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COP28 must deliver for the most vulnerable: Al Jaber

BONN: COP28 President-Delegate, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, met with heads of delegations and key negotiating groups including those from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the Bonn UN Climate Change Conference, being held in the run up to COP28, emphasizing the need to engage and listen to all voices in the climate change discussion-especially those of the Global South. The conference, taking place in Bonn,...

PARIS: A humanoid robot displays a screen at the United Robotics Group stand at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris. - AFP

Rise of the cute robots

PARIS: The red eye that refuses to be extinguished, the metal body that cannot be crushed—for many of us the word “robot” conjures one image: the Terminator. But robots are now everywhere, serving as companions in care homes or vacuum cleaners in our homes, and manufacturers are keener than ever to design friendly machines. “At first we noticed the kids could be a bit afraid,” said Do Hwan Kim of his firm Neubility’s tiny delivery...

JAKARTA: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew delivers his opening speech during the TikTok Southeast Asia Impact Forum 2023 in Jakarta on June 15, 2023. – AFP

TikTok to spend billions in SE Asia

JAKARTA: TikTok’s chief executive said Thursday the company would pour billions of dollars into Southeast Asia in the coming years, as a report showed its nascent venture into online shopping is paying off. The popular video-sharing app’s e-commerce affiliate has gained a substantial market share in the region just a year after its launch. “We’re going to invest billions of dollars in Indonesia and Southeast Asia over the next few...

SHANGHAI: Ships sail along the Huangpu River as buildings (back) are seen in Pudong district in Shanghai on June 15, 2023. – AFP

China’s central bank cuts interest rate, pumps billions into markets

BEIJING: China's central bank cut a key interest rate and pumped billions into financial markets Thursday, as fresh data showed the world's second-largest economy was flagging. The moves are the most significant by leaders to try to invigorate growth after indicators in recent months showed a hoped-for strong recovery following years of Covid lockdown-induced slowing was quickly running out of steam. China's efforts contrast with those in the...

Dr Scott Pezanowski and Fadwa Darweesh are seen during the workshop.

UIC, BWL discuss latest trends in AI for investments

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Bright World Labs (BWL), in cooperation with Union of Investment Companies (UIC), held a workshop for UIC group team members on Thursday titled “AI for Investments”, in the presence of UIC Secretary General Fadwa Darweesh and BWL President Dr Scott Pezanowski. The workshop, which discussed the best ways to benefit from using artificial intelligence in the investment sector, also explained the great potentials AI provides...

ROTTERDAM: Croatia’s midfielder Mario Pasalic kicks Netherlands’ defender Nathan Ake as he attempts to hit the ball the during the UEFA Nations League semi final football match between The Netherlands and Croatia on June 14, 2023.- AFP

Croatia book Nations League final

ROTTERDAM: Bruno Petkovic and Luka Modric struck in extra time to fire Croatia into the Nations League final with a 4-2 victory over hosts the Netherlands on Wednesday. Zlatko Dalic's side, who reached the World Cup semi-finals last year, moved a step closer to earning their first ever trophy and demonstrated once again they are extra-time specialists. Andrej Kramaric and Mario Pasalic netted in the second half after Donyell Malen sent the Dutch...

Egypt's forward Mohamed Salah

Salah creates goal; Egypt secure Cup of Nations place

JOHANNESBURG: Liverpool star Mohamed Salah set up the equalizer for Egypt in a 2-1 win over Guinea on Wednesday that secured a place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals. Serhou Guirassy put Guinea ahead on 26 minutes in the central Moroccan city of Marrakech and substitute Mahmoud Trezeguet leveled three minutes before half-time off a Salah pass.Former Aston Villa forward Trezeguet turned creator after 79 minutes with a cross that Mostafa...

GENEVA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds an official ball of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Geneva.- AFP

FIFA agrees deal to broadcast Women’s WCup in 34 nations

LAUSANNE: FIFA on Wednesday announced it had struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to televise the 2023 Women’s World Cup, avoiding a controversial blackout in the ‘Big Five’ European nations. The deal follows a standoff between the governing body of world football and broadcasters in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom over the rights for the competition in Australia and New Zealand in July and...

MELBOURNE: Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia swims to victory in the women’s 200m freestyle swimming final at the 2023 Australian World Championship Trials in Melbourne on June 15, 2023.- AFP

O'Callaghan stuns Titmus with year's fastest 200m freestyle

MELBOURNE: Mollie O'Callaghan upset Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus with the fastest 200m freestyle of the year Thursday to book a world championship slot from a stacked field at the Australian trials. Reigning 100m world champion O'Callaghan produced a sizzling final 50m to touch in 1:53.83 ahead of Titmus (1:54.14), who easily won the 400 free on the opening night of the meet in Melbourne on Tuesday. Both qualified for the world...

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Ambassador receives Kuwait’s delegation

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Germany, Najeeb Abdulrahman Al-Bader, received Kuwait’s delegation that is participating in the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, which will start on June 17th and run until June 25th. Ambassador Al-Bader welcomed the 60-member delegation, confirming the embassy staff's care to assist and present the necessary services for the delegation during competitions.He lauded HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad...

Gabriel Pinheiro attends a therapy session with reptiles.

Snakes as therapy animals: Reptiles help heal in Brazil

A yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes’s neck like a scarf, but the 15-year-old Brazilian with autism is fascinated, not afraid. For him, this is therapy. “His name is Gold. He’s cold. He eats mice,” Gomes tells his therapist at a treatment center in Sao Paulo, gently holding the large snake as it slithers around him. That is exactly the kind of sentence his therapist, Andrea Ribeiro, is trying to...

Britain's King Charles III (second right) poses for pictures with Sue Leyden, daughter of expedition leader Lord Hunt (left), Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund Hillary (second left) and Jamling Norgay, son of Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (right), during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on June 14, 2023 to mark the 70th anniversary of the ascent of Mount Everest. - AFP

Royal reception for sons of first Everest summiteers

King Charles III on Wednesday received the sons of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to mark the 70th anniversary of the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. The New Zealander and his Nepalese guide reached the summit of the 8,849-m peak on May 29, 1953 as part of a British expedition led by John Hunt, paving the way for thousands of others to make the daring attempt to reach the "Roof of the...

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