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Hamilton faces age gap challenge in new Russell era
Lewis HamiltonMONZA, Italy: Like any ageing champion, Lewis Hamilton faces a most demanding and potentially unsettling season when fellow-Briton George Russell replaces Valtteri Bottas as his Mercedes team-mate next year. As if battling a 13-year age gap against Red Bull's Max Verstappen was not enough, the 36-year-old seven-time champion will have to contend with an even younger racing partner in a 'new age' formula following a radical...
KABUL: Taleban fighters shop at Bush market in Kabul yesterday. - AFPn
Afghans fear for jobs and money
KABUL: Taleban fighters shop at Bush market in Kabul yesterday. - AFPKABUL: As a nurse at one of Kabul's main hospitals, Latifa Alizada was the breadwinner for her family, providing for her three young boys and unemployed husband. Now-since the Taleban rolled into Afghanistan's capital-she too is jobless, and worried about the future. The 27-year-old left her role at Jamhuriat Hospital because the hardline Islamist group said salaries would not...
YAAN, China: A customer buys vegetables at a market in Yaan in China's southwestern Sichuan province yesterday. - AFP n
Asian markets hit by recovery worries as tech hammers HK
YAAN, China: A customer buys vegetables at a market in Yaan in China's southwestern Sichuan province yesterday. - AFPHONG KONG: Asian equities retreated yesterday on growing concerns about the impact of the Delta coronavirus variant, while tech giants drove a sharp sell-off in Hong Kong (HK) after China further tightened its grip on the gaming sector. After enjoying a broadly healthy run-up at the start of September, markets were again on the...
SCHONEFELD: In this file photo, EasyJet airplanes are parked on the tarmac during the official opening of Berlin's airport 'Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt', in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin. - AFP n
EasyJet rejects takeover bid, plots $2.0 bn lifeline
SCHONEFELD: In this file photo, EasyJet airplanes are parked on the tarmac during the official opening of Berlin's airport 'Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt', in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin. - AFPLONDON: British airline EasyJet yesterday announced it had rejected a takeover approach, reportedly from rival Wizz Air, and revealed a $2.0-billion lifeline as the battered aviation sector looks to recover. No-frills carrier EasyJet said in...
Creations by French fashion designer Christian Dior are on display at the Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.—AFP photosn
New York exhibition celebrates Dior's American influence
Creations by French fashion designer Christian Dior are on display at the Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.—AFP photosChristian Dior's hit exhibition tracing the history of the legendary French fashion house opens in New York this week with an American twist after record-breaking attendances in Paris and London. "Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams" premieres at the Brooklyn Museum on Friday and...
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'More joy': Milan designers visualize the post-pandemic home
A visitor looks at the Seletti stand, at the "Super Salone" one of the special event of the 2021 Salone del Mobile Milano, an International Furnishing and Design Fair, taking place at the Fiera Milano venue, in Rho on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, during the Milan Design Week 2021.—AFP photosA pool table that changes into a dining table, a bookshelf that transforms into a filing cabinet and noise-cancelling panels to facilitate...
60-year-old fishing guide John Ngaii Moses pulls a rainbow trout out of the water while fly-fishing in the Githugi river in Mathioya Constituency, Muranga County, Kenya.—AFP photosn
'It is God's country': Kenya's fly fishing fans chase bigger catch
60-year-old fishing guide John Ngaii Moses pulls a rainbow trout out of the water while fly-fishing in the Githugi river in Mathioya Constituency, Muranga County, Kenya.—AFP photosWith the nimbleness of a younger man, John Ngaii Moses skillfully knotted a tiny fishing fly onto his line, and hopping over mossy rocks, cast off into the surging river flowing through Kenyan tea country. "I can tie a fly at night, without a light," the 60-year-old...
This picture shows a doctor marking scientific researcher Xia Shurong’s face before getting plastic surgery at a clinic in Beijing.—AFP photosn
Men in China go under the knife to boost life chances
This picture shows a doctor marking scientific researcher Xia Shurong’s face before getting plastic surgery at a clinic in Beijing.—AFP photosWorried his appearance would detract from opportunities in China's competitive society, Xia Shurong decided to go under the surgeon's knife to reshape his nose-one of millions of young men in the country turning to cosmetic surgery. The 27-year-old researcher wanted medical procedures to transform his...
US actress Jamie Lee Curtis acknowledges receiving a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement during the 78th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido.—AFP n
Halloween's Jamie Lee Curtis: 'I hate horror movies'
US actress Jamie Lee Curtis acknowledges receiving a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement during the 78th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido.—AFPShe has been starring in the "Halloween" movies for 43 years, but Jamie Lee Curtis said Wednesday that the secret to her success is that she despises horror films. "I scare easily," Curtis said at the Venice Film Festival, where the latest installment, "Halloween Kills", premiered. "I am an untrained...
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Horror offers 'escape' from pandemic year at Universal theme park
Executive producer and director John Murdy gives a tour of "The Bride of Frankenstein" maze he is setting up for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California.—AFP photosUniversal Studios Hollywood is notorious for its spooky annual Halloween transformation, when a series of ghoulish interactive "mazes" inspired by classic horror films pop up around the California theme park. While last year's "Halloween...
(From left) Ukrainian actor Andriy Rymaruk, Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych adn Ukrainian actor Roman Lutskyi arrive for the screening of the film “Vidblysk” (Reflection) presented in competition during the 78th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido.—AFP n
Venice films expose horrific Ukraine war, man's brutality
(From left) Ukrainian actor Andriy Rymaruk, Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych adn Ukrainian actor Roman Lutskyi arrive for the screening of the film “Vidblysk” (Reflection) presented in competition during the 78th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido.—AFPThe ongoing conflict in Ukraine's east is the subject of two films at the Venice Film Festival this year, underscoring the horror and futility of the simmering-and largely...
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Five MPs call to liquidate Touristic Enterprises Co
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Five lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law calling on the government to liquidate the troubled state-owned Touristic Enterprises Co (TEC) and replace it with various entertainment projects. MPs Hasan Jowhar, Muhalhal Al-Mudhaf, Abdullah Al-Mudhaf, Hamad Rouh El-Din and Muhannad Al-Sayer said in the bill that TEC has reached a stage where it cannot perform the tasks it had been established for several decades ago.They said...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
S Korea sniffer dog searches for Paris bedbugs