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Signs are placed on a fence at Lafayette Square near the White House, during ongoing protests against police brutality and racism, in Washington, DC. —AFP photos

‘History will remember your voice’: Meet women preserving Black Lives Matter art

When thousands of protesters descended on Washington in the summer of 2020, many brought with them hand-written posters reading “Black Lives Matter,” “Resist”-hallmark phrases of the historic outpouring of frustration over America’s slow-walking progress on racial equality. Nearly two years later, Nadine Seiler is still working to preserve these pieces of history. Donning a pink hat and a Wonder Woman necklace, the 56-year-old activist...

In this file photo, Russian conductor Valery Gergiev performs on stage with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the Summer Night Concert at Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna.— AFP

Music world shuns Russian maestro over Kremlin ties

One of Germany’s top orchestras fired Russian maestro and Kremlin loyalist, Valery Gergiev, as its chief conductor on Tuesday after he failed to denounce Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, capping a stunning fall from grace for the classical music superstar. “With immediate effect, there will be no further concerts by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under his direction,” Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said in a statement.The dismissal is the...

KHARKIV: People queue outside a bank office in Kharkiv yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine yesterday with explosions heard soon after across the country and its foreign minister warning a ‘full-scale invasion’ was underway. — AFP

Despite sanctions, UK accused of swimming in ‘dirty Russian money’

LONDON: As Prime Minister Boris Johnson moves to confront Moscow over its Ukraine invasion, he stands accused of leaving the financial back door wide open by ignoring a “sewer” of Russian money coursing through Britain.Johnson on Wednesday confirmed another delay to an “economic crime” bill, which he says will eventually dismantle the “Matryoshka doll” hiding the ownership of UK companies and properties by Russian oligarchs. “We do...

Enoch Godongwana

Risk ‘high’ for South Africa’s economic recovery: Finance minister

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s economic recovery-encumbered by the pandemic, riots, graft and high unemployment-will be difficult, the finance minister of the continent’s most industrialised economy warned on Wednesday. Economic growth is projected to be 2.1 percent this year, dropping to an average of 1.8 percent over the next three years, Enoch Godongwana said as he tabled the government’s annual budget statement.“Our economic recovery has...

Irish actress Catherine Clinch poses on the red carpet upon her arrival for the opening ceremony of the Dublin International Film Festival, in Dublin. — AFP photos

Dublin film festival returns after bumper year for Irish film

The Dublin International Film Festival, forced online last year, opened Wednesday with stars of the feted Irish-language “An Cailin Ciuin” (“The Quiet Girl”) taking to the red carpet in the centre of the Irish capital. Twelve-year-old Catherine Clinch, who plays the film’s eponymous quiet girl and grew up only a few kilometers (miles) away in a south Dublin suburb beamed as she spoke with fans and posed for photographs. She told AFP...

Two participants play a popular game, with fish visible in a tank in the background, at Africa Games Week. — AFP photos

Video game developers cash in on Africa’s booming mobile market

Two manga-like avatars lock swords against a comic strip backdrop, as Alexander Poone explains the different worlds of “The Traveller”-a video game based on a graphic novel. The 27-year-old from Johannesburg is showcasing his creation at the annual Africa Games Week taking place in Cape Town. Organizers of the continent’s largest gathering of game developers aim to help the gaming industry meet demand for African-made content and boost the...

This picture shows a robot built by the start-up Workshop 4.0 cooking a Swiss fondue in Sierre.

Swiss fondue robot out to cause a stir in Paris

Switzerland’s national dish is fondue, a simmering pot of heartwarming melted cheese-that can now be prepared, stirred up and served by a robot, thanks to some hi-tech wizardry. A Swiss team has been beavering away on Bouebot, the robotic creation putting a futuristic twist on an Alpine tradition. Outside in the Rhone glacial valley bisecting Switzerland’s southern Wallis region, crisp mountain air blows down from the glistening snowy peaks....

Men pose with their dogs in Ocean View, Cape Town. — AFP photos

Behind Cape Town’s heavenly beaches, the hell of dog fighting

Ocean View is a contender for one of the world’s most ironic place names. Stuck between mountains and exquisite white-sand beaches, this distant suburb of Cape Town has, in fact, no sea vista. It was created in 1968 by South Africa’s apartheid regime as a “township” for so-called colored people, who themselves had been forced out of areas that looked out on the Atlantic.Houses made of stone and brick lie among vacant, grassless lots,...

Two English bulldogs are pictured in Oslo, Norway.

Breeding ban for bulldogs and cavaliers in Norway

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are known for their tiny heads, English bulldogs for their smushed wrinkled muzzles-traits their owners love. But in an unprecedented move, Norway has banned the breeding of these dogs because being cute is causing them suffering. In a recent ruling, the Oslo district court banned the breeding of the two purebreds on the grounds that it inflicts harm on them, in violation of Norwegian animal protection laws.Hailed...

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Lebanese theater scene suffering due to economic crisis

As the dire economic situation continues to drag on in Lebanon, the theater scene-as in the case of various other sectors-has been down on its luck with producers, actors, and staff suffering from lack of financing, earnings, as well as the ever-looming threat of the coronavirus. “We continue to strive to provide the best theatrical, musical, and artistic performances despite the gloomy situation engulfing Lebanon,” founder and director of...

A Rapa Nui native performs at the Natural History Museum in Santiago. — AFP photos

Chile museum to return Easter Island ‘head’

Chile’s National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago. The monolith is one of hundreds, called Moai, carved by the Rapa Nui in honor of their ancestors and sometimes referred to as the Easter Island heads. The statues are today the island’s greatest tourist attraction, sculpted from basalt more than 1,000 years...

Disk jockey (DJ) Kei Notoya, looks through various Japanese records from the 1970s and 1980s in Tokyo.

City Pop: The soundtrack to Japan’s boom years goes viral

Tel Liyanto wasn’t alive during Japan’s 1980s boom, but she loves the “timeless” City Pop hits of the era, now going viral thanks to a new generation of young, international fans. The glamorous soundtrack that accompanied the country’s economic miracle is exploding in popularity decades after its upbeat synths, influenced by soft rock, boogie and soul, first hit the airwaves. The retro genre is so hot that Canadian star The Weeknd...

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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s new Amir HH Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah salutes as he swears in before lawmakers as the country’s 17th Amir, at the Kuwaiti parliament, on December 20, 2023 in Kuwait City. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Amir’s first year leading Kuwait drives development and unity

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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk past old Lada cars parked and ready to carry goods in the vicinity of a busy market in Addis Ababa. – AFP photos

The last of Ethiopia’s Soviet-era Lada cars

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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers convene for their weekly meeting on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. — KUNA

Cabinet approves MoU with China to accelerate Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port

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Floating diwaniya on a yacht trip.

Kuwait’s hidden appeal

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KUWAIT: Lulu Kuwait Director Muhammed Haris meets with the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, and Belinda Lewis, the British Ambassador to Kuwait at the reception.

Lulu Kuwait director attends Duke of Edinburgh reception