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ZHYTOMYR: Three men stand in the rubble in Zhytomyr , following a Russian bombing the day before.- AFP
Russia missiles tear civilian lives apart
ZHYTOMYR: Oleg Rubak wept for love of his wife Katia, crushed in the rubble of his family home, and for hatred of Vladimir Putin, whom he blames for the missile strike that killed her. The 32-year-old engineer was playing with his baby daughter in the living room of the couple's brick-and-timber house in Zhytomyr, 150 kilometers west of Kyiv.On Tuesday night at around 10:00 pm in the Ukrainian crossroads town, home to a military garrison, a first...
CAIRO: A woman sits in a chair next to newspapers on display at a newsstand along Kasr Al-Aini street in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo. Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent. - AFP
Cairo's newspaper vendors go silent as sales collapse
CAIRO: Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent. As elsewhere in the world, Egypt's print media has been in sharp decline as news has moved mostly online and readers tend to stay up-to-date via their smartphones. In Egypt, a country of 103 million people, the trend has been especially stark since the government, which publishes most...
DURAN: Police officers look at two bodies hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Duran, Guayas province, Ecuador. The brutality of drug traffickers is cornering Ecuador after being safe from its violence. - AFP
Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador
QUITO: A headless body discarded in the street. Two corpses dangling from a bridge. An intensifying drug war has shocked once-peaceful Ecuador with scenes of horrific violence. Experts say the two crimes committed within a single week last month evoked the savage methods of Mexican narco gangs which, according to the government in Quito, has infiltrated the South American country of 17.7 million people."The cruelty is something new," Daniel...
ZHYTOMYR: A Ukrainian man stands in the rubble in Zhytomyr, following a Russian bombing the day before. - AFP
Ukraine pounded; Russia seizes city ahead of talks
KYIV: Ukraine’s leader vowed yesterday that Moscow would be made to pay to rebuild his shattered country, as the warring sides readied for ceasefire talks following the fall of the first major city to Russian forces. The invasion, now in its eighth day, has driven one million Ukrainians from their homes and plunged Russia into deepening isolation as a global pariah in the worlds of finance, diplomacy and sports.The UN has opened a probe into...
BARCELONA: A 5G hotspot sign is displayed at the MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona on March 2, 2022. - AFP
Is 5G truly green, or will it burn up more resources?
BARCELONA: The tech industry has long tried to align with the green movement, though its leaders are often accused of spouting nebulous slogans and making hard-to-test pledges. The Mobile World Congress, an industry get-together in Barcelona, certainly saw some sloganeering. But Huawei, Orange and industry body GSMA attempted to flesh out some of the green claims made about 5G.The next-generation mobile network is being rolled out across the...
DUBAI: Visitors write messages in support of Ukraine, inside the Ukrainian pavilion, during the Expo 2020 in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on March 2, 2021. - AFP
‘Not our war’: GCC resists pressure to raise oil output
DUBAI: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent energy prices surging, but the oil-rich Gulf monarchies have so far resisted Western pressure to raise output, prioritizing their own strategic and economic interests. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude topped $115 yesterday, the highest since 2008, as the war and sanctions against Moscow stoked fears about global supplies.Russia is the world’s second biggest crude exporter...
JEDDAH:Officers of the Directorate of Narcotics Control of Saudi Arabia抯 Interior Ministry sort through tablets of captagon (Fenethylline) seized during a special operation. - AFP
Saudi cracking down on illegal Captagon drug
JEDDAH: On a table covered in a green sheet, two Saudi officers pour out thousands of white amphetamine pills they have just seized from a neighborhood in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. An AFP crew accompanied the anti-narcotics agents on their raid Tuesday when police officers arrested three people carrying 28,000 Captagon tablets.The operation—during which AFP was requested to turn off its cameras for security reasons—was part of...
LONDON: A general view shows Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London on March 3, 2022. - AFP
Chelsea survive FA Cup scare after Abramovich puts club up for sale
LONDON: Chelsea survived a major FA Cup scare to reach the quarter-finals with a 3-2 win at Luton just hours after Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale on Wednesday. Thomas Tuchel's side took to the Kenilworth Road pitch for the fifth round tie with their heads still spinning from Abramovich's bombshell announcement.The Russian billionaire has decided to sell Chelsea amid fears he could be sanctioned by the British government amid his...
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Bucks rally to cool off Heat; Harden feels the love in Sixers home debut
LOS ANGELES: Milwaukee's Jrue Holiday drove for a layup with 1.9 seconds left as the NBA champion Bucks rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Eastern Conference leaders Miami 120-119 on Wednesday. Milwaukee out-scored Miami 21-6 down the stretch to halt the Heat's winning streak at four games.Khris Middleton drilled a three-pointer with 13.5 seconds to play to pull Milwaukee within one, then superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo forced a jump ball...
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Saudi Arabia, Iran coexistence the only solution: Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Saudi Arabia and Iran are neighbors "neither of whom can eliminate the other, and the solution is to coexist." Speaking in an interview with The Atlantic, Prince Mohammed said that Saudi Arabia considers Israel a "potential ally", but only after solving all the issues between Israelis and the Palestinians. Prince Mohammed also said that Saudi Arabia's ambitions as a member of the G20 group is to rank...
DUBAI:Visitors read messages posted on a board by visitors in support of Ukraine, inside the Ukrainian pavilion, during the Expo 2020 in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on March 2, 2021. - AFP
US and United Arab Emirates relations facing ‘stress test’
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates and the United States are facing a “stress test” in their relationship, a senior Emirati diplomat said yesterday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine strains ties. Yousef Al-Otaiba, the Emirati ambassador to the US, was speaking days after the UAE abstained in a UN Security Council vote on a resolution demanding a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine.“Our relationship with the US is like any relationship,” he told...
MIDDLESBROUGH: Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (left) fights for the ball with Middlesbrough’s English defender Dael Fry during the English FA cup fifth round football match between Middlesbrough and Tottenham Hotspur at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.- AFP
Middlesbrough shock Spurs as Man City ease into FA Cup quarters
LONDON: Middlesbrough produced another FA Cup shock to extend Tottenham’s long wait for silverware with a 1-0 win after extra time at the Riverside on Tuesday, while Manchester City eased into the last eight with a 2-0 victory at Peterborough. Boro knocked out Manchester United at Old Trafford in the fourth round and the Championship side were worthy winners to condemn Spurs to another trophyless season. Not since a League Cup win in 2008 have...
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DHAKA: An unidentified man bleeds after being shot during a clash between police and anti-quota protesters on July 19, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
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