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PARIS: Spectators walk in front of the Court Susan Lenglen ahead of the start of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 27, 2023. —AFP
Djokovic eyes history at the French Open
PARIS: Novak Djokovic will bid for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title at a French Open without his old rival Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, while Iga Swiatek attempts to become the first woman to defend the title in 16 years. Serbian veteran Djokovic will not be the favorite for the title, though, after struggling with an elbow injury and failing to get past the quarter-finals in any of his three clay-court events so far this...
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Milan clubs race for Serie A top 4 places
MILAN: As champions Napoli continue their victory tour at Bologna on Sunday, the remaining important business in Serie A could be wrapped up on the penultimate weekend of the Serie A season. When Juventus, who started Monday in second place, suffered a double blow in the evening with a 10-point penalty for illicit transfer activity that dropped them to seventh and then a dispiriting 4-1 defeat at Empoli, Lazio inherited second and were guaranteed...
CHRISTCHURCH: Crusaders’ David Havili (center) is tackled by the Waratahs’ Mosese Tuipulotu (right) and Charlie Gamble during the round 14 Super Rugby Pacific match between the Crusaders and the New South Wales Waratahs on May 27, 2023. – AFP
Crusaders romp past Waratahs 42-18, remain 2nd in standings
CHRISTCHURCH: Prop John Afoa became Super Rugby’s oldest-ever player as his Canterbury Crusaders coasted past the New South Wales Waratahs 42-18 on Saturday to remain second in the standings. Former All Black Afoa played his part after a surprise late call-up as the Crusaders scored six tries to three in Christchurch. It left their Australian opponents in sixth place, where they are guaranteed to remain ahead of the top-eight finals series...
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This year’s Eurovision reached 162 million viewers
Some 162 million viewers watched this year’s Eurovision song competition held in Liverpool, the BBC said Friday also highlighting “record” engagement online. The UK hosted the musical extravaganza on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine, due to the Russian invasion. Sweden’s Loreen secured a seventh victory for the Nordic country with the track “Tattoo” and made Eurovision history as the first woman to win the competition twice.The...
View of the Cantalloq aqueducts, built by people belonging to the Nazca culture, around 1600 years ago in Nazca, southern Peru.
Pre-Hispanic aqueducts irrigate modern Peruvian crops
Built some 1,700 years ago by the pre-Hispanic Nazca people of Peru, an ingenious aqueduct system of wood and stone still provides farmers with water to this day. The complex labyrinth of channels and pits up to 15 meters (49 feet) deep brings critical drinking and irrigation water from faraway mountains and rivers to about 900 subsistence farming families in the Nazca desert in southern Peru.In an otherwise arid landscape, they grow potatoes,...
View of the Cantalloq aqueducts, built by people belonging to the Nazca culture, around 1600 years ago in Nazca, southern Peru.
Louis Vuitton braves rain on its Italian island paradise
Louis Vuitton valiantly battled pounding rain on an Italian island paradise while presenting its cruise collection Wednesday night, the weather sending celebrity guests underneath umbrellas and dampening a hairdo or two. But when you’re the flagship brand within the powerhouse LVMH portfolio, with a guest list that includes Catherine Deneuve, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone, what’s a little rain?Bad weather was likely not top of mind when the...
FLORIDA: Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers celebrates with his teammates after defeating the Carolina Hurricanes in Game Four to win the Eastern Conference Final of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 24, 2023.- AFP
Panthers secure Stanley Cup final
MIAMI: Matthew Tkachuk scored a dramatic last-gasp goal to fire the Florida Panthers into the Stanley Cup final for only the second time in franchise history with a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. Tkachuk ensured the Panthers will advance to the National Hockey League’s championship series for the first time since 1996 after rifling home with just 4.3 seconds remaining to seal a 4-0 Eastern Conference finals sweep....
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Zain recognizes top players of Kuwait Premier League
KUWAIT: Zain has awarded the winners of its ‘Best Player’ award in the third section’s rounds of the Kuwait Premier League (Dawri Zain) in recognition of their outstanding performance on the pitch. The company dedicates the award to players who contribute to adding elegance to the league and ultimately elevating Kuwaiti football. The awardees are Al Naser’s Mohammed Daham (winner in three rounds), Kazima’s Hamad Al Harbi and Shibeeb Al...
LONDON: Pedestrians walk past Union flags at Oxford Circus on May 25, 2023. – AFP
Sunak vows to cut immigration as UK figures hit new high
LONDON: Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labor. Responding to the figures, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described legal immigration levels as “too high”. “It’s as simple as that and I want to bring them down,” he told ITV in an interview.Measures announced earlier this week to tighten the number of...
MIAMI: Demonstrators gather outside the Four Season Hotel on May 24, 2023 as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holds fundraising events ahead of his presidential candidacy announcement. - AFP
DeSantis announces White House bid
WASHINGTON: Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s long-awaited entry into the 2024 presidential campaign descended into a fiasco on Wednesday as the opening of the live Twitter event intended to announce his candidacy was derailed by glitches. The conversation repeatedly crashed as the platform’s servers were apparently overwhelmed, and many of the 400,000-plus users who were hoping to listen in missed the 44-year-old conservative throwing down the...
SINGAPORE: People walk across Jubilee Bridge on Marina Bay in Singapore on May 25, 2023. – AFP
Singapore economy beats estimates but govt warns of risks
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter of 2023, official data showed Thursday, but the government warned that the global outlook remains gloomy. The Southeast Asian city-state’s economic performance is often seen as a barometer of the global environment because of its reliance on international trade.Its economy expanded by 0.4 on-year in the quarter starting January, slower than the 2.1 percent...
BEIRUT: This picture shows a view of the Justice Ministry in Beirut. A Lebanese judge banned the country’s central bank chief Riad Salameh from travelling, days after Beirut received an Interpol red notice following a French arrest warrant, a judicial official said. – AFP
Lebanon slaps travel ban on central bank chief Salameh
BEIRUT: A Lebanese judge has banned the country’s central bank governor Riad Salameh from travelling, days after Beirut received an Interpol Red Notice following a French arrest warrant, a judicial official said Wednesday. Salameh has been the target of a series of judicial investigations both at home and abroad on allegations including embezzlement, money laundering, fraud and illicit enrichment, which he denies.French investigators suspect...
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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen
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