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AL-WAKRAH: Switzerland’s forward #07 Breel Embolo (left) and Cameroon’s defender #21 Jean-Charles Castelletto lie on the pitch during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Switzerland and Cameroon on November 24, 2022. – AFP
Switzerland make winning start, beat Cameroon 1-0
DOHA: Breel Embolo scored against the country of his birth as Switzerland defeated Cameroon 1-0 to make a winning start to their World Cup campaign on Thursday. Embolo struck three minutes into the second half at Al Janoub Stadium as Switzerland secured a vital three points in a group that includes tournament favourites Brazil and Serbia. Cameroon have now lost their last eight World Cup matches going back to 2002. Roger Milla was presented with...
DOHA: Canada's forward #11 Tajon Buchanan fights for the ball with Belgium's midfielder #11 Yannick Carrasco during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group F football match between Belgium and Canada on November 23, 2022. - AFP
Belgium squeeze to a 1-0 win over Canada
DOHA: Michy Batshuayi's first-half goal proved enough for a below-par Belgium to squeeze to a 1-0 win over a Canada side playing their first World Cup match for 36 years on Wednesday. Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saved Alphonso Davies' early penalty and Batshuayi opened the scoring against the run of play in the 44th minute. John Herdman's Canada, roared on by their vocal support, also had another strong penalty appeal turned down and...
BOSTON: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics tries to get between Spencer Dinwiddie #26 of the Dallas Mavericks and Josh Green during the second quarter at TD Garden on November 23, 2022.- AFP
NBA-best Celtics overpower Mavs as Hawks thump Kings
WASHINGTON: Jayson Tatum scored 37 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Wednesday to spark the NBA-leading Boston Celtics to a 125-112 victory over visiting Dallas despite 42 points from Luka Doncic. The Celtics, whose nine-game win streak was snapped Monday at Chicago, bounced back by dominating the Mavericks, improving to 7-1 in Boston and an NBA-best 14-4 overall."I think we were locked in from the beginning," Tatum said. "Losing to Chicago made us...
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19th Straight win for ICSK
KUWAIT: 24th CBSE Kuwait Cluster Athletic Meet, hosted by The Indian Community School - Kuwait, was conducted with great zeal, excitement and enthusiasm at Shaabab Sporting Club, Ahmadi on 13th, 14th & 15th November 2022. More than 1300 athletes from 22 different schools across Kuwait participated in the event.The opening ceremony commenced with the recitation of Holy Quran by Shifa Mariam followed by the prayer song. This was followed by the...
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Third round of URC Women Futsal League
KUWAIT: The third round of URC Women Futsal League will start on Saturday at Kuwait Club Hall. The first meeting will be between pointless Fatayat Al-Oyoun and Tadhamon (third place with 3 points) at 4:00 pm, followed by the leading Fatat Club (6 points) against second place Kuwait (with 3 points on goal difference). In the first match, coach Nouran Labeeb will attempt to get her team's first win after losing to Fatat and Kuwait.Fajer Ahmad Fajer...
TAIPEI: Independent Taipei mayoral candidate Huang Shan-shan (center) poses with a basket of 'lucky vegetables' received by supporters during an election campaign at the Huannan Market in Taipei. - AFP
Taiwan politicians flaunt good luck veggies on campaign trail
TAIPEI: In many parts of the world, a politician might hope for a picture-perfect moment with a voter's baby to boost their poll numbers. But in Taiwan, vegetables are the kings of the campaign trail. Whenever the democratic island of 23 million people goes into election mode, prospective candidates race to pose with smorgasbords of vegetables - large white radishes are a favorite - gifted by voters hoping to show their approval.The reason is...
CASTELLON DE LA PLANA: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez flanked by Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares, Spain's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Economy Yolanda Diaz (3rd right) and Spain's Minister of Defense Margarita Robles (2nd right) attend a Romania-Spain summit in Castellon de la Plana, eastern Spain on November 23, 2022. - AFP
Spain PM sets sights on international role
MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will on Sunday become president of an international socialist grouping, a potential springboard to a major post on the world stage. A year before a general election in Spain, which polls suggest he will struggle to win, Sanchez is the only candidate to head the Socialist International (SI) - an umbrella group of 132 centre-left parties from around the world.The telegenic 50-year-old will take over the...
BEIJING: Health workers in personal protective equipments (PPE) carrying COVID-19 coronavirus testing swabs and tubes are seen on bicycles along a street in Beijing on November 24, 2022. - AFP
China 'iPhone city' tightens COVID rules after protests
BEIJING: China has ordered six million people into lockdown in a city where violent protests broke out at an iPhone factory over COVID isolation policies and working conditions. Hundreds of workers took to the streets around the vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou on Wednesday, confronting hazmat-clad personnel wielding batons in a rare display of public anger in China.In the wake of the unrest, Zhengzhou authorities ordered mass testing and an...
ROSEMEAD, California: A woman shops for toys at a Walmart store on Nov 22, 2022. - AFP
Grinding inflation clouds 'Black Friday' shopping bonanza in US
NEW YORK: The Black Friday kickoff of the holiday shopping season is expected to bring especially deep discounts in 2022, but one challenge will be finding consumers confident enough to spend. Grinding inflation in the world's biggest economy in recent months has cast uncertainty over this year's festive season, which kicks off the day after Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday.A year ago, retailers faced product shortfalls in the wake of shipping...
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Musk floats 'general amnesty' of suspended Twitter accounts
SAN FRANCISCO: New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday polled users on whether the site should offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, using the same method he used to handle the case of Donald Trump. The move comes as Musk has faced pushback that his criteria for content moderation is subject to his personal whim, with reinstatements decided for certain accounts and not others. "Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended...
BRUSSELS: Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sikela speaks with Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa and Greek Energy Minister Konstantinos Skrekas before an extraordinary European Union energy ministers meeting at the EU headquarters on Nov 24, 2022. – AFP
EU fails to agree gas price cap amid deep divisions
BRUSSELS: EU energy ministers failed Thursday to agree a cap on gas prices to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe amid deep divisions over an initial proposal slammed by many as a "joke". The ministers will now meet in the first half of December to try to bridge differences, said Czech Industry Minister Jozef Sikela, whose country holds the current presidency of the EU.He added that the ministers did manage to adopt a couple of other "important...
A British Gas engineer services a gas-powered lamp near Westminster Abbey in central London.— AFP photos
Shine on: Campaigners save London's historic gas lamps
Intrigued tourists watch as Paul Doy climbs a ladder outside London's Westminster Abbey and lifts the globe of a gas street lamp. Winding its timer, he then ignites a small cloth mesh, creating a distinctive soft warm light that illuminates the darkness. "I like the historical aspect of it," said Doy, even if it means getting up at 5:00 am to tend to the lamps in the fashionable district of Covent Garden. "It's mainly winding the 100-year-old...
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