DOHA: Qatar announced on Wednesday plans to boost natural gas production for the second time since a Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted last year pitting the energy-rich emirate against a rival Saudi-led bloc. The head of state-owned Qatar Petroleum, Saad al-Kaabi, told a press conference that the country intends to raise ...
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LONDON: British retail sales surged in November from the previous month, official data showed Thursday, boosted by Black Friday price reductions in the run-up to Christmas. Sales rose 1.1 percent compared to October, the Office for National Statistics calculated, beating analysts’ consensus forecast for a 0.4 percent increase. The data ...
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Everyone needs an occasional break from the social ramble, but sometimes unsociability or distancing yourself from people may help improve creativity, reveals a study. According to researchers from the University at Buffalo in New York, some people withdraw themselves due to non-fearful preferences for solitude. Lead study author Julie Bowker ...
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