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Rosaelena Albornoz (left) uses recording equipment to record bird songs as a group of bird watchers visit the natural forest of the Amaranta Casa de Colibries sanctuary.

Birdwatchers’ hearts flutter for Global Big Day

With excitement in their voices, six birdwatchers raise binoculars and scan the treetops in a private sanctuary not far from Venezuela’s capital Caracas. Look, one says, there’s a blue-gray tanager. Another spots a warbler. At the break of dawn, the birdwatchers left Caracas to take part in Global Big Day, an annual worldwide celebration in which birders observe as many species as they can in a 24-hour period. Leading the group was Rosaelena...

KUWAIT: Photos capture the winners’ coronation in the presence of the ambassador of Korea Chung Byung-ha and members of the Federation.

Taekwondo tournament successfully concludes

KUWAIT: In the presence of the Kuwaiti sports leaders, headed by president of Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahd Al-Nasser and officials of the General Authority for Sports, as well as ambassador of the Republic of South Korea Chung Byung-ha, the Korean Ambassador Taekwondo Tournament concluded at the Volleyball Federation Hall in Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah complex.The large number of fans enjoyed the dazzling show presented by the Korean team of...

Blues' Kurt Eklund (C) gets tackled by the Crusaders' defence during the round 12 Super Rugby Pacific match between Crusaders and Blues at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama / AFP)

Crusaders beat Blues in brutal Super Rugby Pacific contest

CHRISTCHURCH: The Auckland Blues paid for an act of indiscipline by captain Dalton Papali’i as the Canterbury Crusaders won a brutal Super Rugby Pacific showdown 15-3 in Christchurch on Saturday. The defending champions made it two wins from two over the Blues, who they also beat in last year’s final, but the tense contest was in stark contrast to the thrilling 34-28 victory in round three.Up 10-3 at halftime, the Crusaders took command soon...

Middlesbrough's English manager Michael Carrick

Carrick on the rise as Middlesbrough eye EPL return

LONDON: Former Manchester United star Michael Carrick is aiming to cap his remarkable first season as a manager by leading Middlesbrough into the Premier League. Carrick’s side travel to Coventry for the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-finals on Sunday. Reaching the play-offs as a managerial novice is an impressive achievement for the understated Carrick, who retired as a player in 2018 and worked as Manchester United’s assistant...

AL-JAZIRAH, Sudan: Sudanese men harvest onions in the region of Jazira, south of Khartoum. As fighting in Khartoum shows no signs of abating, small business owners have been left at a loss with no prospect of making up weeks of unmitigated downturn. – AFP

‘Nothing left’ as looting guts Sudan’s crippled economy

KHARTOUM: A month ago, Mohsen Abdelrahman owned a small but profitable jewelry store in Khartoum. Now, he has nothing to his name but a broken lock and a hollowed-out shopfront. Ten days after battles broke out between two rival Sudanese generals, he received a call from the shopkeeper next door to his business saying it had been looted.Despite the danger, Abdelrahman braved the relentless gunfire and air strikes ravaging the capital to get to...

BALATAH: Palestinians take part in the funeral procession of Saed Masheh, 32, and Wassim Al-Araj, 19, who died earlier during a Zionist army raid, at the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, on May 13, 2023. – AFP

Zionist air strikes batter Gaza

GAZA: Zionist air strikes battered Gaza and militants fired rockets again on Saturday, as deadly fighting resumed after a night of relative calm despite efforts to secure a truce. A new ceasefire proposal was circulated late Friday by Egypt, which has been mediating between the two sides, after a previous bid fell through, a Palestinian source said. Zionist anti-aircraft defenses went into action Saturday after a barrage of rocket fire from Gaza...

ISLAMABAD: Police commandos escort former Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (center) as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad. - AFP

Pakistan social media blackout boosts Imran Khan momentum

ISLAMABAD: A state-imposed social media blackout to quell massive protests around the arrest of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan instead fuelled momentum for him, analysts say. Moments after Khan was detained by a swarm of paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday, the interior ministry restricted nationwide access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Mobile data coverage — used by political activists to organize protests on messenger apps such...

KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company Chairman of the Board of Directors Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait (center) during the general assembly meeting on Thursday.

Al-Terkait: Al-Safat Investment, Cap Corp merger promising step with positive effect

KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait said during the company’s general assembly meeting Thursday that the merger between Al-Safat Investment Company and Cap Corp Investment Company is a “promising step that will leave a positive effect”. “Al-Safat enjoys a stable financial position, and it prepares to enter a new phase with its merger with Cap Corp,” Al-Terkait said.The...

In this file photo Spanish actor Javier Bardem arrives for the Closing Ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.—AFP photos

Javier Bardem to get lifetime achievement award at San Sebastian

Movie star Javier Bardem will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain’s San Sebastian film festival, organizers said Friday. The 54-year-old, the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar, will collect the Donostia award at the opening gala on September 22, a statement said. His image will also feature on the poster of this year’s festival.The organizers praised Bardem for his “ability to slip into another’s skin as he morphs into his...

People pose for a photo as they line up to purchase 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' video game in New York City.—AFP photos

Gamers rush to get Nintendo’s new ‘Zelda’ after six-year wait

Video game fans around the world flocked to shops on Friday to get their hands on the new edition of “Zelda”, one of the most successful franchises in history and now central to the success of Japanese giant Nintendo. Gamers queued hours before shops opened in cities from Paris to New York and Tokyo, desperate to be among the first to play “Tears of the Kingdom”, featuring the exploits of Princess Zelda and elf-like warrior...

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K-pop megastars BTS to release memoir in July

K-pop megastars BTS will release a memoir in South Korea and the United States in July, its US publisher said, triggering feverish excitement from the supergroup’s global fanbase. BTS has become a global cultural phenomenon, selling out stadiums and dominating charts around the world while raking in billions for South Korea’s economy.Titled “Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS”, the book was co-written by South Korean journalist Kang...

File picture shows US actor Johnny Depp arrives on the red carpet of the 47th Deauville US Film Festival in Deauville, western France.—AFP photos

Johnny Depp makes comeback in scandal-hit period drama

Johnny Depp’s comeback film is full of scandal both on-screen and off, as he tests out his French in the role of King Louis XV. There were rumours Depp only had a few minutes of screentime in “Jeanne du Barry”, which opens the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday and has a nationwide release in France the same day. But the 59-year-old actor is present for much of the film, even if his dialogue is kept to short phrases that help disguise his...

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