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Chances of rain starting Monday and through next week: Qatar Meteorology
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (156+ words) Chances of rain starting Monday and through next week: Qatar Meteorology'The Peninsula Qatar Chances of rain starting Monday and through next week: Qatar Meteorology Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department stated that chances of rain were expected for Monday in…...
Environment Day an opportunity to evaluate environmental work progress: Minister of Environment and Climate Change
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (464+ words) In a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), HE the Minister said that this year's slogan, "Our behavior reflects on our environment," stressed the notion that environmental protection was no longer solely an institutional responsibility, but rather a daily approach…...
Qatar Meteorology warns of relatively cold, misty conditions tonight
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (116+ words) Doha, Qatar: Weather inshore until 6am on Wednesday will be relatively cold and hazy, turning misty in places later, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. Offshore conditions will be hazy to misty at times, the report added....
Malaysia curbs non-AI data centres as power squeeze looms
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (335+ words) Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has frozen the development of new data centres not used for artificial intelligence over power and water concerns, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday, as the country pivots to resource-hungry AI facilities. The Southeast Asian nation is…...
Qatar Meteorology forecasts strong winds, blowing dust from Wednesday
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (107+ words) Doha, Qatar: Fresh to strong northwesterly winds are expected to affect the country on Wednesday and Thursday, February 25 to 26, 2026. This is acc... Qatar Meteorology forecasts strong winds, blowing dust from Wednesday Doha, Qatar: Fresh to strong northwesterly winds are expected…...
Unesco Chair at HBKU explores AI’s impact on human behaviour
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (579+ words) Professor at HBKU and Unesco Chairholder Dr. Raian Ali Doha, Qatar: The four-year Unesco Chair in Digital Technologies and Human Behavior at Hamad Bin Khalifa University brings together research, education, international collaboration, and public engagement to examine how digital technologies…...
Qatar Meteorology warns of hazy to misty and cold weather tonight
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (106+ words) Doha, Qatar: Weather inshore, until 6am on Saturday, will be hazy to misty at places later and cold, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. Offshore, it will be hazy at times, the report added. Wind inshore will…...
Qatar accelerates AI adoption as emerging organisations surge by 10 percentage points
1+ week, 1+ day ago (206+ words) Doha: Qatar is demonstrating significant momentum in artificial intelligence advancement within the GCC, recording a remarkable AI maturation shift according to a comprehensive new study by Boston Consulting Group. The report, "Unlocking Potential: How GCC Organizations Can Convert AI Momentum…...
Qatar’s AI ambitions rapidly transforming from vision to execution: Expert
1+ week, 1+ day ago (161+ words) Lara Gureje, the Founder & CEO of DatOculi LLC Doha: Qatar's artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions are rapidly transitioning from vision to execution, as the country deepens investments, strengthens governance frameworks, and expands cross-sector adoption of emerging technologies, Lara Gureje, an industry…...
OpenAI's Altman says world 'urgently' needs AI regulation
1+ week, 2+ day ago (275+ words) New Delhi, India: Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, told a global artificial intelligence conference on Thursday that the world "urgently" needs to regulate the fast-evolving technology. An organisation could be set up to coordinate these efforts, similar to…...