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SINGAPORE: This handout photo on shows US and Southeast Asian defense ministers posing for a photo at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue summit on June 3, 2023. – AFP

US says talks with China ‘essential’

SINGAPORE: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Saturday it was “essential” to renew dialogue with China to avoid “misunderstandings” that could lead to a conflict between the two superpowers. The United States had invited Austin’s Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu to meet on the sidelines of a defence summit in Singapore, but the Pentagon said Beijing declined. A member of China’s delegation told AFP that the removal of US...

DAKAR: This general view shows the charred remains of a vehicle on a street on June 3, 2023, following deadly violence in the Senegalese capital. – AFP

Death toll climbs to 15 as tensions persist in Senegal

DAKAR: Tensions remained high in Senegal on Saturday after fresh overnight clashes brought the death toll to 15 in the two days since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Sonko’s ongoing legal woes have prompted rare flare-ups of violence in Senegal, typically a bastion of stability in West Africa, and foreign allies have urged a return to calm. Sonko, a 48-year-old former tax inspector, was initially charged with rape but was...

NEW YORK: Visitors arrive for the opening of a Hong Kong Protest Pavilion and the new June 4th Tiananmen Memorial Museum on June 2, 2023, ahead of the 34th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. - AFP

Chinese dissidents in New York open world’s only Tiananmen museum

NEW YORK/BEIJING: Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the “democratic dreams of the Chinese people,” two days ahead of the 34th anniversary of the uprising’s “brutal suppression”. “The events of 1989 had an impact on China but also on the entire world,” said Wang Dan, founder of the tiny museum and a leading figure in the Tiananmen...

LONDON: Manchester City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland (center) lifts the trophy after the English FA Cup final football match between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley stadium on June 3, 2023. – AFP

City complete domestic double

LONDON: Manchester City are one game away from a historic treble after Ilkay Gundogan scored twice to beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's men completed a domestic double at Wembley and can become just the second side, after United in 1998/99, to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season should they beat Inter Milan to become European champions for the first time on June 10....

LOUISVILLE: US-Venezuelan Jockey Javier Castellano on Mage (front left) rides during the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. - AFP

Churchill Downs to suspend racing after 12 horse deaths

WASHINGTON: Churchill Downs, home of the famed Kentucky Derby, will suspend racing at the conclusion of this weekend’s competition to examine safety measures after 12 horse deaths in the past month, officials said Friday. With operations shut down at the iconic track in Louisville, Kentucky, the remainder of its Spring Meet, scheduled to run to July 3, will be relocated to Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, starting on Saturday, June...

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Jazeera Airways supports KBA

KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s leading low cost carrier, has been supporting the Kuwait Basketball Association (KBA) since 2021 concluding with the finals of the Basketball Cup and league matches recently. The Kuwait Club emerged winner of the Basketball Cup as well as the league matches. The Basketball Cup tournament follows a single-elimination competition format allowing the association to gather all local clubs associated with the...

PARIS: Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina plays a forehand return to Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova during their women’s singles match on day five of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Suzanne-Lenglen in Paris.- AFP

Rybakina withdraws from French Open; Zhang chases landmark win

PARIS: World number four Elena Rybakina withdrew from the French Open on Saturday due to illness, handing a significant and unexpected title boost to defending champion Iga Swiatek as Zhang Zhizhen chased history for China. Rybakina had been due to face Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain in the third round in the opening match on Court Philippe Chatrier. “I was not feeling good yesterday and the day before. I didn’t sleep last night,” said the...

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Gymnasia Kuwait organizes annual Championship

KUWAIT: Gymnasia Kuwait School of Sports, Arts, and Science Education organized its annual Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics and Ballet 2023 Championship with the participation of players from Arco and Epic Academies. This is the first time Arco and Epic participated in the Gymnasia championship in artistic gymnastics.The event was held at Gymnasia Hall in the presence of the Secretary General of the Arab Gymnastics Federation, Head of the...

NORTH CHARLESTON: Boeing 787 Dreamliners are built at the aviation company’s North Charleston, South Carolina, assembly plant. The plant is located on the grounds of the joint-use Charleston Air Force Base and Charleston International Airport. – AFP

At its 787 Dreamliner factory, Boeing prepares for takeoff

NORTH CHARLESTON: As airlines seek to fulfill customers' growing post-pandemic appetites for long-haul travel, Boeing is aiming to speed up production of its 787 Dreamliners after a period plagued by repeated delivery interruptions due to manufacturing defects. At a hangar in the US East Coast state of South Carolina, the plane begins to take shape on its first assembly line - here, the wings, cockpit, cabin and tail are still in separate pieces....

NOTTINGHAM: Timmy Frey (right) and Back Half supervisor, Mike Riddle, prepare to harvest a tray of leafy greens at a Bowery farm in Nottingham, Maryland. Bowery Farming operates three commercial farms and is the largest vertical-farming company in the United States, manipulating light, humidity, temperature, and other conditions to grow produce. – AFP

US advances trade dispute with Mexico over anti-GMO policy

WASHINGTON: The United States said it had requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico, the next formal step in a row over the latter’s plans to phase out genetically engineered agricultural products. The consultations, under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), come after Mexico announced plans to phase out the use of genetically engineered corn in animal feed and products for human consumption, among other measures,...

NEW YORK: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading in New York City. - AFP

Stocks rise after jobs report, debt US breakthrough

NEW YORK: Stock markets rallied, closing out the week on a high in the United States following a bumper jobs report and a deal in Congress to avert a potentially catastrophic debt default. The stronger-than-expected employment data released Friday morning suggests the US economy remains resilient despite concerted action from the Federal Reserve to suppress demand and bring down high inflation. The passage of a debt limit deal through both houses...

A cat rests at the 'meowseum'. - AFP photos

Purrfect for Persians: Tehran’s ‘meowseum’

Sprawled nonchalantly across the doorstep, a large tomcat welcomes visitors to Tehran’s cat museum and cafe, a curious establishment where some 30 friendly felines roam freely throughout the exhibition space. Shahrzad, Farrokh, Shapoor and Shirin are among the real stars of this attraction in a small two-storey building in the centre of the Iranian capital. Director Hossein HamlehDari says that when it first opened in 2020 it was named the...

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