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BELFAST: US President Joe Biden (L) reacts as he is greeted by Britain's Prime Minster Rishi Sunak (2L) after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Belfast International Airport. – AFP
Biden urges Northern Ireland parties to restore power-sharing
BELFAST: US President Joe Biden urged political compromise in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, using a visit to Belfast to promote the benefits of enduring peace and investment, but faced heated criticism from pro-UK hardliners. “I hope the (Northern Ireland) Executive and Assembly will soon be restored,” Biden said in a speech at Ulster University, urging feuding political leaders to restore power-sharing government which has been suspended...
CANAKKALE: Supporters wave Turkish national flags as they attend a rally of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Canakkale, western Turkey. – AFP
Under pouring rain, Erdogan rival vows ‘return of spring’
CANAKKALE: Facing a sea of umbrellas in the steady rain, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the Turkish opposition’s challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdogan in next month’s polls, smiles and promises “the return of spring”. He calls the rain “pretty” even though it refuses to stop, dousing the crowd gathered in the northwestern city of Canakkale to hear the discreet 74-year-old, whose azure campaign posters announce: “I am Kemal, I am coming!” The...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo participate in the US-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Plenary Session on Promoting Regional Security at the State Department in Washington. – AFP
Kicking off Philippines drills, US vows defense in South China Sea
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday promised to defend the Philippines in the dispute-rife South China Sea as the allies launched their largest-ever joint exercises in the face of Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the region. Nearly 18,000 troops are taking part in the annual exercises dubbed Balikatan, or “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, which for the first time will include a live-fire drill in the South China Sea, which Beijing...
KUWAIT: Zain’s Annual General Assembly Meeting.
Zain Group holds AGM with a quorum of 80.1%
KUWAIT: The Zain Group Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Zain Group’s headquarters in Kuwait, attended with a quorum of 80.1 percent of shareholders whereby they were presented with the Zain Group’s 2022 annual report which highlights the financial statements, Governance and Auditors reports and the major achievements of Zain Group and its operations and subsidiaries across Middle East and Africa, for the year ended December 31,...
ARLIT, Niger: In this file photo taken on March 30, 2023 Migrants queue outside the International Organization for Migration (IOM) information centre near the transit centre, in Arlit, Niger, on march 29, 2023. – AFP
Gold rush, migrant influx stoke strains in Niger desert town
ARLIT, Niger: The short dusty street in Arlit, a mining town in northern Niger, is a sad and seedy place. Faces of young women, many of them from Nigeria, appear in the cracks of doorways, offering their bodies in exchange for money. A once-quiet town has been turned upside-down by a population influx. A major cause is a gold rush that has sucked in fortune seekers from southern Niger and the country’s neighbors. But there is also a buildup of...
SUNG NOEN, Thailand: In this photo taken on March 29, 2023 a train sits below an elevated track, still under construction as part of the Thai-Chinese Bangkok-Nong Khai high-speed railway project at Sung Noen Station in Nakhon Ratchasima province. -- AFP
Thailand’s China-built high-speed rail on track but delayed
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand: One of Thailand’s oldest railway stations is facing demolition as the kingdom presses ahead with a long-delayed Chinese-backed high-speed line that has caused unease about lost heritage and closer ties to Beijing. Concrete piers supporting the new elevated track tower over bright green rice paddies, cutting a strip through a quiet corner of Thailand’s poor, rural northeast. The $5.4-billion line aims to connect...
MANCHESTER: Bayern Munich's French defender Dayot Upamecano vies with Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland at the Etihad Stadium on April 11, 2023. – AFP
City make mark against Bayern
MANCHESTER: Erling Haaland scored his 45th goal of the season as Manchester City took a commanding 3-0 lead over Bayern Munich from their Champions League quarterfinal, first leg on Tuesday. Rodri and Bernardo Silva were also on target for the English champions, who took a giant stride towards finally conquering Europe for the first time. Victory was sweet for City boss Pep Guardiola as he came up against his former club for the first time since...
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers scores on a layup during a 108-102 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves in a play-in tournament game at Crypto.com Arena on April 11, 2023. – AFP
James leads Lakers into playoffs after thriller as Hawks advance
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James scored 30 points as the Los Angeles Lakers muscled their way into the NBA playoffs on Tuesday with a thrilling come-from-behind 108-102 overtime victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lakers clinched seventh seed and advanced to a Western Conference first-round playoff series against the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies starting on Sunday after a pulsating duel at the Crypto.com Arena. The Timberwolves will have...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capital’s Lalit Yadav (R) is clean bowled during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twen-nty20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhinon April 11, 2023. — AFP
Mumbai win first IPL game in tense chase after Rohit’s 65
NEW DELHI: Skipper Rohit Sharma smashed 65 as Mumbai Indians edged out Delhi Capitals by six wickets in a last-ball IPL thriller to register their first win of the season on Tuesday. Mumbai’s chase of 173 moved to the final delivery when impact player Tim David and Cameron Green got the winning runs to hand hosts Delhi their fourth straight loss in as many matches. Delhi, led by David Warner and coached by Ricky Ponting, have endured a...
A simulated Mars exterior portion of the CHAPEA’s Mars Dune Alpha. - AFP photos
NASA unveils 'Mars' habitat for year-long experiments on Earth
Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth's neighbor. The facility, created for three planned experiments called the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA), is located at the US space agency's massive research base in Houston, Texas. Four volunteers will...
Japanese-Brazilian singer Kauan Okamoto, a former member of Japanese idol group Johnny's Junior, holds a press conference. - AFP photos
Former teen idol alleges sex abuse by Japan music mogul
A former teen idol on Wednesday said he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Japan's biggest boyband empire, in a rare public allegation against the late mogul. The talent agency Johnny and Associates, which was established by Kitagawa and has dominated the country's showbiz industry for decades, did not respond to multiple requests for comment from AFP. The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, which hosted a...
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Millie Bobby Brown says to marry
"Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown is to marry her long-term boyfriend Jake Bongiovi, she has announced. The 19-year-old actress took to Instagram to post a picture of her with Bongiovi -- the son of rock legend Jon Bon Jovi. The picture, in which she is wearing an engagement ring, was captioned "I've loved you three summers now, honey, I want 'em all." The line is from Taylor Swift's hit "Lover."Bongiovi also posted the announcement on...
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17th female minister marks significant milestone in Kuwait’s political history
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GUBA, Ethiopia: This general view shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia.--AFP
Ethiopia says mega-dam on Blue Nile doubles electricity output
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Officials pose for a group photo. - KUNA
Kuwait, Turkey charities ink $2.105m agreement