CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

Peninsula Cloudflare bug takes chunk of web offline

Paris, France: Major websites including social network X and AI chatbot ChatGPT were disrupted on Tuesday after US online services provider Cloudflare said it had been affected by a "latent bug". Web monitor Downdetector recorded disruptions for users of X,...

The headquarters of German car maker BMW is pictured in Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2024. Photo by Michaela Stache/ AFP

Dutch consumer groups to sue BMW over diesel 'cheating'

The Hague: The Dutch Consumer Association said Monday it was launching a class-action suit against BMW, alleging the luxury carmaker had falsified emissions data in some 100,000 vehicles sold in The Netherlands. The Consumentenbond group cited studies it said showed...

Leonardo Muylaert, known as the Brazilian Superman, greets a patient during a visit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. (Photo by Claudia Lacave / AFP) Brazilian 'Superman' cheers child cancer patients in Ghana

Accra: The three-storey Child Health Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana's capital Accra is a place with hushed corridors, laboured breathing and parents clutching on to hope. But on Friday, the gloom gave way to shrieks of...

Image used for representation only. GCC Health Council launches awareness campaign on headaches

Riyadh: The Gulf Health Council launched an awareness campaign on headches aimed at educating the public on common types of headaches, their causes, and methods of prevention, while emphasizing the importance of following a healthy lifestyle and the safe use...

A photograph taken on November 13, 2025, shows the World Cheese Awards first prize winner, a Gruyere AOP special over 18 months cheese in Bern, Switzerland. Photo by Gabriel Monnet / AFP
Swiss Gruyere crowned world cheese champ

Bern, Switzerland: A SwissGruyerewas crowned the 2025 World Cheese Champion on Thursday, seeing off competition from more than 5,000 rivals from 46 countries. The 18-month-old Vorderfultigen Spezial produced by Bergkaserei Vorderfultigen won the title at the World Cheese Awards, held...

 

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