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Lil Wayne to perform first UK show in 14 years
Lil Wayne is set to perform in the UK for the first time in 14 years.The controversial rapper was due to perform in the country in 2011, but visa issues prevented the star from entering the UK. In December 2020, Wayne plead guilty to possessing a firearm - a .45 calibre gun and six rounds of ammunition - after authorities searched his private plane in December 2019. However, then-US President Donald Trump pardoned the ‘Lonely’ rapper on his...
A person shows a black fabric made from banana leaves at the ìPremiere Vision Paris’.
Bananas to fish scales: Fashion’s hunt for eco-materials
Sneakers made from banana or pineapple leaves, dresses from nettles or fish scales-the search for sustainable materials has taken the fashion industry to some wild places. Experts warn these new textiles are not a quick fix for fashion’s enormous problems with over-consumption and waste, but may be a necessary step in developing cleaner technologies. “You could possibly eat the final product,” said Hannes Schoenegger, co-founder of...
In this file photo Model Stephany Martins holds up the “The De Beers Cullinan Blue” blue diamond during a press preview at Sotheby’s in New York. — AFP
Sotheby’s tips largest blue diamond at auction to fetch $48m
Sotheby’s announced Wednesday that it would offer the largest-ever blue diamond to go up for auction at a sale in Hong Kong in April. The auction house said it expected the 15.10-carat De Beers Cullinan Blue diamond to sell for more than $48 million. The diamond is the “largest internally flawless step cut vivid blue diamond” ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Sotheby’s said in a statement. The sale will mark the...
A photograph shows an installation made of 6,600 plastic bottle caps collected from the beaches of Cornwall and displayed during the exhibition “Waste Age: What can design do?” at Design Museum, in London. — AFP photos
Treasured trash: UK waste gets new lease of life
From facial scrubs using coffee grounds to clothes made from plastic bottles and furniture decorated with agave fibers, efforts to upcycle or repurpose waste products are gaining traction in Britain. Every day a bike courier for the skincare brand Upcircle visits 25 cafes in London and collects some 100 kg (220 pounds) of coffee grounds that would otherwise be thrown away.Set up six years ago by Anna Brightman and her brother Will Brightman,...
TOULOUSE, France: This file photo taken on June 30, 2020 shows the Airbus logo on a building at the company headquarters in Blagnac, southern France.— AFP
Airbus reports record profit, eyes more deliveries in 2022
PARIS: European aircraft giant Airbus posted record profits in 2021 after two years of losses as it cruises past the pandemic-induced crisis in the travel industry, company results showed yesterday. Net profit surged to 4.2 billion euros ($4.8 billion) with deliveries of aircraft rising eight percent to 611 planes, Airbus said in an earnings statement. Signaling its optimistic outlook for the future, the company is targeting 720 commercial...
Spanish director and screenwriter Carla Simon (second right), producer Maria Zamora (center) and team members pose with the Golden Bear for Best Film for “Alcarras” during the awards ceremony of the 72nd Berlinale Film Festival. — AFP photos
Spanish agricultural drama ‘Alcarras’ wins Berlin film fest
Spanish director and screenwriter Carla Simon poses during a photo call after being awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film award for the film “Alcarras” after the awards ceremony of the 72nd Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin.The 72nd Berlin film festival awarded its Golden Bear top prize on Wednesday to Spanish director Carla Simon’s semi-autobiographical drama “Alcarras”, about a family of peach farmers fighting for their future. This...
LOS ANGELES: In this file photo taken on January 28, 2022, sales signs are seen in the windows as people shop for bargains at a retail outlet in Los Angeles. US retailers more than regained ground lost in an unexpected December slump, with a surprise boom in January sales, according to government data released yesterday. —AFP
US retailers begin 2022 with a big jump in sales
WASHINGTON: US retailers more than regained ground lost in an unexpected December slump, with a surprise boom in January sales, according to government data released yesterday. Retail sales rose 3.8 percent last month, the Commerce Department said, double what was expected and a dramatic reversal of the 2.5 percent decline in December, which was worse than originally reported.“The strength of this rebound adds credence to the idea that December...
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Google to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devices
WASHINGTON: Google announced plans yesterday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved to address on its iPhones. Tech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain, regulators threaten tougher rules, but the companies themselves try to maintain access to the data key to their many billions in ad revenue. Apple and Google’s...
In this picture Kangsing, a group that performs ice and snow workshops, visits the “mini-colosseum” cafeteria in Chilling village in India’s northern region of Ladakh.
Chainsaws, ice and a sauna in India’s frozen north
High in the barren Indian Himalayas, artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river creating what they hope will be the beginnings of India’s answer to China’s Harbin International Ice Festival. So far the Kangsing collective have created what they call a “mini-colosseum”, a cafeteria and a sauna near the appropriately named village of Chilling in the northern region of Ladakh. The installation at 11,000 feet (3,350 metres)...
LOS ANGELES: A file photo taken on October 28, 2021 and taken in Los Angeles shows a person using Facebook on a smartphone in front of a computer screen showing the META logo.—AFP
Facebook co-workers now ‘Metamates’ as image evolves
LOS ANGELES: Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg laid out revamped company values Tuesday, urging workers to be “Metamates” who treat one another with respect and look to the future. Zuckerberg shared his note to employees on his Facebook page, the revamped credo coming on the heels of the internet giant being renamed Meta in October.“As we build the next chapter of our company as Meta, we just updated the values that guide our work,” Zuckerberg...
KUWAIT: British Consumer Prices Index (CPI) edged up to 5.5 percent in January from 5.4 percent in December, also a level not seen in almost three decades.
British annual inflation hits fresh 30-year high
LONDON: UK annual inflation has hit the highest level since 1992, data showed yesterday, adding pressure to the cost of living and on the Bank of England to keep raising rates. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) edged up to 5.5 percent in January from 5.4 percent in December, also a level not seen in almost three decades, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.The rate is now at the highest level since March 1992, the ONS added....
In this file photo actor Alec Baldwin attends the ‘Exploring the Arts’ 20th anniversary Gala at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. — AFP
Family of woman killed on ‘Rust’ set sues Alec Baldwin
The family of a woman shot by Alec Baldwin on the set of the movie “Rust” sued the US actor on Tuesday, claiming “substantial” damages for her wrongful death. Baldwin was holding a Colt gun during a rehearsal for the low-budget Western in New Mexico in October when it discharged a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. At a press conference Tuesday, lawyer Brian Panish alleged the “reckless conduct and cost-cutting...
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DHAKA: An unidentified man bleeds after being shot during a clash between police and anti-quota protesters on July 19, 2024. - AFP
Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
Kuwait expresses concern as Zionists attack Yemen