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MILAN: Inter Milan's Italian defender Matteo Darmian (left) prepares to shoot and score the opening goal past Cagliari's Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs Cagliari yesterday at the San Siro stadium in Milan. - AFPn

Late Darmian winner moves Inter closer to Serie A title

MILAN: Inter Milan's Italian defender Matteo Darmian (left) prepares to shoot and score the opening goal past Cagliari's Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs Cagliari yesterday at the San Siro stadium in Milan. - AFPMILAN: Matteo Darmian scored the only goal with quarter of an hour to go as Serie A leaders Inter Milan held off relegation-threatened Cagliari 1-0 yesterday to stretch their...

AUGUSTA: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a shot on the 18th hole during the third round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday in Augusta, Georgia. - AFPn

Matsuyama on brink of historic Masters victory

AUGUSTA: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a shot on the 18th hole during the third round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday in Augusta, Georgia. - AFPAUGUSTA: With a new coach solving swing issues and reduced celebrity media stress this week, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama finds himself on the verge of a historic victory at the Masters. Matsuyama fired a seven-under par 65 Saturday, his low score in 37 career rounds at Augusta...

AINTREE: First placed Jockey Rachael Blackmore rides 'Minella Times' to win the Grand National Handicap Chase on Grand National Day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north west England on Saturday. – AFP n

Blackmore becomes first woman jockey to win Grand National

AINTREE: First placed Jockey Rachael Blackmore rides 'Minella Times' to win the Grand National Handicap Chase on Grand National Day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north west England on Saturday. – AFPAINTREE: Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Grand National on Saturday, coming home clear on Minella Times. The 31-year-old added National glory to her history-making exploits at...

QOUWEA, Libya: (Left) Mounir checks a plantation of hydroponically-grown lettuce in a greenhouse in this small town about 40 km east of the capital Tripoli on March 5, 2021. (Right) Siraj Bechiya stands at the entrance of the greenhouse. - AFP photosn

'Green Paradise' brings hydroponics to Libya

QOUWEA, Libya: Mounir checks a plantation of hydroponically-grown lettuce in a greenhouse in this small town about 40 km east of the capital Tripoli on March 5, 2021. - AFP photosTRIPOLI: Under a yellow tarpaulin stretched over an arched metal frame, Siraj Bechiya and his partner inspect their hydroponically-grown lettuce, pioneers of the method in mostly-desert Libya where conventional agriculture struggles. Zip ties, punctured plastic cups as...

LONDON: Rachel Watson, consultant at Proxima, works from home in her living room in Nunhead on March 30, 2021. - AFP n

Post-COVID era of hybrid work beckons in Britain

LONDON: Rachel Watson, consultant at Proxima, works from home in her living room in Nunhead on March 30, 2021. - AFPNUNHEAD: Consultant Rachel Watson enjoys being based at her home that looks onto the London skyline but misses the office vibe. She will soon get the best of both worlds as Britain's COVID lockdown eases. UK businesses are planning for a hybrid or flexible workplace, splitting time between home and offices when the latest...

BEIRUT: Civil war survivor Victor Abu Kheir, 77, is pictured in his barbershop in the capital's Hamra neighborhood on April 6, 2021. - AFP n

Lebanon civil war survivors say today's crisis even worse

BEIRUT: Civil war survivor Victor Abu Kheir, 77, is pictured in his barbershop in the capital's Hamra neighborhood on April 6, 2021. - AFPBEIRUT: During the civil war that ended over 30 years ago Abla Barotta survived shelling and clashes, but she now fears a "slow death" from Lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades. The 58-year-old mother of three is a survivor who worries she will soon join the more than 50 percent of Lebanese today living...

A combination of handout pictures released by the Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid on April 9, 2021 shows Antonio Salvador (right) who had to undergo a heart transplant while his wife Ana Maria Gonzalez (left) was giving birth to their son Samuel (center). n

Spaniard gets heart transplant call as wife gives birth

A combination of handout pictures released by the Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid on April 9, 2021 shows Antonio Salvador (right) who had to undergo a heart transplant while his wife Ana Maria Gonzalez (left) was giving birth to their son Samuel (center).He was just about to witness the birth of his first child when the long-awaited call came: doctors had found him a compatible heart and were ready to do the transplant. For 39-year-old...

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Hands-free: Monkey plays video game - with its brain

Elon Musk's startup devoted to meshing brains with computers was closer to its dream on Friday, having gotten a monkey to play video game Pong using only its mind. Musk has long contended that merging minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being outpaced by artificial intelligence. A video posted on YouTube by the entrepreneur's Neuralink startup showed a macaque monkey named "Pager" playing Pong by essentially using thought to...

Ishaaq Kremed, a tamarind juice seller, calls on customers in the covered Hamidiyah market in the old part of the capital Damascus.—AFP photosn

Syria juice vendor gears up for Ramadan as crisis bites

Ishaaq Kremed, a tamarind juice seller, calls on customers in the covered Hamidiyah market in the old part of the capital Damascus.—AFP photosIn a busy market in Syria's capital, 53-year-old Ishaaq Kremed serenades customers and agilely pours tamarind juice from the ornate brass jug on his back ahead of Ramadan. The popular street vendor says he usually has more customers during the Islamic holy month starting next week, during which many...

Venetia, owner of a restaurant and her cook Florentia arrange flowers to decorate the restaurant, closed since November 2020, in the trendy Koukaki district of Athens.-AFPn

Greek restaurants on the ropes ahead of tourism restart

Venetia, owner of a restaurant and her cook Florentia arrange flowers to decorate the restaurant, closed since November 2020, in the trendy Koukaki district of Athens. - AFPIn the trendy Koukaki district, a discus throw from the Acropolis in Athens, owners of restaurants that have survived the virus lockdown are trying to keep themselves occupied as the weather and the noises from government improve. "Everyone is frantically cleaning their...

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Award-dominating 'Nomadland' wins top Hollywood director prize

In this file photo US-Chinese director Chloe Zhao poses during a photocall to present the movie "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" in the French northwestern sea resort of Deauville. - AFPChloe Zhao's "Nomadland" won this year's top Hollywood directing award Saturday-the final major guild ceremony before the Oscars, and an important late bellwether in Tinseltown's pandemic-delayed and mainly virtual award season. Zhao spent her entire victory speech...

In this file photo Romanian-born German director Alexander Nanau poses at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. -AFP n

Corruption documentary brings Oscar hopes to Romania

In this file photo Romanian-born German director Alexander Nanau poses at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. - AFPWith a shot at two Oscars, Romanian cinema "has proven its worth," said director Alexander Nanau, whose documentary became the country's first nominated for the prestigious award. "Collective", which recounts the corruption and incompetence in Romania's healthcare system in the aftermath of a 2015 deadly...

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