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The second edition of the Summer Art and Design High School Program of VCUarts Qatar starts today and aims at providing an overview of the academic degree courses offered by the university

Local ride-sharing startup LOCA recently launched its operations in Pakse City, the third city in the country to benefit from the service

Nine potential sites for the deployment of floating solar farms in the medium-long term have been identified by a feasibility study on floating solar panels

Yemeni children set up a protest stand in front of the UN office in the capital Sana'a using drawings to complain about violence in the country

British-Cypriot autistic author N.E. McMorran has won the Nautilus Award for the groundbreaking children's book 'Moojag and the Secret Auticode', an audiobook that includes autistic, dyslexic, ADHD and down-syndrome voices

A Syrian student ranked first in Turkey's high school entrance exam, known as LGS

The first international travelers arrived in Phuket last week; to reboot its tourism industry, quarantine is not required - despite the recent surge of Covid-19

This week the country has celebrated two milestones in its history: the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party and the official eradication of malaria after 70 years of dedicated efforts

After most European troops have withdrawn from the country, the US are expected to complete these operations shortly

Wesam Nasser from the King Abdullah II School for Excellence in Zarqa won the bronze medal in the 32nd International Computer Science Olympiad held virtually by UNESCO with 360 competitors from 89 countries

Tripoli's 500 thousand residents, without electricity and around 50% of them in poverty, are staging protests which the army has been violently repressing

The summer ban on working outdoors in the afternoon starts today for the next two months, a move that helps safeguard workers' health and reduce workplace accidents in view of rising temperatures and humidity