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A photo shows the Jamtal Glacier (Jamtalferner) near Galtuer, Tyrol, Austria. – AFP photos

Austrian scientists race to reveal melting glaciers' secrets

Jumping from rock to rock to rock over a creek formed off Austria's Jamtal glacier, scientist Andrea Fischer worries that precious scientific data will be irreversibly lost as the snow and ice melt faster than ever. "I couldn't have imagined that it would ever melt as dramatically as this summer... Our 'archive' is melting away," says the glaciologist.Fischer-vice director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian...

DORTMUND: The ball ends up on the roof of Leverkusen’s Finnish goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky’s goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match between BVB Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Dortmund, western Germany on August 6, 2022.- AFP

Dortmund edge Leverkusen 1-0 as Union claim Berlin bragging rights

BERLIN: A first-half goal from captain Marco Reus was enough to see Borussia Dortmund past Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday while Union Berlin defeated city rivals Hertha. In a fixture known more for attack than defense in recent years - three of the past five games between Dortmund and Leverkusen have featured seven goals - it was highlighted by defense, particularly that of Dortmund newcomer Nico Schlotterbeck.After a nervy...

LOS CABOS: Russia’s Daniil Medvedev holds the winning trophy after defeating Britain’s Cameron Norrie during their Mexico ATP Open 250 men’s singles final tennis match at the Cabo Sports Complex in Los Cabos, Mexico, on August 6, 2022. – AFP

Top-ranked Medvedev downs Norrie to end ATP title drought

LOS CABOS: World number one Daniil Medvedev won his first ATP title of 2022 on Saturday, roaring past defending champion Cameron Norrie 7-5, 6-0 in the final of the hardcourt tournament in Los Cabos, Mexico. Medvedev snapped a five-match losing streak in finals-a stretch that included his agonizing, five-set loss to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final in February. He also came up short this year in 's-Hertogenbosch and Halle. He didn't get...

LAUDERHILL: Shimron Hetmyer, of West Indies (left), gets stumped by Rishabh Pant, of India, during the fourth T20I match between West Indies and India at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.- AFP

Pant top scores as India beat Windies by 59 runs in T20

LAUDERHILL: India advanced their preparation for the next Twenty20 World Cup with a series-clinching 59-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth fixture of a five-match series at the Broward County Stadium in Florida on Saturday. Defending a formidable total of 191 for five in front of fiercely partisan Indian supporters at the United States venue, Rohit Sharma's side dismissed their opponents for 132 off 19.1 overs.India take an unbeatable...

singer Judith Durham

Aussie pop pioneer and 'Georgy Girl' singer Durham dead at 79

Ethereal-voiced Australian pop-folk singer Judith Durham-who fronted hit 1960s group The Seekers-has died aged 79, the country's arts minister said Saturday. Durham, born in 1943 in Melbourne, gained international fame with upbeat hits like "Georgy Girl" and a series of covers and collaborations with the likes of Paul Simon. "Once, the best known Australian voice was Judith Durham's", said arts minister Tony Burke."With The Seekers and solo...

GAZA: Palestinian mourners carry the body of Islamic Jihad commander Taysir Al-Jabari, killed earlier in an Zionist air strike, during his funeral in Gaza City. – AFP

Kuwait and Arab League denounce blitz on Gaza

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced in the strongest terms the deadly air attacks launched by the Zionist occupation forces yesterday against Gaza Strip in Palestine. “The brutal attacks that left scores of casualties were a continuation of a chain of crimes being perpetrated by the occupation forces in a blatant violation of the rules of international laws and international legitimacy,” the Ministry stressed in a...

US President Joe Biden

Biden: Superhero, lame duck or both?

WASHINGTON: So what do Americans see in Joe Biden - a doddery has-been whom even his own party doesn't want around, or an improbable superhero? After an extraordinary week in Washington politics, the answer is a bit of both. The 79-year-old's political obituary has been issued more times than can be counted since he took office in 2021 amid the political wreckage of Donald Trump's presidency, a pandemic and fear of economic disaster. Now he's...

KHARKIV: An official examines the ruins of a furniture factory following a missile strike on the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 6, 2022, as the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 163rd day. - AFP

Russia, Ukraine trade blame over nuclear plant

KYIV: Kyiv and Moscow accused each other of striking Europe's largest nuclear site, causing a reactor stoppage as three grain ships departed Ukraine under a deal to avert food shortages. Russian troops have occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine since the early days of their invasion and Kyiv has accused them of storing heavy weapons there. Moscow, in turn, has accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the plant."Three strikes...

GAZA CITY: A fireball erupts as a result of an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City on August 6, 2022. - AFP

Exhausted Gazans again under fire

GAZA: With empty streets and drawn curtains, Gaza feels like a ghost town. Its residents-tested by repeated wars-feel like they are living the same scenes again and again. Before Zionist entity launched its "pre-emptive" strikes on militants in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory was enjoying a summer unlike any other in recent years.Gaza's beaches, long deemed too polluted with waste water for swimmers, had been declared mostly usable...

SHINNECOCK NATION, United States: Waban Tarrant (right) and Donna Collins-Smith (left), members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, harvest sugar kelp at the Shinnecock Kelp Farmer which will be used as a natural fertilizer for sea and beach grass planted to prevent beach erosion in the Hampton Bays on July 26, 2022. - AFP

In New York, a native tribe fights to save land from climate change

SOUTHAMPTON, US: In the Hamptons, New York's playground for the rich and famous, a Native American tribe is battling with the latest threat to what's left of its traditional land: climate change. The Shinnecock, whose name means "people of the stony shore," have lived on Long Island for 13,000 years.Their villages stretched along the island's eastern end before land grabs by European settlers and later US authorities reduced their territory to an...

MANILA: (From top left) US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez and Philippine Department of Energy Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella applaud as US Trade and Development Agency Director Enoh Ebong and Aboitiz Power Vice President of Renewables David Aboitiz participate in a USTDA Offshore Wind Grant signing at Ayala Triangle Gardens in Manila on August 6, 2022. - AFP

Blinken meets Marcos Jr, hails 'strong' US-Philippine alliance

MANILA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr Saturday in a bid to bolster the countries' "strong" alliance, as China conducts military drills around Taiwan. Blinken is the most senior US official to visit the Philippines-a treaty-bound ally of the United States-since Marcos took office."The alliance is strong and I believe can grow even stronger," Blinken told Marcos at the presidential palace....

LONDON: Fulham’s Slovakian goalkeeper Marek Rodak cannot reach a shot from Liverpool’s English midfielder Jordan Henderson which comes back off the bar during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Liverpool on August 6, 2022. – AFP

Liverpool stumble, Spurs shine

MANCHESTER: Liverpool's Premier League title challenge got off to a sluggish start as the Reds were held 2-2 at newly-promoted Fulham, while Tottenham delivered on their pre-season hype by thrashing Southampton 4-1 on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp admitted the best part of Liverpool's day was the result as the Champions League finalists twice had to come from behind at Craven Cottage.Aleksandar Mitrovic maintained his stunning form from last season in...

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