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Italian fashion designer Kean Etro (Front right) acknowledges applause with his models at the end of the presentation of Etro’s Men’s Fall/Winter 2022/2023 fashion collection yesterday. —AFP photos

Men’s fashion week in Milan eyes dressing for post-COVID excursions

Fitted frock coats, bow ties and exuberant colors graced the runaway as Dolce & Gabbana and Fendi both imagined more glamorous, post-pandemic wardrobes for their fall/winter collections at the Milan men’s fashion week. Designer Silvia Venturini Fendi took inspiration from the 1920s dandy at her fashion house’s show on Saturday, punctuating refinement with touches of eccentricity. Blazers were transformed into capes, knitwear featured...

YAOUNDE: Gabon’s midfielder Andre Biyogo Poko (left) fights for the ball with Ghana’s midfielder Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (center) during the Group C Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 football match between Gabon and Ghana on January 14, 2022. — AFP

Ghana rage after controversial goal earns Gabon AFCON draw

YAOUNDE: Ghana captain Andre Ayew dismissed Gabon as a “small team” after Jim Allevinah’s late goal saw Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations clash between the teams in Yaounde finish in a 1-1 draw. Ayew’s fine early strike had the four-time champions on course to claim their first win in Group C only for Allevinah to blast in a superb 88th-minute equaliser that puts Gabon on the brink of the last 16 but leaves Ghana’s hopes on a...

SYDNEY: Aslan Karatsev of Russia (left) celebrates with the trophy after winning against Andy Murray of Britain (right) in the men’s singles final match at the Sydney Classic tennis tournament yesterday. —AFP

Red-hot Karatsev overpowers Murray to win Sydney title

SYDNEY: World number 20 Aslan Karatsev produced a masterclass yesterday to power past Andy Murray in the Sydney Classic final, signaling his intent of making another deep run at the Australian Open. The No1 seed won 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 31 minutes, hitting 29 winners in a near-flawless performance that left the three-time Grand Slam champion out of answers.“Thanks to my team we are doing an amazing job,” Karatsev said during the awards...

MELBOURNE: Two Australian Border Force vehicles leave a car park reportedly taking Serbia’s Novak Djokovic back to a Melbourne Detention Centre hotel ahead of his deportation before the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. —AFP

Australian Open players tired of Djokovic’s saga

MELBOURNE: Players at the Australian Open were yesterday growing tired of the Novak Djokovic visa saga overshadowing the opening Grand Slam of the year with Rafael Nadal declaring no one was bigger than the tournament. World number one Djokovic has again been detained in Australia after authorities ripped up his visa for a second time and declared he was a threat to the public. He is facing deportation with his chances of defending his men’s...

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso (center) is pictured during the signing of the decree for the expansion of the Galapagos marine reserve, onboard the Sierra Negra research/survey vessel on Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos, an archipelago located 1,000 km off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. — AFP

Ecuador expands sea life protections around Galapagos

Ecuador created a massive new marine reserve Friday north of its Galapagos islands, forming a Pacific corridor up to Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park to preserve species of migratory fauna, such as sharks. President Guillermo Lasso, on board a scientific vessel from the Galapagos National Park (PNG) anchored in the bay of Puerto Ayora off Santa Cruz Island, signed the decree creating the new reserve called “Hermandad” (Brotherhood)....

This photograph taken on January 7, 2022 shows abandoned houses in Doel near Antwerp. - The village of Doel is facing its final battle for survival against plans to expand the adjacent port of Antwerp that will erase it from the map to make way for a new dock in Doel near the port city of Antwerp. —AFP

Belgium ‘ghost town’ fights to return to life

Doel has a reputation as Belgium’s best-known ghost town. But its few inhabitants-today numbering just 21 - now see a glimmer of hope of their village bouncing back to life. If it does, it would be a remarkable change of fortune for a place that has been steadily emptying out since the late 1970s when its population was 60 times bigger, leaving behind silent streets of crumbling, sealed-up homes covered in graffiti.Squeezed between Antwerp’s...

A rare snowy owl sits on an eagle-topped flag pole near a US flag outside Union Station in Washington DC.—AFP

Birdwatchers flock for glimpse of rare snowy owl in US capital

The white dome of the US Capitol shines through the night, illuminating a small group huddled down the hill, bundled tightly against the winter cold and carrying long-lens cameras and binoculars. The motley crew are not there to photograph Washington’s famous monuments - they have their sights set on a rare creature that flew in from the Arctic: a snowy owl. “There he is!” shouts one of the birdwatchers. The crowd shifts positions to get a...

Hindu Devotees take a holy dip on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti during the annual Hindu ‘Magh Mela’ festival at the Sangam.

Drones spray holy water at Hindu festival; crowds defy COVID rules

Drones sprayed holy water from the Ganges on thousands of Hindu pilgrims on Friday to reduce crowding during a massive festival being held despite soaring COVID cases in India. The Gangasagar Mela in the east of the country has drawn comparisons with another “superspreader” Hindu gathering last year that the Hindu nationalist government refused to ban. It was blamed in part for a devastating COVID surge.Officials had said they expected around...

US rock singer Lou Reed

Classic rock albums turning 50

There must have been something in the water in 1972 - there almost certainly was for these guys. It was a year that spawned several instant Americana classics - and one that was seemingly beamed down from outer space - that came to define rock music and set the template for the sexy, seedy decade to come. ‘Exile On Main St’ by The Rolling StonesFor guitarist Keith Richards, it was the definitive Stones record. Fleeing the British tax...

Ronnie Spector

‘Be My Baby’ singer Spector dies at 78

Ronnie Spector - the cat-eyed rock ‘n’ roll singer who fronted the 1960s group the Ronettes, whose era-defining hits included the classic “Be My Baby” - died Wednesday. She was 78 years old. “Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with cancer,” read a family statement. “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her...

Guests pose while they arriving to attend the presentation of Zegna’s Men’s Fall/Winter 2022/2023 fashion collection in Milan. — AFP photos

COVID-19 bites but fashion keeps men warm in Milan

Armani has cancelled but Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana and Prada have opted for live shows at Men’s Fashion Week in Milan, which kicks off Friday amid a fresh wave of coronavirus. Despite hopes of a return to normal after two years of the pandemic, the northern Italian city has been forced to adopt a “phygital” program this weekend, with some houses showing off their collections in person and others going digital. Giant Giorgio Armani’s...

RIYADH: Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema (center) reacts after scoring during the Spanish Super Cup semi-final football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the King Fahad International stadium in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday. —AFP

Real Madrid down Barcelona to reach Spanish Super Cup final

RIYADH: Real Madrid struck a fifth Clasico victory in a row on Wednesday to advance to the Spanish Super Cup final but Barcelona’s young guns showed why there is belief the club’s recovery has begun. At the end of a pulsating contest in Saudi Arabia, Madrid scraped through 3-2 after extra-time. As expected, Madrid triumphed to make it a quintet of consecutive Clasico victories, the first time either side has enjoyed such dominance since Pep...

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