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TOKYO: Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs celebrates with the flag of Italy after winning the men's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Jacobs wins first post-Bolt Olympic 100m gold; Dressel joins elite club

TOKYO: Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs celebrates with the flag of Italy after winning the men's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in the men's 100 meters yesterday, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt's 13-year hold on the blue-riband event. Meanwhile, Caeleb Dressel powered to...

TOKYO: (From left) USA's Ryan Murphy, Zach Apple, Michael Andrew and Caeleb Dressel celebrate winning to take gold in the final of the men's 4x100m medley relay swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Dressel wins fifth gold as McKeon makes Olympic history

TOKYO: (From left) USA's Ryan Murphy, Zach Apple, Michael Andrew and Caeleb Dressel celebrate winning to take gold in the final of the men's 4x100m medley relay swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Caeleb Dressel banked two more titles to end his Tokyo campaign with five golds yesterday, as Australia's Emma McKeon became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a...

TOKYO: Britain's Charlotte Worthington competes in the cycling BMX freestyle women's park final at the Ariake Urban Sports Park during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Britain's Worthington wins inaugural Olympics BMX freestyle gold

TOKYO: Britain's Charlotte Worthington competes in the cycling BMX freestyle women's park final at the Ariake Urban Sports Park during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Britain's Charlotte Worthington won the inaugural BMX freestyle Olympic title yesterday by landing the first-ever 360 backflip in women's competition. Worthington scored a huge 97.50 points to take the lead and could not be caught, with favorite Hannah...

TOKYO: India's P V Sindhu poses with her women's singles badminton bronze medal at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPnn

India's Sindhu hopes bronze can inspire new badminton generation

TOKYO: India's P V Sindhu poses with her women's singles badminton bronze medal at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Indian badminton star P V Sindhu hopes she can inspire a new generation after adding Tokyo Olympic bronze to her 2016 silver medal yesterday. The world champion beat China's He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15 to add another prize to her collection, five years...

TOKYO: Britain's Max Whitlock competes in the artistic gymnastics men's pommel horse final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Whitlock reigns supreme on horse on night of gymnastic firsts

TOKYO: Britain's Max Whitlock competes in the artistic gymnastics men's pommel horse final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Max Whitlock defended his pommel horse title and Rebeca Andrade succeeded Simone Biles as vault champion on a night of gymnastic firsts at the Olympics yesterday. Ukraine-born Artem Dolgopyat assured his place in his adopted country's history by winning the...

TOKYO: Gold medalist Germany's Alexander Zverev poses with his medal during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic men's singles tennis medal ceremony at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

'Nothing compares': verev routs Khachanov to win Olympic gold

TOKYO: Gold medalist Germany's Alexander Zverev poses with his medal during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic men's singles tennis medal ceremony at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Alexander Zverev said that "nothing is bigger" than winning an Olympic gold medal after brushing aside Karen Khachanov to take the men's singles title in Tokyo yesterday. The fourth seed, who ended Novak Djokovic's Golden Grand Slam bid in the semi-finals,...

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Zain Ventures invests in Pipe.com and swvl.com to push growth across Mideast

KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa announces the creation of Zain Ventures and the closing of investments and signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with both Pipe and Swvl to support their growth across Zain's regional footprint and beyond.Zain Ventures was recently established to complement the existing investment portfolio of Zain Group and open the door to future investment...

Making semiconductors is a delicate process that involves pressing layers of chemicals into silicon. --AFPn

Semiconductor shortage crimps global supplies

Making semiconductors is a delicate process that involves pressing layers of chemicals into silicon. - AFPWASHINGTON: A shortage of semiconductors has sent shockwaves through the global economy, squeezing supplies of everything from cars to headphones. The dearth of chips has exposed the modern world's reliance on these miniscule components, the basic building blocks of computers which allow electronic devices to process data. Why is the...

PARIS: Illustration of the Louis Vuitton and Dior shops on the Champs Elysees. - AFPn

Luxury looks homeward as COVID curtails travel

PARIS: The luxury sector has flashed back from the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis is still putting a crimp in travel, a key part of the market. Industry giants have reported results that show the world's well-heeled are splurging on luxury goods as sales surpass even pre-pandemic levels.LVMH-home to Louis Vuitton, Moet, Fendi, and Kenzo brands among others-saw first-half sales climb by 11 percent above their pre-pandemic level to 28.7 billion...

A depiction of the sun is seen as people visit the recently-opened Shanghai Planetarium in Shanghai. - AFP photosnnn

China's space propaganda blitz endures at slick new planetarium

A depiction of the sun is seen as people visit the recently-opened Shanghai Planetarium in Shanghai. - AFP photosChina has opened the doors on what it bills as the world's largest planetarium, a slick new Shanghai facility showcasing the nation's recent extra-terrestrial exploits while notably downplaying those of space pioneers like the United States. Beijing has spent much of this year bombarding the public with news of the country's rising...

Molin-Pradel family Ice-cream parlor is pictured at Schwedenplatz square in Vienna, Austria. — AFP photosn

How Italians sold ice cream to the masses in Vienna

Molin-Pradel family Ice-cream parlor is pictured at Schwedenplatz square in Vienna, Austria. — AFP photosResidents of the Austrian capital have queued for more than 130 years to sample the Italian ice cream of the Molin-Pradel family, one of Vienna's oldest gelato dynasties. "He helped democratize ice cream, which before was reserved for the wealthy," Silvio Molin-Pradel says of his great-great-grandfather Arcangelo, who began selling it out...

Volunteers work at the Animal Care Center of New York. — AFPn

Post-pandemic separation from owners is a dog's life

Volunteers work at the Animal Care Center of New York. — AFPAdopted en masse during the pandemic and spoiled for attention during remote working, many dogs (and their owners) have to adjust to a new lifestyle-and it's not always easy. Mona, a one-year-old mutt, will soon have to spend one or two days a week home alone, waiting for her owners Hannah and Richard to come back. Adopted last March, the pooch has never had to endure so much...

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