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HASAKEH: File photo shows Russian military police vehicles patrol the M4 highway in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province. UN and a handful of countries pressured Russia to continue allowing authorization of the only border crossing through which humanitarian aid reaches Syria's insurgent. – AFPnnn n

International pressure on Russia to leave Syrian cross-border access open

HASAKEH: File photo shows Russian military police vehicles patrol the M4 highway in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province. UN and a handful of countries pressured Russia to continue allowing authorization of the only border crossing through which humanitarian aid reaches Syria's insurgent. – AFPUNITED NATIONS: The UN and a handful of countries pressured Russia Wednesday to continue allowing authorization of the only border crossing through...

This handout file photo provided by the Hennepin County Jail shows Derek Chauvin in a booking photo. - AFPn

Former US cop who killed Floyd to face sentencing

This handout file photo provided by the Hennepin County Jail shows Derek Chauvin in a booking photo. - AFPMINNEAPOLIS, US: Twelve years in prison? Twenty, or even 30? On Friday, former policeman Derek Chauvin will hear his sentence for the murder of African-American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. Minnesota law provides for a minimum sentence of 12.5 years behind bars for the...

Employees stand in the bar of the J Hotel. - AFPnn

Shanghai opens world's highest hotel

Employees stand in the bar of the J Hotel. - AFPThe world's highest luxury hotel, boasting a restaurant on the 120th floor and 24-hour personal butler service, has opened in Shanghai to guests with deep pockets and a head for heights. Elevators whizz guests up the intimidating spiral-like skyscraper at ear-popping speeds of 18 metres per second to the J Hotel's 165 opulent rooms.The hotel occupies the top floors of the 632-metre (more than 2,000...

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China gets to grips with pro wrestling

Wrestlers in the ring.The crowd gasps and cheers as a bare-chested man grabs a chair and smashes it over the head of his opponent on the ground. A referee in a black-and-white striped jersey rushes to his aid but the prone man is not really hurt -- this is WWE-style wrestling in China, where the sport is attempting to take off. "It's been barbarous yet fun," said Su San, who is watching professional wrestling for the first time and is among an...

File photo shows cicada nymph emerges from a hole after 17 years underground at the Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, Maryland. – AFPnn

America's cicada plague winding down

File photo shows cicada nymph emerges from a hole after 17 years underground at the Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, Maryland. – AFPThey've been everywhere, crawling up trees and flitting about clumsily in search of a mate, droning loudly, causing auto accidents and even daring to land on the neck of the US president. Now the curtain is coming down for the latest brood of cicadas, the disquieting insects that appear briefly in their...

PARIS: This combination of file pictures created yesterday (from L, up to down) shows the Jury of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, including US director Spike Lee, French actress and director Melanie Laurent, US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, French singer Mylene Farmer, Austrian film director Jessica Hausner, French actor Tahar Rahim, Brazilian Director Kleber Mendonca Filho, South-Coreen actor Song Kang-ho and French movie director Mati Diop. –AFPnnn

Tahar Rahim, Maggie Gyllenhaal in the jury for Cannes

PARIS: This combination of file pictures created yesterday (from L, up to down) shows the Jury of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, including US director Spike Lee, French actress and director Melanie Laurent, US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, French singer Mylene Farmer, Austrian film director Jessica Hausner, French actor Tahar Rahim, Brazilian Director Kleber Mendonca Filho, South-Korean actor Song Kang-ho and French movie director Mati Diop. –...

A life-size cardboard cutout of Britney Spears in seen as fans and supporters gather outside the County Courthouse in Los Angeles. - AFPnn

'Traumatized' Britney Spears urges judge to end guardianship

A life-size cardboard cutout of Britney Spears in seen as fans and supporters gather outside the County Courthouse in Los Angeles. - AFPBritney Spears urged a judge in an emotional hearing Wednesday to end an "abusive" guardianship that gave her father control of her affairs in 2008. "I just want my life back. It's been 13 years and it's enough," Spears said in the 20-minute address via videolink as diehard fans chanted their support outside the...

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Harrison Ford injured in rehearsal for 'Indiana Jones'

Harrison FordHarrison Ford suffered a shoulder injury while rehearsing an action scene for a new "Indiana Jones" movie, Disney said Wednesday. "Production will continue while the appropriate course of treatment is evaluated, and the filming schedule will be reconfigured as needed in the coming weeks," Disney said in a statement sent to AFP.It gave no details on how the 78-year-old was hurt or how badly. Filming of the untitled fifth and final...

Facebook, Twitter and Google logos displayed on a phone screen and keyboard are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Poland on June 14, 2020. European Commission officials said that Facebook, Twitter and Google should provide monthly fake news reports to prevent fake news about coronavirus pandemic. (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

US lawmakers advance bills aimed at curbing Big Tech

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers advanced legislation yesterday aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws, setting the stage for a tough floor fight in Congress. In a marathon session that adjourned in the early morning hours, House Judiciary Committee members approved five of six bills which take aim at the business practices of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. One of the measures would ban online platforms...

Crypto-mining requires huge amounts of processing power, as is seen at this bitcoin mining data center in Canada.-AFPn

China's crypto-miners look abroad as Beijing regulators tighten noose

Crypto-mining requires huge amounts of processing power, as is seen at this bitcoin mining data center in Canada. - AFPBEIJING: When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble in Sichuan.But after the shift, he received another notice-authorities in southwestern Sichuan were also...

LONDON: In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 a pigeon flies in front of the Bank of England in the City of London. — AFPn

Bank of England keeps low rate, sees 'temporary' inflation spike

LONDON: In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 a pigeon flies in front of the Bank of England in the City of London. — AFPLONDON: The Bank of England yesterday froze interest rates at a record-low but forecast a "temporary" inflation spike as the economy reopens, echoing warnings from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve. The world's major central banks are grappling with fears of an inflationary spike, fuelled by commodity...

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India's Reliance unveils $10bn green energy push

Employees attend a customer at the Reliance Industries Petrol pump in Navi Mumbai yesterday.MUMBAI: Indian oil-to-telecom giant Reliance Industries unveiled plans yesterday to invest $10 billion in renewable energy over the next three years as Asia's third-largest economy struggles to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. In a virtual address to shareholders, Reliance chairman and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani said the new business aims to...

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