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  • Al-Bayt Stadium is one of the eight football stadiums which are being built for the 2022 Fifa World Cup to be hosted by Qatar. It is meant to resemble the interior of a traditional Bedouin tent. The US$7.4 billion (S$10 billion) Hamad megaport launch

Isolated Qatar reaches out to the world

Qatar has learnt a lesson in opening its doors to the international market. It has waived entry visas for citizens of 80 countries, including Singapore, built new sources and trade routes for basic goods, and inked contracts for economic cooperation with various countries.
  • Left: An Israeli man confronts a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem as Israeli settlers celebrate Jerusalem Day.Far left: A Palestinian protester throwing away leaflets dropped by the Israeli military at the Israel-Gaza border yesterday. Above: Palestini

Israel's moment of pride and peril

  • French President Emmanuel Macron rose to power not by pushing his way through France's existing ruling class, but by outmanoeuvring it altogether. More astonishingly still, he was elected not by bowing to the anti-globalisation and anti-immigration p

Macron still working on reform experiment after a year in power

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