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JOHANNESBURG: West Indies’ Roston Chase (R) is bowled by South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj (not seen) as South Africa’s wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen (L) looks on during the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between South Africa and West Indies at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on March 11, 2023. — AFP

SA win by 284 runs as West Indies collapse

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s bowlers ripped through the West Indies batting as the hosts completed a 284-run win on the fourth day of the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. The West Indies were bowled out for 106 after being set to make 391 to win. South Africa won the two-match World Test Championship series 2-0. The match was effectively won and lost in 8.1 overs leading up to lunch when the West Indies crashed...

Eaman Al-Roudhan and Steven Yi at MWC Barcelona.

Zain, Huawei join forces to accelerate development of green 5G networks

KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, has joined forces with Huawei, the global technology leader, to launch a long-term initiative to accelerate the development of green 5G networks and ICT infrastructures. Both partners seek to build green and sustainable networks, leveraging on 5.5G technologies, to achieve their joint goals towards tackling climate change. The announcement was made during the Mobile World Congress (MWC...

US President Joe Biden meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2023. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

US, EU announce talks on critical EV battery minerals

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen announced Friday the start of negotiations on granting access to European producers seeking to export critical minerals for EV batteries under a new US program to stimulate the green economy. “We intend to immediately begin negotiations on a targeted critical minerals agreement for the purpose of enabling relevant critical minerals extracted or processed in the European...

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Gulf Bank wraps up second edition of ‘Off-Road Challenge’ competition

KUWAIT: After fierce competitions between the contestants that lasted for hours last Friday in Bnaider as part of Gulf Bank’s “Off-Road Challenge,” the organizing committee announced the winners of the race prizes. From the professional category, winners included: 1- Ahmed Al-Saffar, 2- Sulaiman Al-Khudari, 3- Hasan Al-Jarallah. From the amateur’s category winners included: 1- Jarrah Al-Rabiah, 2- Mohammad Al-Samir, 3- Mohammad Reda...

This handout pictures shows visitors looking at items found by treasure hunters in a Danish national museum exhibition.—AFP

Treasure hunters’ gems go on display in Denmark

They may be derided elsewhere but in Denmark, hobby archaeologists who hunt treasures with metal detectors are such an asset the National Museum has dedicated an entire exhibit to their finds. “What they save now means the world for what we can do in the future and how we can build our museums,” exhibit curator Line Bjerg told AFP. “What they do really matters.” In Denmark’s muddy soil, if objects “are not saved, then they are lost to...

In this file photo taken on July 26, 1983 then president Francois Mitterrand (center) and architect Roland Castro (right) visit the new stock exchange building in Saint-Denis.—AFP

French utopian architect Roland Castro dies aged 82

French utopian architect Roland Castro, a political activist who fought what he called “urban apartheid” and wanted to transform run-down housing estates into places people would actually like to live, has died aged 82, his daughter said. “He passed away peacefully surrounded by lots of family in a Parisian hospital” on Thursday, his daughter Elisabeth Castro told AFP.Famed for his short stature and sparkly green eyes, the idealist met...

ABUJA: Head of The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Observation Mission and former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma addresses a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria. — AFP

Tense wait as Nigeria slowly counts election results

LAGOS: Nigeria slowly counted more results on Monday after a tight election for the presidency of Africa’s most populous nation as delays and accusations of manipulation fuelled tensions. Nearly 90 million were eligible to vote on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, with many hoping for a new leader to tackle insecurity, economic malaise and widening poverty. Voting on Saturday was mostly peaceful, but thugs ransacked some...

GENEVA: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the 52nd UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on February 27, 2023. — AFP

Progress on human rights has ‘gone reverse’: UN

GENEVA: Respect for human rights has gone into reverse, the United Nations chief warned Monday, calling for a renewal of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 75 years after its signing. Pointing to the war raging in Ukraine, and threats to rights from soaring poverty, hunger and climate disasters, Antonio Guterres said the declaration was “under assault from all sides.” “Some governments chip away at it. Others use a wrecking ball,”...

BENGALURU, India: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman (center) addressing a press conference along with the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das (right) and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance Ajay Seth (left) after the G20 Finance meetings in Bengaluru on February 25, 2023.— AFP

India’s PM calls for World Bank reform at G20 finance meet

BENGALURU: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi added his voice Friday to calls for reform of global lenders such as the World Bank, as G20 finance ministers and central bank heads met. The talks in Bengaluru focused on the continuing damaging effects of the COVID pandemic and the Ukraine war, as well as debt relief for poorer nations reeling from high food and fuel prices. “Trust in international financial institutions has eroded. This is...

RIYADH: British reality TV star Tommy Fury fights against US YouTuber Jake Paul during a boxing match held at Diriyah in Riyadh on February 27, 2023. — AFP

Fury topples YouTuber Paul in Saudi boxing showdown

AD DIRIYAH: British reality TV star Tommy Fury beat American YouTuber Jake Paul on points Sunday in a boxing spectacle intended to boost Saudi Arabia’s reputation as a top-flight fight destination. Despite suffering a knockdown in the eighth and final round of the cruiserweight contest, Fury won a split decision to the delight of Saudi fans, who shouted “Let’s go Tommy” in the closing stages.Addressing the crowd through tears afterwards,...

Some of the cast of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” pose with the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. — AFP photos

‘Everything Everywhere’ wins (nearly) all at SAG Awards

Absurdist sci-fi comedy “Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its dominance of this year’s Hollywood award shows by earning top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. The film about a Chinese-American family undergoing a tax audit who end up fighting a universe-hopping supervillain also won best actress for Michelle Yeoh, best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan, and best supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis.The movie’s...

Men watch a cockfight at a popular cafe in Iraq’s southern city of Basra. — AFP photos

Cockfighting popular in Iraq despite cruelty

Two vicious roosters circle a filthy carpet in southern Iraq, facing off for a cockfight that has drawn dozens to a dimly lit cafe in the port city of Basra. “This practice has been around since I was born in 1949,” said referee Riad Ali, whose father introduced him to cockfighting when he was around 10.The popular blood sport “dates back to the 1920s or earlier” in Basra and is thought to have arrived with boats at the port, he added....

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