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In Aleppo, the fate of a legendary hotel hangs in balance 07 Apr 2019 - 09:48 pm
A picture taken in Aleppo shows the Baron Hotel. (AFP file photo)
People skills at heart of DR Congo's long fight against Ebola 07 Apr 2019 - 09:48 pm
In this file photo taken on March 9, 2019 health workers are seen through a bullet hole left in the window of an Ebola treatment centre, which was attacked in the early hours of the morning in Butembo. AFP / John Wessels
Africa's richest man withdrew $10 million just to look at it 07 Apr 2019 - 12:44 pm
File picture of Dangote Industries tycoon Aliko Dangote at the Bloomberg Business Forum. Reuters
China's virtual reality arcades aim for real-world success 07 Apr 2019 - 11:49 am
In this photo taken on February 13, 2019, a woman plays a video game using a virtual-reality headset at an arcade in Shanghai. AFP/Matthew Knight
Dutchman ends 'world's longest electric car trip' in Australia 07 Apr 2019 - 09:56 am
In this handout photo taken on December 31, 2018 and released on April 7, 2019 from Dutch driver Wiebe Wakker (C-R) shows him at Uluru in the Northern Territory with his retrofitted station wagon nicknamed
Porsche Centre Doha welcomes new Macan 07 Apr 2019 - 09:40 am
Salman Jassem Al Darwish, Chairman and CEO of Porsche Centre Doha, and other officials at the launch of the all new Macan at the Porsche Centre in The Pearl-Qatar yesterday. 
Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah / The Peninsula.
Mitsubishi Montero Sport bags ‘Best Mid–Size 4x4’ Award 07 Apr 2019 - 09:17 am
The representatives of Mitsubishi Montero Sport with the “Best Mid-Size 4x4” Award from Golden Steering Awards-Qatar 2019.
Add chokeberries in porridge to help boost health 06 Apr 2019 - 03:39 pm
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In astrophysics milestone, first photo of black hole expected 06 Apr 2019 - 02:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: A supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun is seen in an undated NASA artist's concept illustration. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout/File Photo
Mary Quant: queen of the mini-skirt 04 Apr 2019 - 09:37 pm
Garments are displayed during a photocall for the first international retrospective on the iconic fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, exploring the years between 1955 and 1975, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London on April 3, 2019.  AFP / Adr
The Sudanese cartoonist reaching out to the world 04 Apr 2019 - 09:37 pm
A video screengrab of Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih in Copenhagen, Denmark. PHOTO | AFP
Mandatory 'divorce course' for parents splitting up in Denmark 04 Apr 2019 - 08:48 pm
Representational image (AFP/Juan Barreto)
Bedouin women blaze new trail in Sinai 04 Apr 2019 - 08:48 pm
Umm Yasser (C), an Egyptian Bedouin woman guide from the Hamada tribe, leads a group of hikers in Wadi el-Sahu in South Sinai governorate on March 29, 2019, during the first
Roads deadlier than guns in Libya 04 Apr 2019 - 06:48 pm
Libyan traffic police direct cars during an operation at the Martyrs Square in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on March 12, 2019.  AFP / Mahmud Turkia
Heaven sent: Taiwan honours dead with lavish paper models 04 Apr 2019 - 06:38 pm
This picture taken on March 16, 2019 shows a relative (R) watching a 'villa' paper model, used as an offering for the dead, burn during a ceremony in Shanshia district in New Taipei City. AFP/Sam Yeh
No plans to delay livestreams despite NZ massacre: Facebook's Zuckerberg 04 Apr 2019 - 05:36 pm
:FILE PHOTO: Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
At Athens pinball museum, arcade gamers go back in time 04 Apr 2019 - 12:19 pm
Pinball machines are seen at the Athens Pinball Museum in Athens, Greece March 2, 2019. Picture taken March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
Making a dent: Japan probe prepares to blast asteroid 04 Apr 2019 - 10:28 am
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on April 4, 2019, researchers and employees receive data in the control room in Sagamihara, which confirm