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DOHA: A picture shows a view of the main ticket centre for Qatar's FIFA football World Cup, in the capital Doha.- AFP

Qatar arrests of World Cup ticket touts

DOHA: Qatar announced its first arrests of World Cup ticket touts on Monday, with three foreign men detained outside official ticketing centers in Doha. Six days from the start of the tournament, the interior ministry said "three people of different nationalities" were arrested and now face criminal proceedings.The ministry released a statement on Twitter but did not specify the nationalities of those arrested, only stating the men were caught...

BOSTON: Derrick White #9 of the Boston Celtics dunks during the second half against the Oklahoma City Thunder at TD Garden on November 14, 2022.- AFP

Celtics down Thunder to stretch win streak to 7

WASHINGTON: Jayson Tatum scored 27 points and Jaylen Brown added 26 to lead the Boston Celtics over Oklahoma City 126-122 on Monday, stretching their NBA win streak to seven games. Marcus Smart added 22 points, Al Horford had 12 points and 11 rebounds and Tatum also contributed 10 rebounds as the Celtics improved to 11-3 on the season while the Thunder fell to 6-8. The Celtics, down by seven at halftime and after three quarters, outscored...

Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo risks Manchester Utd legacy after explosive tirade

LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have burnt his bridges with Manchester United after launching a stinging tirade against the club and faces an uncertain future as he prepares for the World Cup. The Portugal superstar told Piers Morgan's show on TalkTV that he feels "betrayed" by the Premier League club and that he has no respect for new manager Erik ten Hag. He also hit out at the club's US owners, the Glazer family, stating they care far...

DOHA: A man takes a picture in front of a replica of the World Cup trophy outside the Stadium 974 in Doha on November 15, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. - AFP

Arab fans' WCup fever cooled by Qatar costs

DUBAI: Qatar's World Cup will be the first on Arab soil but despite excitement in the Middle East, the fervor is not universal in a region usually united by its passion for football. Although the November 20-December 18 tournament is geographically close for many Arab fans, high costs are a problem as a cocktail of crises and economic woes plague much of the Middle East and North Africa."Accommodation and transport costs are exorbitant," said...

KHERSON, Ukraine: This handout photograph shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a group photo with Ukrainian servicemen during his visit to the newly liberated city of Kherson, following the retreat of Russian forces from the strategic hub. - AFP

Missile strikes pound Ukraine cities

KYIV: Missile strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Tuesday and prompted mass power outages, a few days after a humiliating Russian retreat in the nation's south and in the middle of the G20 summit. The fresh bombardment, which officials said struck residential buildings in Kyiv, trespassed on days of Ukrainian jubilation over the recapture of the key city of Kherson.Lviv in the west and Kharkiv in the east were also attacked on Tuesday,...

ARIEL, Palestinian Territories: Israeli Zaka volunteers, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish emergency response team, work at the scene of an attack in the Ariel Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank on November 15, 2022, in which a Palestinian killed two Zionists. – AFP

Palestinian kills two Zionists before being shot dead

ARIEL, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian killed two Zionists in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, stabbing one man to death and knifing several others, then killing another with a stolen car before being shot dead himself, officials said.The latest surge in violence came hours before Zionists swears in its new parliament, with far-right lawmakers poised to be members of the cabinet vowing a crackdown on Palestinian violence. The Zionist...

BEIJING: Health workers are seen at a residential building under lockdown due to COVID-19 coronavirus restrictions at a residential compound in Beijing on November 15, 2022. – AFP

Hundreds of protesters clash with police over anti-COVID measures

BEIJING, China: Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-COVID measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in the area were extended over a surge in infections. Videos circulating on social media since Monday night and verified by AFP showed hundreds taking to the street in the industrial metropolis of Guangzhou, some tearing down cordons intended to keep locked-down residents...

CAPE CANAVERAL: Photographers set up remote cameras as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA said it plans to attempt its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon as scheduled on November 16. - AFP

NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States: Third time's the charm? After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hurricane. "Our time is coming. And we hope that that is on Wednesday," said Mike Sarafin, the manager of the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission, at NASA headquarters.The Artemis 1 mission, a test flight without astronauts, represents the...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: African and European leaders including IMF Managing director Kristalina Georgevia (left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second leftL), Senegal President Macky Sall (third right, speaking to advisor), President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (fourth left), European Council President Charles Michel (fifth right), Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte (fourth right), France's President Emmanuel Macron (third right), Rwanda's Finance Minister (second right) representing Rwanda President Paul Kagame, and World Bank President David Malpass (right) attend a meeting between African Union and European Union leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. – AFP

Rich nations target $20bn to wean Indonesia off coal

NUSA DUA: Rich nations pledged Tuesday to raise at least $20 billion to help wean Indonesia off coal and reach carbon neutrality by 2050, a decade earlier than planned, the White House said. The United States, Japan, Canada and six European countries signed the accord with Jakarta on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali to ensure a "just power sector transition" away from Indonesia's coal-dependent economy, they said in a statement released...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives for the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. – AFP

UK budget predicted to be a nightmare before Christmas

LONDON: Britain will Thursday hike taxes and slash public spending in a government budget that signals a return to austerity despite a cost-of-living crisis and recession headwinds. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who took office just three weeks ago, has vowed to fix the economic havoc created by his short-lived predecessor Liz Truss. Even though he is mindful of soaring energy bills and food prices with UK inflation at a 40-year high...

LIANYUNGANG, China: This photo taken on November 14, 2022 shows an employee producing clothing, which will be exported, at a factory in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province. – AFP

US presses China for debt relief in world's poorest countries

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: The United States is pressing China and other G20 members to do more on debt relief for the world's poorest countries, a senior US official said Tuesday. The issue will be highlighted in the final joint statement when the summit in the Indonesian resort island of Bali ends this week, the official said, but there will not be unanimity."What you're going to see in the G20 statement is that 19 members of the G20 came together to...

This handout photograph shows a skull of a modern carp fish.

Earliest proof shows our ancestors liked well-done fish

Early human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well-done, researchers revealed Monday, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used to cook. Exactly when our ancestors started cooking has been a matter of controversy among archaeologists because it is difficult to prove that an ancient fireplace was used to prepare food, and not just for warmth.But the birth of the culinary arts marks an important turning point...

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