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NFTs are on display during a press preview of the upcoming Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale at Sotheby's on June 4, 2021 in New York City. - AFPn

Collectors of digital NFTs see a 'Wild West' market worth the risk

NFTs are on display during a press preview of the upcoming Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale at Sotheby's on June 4, 2021 in New York City. - AFPThey are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: the popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential. Brandon Kang, a 25-year-old videographer from California, started buying...

London taxi driver Barry Ivens, 53, poses for a photograph next to his cab in central London on May 27, 2021. – AFPn

London's cabbies hope to fare better after COVID

London taxi driver Barry Ivens, 53, poses for a photograph next to his cab in central London on May 27, 2021. – AFPBarry Ivens, who has been driving London's iconic black taxi cabs for a quarter of a century, has never experienced anything like the past tumultuous year in the British capital. As waves of coronavirus swept the country and lockdowns wrought havoc on his industry, the 53-year-old said the financial and mental anguish had "taken...

Tugboats escort the MSC Orchestra cruise ship across the basin past the Bell Tower and Doge's Palace as it leaves Venice.n

Cruise ships' return to Venice reignites tensions

Tugboats escort the MSC Orchestra cruise ship across the basin past the Bell Tower and Doge's Palace as it leaves Venice.Saturday saw the first cruise ship cast off from Venice after almost one and a half years' suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic, reinflaming a war of words between supporters and opponents of the massive floating hotels. With the MSC Orchestra looming over Saint Mark's square, demonstrators in small motorboats waved...

A woman visits the Pepe the Frog exhibition. - AFPn

China's disenchanted youth 'lie flat' to cope with modern life

A woman visits the Pepe the Frog exhibition. - AFPGround down by the sapping realities of modern city life, China's youth are "lying flat", the latest buzzword for those tapping out of a culture of endless work with little reward. With growing inequality and rising costs of living nudging traditional markers of success out of reach, some young people are choosing to do the bare minimum at work, dialing back the go-getting aspirations their...

PARIS: Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Germany's Dominik Koepfer during their men's singles third round tennis match on Day 7 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris yesterday. - AFPn

Federer set for French Open pullout and end four-decade Paris stretch

PARIS: Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Germany's Dominik Koepfer during their men's singles third round tennis match on Day 7 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris yesterday. - AFPPARIS: Roger Federer could end his French Open career which has stretched over four decades with an injury-enforced withdrawal today as the 39-year-old rests his weary bones for an assault on his primary objective, a ninth...

BROOKLYN: Blake Griffin #2 of the Brooklyn Nets high-fives teammate Kevin Durant #7 during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks during Round 2, Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. - AFPn

Durant scores 29 as Nets roll over Bucks in NBA series opener

BROOKLYN: Blake Griffin #2 of the Brooklyn Nets high-fives teammate Kevin Durant #7 during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks during Round 2, Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant had 29 points and 10 rebounds as the Brooklyn Nets withstood Giannis Antetokounmpo's 34-point performance to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-107 in the opening game of their second round...

MONTMELO: KTM Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira celebrates on the podium after winning the MotoGP race of the Moto Grand Prix de Catalunya at the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday in Montmelo on the outskirts of Barcelona. - AFPnn

Oliveira holds off Zarco to win Catalonia MotoGP

MONTMELO: KTM Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira celebrates on the podium after winning the MotoGP race of the Moto Grand Prix de Catalunya at the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday in Montmelo on the outskirts of Barcelona. - AFPMONTMELO: Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira held off a late surge from Frenchman Johann Zarco to win the Catalonia MotoGP yesterday. Australian Jack Miller took third after championship leader Fabio Quartararo was hit with a...

LONDON: Top officials pose for a family photo on the second day of the G7 finance ministers' meeting at Lancaster House yesterday. - AFP n

G7 strikes 'historic' agreement over global corporate tax rate

LONDON: Top officials pose for a family photo on the second day of the G7 finance ministers' meeting at Lancaster House yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations yesterday endorsed a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent, rallying behind a US-backed plan targeting tech giants and other multinationals accused of not paying enough. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hailed the "unprecedented commitment",...

RIYADH: Kuwaiti singer Nabeel Shuail is seen on large screens at a theatre hosting the first concert in the Saudi capital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic late on June 3, 2021. - AFP n

Riyadh holds first concert since COVID

RIYADH: Kuwaiti singer Nabeel Shuail is seen on large screens at a theatre hosting the first concert in the Saudi capital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic late on June 3, 2021. - AFPRIYADH: Hundreds gathered Thursday for the first concert in the Saudi capital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to watch performances by Syrian diva Assala Nasri and Kuwaiti crooner Nabeel Shuail. Before stiff rules were brought in a year ago to stem...

VANTAA, Finland: Kamila Nuh (left) and Nasro Bahnaan Hulbade, both 13 years old, pose for photos at the beginning of a football training session at the MUP Stadium on June 1, 2021. - AFP n

Finland FA offers hijabs to players

VANTAA, Finland: Kamila Nuh (left) and Nasro Bahnaan Hulbade, both 13 years old, pose for photos at the beginning of a football training session at the MUP Stadium on June 1, 2021. - AFPVANTAA, Finland: Finland's football association has begun offering a free "sports hijab" to any player who wants one, in a move designed to attract a greater diversity of players into the sport. So far, the FA has distributed "dozens" of the headscarves, which...

ISTANBUL: This aerial photograph taken on Friday shows mucilage in Marmara Sea at a harbor on the shoreline. - AFP n

'Sea snot' on Turkey's shores alarms residents

ISTANBUL: This aerial photograph taken on Friday shows mucilage in Marmara Sea at a harbor on the shoreline. - AFPISTANBUL: A thick, brown, bubbly foam dubbed "sea snot" has covered the shores of the Sea of Marmara, alarming Istanbul residents and threatening marine life. The naturally occurring mucilage was first documented in Turkey in 2007, when it was also seen in parts of the Aegean Sea near Greece. But this outbreak is the largest on...

KUWAIT: Sixteen Indian sailors who were stranded in Kuwait for the past 14 months are seen at Kuwait International Airport prior to their departure to India on Friday. n

16 stranded Indian sailors return home

KUWAIT: Sixteen Indian sailors who were stranded in Kuwait for the past 14 months are seen at Kuwait International Airport prior to their departure to India on Friday.By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: All 16 Indian sailors who were stranded onboard the ship MV Ula in Kuwait for the past 14 months have reached their homeland safely. The sailors left Friday on a 'Vande Bharat' mission flight bound for New Delhi with tickets arranged by the Indian Embassy...

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