Al Watan and Al Sharq daily newspapers said in their Friday editorial that 'corruption' is a grave threat to the peoples' future, welfare, and decent life, adding that concerted international efforts would eliminate this scourge through pioneering initiatives such as the Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award.

Qatar Petroleum (QP), for and on behalf of Qatar Petroleum for the Sale of Petroleum Products Company (QPSPP), has concluded a five-year sale agreement with Shell International Eastern Trading Company (SIETCO), a registered business of Shell Eastern Trading (Pte) Ltd., which is based in Singapore.

Hong Kong, December 02 (QNA) - Akram Afif's sterling year was made even more exceptional when the Qatar international was named the AFC Player of the Year 2019 at the AFC Annual Awards on Monday.

QNB Group made a significant achievement with the reception of Bank of the Year in Qatar, Bank of the Year in the Middle East, and Bank of the Year in Egypt" awards, during the Banker magazine's 2019 awards ceremony held recently in London.

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced the completed fabrication of the first two jackets required for offshore facilities as part of its North Field Expansion (NFE) Project, after QP announced that it will raise Qatar's LNG production capacity to 126 million tons per annum (mtpa) by 2027, representing an increase of 64% from the current 77 mtp.

The National Day Celebrations Organizing Committee announced the motto of Qatar National Day 2019 "Ten years embraced glory and arts Obtained all excellence and manliness" a verse from a poem by the Founder Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani, and the accompanying slogan "The path of excellence is difficult".

QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has received the "Achievement in Market Risk Management in the Middle East and Africa" award from The Asian Banker magazine as part of the Middle East and Africa International Finance Summit 2019. QNB received the award after successfully undergoing a stringent evaluation for the Risk Management Awards Programme 2019, Middle East and Africa.

The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, won the Best Short Film Award at the fourth tourism communication forum (ITCF 2019) held in the Chinese capital, Beijing. The Ministry of Municipality and Environment participated with this film, which promotes tourism in the State of Qatar, on the sidelines of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019, which was held last May and lasted for six months.

The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), will reflect this year the State of Qatar's commitment to addressing a number of pressing issues, influenced by the rapid changes in the world of technology, and the dissemination of successful global experiences and practices in education that respond to and address the challenges of today's world.

A student from Hamad Bin Khalifa University's (HBKU) College of Science and Engineering (CSE) was among the winners at the 2019 workshop on NLP4IF co-located with Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), held in Hong Kong from Nov. 3-7.