an American professor’s taste Now that Western virtue signals have successfully hoisted the LGBTQ flag over the World Cup, they have decided to turn their critical gaze to race. As the people of Argentina celebrate the ongoing success of their national team in Qatar,…
Sport Round-Up: Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France bike at auction
The bike, ridden by Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, has been put up for auction by its Dutch employer, Team Jumbo-Visma. Between now and Monday, bids are welcome on Catawiki’s online marketplace, where 18 bikes, played an important role in the 2022 season for the Dutch cycling team will be presented. “This bike was…
The Finnish MEPs were shocked by the European Parliament’s corruption scandal
According to him, the Parliament has long been aware of inappropriate foreign attempts to influence certain legislators, but the scandal has done something about it that can no longer be ignored. – Parliament must take up the issue and not leave it aside, he emphasized. Hautala said that MEPs are obliged to disclose their business…
Will Canada have a better chance at the next World Cup?
Qatar 2022 was a momentous occasion for the Canadian soccer team, as it marked their second ever appearance in the ultimate tournament. The second occasion was in 1986, so it was also the first time many fans got to see them on the world stage. Despite the early exit from the Winter World Cup, there…