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US woman who wrote book on grief charged with killing husband
A US woman who wrote a book on dealing with grief after the death of her husband has been charged with his murder. Kouri Richins penned “Are You With Me?” in the months after Eric Richins was found dead in their bedroom in Utah in March 2022.Richins told police she had mixed her husband a drink and taken it to him in bed. When she came back later she found he was “cold to the touch,” Fox News 13 reported Monday. An autopsy revealed he had...
Handout picture taken on July 18, 2012, showing Brazilian rock singer Rita Lee performing during the Serginho Groisman show in Sao Paulo, Brazil.-AFP photos
Brazilian rock icon Rita Lee dies at 75
Rita Lee, a Brazilian rock-and-roll icon who sang with legendary group Os Mutantes and went on to a trailblazing solo career as one of Latin America’s first female rockers, has died at age 75, her family said Tuesday.The Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021, died at home in Sao Paulo Monday night “surrounded by the love of her entire family, as she always wanted,” relatives said in a statement...
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Kuwait Ice Hockey Team book semis
KUWAIT: Kuwait National Ice Hockey Team have qualified for the semifinals of the first Arab Cup Tournament after defeating Bahrain’s team 6-4. The Blues were involved in a hard and strong game on Monday - and gained six points to top the first group. Meanwhile, Tunisian team revived their chances to reach the semifinals - defeating Algeria by the same score. Competition for second place is between Bahrain and Tunis. In the second group, Oman...
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 8: Lonnie Walker IV #4 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket during Game Four of the Western Conference Semi-Finals of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Golden State Warriors on May 8, 2023 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2023 NBAE Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Adam Pantozzi / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via AFP)
Lakers leave NBA champions on the brink of elimination
MIAMI: Unheralded bench player Lonnie Walker led a fourth-quarter rally as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors to leave the NBA champions on the brink of elimination from the playoffs on Monday. The 24-year-old Walker erupted for 15 fourth-quarter points as the Lakers completed a dramatic 104-101 victory to put them one win away from clinching the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round series.Walker, who has struggled...
KOLKATA: Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh (2nd left) celebrates with Varun Chakravarthy (2nd right) after winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings on May 8, 2023. – AFP
Russell and Rinku star as Kolkata win IPL thriller
KOLKATA: Andre Russell’s blazing 42 and a finishing act by Rinku Singh kept Kolkata Knight Riders in the hunt for the IPL play-offs with a tense final-ball win over Punjab Kings on Monday. Kolkata looked in trouble at 124-4 while chasing 180 for victory when Russell and Rinku, who hit an unbeaten 21 off 10 balls, put on a destructive partnership of 54 to win by five wickets at their home Eden Gardens.Russell smashed three sixes off England...
SENAPATI: An Indian army soldier inspects the remains of a house that was set on fire by a mob in the ethnic violence hit area of Heiroklian village in Senapati district, in India's Manipur state. – AFP
Indian villages burned to ashes
HEIROKLIAN: The road to Heiroklian is smooth and freshly laid, with a sign proclaiming it part of an Indian government development initiative. But ethnic violence has reduced the village itself to little more than smouldering ashes. Sanatomba picked through the ruins of his sister’s home in the northeastern state of Manipur, trying to salvage anything of value, but could only recover a traditional stool. “This used to be my sister’s...
BEIJING: This file photo illustration taken on October 15, 2021 shows the LinkedIn China application on a mobile phone in Beijing. -- AFP
LinkedIn closes China service, cuts over 700 jobs
BEIJING: Social networking firm LinkedIn announced Tuesday that it will close down its last service available in China, citing “fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate”. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn was one of the few US technology companies to successfully operate a social media site in China, where the internet is heavily regulated and censored.The company had introduced a unique domestic version of the career networking...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: SingularityNET Founder and CEO Ben Goertzel performs along with the AI robot Desdemona during the Web Summit Rio 2023 at the RioCentro Expo Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.—AFP
AI could replace 80% of jobs ‘in next few years’
RIO DE JANEIRO: Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming years—but that’s a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru. Mathematician, cognitive scientist and famed robot-creator Goertzel, 56, is founder and chief executive of SingularityNET, a research group he launched to create “Artificial General Intelligence,” or AGI—artificial intelligence with human cognitive...
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Saudi Aramco reports Q1 net profit of $31.9bn, down 19.25%
RIYADH: Oil giant Saudi Aramco announced first-quarter net profit of $31.9 billion on Tuesday, down 19.25 percent from a year earlier after a drop in crude prices. The result was lower than the $39.5 billion reported in the same period in 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused oil prices to surge. It is more than three-quarters of the $40.5 billion in combined first-quarter profits reported by the five oil majors: BP and Shell in...
Venezuelan migrant Laura Linares buys vegetables to prepare turmada, a Venezuelan Andean dish.
Taste of home offers comfort to nostalgic migrants
Like many migrants who leave their family and friends behind, Laura Linares finds that when she misses Venezuela, preparing traditional dishes from her childhood helps to ease her homesickness. “I want to feel close to my family, to my grandmother, to important moments,” the 29-year-old told AFP while cooking in her small apartment in the Mexican capital. Linares moved to Mexico to study for a master’s degree in linguistics after leaving...
MUMBAI: In this file photo taken on April 18, 2023 Apple employees (in green) cheer as they welcome customers during the opening of Apple's first retail store in India, in Mumbai. – AFP
iPhone maker Foxconn buys huge site in India tech hub
BENGALURU: Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Indian tech hub Bengaluru, the key Apple supplier said in a filing Tuesday as it looks to diversify production away from China. Also known by its official name, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Foxconn is the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer and a principal assembler of Apple iPhones.Both companies are seeking to shift manufacturing...
Students participate to a portrait class at RBS Akademya, in the Golf Sud neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal.—AFP photos
Young Senegalese revel in graffiti school
Pencil and rubber in hand Ibrahima Soumare takes his time as he carefully traces the outline of a handful of letters on a white piece of paper. Dissatisfied, he tosses the effort away and starts again on today’s exercise: Draw a piece of graffiti bearing the word “Top”. “It’s not easy, especially for a newbie such as myself,” says Ibrahima with a shy smile. The 26-year-old Senegalese abandoned other studies to register at RBS...
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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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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