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Australian swim star McKeon, N Zealand cyclists dazzle at Commonwealths
BIRMINGHAM: Emma McKeon needs just one more title to break the record for most Australian Commonwealth Games golds after yet another win in the pool on Saturday as New Zealand dominated on the cycling track. McKeon, 28, swam the anchor leg as Australia won the women's 4x100 metres relay to put her alongside Ian Thorpe, Susie O'Neill and Leisel Jones on 10 gold medals."It's nice to do that 10th one in a relay," she told Australia's Channel 7....
Hong Kong boy band ends show after falling screen hits dancers
At least two Hong Kong dancers were injured on Thursday night after being hit by a falling screen at a concert of the city's most popular boy band Mirror. Footage of the incident circulated online showed a group of white-clad dancers performing onstage at the Hong Kong Coliseum when a giant overhead video screen fell and crushed a man. The screen then toppled onto at least one other person before the remaining performers rushed to help.Mirror's...
Esbjorn Svensson album released 14 years after jazz legend's death
A previously unreleased solo album by Swedish jazz legend Esbjorn Svensson will be released in November, 14 years after the artist's death, his record company said on Thursday. Titled "HOME.S.", a play on the pianist's initials, the album contains the first known solo recordings by Esbjorn Svensson, founder of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.). "It's really the only time, the first time, that he can be heard solo on a record," Michael Gottfried,...
Johnny Depp sells his artwork for £3 million
Johnny Depp on Thursday sold a collection of prints he created of Hollywood and rock icons for around £3 million via a UK gallery chain. The 59-year-old "Pirates of the Caribbean" star has spent millions on a bitter legal battle with his ex-wife, the 36-year-old actress Amber Heard.Depp wrote on Instagram on Thursday morning that the prints were going on sale online at Castle Fine Art, which runs a network of UK galleries. The art retailer...
At Least 27 million COVID patients may have long-term loss of smell, taste
Long-lasting smell or taste dysfunction may affect about 27 million people globally who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection, a meta-analysis with parametric cure modeling showed. An estimated 5.6% and 4.4% of COVID-19 patients may develop persistent self-reported smell and taste dysfunction, respectively, representing 15 million and 12 million cases worldwide as of July 2022, reported Song Tar Toh, MBBS, of the National University of Singapore, and...
Lottery hopefuls flock to 'lucky' California store as $1bn jackpot looms
The odds of claiming this week's bonanza US lottery prize are less than one-in-300-million-but one "lucky" convenience store outside Los Angeles is already counting its winnings. A sign above the counter of the otherwise unassuming shop in California's Chino Hills proclaims itself the "LUCKIEST 7-ELEVEN IN THE WORLD," six years after it sold a winning ticket for the largest jackpot in US lottery history.With the nationwide Mega Millions prize now...
Interior cautions drivers amid unstable weather
KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior, on Thursday, called on drivers and beachgoers to exercise caution due to unstable weather, in addition to the warnings of the Meteorological Department of the possibility of rainfall in the coming days. In a press statement, the ministry also called on everyone not to hesitate and to call (112) when facing any emergency.Kuwait Meteorological Department said the heat will continue on Friday with hot wind. The...
Alarm as Earth hits 'Overshoot Day' Thursday
PARIS: Mankind marks a dubious milestone Thursday - the day by which humanity has consumed all earth can sustainably produce for this year, with NGOS warning the rest of 2022 will be lived in resource deficit. The date-dubbed "Earth Overshoot Day"-marks a tipping point when people have used up "all that ecosystems can regenerate in one year", according to the Global Footprint Network and WWF."From January 1 to July 28, humanity has used as much...
Loss of smell, taste in 5% COVID cases
PARIS: Around five percent of people who have had COVID-19 develop long-lasting problems with their sense of smell or taste, a large study said Thursday, potentially contributing to the burden of long COVID. A lost sense of smell has been a hallmark of contracting coronavirus since the early days of the pandemic, but it has not been clear how often symptoms like this occur - or how long they can last. Seeking to find out, researchers analyzed the...
Pope denounces 'ideological colonization'
QUEBEC CITY, Canada: Pope Francis decried "ideological colonization" Wednesday and renewed his apology to Indigenous peoples for decades of abuse in a speech to Canada's top officials, who invited him to take further action leading to "real reconciliation."The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics was speaking in Quebec City, the latest stage of his landmark tour of Canada which he kicked off this week with a powerful apology for the...
Pro-Sadr protesters storm Iraqi parliament in fortified Green Zone
BAGHDAD: Hundreds of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr danced and sang in parliament Wednesday after storming Baghdad's high-security Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister. Police fired barrages of tear gas in a bid to stop the protesters from breaching the gates of the heavily fortified Green Zone, but the crowds surged forward and entered parliament. "I am against the corrupt officials who are in...
Easy targets: Drug mules fill women's jails in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra sealed her fate when she agreed to transport a package from Peru to Hong Kong-a decision that landed her more than eight years in prison. A quarter of Hong Kong's prisoners are women, a record-high percentage skewed by impoverished foreign drug mules who are often duped or coerced. Awaiting deportation after her release, Lecarnaque Saavedra sat on a bunk bed in a cramped hostel and described how she lost...
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