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South Syria fighters refuse to disarm
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US mourns Carter at state funeral
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Ukraine’s leader calls for support as Trump’s return opens ‘new chapter’
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Pope warns about AI, fake news and 'manipulating minds'
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Celebrities flee Los Angeles fires, lose houses as Hollywood events scrapped
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South Syria fighters refuse to disarm
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US mourns Carter at state funeral
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Ukraine’s leader calls for support as Trump’s return opens ‘new chapter’
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Pope warns about AI, fake news and 'manipulating minds'
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Celebrities flee Los Angeles fires, lose houses as Hollywood events scrapped
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South Syria fighters refuse to disarm
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US mourns Carter at state funeral
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Ukraine’s leader calls for support as Trump’s return opens ‘new chapter’
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Pope warns about AI, fake news and 'manipulating minds'
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Celebrities flee Los Angeles fires, lose houses as Hollywood events scrapped
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South Syria fighters refuse to disarm
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Paris’s Moulin Rouge cabaret draws curtain on snake act
The storied Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris said Tuesday that it had dropped a long-running snake act under pressure from animal rights groups. Management at the famed venue had already promised in March to end the sequence, in which non-aquatic snakes are immersed in a transparent tank with a woman for an acrobatic performance. The cabaret “announces the permanent end of the snakes number as of today, Tuesday, May 9, ahead of its commitment,”...
Streaming giants battle for anime supremacy
From R-rated sci-fi to teen biker gang adventures, streaming platforms are locked in an intensifying battle for dominance in one of the entertainment sector’s hottest and most lucrative mediums: anime. Fuelled in part by the pandemic, the popularity of the cartoons pioneered in Japan has created a goldmine for streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime.The global anime market was valued at $28.6 billion in 2022, according to...
Race row as Egyptian archaeologist releases Cleopatra documentary
An Egyptian archaeologist on Wednesday released a documentary on the life of Cleopatra, the same day Netflix began streaming a controversial production depicting the ancient queen as black. For weeks, pundits and officials in Egypt have reacted angrily to streaming platform Netflix’s decision to cast British actress Adele James in the lead role of its production “Queen Cleopatra” -- insisting the ruler had lighter skin. Archaeologist Zahi...
Google to show off AI and Pixel gadget innovations
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is expected to enrich its popular online services with more artificial intelligence as it scrambles to catch up with rival Microsoft despite fears that AI poses a threat to society. Leaks ahead of the internet titan’s annual developers conference have revealed that Google will also show off new gadgets, including a foldable smartphone, and reveal additions to its Pixel line of devices.Most attention will focus on...
Philippines beat rivals Vietnam, but crash out of regional games
PHNOM PENH: The Philippines women’s football team battled to a 2-1 win over rivals Vietnam Tuesday in the meeting of their region’s two World Cup-bound teams, but still crashed out of the Southeast Asian Games on goal difference. In an at-times-rough encounter, Thi Bich Thuy Nguyen cancelled out Sarina Bolden’s converted penalty in the first half, before Filipinas captain Hali Long secured the three points with an 82nd-minute goal.But that...
Stump lands historic judo gold for Swiss
DOHA: Nils Stump won Switzerland’s first ever world judo title on Tuesday, taking gold in the men’s under-73kg category in Doha. Stump, 26, defeated former European champion Manuel Lombardo of Italy in the final, having delivered an ippon to beat Japanese star Soichi Hashimoto earlier in the day. Hashimoto, the 2017 world champion, claimed bronze with Murodjon Yuldoshev of Uzbekistan.Canada’s Christa Deguchi added to her 2019 gold medal...
France’s Paret-Peintre secures Giro stage; Norway’s Leknessund in pink
LAGO LACENO: French climber Aurelien Paret-Peintre hailed his “perfect day” as he broke away to win stage four of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday with Andreas Leknessund of Norway taking the overall leader’s pink jersey. The duo had led the peloton by over five minutes and held on to just enough of that lead on the final sharp climb to the ski resort Lago Laceno for the Norwegian to take the fabled pink jersey held overnight by race favorite...
No justice, no burial: Relatives mount corpse protest in India
CHURACHANDPUR: The stench of death hangs heavy over the morgue at an Indian hospital — and relatives are refusing to bury the rotting corpses in protest at their killings in ethnic violence. Kamlallian Ype, 35, from the mainly Christian Kuki tribe, was killed fleeing attackers from the majority Meitei people, who are mostly Hindus, said his friend P Hentinglian.“He was shot in the back and fell down,” the 25-year-old told AFP at the...
Mongolia’s building boom traps residents
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia: Otgoo recalls running around freely as a child in Mongolia’s once sparsely populated capital city, but he fears a rapid construction boom has now trapped his children in a concrete jungle. Across Ulaanbaatar, high-rises are replacing the yurts that Mongolians have for centuries called home, symbols of a nomadic life that is fading away. Locals say the construction boom — fuelled by a decade-long mining windfall — is...
Daft Punk to unveil never-heard song where it all began
The music of pioneering French electronic duo Daft Punk will resound on Thursday through Paris’ Centre Pompidou, as a never-released track is unveiled at the spot where their love affair with the genre began. Dubbed “Infinity Repeating”, the tune was recorded as the robot-helmeted pair were working on their 2013 album “Random Access Memories” but it was left on the cutting room floor in favour of others like global mega-hit “Get...
‘Picasso sculptor’ exhibition opens in Malaga
An exhibition of sculptures by Picasso, who is better known for his Cubist and surrealist works, opens on Tuesday in the legendary Spanish artist’s hometown of Malaga. Housed at the southern resort city’s Picasso Museum, the “Picasso Sculptor. Matter and Body” exhibition brings together 61 sculptures he made between 1909 and 1964.It forms part of the global celebrations marking 50 years since the artist’s death and will run until...
Syrian stand-up comedy has war-weary crowds in stitches
In a dimly lit Damascus cafe, Sharief Homsi kicked off comedy night with a quip about war-battered Syria’s modern-day prince charming: an eligible bachelor with attractive supplies of fuel and electricity. “Marry me, I have a bright future: 100 litres of petrol, solar panels to generate electricity and three gas canisters,” he said, performing a mock proposal that had the audience howling. Every week, members of Syria’s first stand-up...
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