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KANSAS CITY: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs points to the defense before the snap during the first quarter of the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri. - AFPn

Chiefs defense stops Cowboys, Ravens edge Bears

KANSAS CITY: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs points to the defense before the snap during the first quarter of the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Patrick Mahomes completed 23-of-37 passes for 260 yards and Clyde Edwards ran for 63 yards and a touchdown as the Kansas City Chiefs smothered the Dallas Cowboys 19-9 with the help of a stifling defense on Sunday....

Joshua Kimmich

Quarantined quintet give Bayern a Champions League headache

Joshua KimmichBERLIN: Bayern Munich must do without five quarantined stars, including Joshua Kimmich, in the Champions League as the absent midfield dynamo fuels debate in Germany after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID. The Bavarian giants are already guaranteed a last 16 place as Group E winners ahead of tonight's match at bottom side Dynamo Kiev. However, Kimmich, who declined to be vaccinated due to "personal concerns", was quarantined...

LONDON: A London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train is pictured at King¡¯s Cross rail station in London. - AFPnn

UK rail sector on track to diesel-free trains

LONDON: A London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train is pictured at King's Cross rail station in London. - AFPLONDON: As host of the recent COP26 climate summit, Britain's drive to help slash global carbon emissions will involve keeping to its own target of phasing out diesel trains over the next two decades, industry bodies and observers say. According to the latest government data, about 29 percent of the UK train fleet still runs on diesel and...

Telecom Italia shares soar after US buyout bid

ROZZANO, Italy: This file photo shows the logo of Italian telecommunications company Telecom Italia (TIM) at the company's headquarters in Rozzano, south of Milan. – AFPMILAN: Shares of Telecom Italia (TIM) soared yesterday after receiving a "friendly" buyout offer from US private equity fund KKR valuing the operator at around 10.8 billion euros. Shares in Italy's largest telecom rose as high as 0.45 euros on the Milan bourse, up almost 29...

Kuljit Ghata-Auran

Boeing opens office in Kuwait, strengthens its local presence

Kuljit Ghata-AuraKUWAIT: Boeing has announced the opening of a new office in Kuwait, through the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) under the country's Direct Investment Law. The office will be led by managing director Ret Brigadier General Musaed Al-Hawli. The Kuwait Boeing office is located in the heart of the city and is set to open its doors in 2021. The office was inaugurated by Kuljit Ghata-Aura, Boeing president in the...

SAO PAULO, Brazil: In this file photo, a woman walks past Brazilian fintech startup Nubank headquarters, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. - AFPn

Brazil's Nubank shakes up market with IPO, funky beats

SAO PAULO, Brazil: In this file photo, a woman walks past Brazilian fintech startup Nubank headquarters, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. - AFPSAO PAULO: With 48 million clients, pop star Anitta on its board and a viral ad set to the beats of Brazilian funk, Nubank, a new digital-only bank, is shaking up the market in Brazil-and now eying a $50 billion entry on Wall Street. Launched in 2013 by an international trio of fintech entrepreneurs, the Sao Paulo...

DECINES-CHARPIEU: Marseille's French midfielder Dimitri Payet receives a bottle of water from the grandstand during the French L1 football match against Lyon at the Groupama stadium in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, south-eastern France, on Sunday. - AFPnn

Lyon-Marseille match abandoned after Payet struck by bottle

DECINES-CHARPIEU: Marseille's French midfielder Dimitri Payet receives a bottle of water from the grandstand during the French L1 football match against Lyon at the Groupama stadium in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, south-eastern France, on Sunday. - AFPPARIS: Sunday's Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Marseille was abandoned nearly two hours after it was interrupted when Dimitri Payet was hit by a water bottle thrown from the crowd for the second...

A robot waiter carries empty trays after delivering an order to patrons at the “White Fox” restaurant in the eastern part (left bank of the Tigris river) of Iraq’s northern city of Mosul.—AFP photosn

Robot waiters take Iraq's Mosulites back to the future

A robot waiter carries empty trays after delivering an order to patrons at the “White Fox” restaurant in the eastern part (left bank of the Tigris river) of Iraq’s northern city of Mosul.—AFP photosFrom the rubble of Iraq's war-ravaged city of Mosul arises the sight of androids gliding back and forth in a restaurant to serve their amused clientele. "Welcome", "We wish you a good time in our restaurant", "We would be happy to have your...

Craftsman Youssef Abu Sariya, who works for shoemaker Zuhair Shiha at the Marina workshop, assembles a shoe at the shop in Jordan's capital Amman.—AFP photosn

Imports imperil Jordanian makers of handcrafted shoes

Craftsman Youssef Abu Sariya, who works for shoemaker Zuhair Shiha at the Marina workshop, assembles a shoe at the shop in Jordan's capital Amman.—AFP photosHe was once dubbed the "King of Shoes", but after decades of fashioning footwear for kings, queens and presidents, 90-year-old Jamil Kopti fears cheap imports are killing off his craft. "We started losing customers one after another, and we kept losing stores until we closed down three...

(From left to right) Jin, Suga, V, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, and J-Hope of BTS, winners of the Favorite Pop Song, Favorite Pop Duo or Group, and Artist of the Year awards, pose in the press room during the 2021 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.—AFP photosnn

K-pop kings BTS win Artist of the Year AMA in Asian first

(From left to right) Jin, Suga, V, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, and J-Hope of BTS, winners of the Favorite Pop Song, Favorite Pop Duo or Group, and Artist of the Year awards, pose in the press room during the 2021 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.—AFP photosK-pop sensation BTS on Sunday became the first Asian group to win Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. The septet also scooped awards for Favorite...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - KUNA photosn

Crown Prince holds traditional consultations to form Cabinet

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, former Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah...

KUWAIT: Mourners carry the coffins of 19 Kuwaiti prisoners of war (POWs) whose remains were recently found in a mass grave in Iraq. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Kuwait holds broad funeral for martyrs

KUWAIT: Mourners carry the coffins of 19 Kuwaiti prisoners of war (POWs) whose remains were recently found in a mass grave in Iraq. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday held a broad funeral with military protocols for 19 of the faithful martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the flagrant 1990-1991 aggression and occupation of the country. The somber procession and gathering of mourners were led at Al-Sulaibikhat cemetery by...

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

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ARLINGTON, US: An American Airlines jet takes off from Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington.. – AFP

Slowing global jet fuel demand adds to oil market concerns

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SUMY, Ukraine: Relatives, friends and fellow soldiers mourn over a coffin during the funeral of six Ukrainian servicemen, who were killed since Ukraine launched its offensive at the Russian border region of Kursk, in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle