(WPS) The Wage Protection System is a Qatari new Labour Reforms aims to ensure that migrant laborers, will receive their pay on time. Under the new system , workers will be paid twice a month or monthly, and the payments will be electronically and directly transferred to their bank accounts. As Failure to pay salaries on time, especially for …
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Canada: Embassy of Qatar hosts Arab missions for trade talks in Ottawa
The Qatari embassy in Ottawa the Canadian capital hosted a meeting of Arab embassies and missions with the Canadian government which was represented by Canadian Commercial Corporation CEO Martin Zablocki. The Talks between sides discussed means of enhancing trade exchanges between Arab states and Canada ,and overcoming technical difficulties in expanding cooperation. The corporation is the commercial arm of …
Read More »List of world’s most powerful passports
A new list made by movehub.com, a website that deal with travel and people who move abroad ranked the most and the least powerful passports in the world based on travel freedom that every passport holder enjoys. The list shows the number of countries that passport holder can travel to without a visa or the possibility to have visa on arrival . Being …
Read More »Egypt and gulf nations at the precipice of a “new era”
On Wednesday, Egypt hailed a “new era” in Arab solidarity after the Gulf nations agreed to welcome Qatar back into the fold following a dispute over it support of Islamists. Egypt said that it had offered its full support to the move, which it called as “huge step towards Arab solidarity”. “We look forward to a new era that would …
Read More »Petrodollar Panic? China Signs Currency Swap Deal With Qatar and Canada
By Tyler Durden – The Global Research The march of global de-dollarization continues. In the last few days, China has signed direct currency agreements with Canada becoming North America’s first offshore RMB hub, which CBC reports analysts suggest “could double maybe even triple the level of Canadian trade between Canada and China,” impacting the need for Dollars.But that is not the week’s biggest …
Read More »Gulf nations to meet informally ahead of annual summit
Arab leaders from Gulf countries may hold a special meeting to agree on differences among themselves ahead of an annual summit in Qatar in December. Kuwaiti daily Al-Anbaa reported that consultations are underway for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders to gather informally before the summit at Doha on December 9th-10th. The gathering will go ahead as scheduled after a “special …
Read More »FIFA Says investigation Report about Qatar Cannot be Published in Full
On Friday, the FIFA’s top judge announced that they will not be able to release the full report about the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups for legal reasons. Many people like Michael Garcia the former U.S. federal prosecutor who led the investigation for the report asked FIFA to share it with the public. Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of …
Read More »World’s Most Miserable Countries
This year an Index released showing the most “miserable countries in the world in 2013 ” . The “Misery Index” is adding together a country’s unemployment and inflation rates, The higher the number, the more “miserable” the country is. Its method was created by Arthur Okun, the American economist who was a chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers …
Read More »Qatar ready to rebuild Gaza; Iran says Hamas “brought Israel to its knees”
On Tuesday, Qatar hailed the ceasefire which ended 50 days of conflict in and around the Gaza Strip, and offered to provide funds for reconstruction efforts. Qatar is a key backer of Hamas and hosts the Palestinian movement’s exiled leader Khaled Meshaal. On Tuesday, it paid tribute to “the resistance and the sacrifices” of Palestinians in seven weeks of conflict …
Read More »Turkey and Qatar to discuss strategy for Gaza ceasefire deal
On Friday, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu flew into Qatar amid mounting calls from the US for the two allies to use their influence with Hamas to end the violence. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has led Western efforts to end the conflict, has repeatedly called Turkish and Qatari leaders to try and negotiate a truce. On his …
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