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Zain signs partnership with PASS

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the signing of a partnership agreement with PASS, a Kuwait-based app and the first smart parking management system in the Middle East. The partnership enables Zain's postpaid customers to exclusively enjoy cashless and ticketless parking and pre-booking services without the need to continuously top up within the app.Zain's partnership with this unique platform comes under the...

PHOENIX: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns attempts a shot over LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half in Game Five of the Western Conference first-round playoff series at Phoenix Suns Arena on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona. – AFPn

LeBron, Lakers on brink after Suns mauling, Nets advance

PHOENIX: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns attempts a shot over LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half in Game Five of the Western Conference first-round playoff series at Phoenix Suns Arena on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona. – AFPLOS ANGELES: Devin Booker scored 30 points as the Phoenix Suns left LeBron James and the depleted Los Angeles Lakers facing elimination from the NBA playoffs on Tuesday with a crushing 115-85...

BRIGHTON: In this file photo taken on March 6, 2021 Leicester City's Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel warms up for the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Leicester City at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England. - AFPnn

'Why not us?' Schmeichel dreams of Denmark 1992 Euro repeat

BRIGHTON: In this file photo taken on March 6, 2021 Leicester City's Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel warms up for the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Leicester City at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England. - AFPCOPENHAGEN: Kasper Schmeichel has his boots planted firmly on the ground but the 34-year-old Denmark goalkeeper dreams of repeating his father's sensational...

PARIS: Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert during their men's singles first round tennis match on Day 2 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 31, 2021. - AFPnn

Alcaraz, Musetti and latest 'Next Gen' look to shake up old order at French Open

PARIS: Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert during their men's singles first round tennis match on Day 2 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 31, 2021. - AFPPARIS: The much-hyped 'Next Gen' have so far failed to break Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic's hold on tennis' biggest titles, but a new group of teenagers are hoping to show they can take over at the top...

PARIS: Oil majors are under growing pressure to stop drilling for crude to help curb climate change, but companies say they will wean themselves off fossil fuels at their own pace.n

Global oil giants vow energy transition, at their own pace

PARIS: Oil majors are under growing pressure to stop drilling for crude to help curb climate change, but companies say they will wean themselves off fossil fuels at their own pace. - AFPPARIS: Oil majors are under growing pressure to stop drilling for crude to help curb climate change, but companies say they will wean themselves off fossil fuels at their own pace. The demand for change is coming from many sides: lawsuits, shareholders and the...

In this file photo, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a joint press conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris.-AFPn

IMF and World Bank prioritize vaccine access

In this file photo, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a joint press conference at the end of the Summit on the financing of African Economies in Paris. - AFPWASHINGTON: After kicking their massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by COVID-19 last year, the IMF and the World Bank are now focusing on getting vaccines to poor countries to keep the pandemic from...

BRUSSELS: Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis (left), EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni (center) and European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit (right) hold a news conference on the European Semester Spring Package in Brussels yesterday.-AFPn

EU deficit rules to remain suspended in 2022

BRUSSELS: Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis (left), EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni (center) and European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit (right) hold a news conference on the European Semester Spring Package in Brussels yesterday. - AFPBRUSSELS: Rules against overspending by EU governments will remain suspended through 2022, leaving more time for stimulus plans to boost the...

Dancers perform in a street of Havana. - AFP photosn

Internet propels Cuban hip hop troupe to global fame

Dancers perform in a street of Havana. - AFP photosIn the country of salsa and rumba, a troupe of sneaker-wearing Cuban youngsters have burst onto the dance scene with a style until recently all but unheard of on the isolated island nation: hip hop. Under US sanctions and with the Communist Party in charge of all aspects of daily life, including what people get to see on public television, Cubans have had little exposure to the American genre...

A cleaner mops the floor in front of a Nintendo's Super Mario game character decoration at Narita Airport in China prefecture. - AFP n

Let's-a go! Nintendo announces plans for Japan museum

A cleaner mops the floor in front of a Nintendo's Super Mario game character decoration at Narita Airport in China prefecture. - AFPAfter opening its first-ever theme park this March, Nintendo is giving fans something else to get excited about: a planned "Nintendo Gallery" museum set to open by spring 2024. The Japanese gaming giant announced yesterday it plans to repurpose an old factory site in Kyoto, where the firm is based, to exhibit its...

Traditional healer and spokeperson of the Traditional Healers Organization (THO), Janet Mmalaixaba, also known as Gogo Molahlegi, poses for a portrait in Brakpan, South Africa. - AFP n

Ancient traditional healing rituals go digital in virus-hit S Africa

Traditional healer and spokeperson of the Traditional Healers Organization (THO), Janet Mmalaixaba, also known as Gogo Molahlegi, poses for a portrait in Brakpan, South Africa. - AFPIncense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi Malatji fixed her smartphone into a tripod and reached for a small bag of divination bones. A young female face on the screen watched Malatji shake the pouch and scatter...

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Suck it up: Study probes elephants' suction powers

Elephants are known to use versatile trunks to grab objects big and small, drink great draughts, and sniff out water kilometers away. But a tusker's proboscis can also switch to vacuum mode to eat, with suction power ranging from faint to ferocious, researchers said yesterday. A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology observed the world's largest land mammal suck up rutabaga, draw chia seeds out of water, and pick up large tortilla chips...

Over the past week, the animals drained a water tank, helped themselves to a corn field, and guzzled supplies after crashing into a barn. - Xinhuan

Elephants on tour in China guzzle crops and wreak havoc

Over the past week, the animals drained a water tank, helped themselves to a corn field, and guzzled supplies after crashing into a barn. - XinhuaA herd of 15 wandering elephants on an epic trek through southwestern China have entered villages to gorge on crops, broken into barns and caused a million dollars of losses. Over the past week, the animals drained a water tank, helped themselves to a corn field, and guzzled supplies after crashing...

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