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Apr 17, 2024 | 
whtc.com | Andrew Mills |Imad Creidi |Saleh Salem
By Andrew Mills, Imad Creidi and Saleh Salem(Reuters) – When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit. As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilized eggs stored at Gaza City’s Al Basma IVF centre.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
zawya.com | Andrew Mills |Ahmed Hassan
DOHA/CAIRO - Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes the release of around 50 civilian hostages from Gaza in exchange for a three-day ceasefire, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters. The deal, under discussion, which has been coordinated with the U.S., would also see Israel release some Palestinian women and children from Israeli jails and increase the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza, the official said.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
zawya.com | Andrew Mills
DOHA - The CIA and Mossad chiefs met with the Qatari prime minister in Doha on Thursday to discuss the parameters of a deal for hostage releases and a pause in Hamas-Israel fighting in the Gaza Strip, a source briefed on the meeting told Reuters. The outcome of the talks was unclear.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
zawya.com | Andrew Mills
CONFLICTLeaks from the negotiations are "harmful" and make it difficult for mediators to do their jobs, ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said during a press conference in DohaNovember 5, 2023QATARPALESTINIAN TERRITORIESMIDDLE EASTCONFLICTDOHA - Qatar's foreign ministry said on Sunday that efforts to secure the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza required a "period of calm".
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
zawya.com | Andrew Mills
DOHA/DUBAI - Qatar has mediated an agreement between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, in coordination with the U.S., which will allow limited evacuations from besieged Gaza, a source briefed on deal told Reuters on Wednesday. The agreement would allow foreign passport holders and some critically injured people to leave through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, though there is no timeline for how long it will remain open for evacuation, the source added.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Humeyra Pamuk |Andrew Mills |Simon Lewis
By Humeyra Pamuk, Andrew Mills and Simon LewisDOHA (Reuters) - U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken is telling Middle Eastern leaders there can be "no more business as usual" with Palestinian militant group Hamas, he said on Friday as he tours Arab states in the aftermath of Saturday's attacks in southern Israel.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
nasdaq.com | Andrew Mills
DOHA July 18 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in major gas-producer Qatar on Tuesday for the final leg of a Gulf tour that has focused on securing energy supplies and promoting Japanese high-tech. Kishida, who has been urged by Japan's gas lobby to secure new liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from Qatar, is expected to hold talks with the emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, as well as minister of state for energy and QatarEnegy's chief executive Saad Al Kaabi.
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Jul 6, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.africa | Hadeel AlSayegh |Andrew Mills |Duncan Miriri |George Obulutsa
Foreign tourism rebounds with help from the African market By Lee-Anne Bac 6 Jul 2023 Danger, prestige and authenticity draw thrill-seekers to adventure tourism By Scott Smith 26 Jun 2023 Qatar in talks with Egypt's wealth fund over hotels investment - sources By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andrew Mills and Patrick Werr 15 Jun 2023 #WTMA23: How innovative solutions are reshaping the African travel industry in a post-pandemic world By Robin Fredericks 18 Apr 2023 Kenya Airways to resume staff pension...
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
zawya.com | Andrew Mills
DUBAI - QatarEnergy will sign a 27-year deal to supply China's National Petroleum Corp with 4 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. CNPC will also take a 5% equity stake of one LNG train of QatarEnergy’s north field gas expansion, sources added. (Reporting by Andrew Mills and Maha El Dahan Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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Jun 19, 2023 | 
zawya.com | Andrew Mills
DOHA - Three Qatari companies and Iraq's National Investment Commission have agreed to develop $9.5 billion worth of projects in Iraq, including the construction of a pair of power plants that will generate a total of 2,400 megawatts, according to statements issued on Sunday. UCC Holding and the investment commission on Thursday signed a 25-year public-private partnership linked to the two power plants, which will cost $2.5 billion to build, a statement issued by UCC Holding said.
