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KHARTOUM: An army soldier talks to women on a street in Khartoum on June 6, 2023, as fighting continues in war-torn Sudan. Battles raged in Sudan's war-torn capital of Khartoum. – AFP

‘No woman feels safe’: Sexual violence rampant in Sudan war

CAIRO: Zeinab was fleeing war-torn Sudan’s capital to seek safety when she found herself pinned to the ground, a rifle to her chest, as a paramilitary fighter raped her. “I was sure we were about to die,” she told AFP, recounting how she, her younger sister and two other women, one with an infant daughter, were all sexually violated. Dozens of women have reported similar attacks—in their homes, by the roadside and in commandeered...

US steps up crypto crackdown

NEW YORK: In their second major action against a big crypto player in two days, US regulators sued Coinbase on Tuesday, alleging its failure to register as a securities exchange venue exposed investors to risk. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged that the largest digital currency trading platform in the United States had made billions of dollars by "unlawfully facilitating the buying and selling of crypto asset securities." Shares of...

BARCELONA: Picture shows facial recognition software on the Metaverse stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona. - AFP

Apple lays down the gauntlet to the metaverse

PARIS: Tech giant Apple has unveiled its first major product in more than seven years, a mixed-reality headset that might just deliver a terminal blow to the "metaverse". Silicon Valley rival Meta was so confident of it could create the metaverse - an idea of a 3D immersive internet - that it changed its name from Facebook in 2021 and began funneling billions into the project. But the idea has been hampered by fluffed launches, dodgy graphics, no...

RAWALPINDI: A labourer pulls a handcart loaded with plastic pipes at a market area in Rawalpindi on June 7, 2023. - AFP

OECD slightly raises world GDP growth forecast to 2.7 percent

PARIS: The OECD slightly raised its growth outlook for the world economy on Wednesday as inflation eases and China has dropped COVID restrictions, but it warned the recovery faces a "long road". The Paris-based organization forecast an economic expansion of 2.7 percent, up from 2.6 percent in its previous report in March, with upgrades for the United States, China and the euro-zone. But it is still under the 3.3 percent growth recorded in 2022....

LEPHALALE: This general view shows Eskom’s Medupi coal powered power station in Lephalale, on June 6, 2023. Medupi is the 4th largest coal powered power station in the world and has a nominal capacity of 4800MW. – AFP

10 billion global population ‘unsustainable’: US envoy

OSLO: US special climate envoy John Kerry told AFP that the world’s population will not be tenable in 2050, when it is projected to hit nearly 10 billion, but refrained from asking Americans to give up steaks. Since November, the global population has officially crossed eight billion, more than three times the figure in 1950. This has already stretched food and energy needs and supplies. UN projections say the figure will balloon to 9.7 billion...

PARIS: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz Garfia celebrates a point against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas during their men’s singles quarter final match on June 6, 2023. – AFP

Swiatek books semi-finals

PARIS: Defending champion Iga Swiatek will play Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in the French Open semi-finals after the top seed defeated Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in a rematch of last year’s final. World number one Swiatek improved her record at Roland Garros to 26-2 after beating Gauff for the seventh time in as many meetings. The 22-year-old from Poland is chasing a third French Open crown and attempting to become the first woman to...

BUENOS AIRES: Photo shows a view of a mural painting depicting Argentine football star Lionel Messi at the Villa del Parque train station in Buenos Aires.- AFP

Apple TV+ announces Messi documentary

NEW YORK: Streaming platform Apple TV+ on Tuesday announced a four-part documentary series on Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi. The service said the series would feature “exclusive behind-the-scenes access” to the football megastar, who scored seven goals as Argentina lifted the World Cup in Qatar in December.“In his own words, Messi tells the definitive story of his incredible career with the Argentina national football...

HAMBANTOTA: Sri Lanka’s players pose with the trophy after winning the third and final one-day international (ODI) cricket match against Afghanistan at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota on June 7, 2023. - AFP

Sri Lanka thrash Afghanistan to clinch 2-1 ODI series win

HAMBANTOTA: Half-centuries by Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka made short work of Afghanistan in a nine-wicket drubbing that clinched a 2-1 ODI series win for the hosts Wednesday. Sri Lanka eased to 120 with 34 overs to spare in Hambantota, after a fast-bowling attack led by man-of-the-match Dushmantha Chameera had demolished the hapless Afghan top order. It was just the boost Sri Lanka needed before heading off for a...

MANILA: File picture shows former Philippine senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima waves as she arrives at the Muntinlupa Trial Court in Manila. – AFP

Philippine court denies bail for Duterte critic: Lawyer

MANILA: Jailed Philippine human rights activist Leila de Lima was denied bail Wednesday on the remaining drug trafficking charge filed against her during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, her lawyer said. De Lima, one of the most outspoken local critics of Duterte and his deadly drug war, has been detained for more than six years on charges she insists were fabricated to silence her. “Sad to inform you that the Court denied...

KOLKATA: Passengers queue along a platform to board the Chennai bound Coromandel Express at Shalimar station near Kolkata on June 7, 2023. – AFP

India’s Coromandal Express is back on track after disaster

KOLKATA: One of the train services involved in a triple collision in India's deadliest railway disaster for decades resumed journeys on Wednesday, as officials revised the death toll up to 288. "The Coromandal Express is back on track," railway spokesman Aditya Kumar Chaudhary said, with a train departing Shalimar station near Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon on a 25-hour journey south to Chennai. The train, which was full, chugged out of the...

The moment Mohammed Daham was announced Best Player.

Zain ends football season with spectacular Excellence Awards

KUWAIT: Zain held a special Excellence Awards ceremony to recognize the top athletes in the recently concluded 2022-2023 football season of the Zain Premier League (Dawri Zain). During the event, the very best players were recognized on stage after being selected by the technical committee for their top performance, wining them the affection of fans and the wider local sports community. The special event was held at the St Regis Hotel, attended...

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Louvre safeguarding Ukraine art treasures

The Louvre in Paris is hosting 16 works of art, including 1,500-year-old Byzantine icons, from a museum in Kyiv in order to protect them from the war, it said Wednesday. "Since the start of the war, like other museums, we have been concerned to see how we can support our Ukrainian colleagues. In the autumn, faced with the intensity of the conflict, we decided to carry out this rescue," Louvre president Laurence des Cars told AFP."It's not much in...

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