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QUETTA: Families of miners protest against killings of Hazara workers. - AFPn

Pakistan coal miners reluctant to work after Hazara killings

QUETTA: Families of miners protest against killings of Hazara workers. - AFPQUETTA: Thousands of miners have stopped work and many have fled Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since insurgents killed 10 Hazara workers at a colliery last month, officials said yesterday. Labor organizations and government officials said up to 15,000 workers had downed tools since the murder of the Hazara group, forcing around 200 mines to close and slashing...

YANGON: People give a three-finger salute after calls for protest went out on social media in Yangon yesterday as Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged on Wednesday two days after she was detained in a military coup. -- AFPn

Facebook blocked in Myanmar as UN chief says coup must fail

YANGON: People give a three-finger salute after calls for protest went out on social media in Yangon yesterday as Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged on Wednesday two days after she was detained in a military coup. -- AFPYANGON: Myanmar's generals ordered internet providers to restrict access to Facebook yesterday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres said the world must rally to ensure the military coup fails. The Southeast...

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Johannesburg hotel embraces virus-free robots

A technician by CTRL Robotics company performs a test of room service function of a robot.The lobby of an upmarket hotel in Johannesburg's affluent Sandton district is eerily deserted, with not a concierge or bellhop in sight. Jane May, who has just received her key card at the front desk, comes face-to-interface with a multi-coloured humanoid robot-a rarity in any hotel, but what is believed to be a first in Africa. "Welcome to Hotel Sky," the...

Spanish fashion designer Nicolas Montenegro poses with two of his creations at La Lantejuela, near Seville.-AFP photosn

Rising Spain designer takes haute couture to village home

Spanish fashion designer Nicolas Montenegro poses with two of his creations at La Lantejuela, near Seville.-AFP photosTrained in Milan, up-and-coming Spanish designer Nicolas Montenegro has dressed Beyonce and Kylie Minogue, but with the pandemic, he's gone back home to his village to launch his own brand. Thanks to the internet and air links "there is no need to live in a big city," the lean 31-year-old told AFP at his atelier in Lantejuela, a...

A folk artist performs a diabolo dragon dance, a traditional Chinese performance, in front of one of the buildings at the Qingshan Ancient Town in Qingzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province yesterday.—AFP photosn

Dragon dancers scale up ambitions in Vietnam

A folk artist performs a diabolo dragon dance, a traditional Chinese performance, in front of one of the buildings at the Qingshan Ancient Town in Qingzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province yesterday.—AFP photosBy day, Le Yen Quyen works as a pharmacist at her local health clinic in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. At night, she dances under the head of a lion on perilously high metal poles, practicing her moves ahead of Lunar New Year...

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Netflix's 'Mank' tops Globes noms as female directors break through

This video screen grab shows Sarah Jessica Parker during the Golden Globes nominations. -AFP PhotosNetflix's "Mank," a black-and-white drama that dives into Hollywood's Golden Age with the making of "Citizen Kane," on Wednesday topped the nominations for the pandemic-delayed Golden Globes, as female directors finally broke through with multiple nods. "Mank" earned six nominations, including best drama, followed by fellow Netflix movie "The Trial...

Yunice Abbas, one of five men who robbed US media personality Kim Kardashian at her hotel in Paris in 2016, poses during a photo session in Paris.-AFP n

Kardashian thief recounts Paris heist in tell-all book

Yunice Abbas, one of five men who robbed US media personality Kim Kardashian at her hotel in Paris in 2016, poses during a photo session in Paris.-AFP"Everything went smoothly"-a 67-year-old man awaiting trial for the robbery of reality star Kim Kardashian in Paris four years ago has come clean in a new book, laying out the life history that led to his involvement in the heist. Yunice Abbas, who calls himself a "part-time crook," was one of 12...

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Kuwait suspends entry of foreigners for two weeks

Tareq Al-MazremBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday decided to impose a two-week ban on the entry of foreigners into the country from Feb 7 as health authorities battle a substantial rise in the number of coronavirus cases, government spokesman Tareq Al-Mazrem said. The decision exempts close relatives of Kuwaiti citizens and domestic workers.During an extraordinary meeting, the Cabinet decided commercial shops and restaurants including malls...

WUHAN: Members of the WHO team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology yesterday. – AFP n

WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab

WUHAN: Members of the WHO team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology yesterday. – AFPWUHAN, China: World Health Organization inspectors yesterday visited a laboratory in China's Wuhan city at the heart of a controversial theory that it could have been the source of the coronavirus. The inspection of the Wuhan virology institute, which conducts research on the world's most dangerous...

ALEXANDRIA: A handout picture released yesterday shows a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold foil amulet inside his mouth uncovered at the Taposiris Magna Temple. – AFP n

Golden-tongued mummies found near Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA: A handout picture released yesterday shows a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold foil amulet inside his mouth uncovered at the Taposiris Magna Temple. – AFPCAIRO: An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission working near Alexandria has discovered mummies from around 2,000 years ago bearing golden-tongued amulets, the Egyptian authorities told AFP yesterday. "The mission discovered 16 tombs cut into the rock... in the temple of...

SANAA: Al-Anoud Sheryan, a 19-year-old girl disfigured in an acid attack by her abusive husband, sits at a hospital where she is undergoing treatment on Jan 28, 2021. – AFP n

Disfigured: Face of violence against Yemen women

SANAA: Al-Anoud Sheryan, a 19-year-old girl disfigured in an acid attack by her abusive husband, sits at a hospital where she is undergoing treatment on Jan 28, 2021. – AFPSANAA: Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in a society beset by war and poverty. Now aged 19, the Yemeni woman agreed to relate her ordeal at the hands of her...

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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

Jeff BezosWASHINGTON: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said yesterday he would stand aside later this year as chief executive of the company he built from a startup into one of the world's most valuable firms. The world's richest person based on his Amazon stake, Bezos said he will transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter, handing over the CEO role to Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services.The news came as Amazon reported a...

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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

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