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SAN ANTONIO, Texas: In this aerial view, members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022. - AFP

50 migrants dead in Texas truck tragedy

SAN ANTONIO, Texas: US police Tuesday were investigating the grim discovery of about 50 bodies in and around a trailer truck abandoned in sweltering heat near the Texas city of San Antonio, with victims identified as from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. The shocking finding was one of the worst disasters involving migrants in the United States in recent years - and came five years after a similar deadly incident in the same Texas city, a few...

KREMENCHUK, Ukraine: People walk by the Amstor mall, the day after it was hit by a Russian missile strike according to Ukrainian authorities in Kremenchuk. - AFP

16 killed in missile strike on Ukrainian mall

KYIV: A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed at least 16 people, the head of emergency services said early Tuesday, sparking international outrage. "The Russian strike today on the shopping centre in Kremenchuk is one of the most brazen terrorist acts in European history," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening broadcast posted on Telegram.Emergency services chief Sergiy...

BRANDENBURG AN DER HAVEL, Germany: (L to R) Plaintiff lawyer Thomas Walther, and co-plaintiff lawyers Hans-Jurgen Foerster and Pascal Luongo arrive for the sentencing hearing of the trial of former Nazi concentration camp guard Josef Schuetz. - AFP

German court gives 101-year-old ex Nazi guard five years in jail

BRANDENBURG AN DER HAVEL, Germany: A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. Josef Schuetz was found guilty of being an accessory to murder in at least 3,500 cases while working as a prison guard at the Sachsenhausen camp in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, between 1942 and 1945.He is...

WIMBLEDON: Poland's Iga Swiatek serves the ball to Croatia's Jana Fett during their women's singles tennis match on the second day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon on June 28, 2022.- AFP

Coronavirus-hit Berrettini pulls out of Wimbledon as Swiatek extends streak

LONDON: Title contender Matteo Berrettini was forced to pull out of Wimbledon on Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus as women's top seed Iga Swiatek extended her winning streak to 36 matches. Elsewhere on day two of the Championships, Serena Williams prepared to return to singles tennis after a year away and Rafael Nadal was due to begin his quest to win the third leg of a potential calendar Grand Slam. The early action at the All...

GROS ISLET: Kyle Mayers, of West Indies, takes evasive action during the second day of the 2nd Test between Bangladesh and West Indies at Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.- AFP

West Indies sweep Bangladesh with 10-wicket rout in 2nd Test

GROS-ISLET: West Indies wasted no time on a day when more than five hours were lost to the elements to complete a 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh on the fourth day of the second and final Test in St Lucia on Monday. Frustrated by torrential overnight showers which left a sodden outfield and prevented play until mid-afternoon, the home side claimed the last four wickets swiftly despite an entertaining, unbeaten 60 by Nurul Hasan to dismiss the...

MONTREAL: Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton waves to the crowd during the parade of drivers, ahead of the Canada Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal. - AFP

F1 labels Piquet's racist language towards Hamilton 'unacceptable'

LONDON: Formula One branded a racist term used by three-time world champion Nelson Piquet against Lewis Hamilton as "unacceptable" on Tuesday. The 69-year-old Brazilian, who won the world title in 1981, 1983 and 1987, used a racially offensive term when referring to Hamilton on a Brazilian podcast. "Discriminatory or racist language is unacceptable in any form and has no part in society," Formula One said in a statement."Lewis is an incredible...

KUWAIT: Officials pose for a group picture after the initiative is submitted to Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Affairs Dr Rana Abdullah Al-Fares.

SAP launches initiative to train national cadres and digitize government services

KUWAIT: In collaboration with the Federation of Kuwait Engineering Offices, Consultant Houses, and other private sector institutions, SAP submitted an initiative to the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Affairs Dr Rana Abdullah Al-Fares. The initiative aims to develop local programs, provide the Kuwaiti youth with SAP skills and methodologies, and share the necessary...

KUWAIT: A picture showing a fishing pier at one of Kuwait's beaches. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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ELMAU CASTLE: (From center counterclockwise) US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Council President Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a working session during the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle on June 28, 2022 on the last day of the G7 Summit. - AFP

G7 leaders condemn China's market-distorting practices

ELMAU CASTLE: G7 leaders on Tuesday condemned China's "non-transparent and market-distorting" international trade practices in an end-of-summit statement that hit out directly at Beijing for the first time. The statement, which also pledged to reduce "strategic dependencies" on China, came hours before the leaders join a larger group of their counterparts at a NATO summit in Madrid.There, the 30-member alliance was also poised to toughen its...

BELFAST: A car-transporter lorry leaves Larne port, north of Belfast in Northern Ireland, after arriving on a ferry. The UK government on Tuesday announced its intention to drastically overhaul post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, arguing the plan was needed to end political paralysis in the territory but risking a trade war with the EU. - AFP

UK's bid to override N Ireland Brexit pact clears first hurdle

LONDON: The UK government's bid to scrap parts of post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland cleared its first hurdle on Monday, despite EU warnings it is illegal and could spark a trade war. MPs in the House of Commons voted through the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill by 295 votes to 221 after a debate, allowing it to progress to the next stage of scrutiny in parliament.Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Germany for a G7...

DHI QAR: A boat lies on the dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, on June 28, 2022. Iraq's drought reflects a decline in the level of waterways due to the lack of rain and lower flows from upstream neighboring countries Iran and Turkey. - AFP

'Greenwashing': A new climate misinformation battleground

PARIS: Fossil fuel firms are misleading the public about their moves to cut greenhouse gases and curb climate change-and social media are hosting ads that perpetuate this "greenwashing", researchers say. AFP Fact Check took an in-depth look at how this is happening. The full report, including lobbying and communications fact boxes on 10 top oil and gas companies, is at http://u.afp.com/wDuA.Talking the talkMany companies have vowed to reach the...

MANILA: File photo shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) holding a Galil sniper rifle with outgoing Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa (L) during a change of command ceremony at Camp Crame in Manila. - AFP

Duterte unlikely to face court over Philippines drug war killings

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte often incited violence and ordered police to shoot dead suspects in a drug war that has killed thousands. But analysts say he is unlikely to face charges after he steps down Thursday. Duterte's signature policy to rid the country of drugs has been widely condemned and sparked an international probe into a possible crime against humanity.But the 77-year-old is still hugely popular among many in the...

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