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Burgenstock Resort (Switzerland): Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held talks on Friday with Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, HE Ignazio Cassis, at the...

Sweden's forward #07 Benjamin Nygren (C) warms up during a training session ahead of Sweden's FIFA World Cup 2026 Group F football match against the Netherlands at Dallas stadium in Frisco on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) Sweden target spot in knockout stage as Dutch fight to keep dream alive
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FROM LEFT: World 110m hurdles champion Cordell Tinch, Olympic women's 400m champion Marileidy Paulino, Qatar's three-time world champion and Tokyo Olympic gold winning high jumper Mutaz Barshim, Olympic triple jump champion Thea Lafond and India's former Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra pose for a photo following a press conference.
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Cyle Larin #9 of Canada celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B match between Canada and Qatar at BC Place Vancouver on June 18, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Fran Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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Detail of the adidas FIFA World Cup 2026 match ball before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B match between Canada and Qatar at BC Place Vancouver on June 18, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Fran Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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Peninsula GTA wins first place in ‘Government Services Redesign Challenge’

Doha, Qatar: The General Tax Authority (GTA) was awarded first place in the second edition of the ‘Government Services Redesign Challenge 2026,’ organised...

Peninsula Qatar Museums announces Fall 2026 season of expansive exhibitions and far-reaching cultural initiatives
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London: Police said Friday they had released a man on bail after a three-year-old boy ended up in a private zoo's crocodile enclosure...

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  1. Detail of the adidas FIFA World Cup 2026 match ball before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B match between Canada and Qatar at BC Place Vancouver on June 18, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Fran Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    LIVE UPDATE: Canada vs Qatar (FIFA World Cup 2026)

  2. Cyle Larin #9 of Canada celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B match between Canada and Qatar at BC Place Vancouver on June 18, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Fran Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Nine-man Qatar fall 6-0 to Canada at World Cup 2026

  3. Representative of the Private Engineering Office Abdulrahman Mohammed Al Nuaimi and Ambassador of India to Qatar H E Vipul inaugurating the Indian Mango Festival yesterday in the presence of other guests. Pic: Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula

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