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Barca beat Real Madrid 1-0 in first leg of Clasico Copa semi-final

Madrid: Barcelona won 1-0 at Real Madrid in a Clasico Copa del Rey semi-final first leg Thursday thanks to Eder Militao's first half own goal.The Brazilian deflected a rebounding ball into his own net to give the Catalans a narrow advantage ahead of the second leg at Camp Nou on April 5.

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Eurozone inflation higher than hoped as food costs soar

Brussels: Surging food costs dashed hopes of a steeper fall in the eurozone's annual inflation rate in February.Inflation was down to 8.5 percent last month from 8.6 percent in January, but the analyst consensus forecast compiled by financial data firm FactSet was 8.2 percent, while that of Bloomberg was 8.3 percent.The eurozone's core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose from 5.3 percent in January to a new record of...

Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) teams continue aid campaign in quake-stricken Syria

Kuwait's KRCS delivers aid to afflicted areas in Syria

ANKARA: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) on Thursday delivered relief aid and necessities to Palestinian refugees in Osmaniye Province affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey. Speaking to KUNA, KRCS's Deputy Chairman of the Board Anwar Al-Hasawi said that it was paramount to deliver relief aid to Palestinian refugees residing in Turkey.Palestinian refugees took advantage of clear areas between residential buildings to construct their...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 02, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for International Space Station

Cape Canaveral: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday to the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space.The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 12:34 am (0534 GMT) Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a livestream of the launch showed.The launch had been scrubbed on Monday just minutes before liftoff because of a...

NURDAGI, Turkey: Rescuers search for survivors among destroyed buildings in the hard-hit region of Gaziantep on Feb 11, 2023, five days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. – AFP

Quake killed more than 50,000 in Turkey, Syria: revised toll

Beirut: A devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by AFP that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria.A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6 earthquake.The new tally brings to 50,325 the total number of deaths caused by the disaster across both countries.The Syrian government...

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Shooting injures two people in front of elementary school in Germany

Berlin: German police announced Tuesday that two people were seriously injured in a shooting spree near an elementary school in Bramasche, in the state of Lower Saxony in the northwest of the country.The injured, aged 16 and 81, were taken to hospital and are in critical condition,the police said in a statement, underscoring that the school or its students were not endangered.The shooting took place this morning, according to the statement.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Ukraine will join NATO but in 'long- term': Stoltenberg

Helsinki: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance in the "long-term", but stressed that the immediate issue is it remaining an independent nation in the face of Russia's invasion."NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance, but at the same time that is a long-term perspective," Stoltenberg told reporters during a visit to Finland's capital Helsinki.

In this file photo taken on November 29, 2022 French chef Guy Savoy poses during a photo session in his restaurant in Paris. French chefs Guy Savoy and Christopher Coutanceau lost a Michelin star, the Michelin guide announced on February 27, 2023.

'Best chef in the world' Guy Savoy stripped of Michelin star

Paris: The Michelin Guide announced Monday the shock decision to knock a star off the Paris restaurant of Guy Savoy, frequently named the best chef in the world.The 69-year-old has held Michelin's top three-star status since 2002 for his Monnaie de Paris restaurant overlooking the Seine, which has a sister version in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.In November he was named best chef in the world for the sixth year running by La Liste, which aggregates...

TOPSHOT - This aerial view shows collapsed buildings during the ongoing rescue operation in Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the first 7.8-magnitude earthquake seven days ago, in southeastern Turkey, on February 13, 2023. - The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria climbed above 35,000 on February 13, 2023, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

World Bank estimates Turkey earthquake damages at $34 bn

Washington: The devastating February 6 earthquake and aftershocks that hit southern Turkey have caused damages worth more than $34 billion in the country, the World Bank said on Monday.The amount is equivalent to four percent of Turkey's GDP in 2021, the Washington-based institution said, adding that the estimate does not account for the costs of reconstruction that were "potentially twice as large," a statement said.

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Syria landmine blast kills nine civilians

Damascus: Nine Syrian civilians were killed Monday when a landmine planted by jihadists exploded, state media said, in the latest tragedy to have hit truffle-hunters in the war-torn country."Nine citizens were killed and two others injured... in the eastern countryside of Al-Salamiyah", in the central province of Hama, when a landmine left behind by Islamic State group militants blew up under their car, the official SANA news agency said.The...

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Iran says UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit in 'coming days'

Tehran: Iran said Monday the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, will visit Tehran "in the coming days", amid a row over uranium enrichment levels in the Islamic republic.The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said earlier this month it was in discussions with Tehran after Bloomberg News reported that the watchdog's inspectors in Iran had found uranium enriched to 84 percent purity.Iran denied the report,...

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One dead, four injured in Russian drone attack in west Ukraine

Kyiv: A Russian attack with Iran-made drones early Monday left one person dead and four more wounded in the western Ukraine city of Khmelnytskyi, the mayor said."For now, we know of one dead and four injured," Mayor Oleksandr Symchyshyn said.The victim was a firefighter who died on duty, Symchyshyn said.The Ukrainian armed forces meanwhile said it had shot down 11 out of 14 "Shaded" unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by Moscow's forces...

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