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Scuba divers visit the underwater museum in the Aegean Sea off the coast of the Greek island Alonissos on July 20, 2021. – AFP photosn

Greece's first underwater museum opens ancient world to dive tourists

Scuba divers visit the underwater museum in the Aegean Sea off the coast of the Greek island Alonissos on July 20, 2021. – AFP photosEmerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck - and Greece's first underwater museum. "This is a combination of diving and archaeological diving. It's...

Festival-goers attend the Kaleidoscope Festival in Alexandra Palace Park in London on Saturday. – AFP photosn

Festival-goers revel in return of live music at Kaleidoscope

Festival-goers attend the Kaleidoscope Festival in Alexandra Palace Park in London on Saturday. – AFP photosNearly 10,000 music fans savored new-found freedoms at London's Kaleidoscope Festival on Saturday. "I'm really excited to be here, I haven't done anything like this in two years", said Leonie Louis, one of the festival-goers, who decorated with sequins and flower crowns, braved the stormy weather to invade the grounds of north London's...

In this file photo taken on June 16, 1990, musician Prince performs on stage during his concert at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. – AFP n

With first posthumous album, Prince pierces American condition

In this file photo taken on June 16, 1990, musician Prince performs on stage during his concert at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. – AFPPrince's estate will soon issue a completed record from the mercurial artist's storied music vault, the first never-before-heard album released since the musician's shock death five years ago. "Welcome 2 America" - a 12-track album finished in 2010, but shelved for reasons unknown in the famous...

TOKYO: Japan's Yuto Horigome competes in the men's street final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Home boy Horigome crowned first Olympic skateboarding champion

TOKYO: Japan's Yuto Horigome competes in the men's street final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Japanese world champion Yuto Horigome held his nerve to be crowned skateboarding's first Olympic gold medalist after winning a tense street competition in Tokyo yesterday. The 22-year-old, who grew up just a stone's throw from the Olympic venue, landed three huge tricks in a row...

CHIBA: Brazil's Italo Ferreira rides a wave during the men's Surfing first round at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, in Chiba, yesterday during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. – AFPn

Surfing finally makes Olympic bow under blazing Japan sun

CHIBA: Brazil's Italo Ferreira rides a wave during the men's Surfing first round at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, in Chiba, yesterday during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. – AFPICHINOMIYA: Under blue skies and a blazing sun, surfing made its Olympic debut yesterday, more than a century after Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku first pushed for its inclusion at the Games. The action began early at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, about 100 kilometers (60 miles)...

TOKYO: China's Shi Tingmao (left) and Wang Han pose with their gold medals on the podium after winning the women's synchronized 3m springboard diving final event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPnn

China win first diving gold of Tokyo Games

TOKYO: China's Shi Tingmao (left) and Wang Han pose with their gold medals on the podium after winning the women's synchronized 3m springboard diving final event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: China's "Dream Team" diving squad launched their bid for a golden sweep at the Tokyo Olympics with an ominous victory yesterday -- with a little help from a superstitious grandfather. Shi...

TOKYO: USA's Simone Biles competes in the uneven bars event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn

History-seeking Biles makes flawed entrance at Tokyo Games

TOKYO: USA's Simone Biles competes in the uneven bars event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles got off to a shaky start in her quest for five gold medals and Olympic history in Tokyo yesterday, as an Uzbeki mother-of-one bid a poignant farewell after a remarkable career spanning eight...

TOKYO: Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates a point against China's Zheng Saisai during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles first round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn

'Refreshed' Osaka wins on return as Barty dumped out of Olympics

TOKYO: Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates a point against China's Zheng Saisai during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles first round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Japan's Naomi Osaka won in straight sets on her highly-anticipated return to the court at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday, while world number one Ashleigh Barty crashed out in the first round. Osaka, the star of the opening ceremony,...

TOKYO: Germany's Pauline Schaefer-Betz competes in the artistic gymnastics balance beam event of the women's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn

German gymnasts bring bodysuits to Olympic competition

TOKYO: Germany's Pauline Schaefer-Betz competes in the artistic gymnastics balance beam event of the women's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Germany's women's gymnastics team made a statement the minute they stepped into the venue for Tokyo Olympic qualifying yesterday, swapping leotards for full-length bodysuits. Several German gymnasts debuted the one-piece...

TOKYO: Kuwait's flagbearer Lara Dashti leads the Kuwaiti delegation during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Friday. - AFP n

Kuwait athletes 'ready' as Tokyo Games get underway

TOKYO: Kuwait's flagbearer Lara Dashti leads the Kuwaiti delegation during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Friday. - AFP photosTOKYO: Kuwait's contingent of athletes participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games said yesterday they are fully "ready" to represent their country as the marquee event overshadowed by the COVID pandemic opened in a city under a state of emergency because of a resurgence...

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Blinken's visit to Kuwait 'affirmation of enduring ties'

Antony BlinkenWASHINGTON: US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benaim said Friday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Kuwait is "an affirmation of the enduring ties between the United States and long-standing partner Kuwait". In a teleconference briefing with reporters, Benaim said that during the visit on Wednesday, Blinken will meet the senior Kuwaiti leadership and "consult on a wide range of issues...

TALIYE, India: Rescue workers search for victims at the site of a landslide around 22 km from Mahad city yesterday. - AFP n

India monsoon death toll jumps to 115

TALIYE, India: Rescue workers search for victims at the site of a landslide around 22 km from Mahad city yesterday. - AFPMUMBAI: The death toll from monsoon-triggered landslides and building collapses jumped to 115 yesterday, Indian authorities said, with more than 135,000 people evacuated and dozens still missing. Torrential downpours have lashed India's western coast in recent days, sparking landslides near the financial capital Mumbai and...

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