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YANGON: A man celebrates with a relative after being released from Insein Prison in Yangon on May 3, 2023. Myanmar’s junta announced it had pardoned 2,153 prisoners jailed under a law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military. – AFP
Myanmar junta pardons more than 2,000 political prisoners
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday on Wednesday, triggering tearful reunions outside jails but also demands that the many others behind bars be released.The military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists since its February 2021 putsch that ended Myanmar’s brief democratic experiment and plunged the country into turmoil. Protesters and journalists were among the 2,153...
KOUFROUN: Aid kits destined to Sudanese refugees who crossed into Chad are prepared for distribution in Koufroun, near Echbara. – AFP
Clashes in Sudan as UN aid chief visits
KHARTOUM: Persistent fighting between Sudan’s rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce Wednesday, as a senior UN official arrived for talks on providing relief to millions of trapped civilians. The visit by top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths comes one day after neighbouring South Sudan announced that the warring sides had agreed “in principle” to a seven-day ceasefire.Deadly violence broke out on April 15 between...
KUWAIT: National Investments Company Chairman Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi addresses the general assembly meeting.
NIC to distribute 28% cash dividend at 28 fils per share
KUWAIT: The National Investments Company (NIC) held its ordinary general assembly on Monday (1/5/2023) at its headquarters in Al-Khaleejia Complex, with an attendance rate of 73.65 percent. The assembly was authorized by the shareholders in person and electronically. The Chairman of the Board Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi kicked off the meeting by welcoming all shareholders, thanking them for their continuous support and precious trust, which is always...
Denzel Karombe a 19-year-old school leaver who engraves portrait artworks onto polished black granite tombstones for Nyumba Yanga a tombstone-making business uses a drill bit and tapping stone to etch a potrait at his workstation in Rugare township Harare, Zimbabwe.—AFP photos
Final portrait: Zimbabwean banker cashes in with tombstone art
Pick a portrait of yourself, have the picture hand-carved on a gravestone of your own design -- and pay for the monument before you die. That is how a former banker in Zimbabwe, Tafadzwa Machokoto, found an unusual formula for making a hugely successful business. Four years ago, the 35-year-old holder of a computer science degree quit a job with a leading bank, joining the army of Zimbabweans trekking to neighbouring South Africa in search of a...
SIEM REAP PROVINCE: Cambodiaís King Norodom Sihamoni (2nd right) lights the torch with a candle lit from the sunís rays as Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) looks on during a ceremony prior to the 32nd SEA Games at Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province.- AFP
Cambodia set for SEA Games with Chinese flavor
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia will welcome thousands of athletes from across the region when the Southeast Asian Games begin on Friday with an opening ceremony at a new stadium built and paid for by China. The capital Phnom Penh will stage the 32nd edition of the biennial SEA Games, the first time Cambodia plays host. More than 11,000 athletes, coaches and delegates from 10 other countries will descend on the country for the Games, which run until May...
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Sixers’ Joel Embiid named NBA’s most valuable player
LOS ANGELES: Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, comfortably winning a ballot ahead of the Denver Nuggets’ two-time award winner Nikola Jokic. Embiid, who finished runner-up behind Jokic the past two seasons, earned the accolade after a dazzling regular season campaign that saw him average 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 66 games.Embiid beat out fellow MVP finalists Jokic and...
SAN FRANCISCO: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers during Game One of the Western Conference Semi-Finals of the 2023 NBA Playoffs on May 2, 2023.— AFP
Lakers overpower Warriors 117-112 as Davis leads defensive masterclass
SAN FRANCISCO: Anthony Davis led a defensive masterclass as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 117-112 on the road to take a 1-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference playoff series on Tuesday. The eagerly anticipated showdown between the two Californian glamour clubs lived up to the billing as the Lakers held off a thrilling late Golden State rally to take a crucial early advantage against the NBA champions in the...
A hippo -- descendant from a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar -- is seen in the wild in a lake near the Hacienda Napoles theme park. — AFP photos
Colombia grapples with Escobar’s hippopotamus legacy
In their homeland in Africa, they are responsible for more human deaths than almost any other animal, but in Colombia, hippopotami have become loved members of the local community and a tourist attraction. However, in a town close to the city of Medellin, this legacy of the late drug baron Pablo Escobar, is increasingly posing a problem, and one that experts think may soon turn deadly. Hippos -- descendants from a small herd introduced by drug...
TBILISI: Georgian anti-government protesters rally outside the parliament. - AFP
Russia denounces Georgia protests as coup attempt
TBILISI, Georgia: Moscow on Friday accused foreign countries of fomenting mass protests in Georgia, likening them to an attempted coup designed to sow tension on Russia’s borders. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that several days of demonstrations in the Georgian capital Tbilisi reminded him of a Ukrainian uprising that ousted a Kremlin-friendly government in 2014.Hundreds of Georgians rallied for a fourth day outside parliament,...
HAMBURG: Police stand behind a cordon as the body of one of the victims of the Hamburg rampage is taken away. - AFP
Gunman kills six at Jehovah’s Witness hall attack in Germany
HAMBURG: A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people of the Christian group’s congregation in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Eight other people were wounded, including four seriously, in Thursday evening’s attack, said Hamburg interior minister Andy Grote, calling it “the worst crime in our city’s recent history”.Police identified the gunman as Philipp F., 35, a...
PARIS: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) shake hands during a joint press conference at the end of the French-British summit. - AFP
‘New Beginning’: Macron, Sunak strike UK-France migrant deal
PARIS: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed a new pact worth over 500 million euros to stop illegal cross-Channel migration, at a summit in Paris aimed at forging a new start after years of Brexit tensions. The deal will see Britain step up funding to France to allow hundreds more French police to patrol the Channel and also establish a new detention center as a further deterrent. Both leaders...
Joel Embiid
Brilliant Embiid leads Sixers comeback, Denver fall again
LOS ANGELES: Joel Embiid scored 39 points and drained a superb game-winning jump shot with less than two seconds remaining as the Philadelphia 76ers completed a dramatic 120-119 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday. The Sixers looked to be heading for defeat after trailing by 21 points in the second quarter, and were down by 13 with less than six minutes remaining in the final period.But Embiid and James Harden spearheaded a late...
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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
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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
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