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FRANKFURT: Employees in the public transport sector demonstrate in front of the main railway station as they stage a strike in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 27, 2023. - AFP

‘Mega-strike’ disrupts travel in Germany

BERLIN: A major strike brought much of Germany’s air traffic, rail service and commuter lines to a halt on Monday as workers demand wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe’s top economy heeded a call by the Verdi and EVG unions for the 24-hour walkout.“A labour struggle that has no impact is toothless,” Verdi boss Frank Werneke told public broadcaster...

Delegates attend the tenth session of the United Nations Gas Experts Group in Geneva.

OAPEC presents its vision on blue hydrogen at gas experts session

GENEVA: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) participated in the activities of the tenth session of the United Nations Gas Experts Group, which was held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva from March 23-24. Representatives of the member states of the European Economic Commission and representatives of the European Commission participated in the meeting.Number of European and...

WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the FederalnReserve in Washington, DC. — AFP

Economists expect US recession, above-target inflation this year

WASHINGTON: The United States will likely enter a recession this year and face high inflation well into 2024, a majority of economists predicted in their response to a semiannual survey. More than two-thirds of respondents to the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Policy Survey also see inflation remaining above four percent at the end of this year. The survey summarized the responses of 217 NABE members, and was conducted...

LOS ANGELES: Andre Drummond #3 of the Chicago Bulls pulls down a rebound against Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half at Crypto.com Arena on March 26, 2023.- AFP

Bulls spoil LeBron’s return

LOS ANGELES: The Chicago Bulls spoiled superstar LeBron James’s return from a 13-game injury absence on Sunday, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 118-108 to tighten their hold on the final Eastern Conference play-in spot. As the push to the post-season headed into its final two weeks, the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched their first playoff berth since 2018 with a 108-91 victory over the Houston Rockets.Jarret Allen tied his season high with 24...

LUXEMBOURG: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 group J qualification football match between Luxembourg and Portugal on March 26, 2023. – AFP

England see off Ukraine in Euro 2024 qualifying

PARIS: Harry Kane scored again as England made it two wins from two in Euro 2024 qualifying by beating Ukraine 2-0 at Wembley on Sunday, while Cristiano Ronaldo extended his international goals record to 122 with a double as Portugal thrashed Luxembourg. Captain Kane, who broke Wayne Rooney’s all-time England goalscoring record in midweek, turned home his 55th international goal from Bukayo Saka’s cross in the 37th minute.In-form Arsenal...

FLORIDA: Aryna Sabalenka returns a serve to Marie Bouzkova of Czechia during the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 26, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. – AFP

Miami Open: Andreescu and Sabalenka cruise into last 16

MIAMI GARDENS: Former US Open winner Bianca Andreescu and world number two Aryna Sabalenka cruised into the last-16 of the Miami Open on Sunday with straight sets victories at Hard Rock Stadium. Sabalenka's power was ‘simply too much’ for Czech Marie Bouzkova, with the Belarussian breaking serve twice in the opening set on the way to a 6-1, 6-2 victory.Any chance of a comeback from Bouzkova vanished when she was broken in the opening game of...

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‘Glaze’ software aims to protect art from copycat AI

Researchers at the University of Chicago have released free “Glaze” software that they say can thwart efforts by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to copy an artist’s style. The program makes tiny changes to digital images that, while invisible to human eyes, act as a “style cloak” when they are posted online, the team behind the project explained on their website. If generative AI finds a Glaze-guarded image online, it is...

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Artist Karla Ortiz sees AI ‘identity theft’, not promise

For artist Karla Ortiz, the explosion in artificial intelligence that can stand in for flesh-and-blood artists is nothing more than identity theft. A native of Puerto Rico, Ortiz is a California-based designer, a concept artist and painter who has worked for videogaming giant Ubisoft, Marvel Studios, the Wizards of the Coast fantasy game publisher and has exhibited her work in galleries. But now her profession could be completely disrupted by...

Several choirs sing together in support of peace in Ukraine, in the centre of Madrid.--AFP photos

Thousands sing for peace in war-torn Ukraine

Choirs from across the world joined their voices to sing for peace in Ukraine Sunday, with nearly 300 singers gathering in Madrid where the initiative began a year ago. Under cloudless blue skies, singers from 46 choirs in and around the Spanish capital gathered outside the Reina Sofia art museum and began singing at midday (1000 GMT) in an event involving thousands of others across Europe and Latin America.This year, choirs joined from 81...

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Ramadan and the Noble Quran

By Nisar AhmadThe month of Ramadan has been honored by the Creator of the universe because of the revelation of the Holy Quran and other divine scriptures such as the Torah and the Bible in this month for the guidance of entire mankind. Almighty Allah revealed these books to take mankind out of darkness into light, out of polytheism into oneness of Allah, from disbelief into belief, from hypocrisy into sincerity. Almighty Allah conferred...

JERUSALEM: Worshippers perform the first Friday prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on March 24, 2023. – AFP

GCC appeals to US on Zionist minister’s Palestinian remarks

KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council said Sunday it had written to Washington’s top diplomat condemning controversial comments from the Zionist entity’s finance minister in which he denied the existence of a Palestinian people. The GCC, in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, called on Washington “to assume its responsibilities in responding to all measures and statements that target the Palestinian people”. The letter from...

BEIRUT: A clocktower in Beirut's Jdeideh district indicates the time on March 26, 2023, after Lebanon's government announced a decision to delay daylight savings. – AFP

Lebanese squabble over clock change

BEIRUT: A last-minute decision in Lebanon to delay daylight savings by a month has been met with opposition from the influential church, leaving the small country divided between two time zones. Wracked by a crippling economic meltdown and political deadlock, a seemingly odd question was added on Sunday to the growing list of Lebanon’s woes: “What time is it?”The caretaker government announced on Thursday its decision to delay rolling...

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GUBA, Ethiopia: This general view shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia.--AFP

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