Sports Desk DOHA: The FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 football tournament has got underway with Qatar Airways as the Official Airline Partner of the illustrious tournament. All eyes will be on India as 24 national teams take part in the global football competition. The participating teams come from every corner in the world: Europe, the Middle East, the Far …

AJMAN: Wyndham Garden Ajman Cornichesteps up its preparation for Q4 2017 opening through participation in road shows organised by Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD),  global exhibitions, and travel workshops. The soon-to-open hotel joined the ATDD road shows in Scandinavia and covered three countries including Denmark,Norway and Sweden. It also joined the ATDD delegation at the CIS road show in Armenia, …

DUBAI: Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans), the leading air navigation services provider for Dubai and the Northern Emirates celebrated the UAE Civil Aviation day through conducting a visit to Rashid Center for the Determined Ones. The visit entailed Mr. Ibrahim Ahli, deputy CEO of dans, Mrs. Asma Al Mutawa, Director of Finance and Human Capital and acting Vice president of …

DOHA: Qatar Airways Cargo’s Boeing 777 freighter arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport last Thursday to a grand water salute welcome in the presence of dignitaries, officials from Qatar Airways Cargo, Pittsburgh International Airport and media. The cargo carrier launches Pittsburgh as its thirteenth freighter destination in the Americas. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates today launched a US$15 million campaign to inspire travel and promote the airline’s extensive network of global destinations including its home and hub, Dubai. The campaign is backed by the iconic soundtrack “Don’t stop me now” by British rock band Queen, which was found in a scientific study to be the most uplifting or “feel-good” tune on …

DOHA: Intel announced that Intel® field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are now powering the Acceleration-as-a-Service of Alibaba Cloud*, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group. The acceleration service, which can be launched from the Alibaba Cloud website, enables customers to develop and deploy accelerator solutions in the cloud for Artificial Intelligence inference, video streaming analytics, database acceleration and other fields …

With the Galaxy Note8, users get a bigger Infinity Display, the S Pen to communicate in more personal ways, and Samsung’s best-ever smartphone camera to capture stunning photos. It’s a device that’s truly designed for the way consumers lead their lives and lean on technology today. But what exactly does it take to plan a product like Samsung’s latest smartphone? …

DUBAI: Head to the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club on Friday, December 1, for this year’s annual United Arab Emirates National Day Polo Cup and catch all the action from one of the city’s best sporting tournaments. Watch the region’s best polo teams consisting of local and international players including UAE teams as they compete to win the coveted UAE …

SYDNEY: Qantas has yesterday announced its Los Angeles based aircraft will be powered by biofuel from 2020, reducing the airline’s carbon emissions on its services operating between the US and Australia. Over the next ten years, the airline will purchase eight million gallons (30 million litres) of renewable jet fuel each year from US based bio-energy company, SG Preston. The …

KARACHI: Panel discussion on Social Entrepreneurship & Women’s Empowerment was held at the British Council Karachi, under the direction of Zeenia Faraz, Head of Programmes- Society. Aman Pir Chairman Vocational Education Committee FPCCI and BOD Karachi Youth Federation was invited as a panelist along with Muneeba Haroon Head of Operations Injaz Pakistan, Aatiqa Lateef CEO TAF Foundation and Sadaf Mahmood …