Day: July 6, 2024

Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday estimated its second-quarter operating profit shot up more than 15-fold, as a prolonged boom in artificial intelligence computing lifted prices of memory chips.

The world’s biggest maker of memory chips expected a second-quarter operating profit of 10.4 trillion won (US$7.5 billion), up 1,452.2 percent from a year earlier, Samsung Electronics said in a regulatory filing.

Revenue increased 23.3 percent to 74 trillion won for the April-June period. The company did not disclose the data for net earnings in the guidance.

The operating profit was 25.8 percent higher than the average estimate, Yonhap News Agency reported.

It is the first time that Samsung Electronics posted an operating profit of 10 trillion won or over since the third quarter of 2022, when it logged 10.8 trillion won.

The second-quarter operating profit also topped its annual figure of 6.5 trillion won for 2023.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Baghdad: Muhammad Shiaa Al Sudani, the Iraqi Prime Minister, met with Hamza Abdi Barre, the Prime Minister of Somalia, and his accompanying delegation.

The meeting discussed bilateral relations and a number of topics related to economic and security cooperation, as well as issues at the regional and international levels of common interest, Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

The new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has affirmed that his newly formed government will not pursue the policy of his predecessor with respect to deporting asylum seekers, arriving in the country on small boats, to Rwanda, which terminates this plan even before any flights take off.

“The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started,” Starmer said in his first news conference. He added: “It’s never acted as a deterrent. Almost the opposite.”.

The government of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has encountered several judicial, parliamentary, and procedural obstacles in implementing the agreement, while the daily flow of illegal immigrants through the Channel continues. with the Labour Party promising before winning the elections to abandon the policy of deporting immigrants to Rwanda.

In November 2023, the UK government signed a new agreement with the government of Rwanda to send back asylum seekers and deported immigrants to Rwanda. The new pact includes guarantees that asylum seekers sent fro
m Britain will not be deported to another country where their lives or freedoms are threatened.

It also involves the establishment of a new appeals body composed of experienced judges in asylum cases from several countries to review individual asylum cases.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Doha: Weather inshore tonight until 6:00 am on Friday will be hazy with some clouds, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report.

Offshore, it will see hazy at times, the report added.

Wind inshore will be northwesterly – northeasterly at a speed of 05 to 10 knot.

Offshore, it will be variable mainly northwesterly at a speed of 02 to 12 knot.

Visibility will be 04 to 08 km inshore and 04 to 10 kilometers offshore.

Sea state inshore will be 1 to 2 feet. Offshore will be 1 to 3 feet.

Area High Tide Low Tide Mini Doha: 05:56 17:53 01:03 13:00 31 Messaid: 07:49 19:29 02:14 13:16 29 Wakrah: 07:36 19:04 01:49 12:50 28 Al Khor: 17:43 07:02 12:06 01:07 29 Ruwais 07:02 18:59 01:07 13:18 29 Dukhan: 12:10 05:54 16:25 30 Sunrise: 05:16 LT Sunset: 17:56 LT

Source: Qatar News Agency

The Israeli occupation army stormed several villages and towns in the occupied West Bank, sparking confrontations that resulted in injuring many Palestinians and arresting others.

Local sources said that seven Palestinians, among them a child, were injured by a salvo of Israeli ammunitions, during the Israeli army’s incursion into Nablus city north of the occupied West Bank.

The sources highlighted that the Israeli army deployed its forces near Balata refugee camp amid intense gunfire, which sparked confrontations, during which three people, among them a child, were injured. Also, four others were wounded by shrapnel shells, and all were whisked off to the hospital.

The Israeli army stormed Beita town south of Nablus and broke into one house in the West bank, during which it assaulted three Palestinians who were inside who inflicted injuries and bruises. Two of them were transferred to the hospital.

The Israeli army arrested four Palestinians from Qibya town west of Ramallah after storming the town and br
oke into the houses of the detainees, in addition to arresting a Palestinian from the town of Jabaa south of Jenin when he stumbled on a military checkpoint.

The Israeli military vehicles rammed into the town of Birzeit north of Ramallah, where the occupation soldiers stormed several residential neighborhoods, searched houses, and destroyed their furniture.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army tightened its military measures in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem and the perimeter of Al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing dozens of Palestinians from entering them, and maintaining the siege on Al-Aqsa Mosque, since Oct.7, 2023. The Israeli military forces are present all the time there and engage in erecting iron barriers, stopping visitors, and often trying to hinder their entry into the mosque.

The towns and camps of the West Bank are witnessing daily infiltration by the Israeli military forces and settlers coupled with confrontations, arrests, firing live ammunition, rubber bullets, and tear gas canisters at Palest
inians. The intensity of these campaigns has increased concurrently with the unprecedented and relentless Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Two Palestinians were martyred, and others wounded, on Saturday, following an Israeli raid on a group of Palestinians in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza.

Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted local sources as saying that the Israeli Occupation army fired artillery shells into the vicinity of Salba area in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, north of the Gaza enclave, resulting in the martyrdom of two people and injuring others.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army has continued its offensive from land, sea, and air on the Gaza enclave, since October 7, 2023, which led to 38,098 martyrs and 87,705 injured, with thousands of victims still under rubble and on roads, while medical and civil defense personnel are unable to reach them.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Doha: As part of the Ministry of Labour’s ongoing efforts to train and empower community leaders in the country, the Ministry of Labour, in cooperation with International Labour Organization (ILO), conducted an extensive training programme dedicated to qualifying labour community leaders to develop their potential and enhance their abilities in dealing and coordinating with the Ministry.

The course featured intensive practical training designed to prepare community leaders and enhance their professional skills effectively. It also offered a comprehensive suite of services to boost participants’ professional capabilities and help them stay abreast of the challenges and rapid changes in the labour market.

The workshop comes as part of the ongoing collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and the International Labour Organization (ILO), to support their efforts towards achieving common goals, in terms of enhancing opportunities to qualify expatriate labour cadres and developing labour skills to improve the
work environment.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Turkish authorities have apprehended 25 illegal migrants off Mugla province coasts southwest of the country.

In a statement on Saturday, Turkish Coast Guard Command stated that its teams tracked a rubber boat off the coast of the city of Fathiya in the province. The teams stopped the boat and apprehended 25 migrants among them a child.

The Turkish border with Bulgaria, Greece and Turkish coasts witness an increasing number of illegal migrants who pursue land and sea lanes to cross to one of the European countries. The Turkish police uses different techniques to prevent infiltration into its borders.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Six Palestinians were martyred on Saturday due to the relentless airstrikes of the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) quoted local sources as saying that six Palestinians were martyred and two others injured after the Israeli occupation army bombed a vehicle in Gaza’s Al-Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah.

The Israeli occupation army continues its intense and unprecedented offensive in the Gaza Strip since October 7 through launching dozens of airstrikes and ground and naval bombardments, resulting in bloody massacres against Palestinian civilians, as well as tens of thousands of martyrs, injured, and missing persons.

It has also caused massive devastation to the critical infrastructure, exacerbating an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the region due to the restrictions on food, water, medicine, and fuel imposed by the occupation army.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Doha: HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani expressed today his sincere congratulations to HE Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian on the occasion of winning the presidential elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran, wishing him success in serving his country towards further prosperity and development.

In a post on his official X account, HH the Amir expressed his sincere congratulations to the president-elect, and his wishes for him of successfully serving his country towards prosperity and growth that would benefit the region and the world. His Highness also wished the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran continued development and prosperity.

Source: Qatar News Agency