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China preparing invasion: Taiwan
FENGGANG TOWNSHIP: Taiwan held an artillery drill Tuesday simulating defence against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games. China launched its largest-ever air and sea exercises around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a tour by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in decades.Taiwan lives under...
Hope for change, prayers for peace as Kenya votes
KISUMU, Kenya: From Nairobi slums to Rift Valley towns, Kenyans voiced cautious hope for change and a peaceful future, flocking to polling stations well before voting opened across the nation on Tuesday. None were in any doubt about the high stakes involved in this year's presidential poll as the East African country of 50 million people struggles with inflation, corruption and an unemployment crisis.In Kibera, one of the largest slums in Kenya's...
Record-breaking rainfall, flooding in Seoul kill seven, many missing
SEOUL: Subway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said Tuesday. Authorities warned there was more rain to come even as emergency workers struggled to clear the hulks of flooded cars, which AFP reporters saw strewn across major intersections throughout the city.Dramatic images shared on...
Indonesian teens take to the catwalk at Jakarta crosswalk
A pedestrian crossing turned viral catwalk has become a site for Jakarta's young fashionistas to express themselves, while attracting the disapproval of police in the traffic-clogged Indonesian capital. The informal downtown gathering has drawn sartorial adventurists from across the suburbs of the metropolis, including from Citayam, leading it to be dubbed "Citayam Fashion Week". And with their poses and struts all being shared on TikTok and...
Beyonce tops US songs chart for first time in over a decade
After releasing her much-anticipated album "Renaissance," Beyonce has scored the number one spot on the top US songs chart for the first time in well over a decade. Her lead single "Break My Soul" is the 40-year-old's first solo song to hit the top of Billboard's Hot 100 since 2008's "Single Ladies," the industry tracker said Monday.Her seventh solo studio album also opened at number one on Billboard's top albums chart, the entertainment outlet...
US returns 30 stolen antique artworks to Cambodia
The United States on Monday returned 30 stolen works of art and antiquities to Cambodia that had been looted from the southeast Asian nation, including from an ancient Khmer city, and illegally trafficked around the world for decades. Manhattan federal prosecutor Damian Williams officially handed over the looted antiquities to Cambodia's ambassador to the United States, Keo Chhea, in front of press. "We celebrate the return of Cambodia's cultural...
War, poverty, no internet: The trials of a CAR rapper
Clad in a fluorescent jumpsuit and high-top sneakers, Cool Fawa grabs the microphone and fires up the audience. The rapper and hip-hop singer launches confidently into her best-known song, "Valide" ("Validated"), and the swaying crowd sings to the chorus. Her gig is a bar in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic -- arguably one of the toughest countries in the world for a female rapper to seek stardom.In the music business, talent...
Inside Afghan secret schools, where girls defy the Taleban
Nafeesa has discovered a great place to hide her schoolbooks from the prying eyes of her disapproving Taleban brother - the kitchen, where Afghan men rarely venture. Hundreds of thousands of girls and young women like Nafeesa have been deprived of the chance of education since the Taleban returned to power a year ago, but their thirst for learning has not lessened."Boys have nothing to do in the kitchen, so I keep my books there," said Nafeesa,...
Ozzy Osbourne closes Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM: Legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne brought the curtain down on the Commonwealth Games in spectacular style on Monday as dominant Australia celebrated finishing top of the medals table yet again. Athletes swarmed Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for a closing party that also featured UB40, Dexys and a tribute to Peaky Blinders, the global hit TV show about the city's most notorious gang.Birmingham-born Osbourne, known as the...
After Durant ultimatum, NBA Nets owner backs Nash, Marks
NEW YORK: Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai backed head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks on Monday after reports of a them-or-me ultimatum from NBA superstar Kevin Durant. After a report from The Athletic detailed Durant meeting Tsai in London and saying he won't stay with the team as long as Nash and Marks remain in their jobs, Tsai made his position clear in a Twitter posting. "Our front office and coaching staff have my support,"...
Real Madrid motivated ahead of Frankfurt Super Cup clash
HELSINKI: Real Madrid are determined not to be knocked off their perch at the summit of European football this season as they prepare to start their campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup in Helsinki on Wednesday. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, who is the only manager to win the Champions League four times, said his side's 1-0 victory over Liverpool in last season's final made him "feel like no one should ever take your...
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