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AJMER, India: In this file photograph taken on Nov 2, 2020, smoke billows from a factory chimney during a smoggy morning. - AFP n

Pollution costs Indian businesses $95bn a year

AJMER, India: In this file photograph taken on Nov 2, 2020, smoke billows from a factory chimney during a smoggy morning. - AFPPARIS: Toxic air that chokes Indian cities and kills hundreds of thousands of people also carries a grim economic burden for the country's companies of around $95 billion a year, according to researchers who urged firms to lead the drive against pollution. Air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on...

ISTANBUL: A screen grab shows Thodex founder Faruk Fatih Ozer at passport control at Istanbul international airport. - AFP n

Turkish crypto founder flees with $2 billion

ISTANBUL: A screen grab shows Thodex founder Faruk Fatih Ozer at passport control at Istanbul international airport. - AFPISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors yesterday opened an investigation after the Istanbul-based founder of a cryptocurrency exchange shut down his site and fled the country with a reported $2 billion in investors' assets. The Thodex website went dark after posting a mysterious message saying it was suspending trading for five days...

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New Peruvian frog leaps into amphibian species ledger

Undated handout picture released by the Peruvian National Service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP) of a new species of frog belonging to the Pristimantis-sira species. — AFPPeruvian officials on Wednesday announced the discovery of a brand-new frog, a spotted brown critter with an unusual eye coloring and no eardrum, in a natural park in the Amazon jungle. The jumper belongs to the Pristimantis sira family that inhabits the mountain...

People line up to receive a free marijuana cigarette after showing proof of a Covid-19 vaccination at Union Square in New York City.-AFP n

'Joints for jabs': Free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers

People line up to receive a free marijuana cigarette after showing proof of a Covid-19 vaccination at Union Square in New York City. - AFPNew Yorkers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 were able to get an unlikely freebie Tuesday: a marijuana joint. Activists celebrating the recent legalization of recreational pot in New York state handed out free doobies in Manhattan to anyone with proof they had received at least one vaccine shot. "This...

Islanders walk past donkeys tethered on the causeway as their owners wait to get transportation work at the historic island town of Lamu.-AFP photosn

Paradise lost? Motorbikes threaten historic Kenyan isle

Islanders walk past donkeys tethered on the causeway as their owners wait to get transportation work at the historic island town of Lamu. - AFP photosIn the old town of Lamu, a historic Swahili trading outpost, a motorbike taxi weaves through a crush of donkeys, market hawkers and wooden handcarts. A decade ago, there were only two vehicles on the sleepy island: a motorcycle for the electricity company, and the district commissioner's 4x4....

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Forgotten species could future proof coffee in a warming world

This handout photograph, shows preparations before tasting of Coffea Stenophylla at the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) sensory analysis laboratory in Montpellier, southern France.A once-prized coffee species, rediscovered in West Africa decades after it was thought to have disappeared, is just as tasty as high-end Arabica and more resilient to climate change, scientists said, adding that the forgotten...

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The eight contenders for the best picture Oscar

The FatherIn a year that saw movie theaters boarded up due to COVID-19, eight new films that did reach our screens impressed Academy voters enough that they are in contention for Hollywood's biggest award-the Oscar for best picture. The blockbusters may be absent, but an eclectic array of titles are in the mix, from a lavish Netflix ode to Tinseltown's Golden Age to a tiny indie drama about Korean immigrants scraping out a living off the land in...

This combination of pictures shows (from left) British actor Daniel Kaluuya, US actor Chadwick Boseman, South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung and US actress Viola Davis.-AFP photosn

Oscars more diverse as pandemic, protests shake up Hollywood

This combination of pictures shows (from left) British actor Daniel Kaluuya, US actor Chadwick Boseman, South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung and US actress Viola Davis. - AFP photosActors of color are favorites in each category, and two female directors are nominated for the first time-this year's Oscars could set new benchmarks for diversity, thanks to long-brewing industry changes as well as COVID-19's transformation of Hollywood, experts say....

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Cirque du Soleil announces resumption of shows

In this file photo cast members from "Mystere by Cirque du Soleil" perform during player introductions during the WNBA All-Star Game 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. -AFPCue the acrobats: Cirque du Soleil announced Wednesday that four of its shows will return to the stage after more than a year on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. The circus troupe's "Mystere" fantasia and water-themed "O" performances will...

MUMBAI: People wait in queues to receive the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai yesterday.-AFPn

India posts global record of 315,000 daily COVID cases

MUMBAI: People wait in queues to receive the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new COVID infections yesterday as hospitals in New Delhi sent out desperate warnings that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies. The country's long-underfunded healthcare system is being stretched to the limit by a devastating second wave of the pandemic...

HONG KONG: Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) producer Bao Choy Yuk-ling reacts as she speaks to the press at the West Kowloon Courts building in Hong Kong yesterday after she was found guilty of improperly searching a public vehicle license database to help track down the perpetrators of an attack on democracy supporters by government loyalists. - AFPnn

HK journalist convicted over database search

HONG KONG: Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) producer Bao Choy Yuk-ling reacts as she speaks to the press at the West Kowloon Courts building in Hong Kong yesterday after she was found guilty of improperly searching a public vehicle license database to help track down the perpetrators of an attack on democracy supporters by government loyalists. - AFPHONG KONG: An award-winning Hong Kong journalist was found guilty yesterday of improperly...

Indonesian navy ships arrive at the naval base in Banyuwangi yesterday to join in the search for a decades-old navy submarine that went missing off the coast of Bali with 53 crew aboard during regular exercises. -- AFPn

Indonesia hunts for missing submarine with 53 aboard

Indonesian navy ships arrive at the naval base in Banyuwangi yesterday to join in the search for a decades-old navy submarine that went missing off the coast of Bali with 53 crew aboard during regular exercises. - AFPBALI, Indonesia: Indonesian warships led the hunt yesterday for a submarine that went missing with 53 crew aboard and only enough oxygen for a few days. An oil spill where the submarine was thought to have submerged early Wednesday...

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