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Hey big spenders: Qatar woos the rich with luxury World Cup
Hey big spenders: Qatar woos the rich with luxury World Cup
Business and Economy
by  AFP

With deluxe match packages selling for thousands of dollars and five-star hotels doing a brisk trade, a sheen of glamour coats Qatar's World Cup despite football's working-class roots. In Dubai, an hour's flight away and expected to be a major destination, an official World Cup package costs $1,500 for four nights in a shared room, including one return flight to Doha but no match tickets.

Israeli forces hunt east Jerusalem checkpoint attacker
Israeli forces hunt east Jerusalem checkpoint attacker
World
by  AFP

Israeli forces were hunting the assailant behind an attack that killed a soldier at an east Jerusalem checkpoint, authorities said Sunday, hours after two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.

Austrians vote in presidential election with incumbent set to win
Austrians vote in presidential election with incumbent set to win
World
by  AFP

Austrians vote Sunday in a presidential election expected to return incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen, seen as a beacon of stability as the Alpine EU member struggles with an energy crisis and inflation. At an election event last month, Alexandra Hoefenstock said she would vote Van der Bellen as he had managed the political crises well in his last stint in office.

North Korea fires more missiles, eight in two weeks
North Korea fires more missiles, eight in two weeks
World
by  AFP

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches amid tensions over US-led military exercises in the region, Yonhap reported. "North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile.