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Musk: Cage fight with Zuckerberg will stream on X
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk said Sunday that a “cage match” he and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have seemingly agreed to as a fund-raiser will be carried live on X, formerly known as Twitter, which he owns. “Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X,” Musk posted. “All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.” Zuckerberg soon hit back on Threads, the new app he launched last month in a direct challenge to what was then still called Twitter,...
Saudi Aramco Q2 profits drop 38% on lower prices
RIYADH: Oil firm Saudi Aramco on Monday announced profits of $30.08 billion for the second quarter, a sharp fall from the same period last year when prices surged after Russia invaded Ukraine. The 38-percent year-on-year decline “mainly reflected the impact of lower crude oil prices and weakening refining and chemicals margins”, the largely state-owned company said in a statement published on the Saudi stock exchange. The decline followed a...
Water-stressed Iraq dries up fish farms
AL-BU MUSTAFA, Iraq: Iraqi villager Omar Ziad gazes at the cracked and barren earth where his fish farm once stood, lost to water conservation efforts during a devastating four-year drought. As the alarming water crisis blamed mostly on climate change drags on, officials see the need for trade-offs in an effort to meet the country’s demands. Drastic government measures have restricted water use for some purposes, including crop irrigation, and...
Indian economy growing at 6.7% rate: S&P Global
MUMBAI: The Indian economy is expected to grow at an average rate of 6.7 per cent between fiscal year 2023-24 to fiscal year 2030-2031, said S&P Global giving a decade-ahead forecast for Asia’s second-largest economy. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to rise to $6.7 trillion to FY31 from $3.4 trillion in FY23, said S&P Global in its August volume report titled “Look Forward, India Moment”. S&P Global said that India’s...
Jailed former Pakistan PM ‘in good spirits’ despite tough conditions
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was in good spirits despite tough conditions in jail, his spokesman said Monday, following a graft conviction that has ruled him out of contesting elections due later this year. The former international cricket star was arrested Saturday and whisked to prison after being found guilty in one of the more than 200 cases he has faced since being booted from office by a vote of no confidence in...
Iran building collapse death toll rises to 5
TEHRAN: Five people including two policemen were killed and at least 11 others injured during the collapse of several buildings in Iran’s capital, local media reported on Monday. The policemen were securing the planned demolition on Sunday of “unauthorized buildings” in Tehran’s southwest, ISNA news agency said. Another news agency, Tasnim, said two of the officers were killed. The overall “toll from the collapse” has reached five,...
Philippines summons China envoy over water cannoning of boats
MANILA, Philippines: Manila summoned Beijing’s envoy on Monday after the China Coast Guard blocked and water cannoned Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos said. The incident happened Saturday as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted charter boats carrying food, water, fuel and other supplies to Filipino military personnel stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. Beijing claims almost all...
Relief and despair: Repeal of logging ban divides Kenya
MOLO, Kenya: It was the news Kenya’s timber industry had waited over five years to hear: a ban on logging was over, and the country’s forests were once again open for business. But conservationists were dismayed at the announcement in July by President William Ruto, who had cast himself as a champion of the environment, and made planting 15 billion trees a centerpiece of his climate change agenda. The government defended lifting the ban,...
England survive Nigeria scare
BRISBANE: England survived the sending-off of Lauren James to scrape past Nigeria in a penalty shoot-out on Monday and were joined in the Women's World Cup quarter-finals by co-hosts Australia. European champions England will play either Colombia or Jamaica in the last eight on Saturday, but they got there the hard way. Chloe Kelly scored the winning penalty in Brisbane as England beat Nigeria 4-2 in the shoot-out after a tense last-16 tie...
France’s clash is special moment for Morocco’s World Cup coach
ADELAIDE: Morocco's presence in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup is a dream come true for the tournament debutants, and a clash with a much-fancied France side makes Tuesday's game a particularly special occasion for their coach. Reynald Pedros, 51, is a former France international midfielder who played alongside Zinedine Zidane in the team that reached the semi-finals at Euro 96. In recent years he has made a name as a coach in the women's...
Glover wins PGA Wyndham title
MIAMI: Lucas Glover clinched his fifth career PGA Tour title with a final round of two-under par 68 on Sunday to capture the season-closing Wyndham Championship. The 43-year-old American won by two strokes over Russell Henley and South Korean An Byeong-hun at Greensboro, North Carolina, in the final event before the PGA playoffs. The 2009 US Open champion took his first tournament since the John Deere Classic two years ago to ensure his place in...
China’s village basketball league a slam dunk
Thousands of raucous Chinese basketball fans pack tightly into a floodlit stadium filled with swirling fog, eager to spur on the teams battling in the tournament final. It’s almost midnight in Taipan—a remote village in southwest Guizhou province—but the championship game is only just getting under way after a weekend of action. Clanging pots and pans punctuate the hum of the crowd in the steep main stands, while millions of online viewers...
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