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TOKYO: US' Simone Biles (right) attends the artistic gymnastics men's all-around final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn
Biles pulls out of Olympic all-around title defense as support pours in
TOKYO: US' Simone Biles (right) attends the artistic gymnastics men's all-around final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Simone Biles abandoned the defence of her individual all-around Olympic crown yesterday, a day after her shock withdrawal from the women's team final over mental health concerns. As a worldwide outpouring of support for the troubled US gymnastics superstar grew,...
Tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are betting on metaverse as the next great leap in the evolution of the internet. - AFPn
'Metaverse': The next Internet revolution?
Tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are betting on metaverse as the next great leap in the evolution of the Internet. - AFPPARIS: Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. Welcome to the metaverse: a vision of the future that sounds fantastical, but which tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg...
NEW YORK: People walk past an Apple retail store in New York City. - AFPn
Apple profit nearly doubles as lockdowns eased
NEW YORK: People walk past an Apple retail store in New York City. - AFPSAN FRANCISCO: Apple said Tuesday its profit in the just-ended quarter nearly doubled amid improving consumer spending and a "growing sense of optimism" as pandemic lockdowns eased. The California tech giant's profit rose to $21.7 billion on growth in iPhone sales and its increasingly important digital services. Revenue surged 36 percent from a year ago to $81.4 billion, the...
MCLEAN, US: US President Joe Biden leaves after addressing the Intelligence Community workforce and its leadership while on a tour at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, Tuesday. - AFPn
Biden steps up 'Buy American' program
MCLEAN, US: US President Joe Biden leaves after addressing the Intelligence Community workforce and its leadership while on a tour at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, Tuesday. - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced a plan yesterday to strengthen "Buy American" policies, proposing to increase the US-made content in hundreds of billions of dollars of government purchases. The White House said it...
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Olympic athletes inspire robotic zen garden in Tokyo
A man takes pictures of the robotic art installation inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games "The Constant Gardeners" by Jason Bruges at Ueno park of Tokyo, as part of "Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13". — AFP photosAt a serene zen garden in a Tokyo park, abstract lines inspired by the movements of Olympic athletes are carefully traced in the gravel-not by monks, but by robots. The newly installed artwork, titled "The Constant...
Human rights activist Konstantin Kotov gives an interview in a cottage outside Moscow. — AFP photos n
For Russian prisoners, letters provide rare 'moment of joy'
Human rights activist Konstantin Kotov gives an interview in a cottage outside Moscow. — AFP photosIn a cottage outside Moscow, Konstantin Kotov goes through a handful of the hundreds of letters he received when he spent more than a year behind bars for violating Russian protest rules. The opposition activist served his sentence in Penal Colony No. 2 in Pokrov-a notorious prison 100 kilometers (60 miles) outside Moscow where opposition leader...
Men perform a traditional ceremony under the 'Third Bridge', next to the Niger river, in Bamako. - AFP n
In Mali capital, animist sacrifices under 'Chinese bridge'
Men perform a traditional ceremony under the 'Third Bridge', next to the Niger river, in Bamako. - AFP photos"There are evil spirits down there. They take people and their motorbikes and suck them into the river." Boucary Sagara is quite definite. He would prefer to make a lengthy detour rather than cross one of the three bridges that span the Niger River at Bamako. In Mali, the structure is known as the "third bridge" or the "Chinese bridge"-it...
Mumbai Police's Crime Branch team escort Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra (left) for allegedly producing and broadcasting pornographic films online, in Mumbai. — AFP n
India court denies bail to Bollywood star's husband in porn case
Mumbai Police's Crime Branch team escort Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra (left) for allegedly producing and broadcasting pornographic films online, in Mumbai. — AFPA Mumbai court yesterday denied bail to Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, who has been accused of producing pornographic films, police said. The arrest is the latest scandal to hit Kundra who was embroiled in cricket match-fixing charges six...
In this file photo actor Bob Odenkirk attends The Disaster Artist Centerpiece Gala Presentation during AFI Film Festival in Hollywood, California. — AFP n
Bob Odenkirk in hospital after collapsing on 'Better Call Saul' set
In this file photo actor Bob Odenkirk attends The Disaster Artist Centerpiece Gala Presentation during AFI Film Festival in Hollywood, California. — AFPActor Bob Odenkirk was rushed to hospital after collapsing on the set of popular television drama "Better Call Saul" in New Mexico, US media reported. Odenkirk, 58, was filming the final season of the show in which he plays luckless protagonist Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer and conman who...
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British Museum to restore objects damaged in Beirut blast
Completing "puzzle-work" of a smashed glass beaker at the Archaeological Museum. - AFPThe British Museum will restore eight ancient glass artefacts damaged in last year's Beirut port explosion, the London cultural institution announced on Tuesday. The glass vessels were shattered after 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut's port caused a blast that devastated the city on August 4, 2020. Workers will piece together hundreds of glass...
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WHO sounds the alarm on 'harmful' e-cigs
GENEVA: Electronic cigarettes and similar devices are dangerous to health and must be regulated to curb the tobacco industry's tactics to get young people hooked on nicotine, the World Health Organization warned yesterday. "Nicotine is highly addictive. Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are harmful, and must be better regulated," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021, which focused...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a copy of Kuwait Central Bank's annual report from Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosn
Amir receives copy of Kuwait Central Bank annual report
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a copy of Kuwait Central Bank's annual report from Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received Kuwait Central Bank Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel, who presented the...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah