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Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf

GCC countries keen to help refugees: Hajrf

RIYAHD: Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf stressed Monday that the GCC countries are always keen to rescue and help refugees according to humanitarian principles sanctioned by the relevant international conventions and treaties. This came in a press statement issued by the GCC General Secretariat on the occasion of the International Refugees Day.Hajraf said that this year's celebration...

DAMMAM: Moroccan player scores a goal during the 2022 Arab Futsal Cup in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on Monday June 20, 2022. Morocco beat Kuwait 6-4 in the opening match.

Morocco overpower Kuwait 6-4

DAMMAM: The Moroccan National Futsal team beat Kuwait 6-4 in the opening match of the 2022 Arab Futsal Cup in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Morocco's Idris Rais scored a super Hat-Trick (4 goals) while Youssef Jawad and Abdellatif Fati scored the other goals. On the other hand, Kuwait's Abdul Rahman Al-Taweel scored two goals while Abdul Latif Al-Abbasi and Saleh Al-Fadhel scored one goal each.The 2022 Arab Futsal Cup kicked off on Monday in Dammam, with...

BROOKLINE: Matt Fitzpatrick of England poses with the US Open Championship trophy after winning during the final round of the 122nd US Open Championship at The Country Club on June 19, 2022. - AFP

Scrappy Fitzpatrick hits the shot of his life to win Open

BROOKLINE: Scrappy English underdog Matt Fitzpatrick, hardened in steel town Sheffield, endured epic pressure and hit the shot of his life when it mattered most on Sunday to win the US Open. The 27-year-old blasted a stunning 9-iron from a left fairway bunker onto the 18th green and two-putted for par from 18 feet to capture his first major title. "It's one of the best shots I ever hit. There's no doubt about it," he said. "That probably is such...

PARIS: Leader of left-wing coalition Nupes (Nouvelle Union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale - New Ecologic and Social People's Union) Jean-Luc Melenchon delivers a speech after the first results of the second round of the parliamentary elections in Paris. – AFP

Macron seeks to salvage power

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies on Monday were scrambling for a way out of political deadlock after losing their parliamentary majority in a stunning blow for the president and his reform plans. Macron's Ensemble (Together) coalition emerged as the largest party in Sunday's National Assembly vote, but was dozens of seats short of keeping the parliamentary majority it had enjoyed for the last five years.Surges on the left...

VATICAN CITY: File photo shows Pope Francis kissing a baby from the popemobile car within a canonization mass at St Peter's Square in The Vatican. - AFP

Pope's future sparks debate, resignation seems unlikely

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has fuelled the rumour mill with a postponed Africa trip and the curious timing of an upcoming meeting of cardinals-but experts caution against assuming a resignation is nigh. Hobbled by pain in his knee and forced to use a wheelchair in recent weeks, the 85-year-old pontiff postponed a July trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan last week.That move, along with an unusual decision to hold a consistory...

SEVILLE: Partido Popular (PP) candidate for the Andalusian regional election Juanma Moreno greets supporters during a meeting following the Andalusian regional elections, in Seville. - AFP

Spanish premier thrashed in Andalusia regional election

SEVILLE, Spain: Spain's main opposition Popular Party secured a landslide win in a regional election in Andalusia on Sunday, dealing a blow to Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ahead of a national vote expected at the end of 2023. The conservative Popular Party (PP) won 58 seats in the 109-seat Andalusian regional parliament, which will allow it to govern alone in Spain's most populous region, near final results showed. That is more than...

FUKUROI: Children take part in a judo training session in Fukuroi, Shizuoka prefecture. Japan is the home of judo but a brutal win-at-all-costs mentality, corporal punishment and pressure to lose weight is driving large numbers of children to quit the sport. - AFP

Japan judo hits crisis point as bullied, burnt-out kids quit

FUKUROI: Japan is the home of judo but a brutal win-at-all-costs mentality, corporal punishment and pressure to lose weight are driving large numbers of children to quit, raising fears for the sport's future in its traditional powerhouse. Underlining the scale of the problem, the All Japan Judo Federation cancelled a prestigious nationwide tournament for children as young as 10, warning they were being pushed too hard. A pressure group dedicated...

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines passenger plane approaches for landing at Changi International Airport in Singapore on June 20, 2022.- AFP

Air industry recovery gathering pace despite uncertainty: IATA

DOHA: Air passengers are expected to hit 83 percent of pre-pandemic levels this year and the aviation industry's return to profit is "within reach" in 2023 despite ongoing uncertainty, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday. Industry losses are expected to drop to $9.7 billion this year, a "huge improvement" from $137.7 billion in 2020 and $42.1 billion in 2021, IATA said in an upgraded industry outlook ahead of its annual...

COLOMBO: Auto-rickshaws are parked in a queue along a street to tank up petrol from a Ceylon petroleum corporation fuel station in Colombo on June 20, 2022. - AFP

Bankrupt Sri Lanka begins shutdown, opens IMF talks

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka closed schools and halted non-essential government services on Monday, starting a two-week shutdown to conserve fast-depleting fuel reserves as the IMF opened talks with Colombo on a possible bailout. The country of 22 million people is in the grip of its worst economic crisis after running out of foreign exchange to finance even the most essential imports including food, fuel and medicines.On Monday schools were shut and state...

MOSCOW: Customers walk at GUM department store near Red Square in Moscow on June 20, 2022.- AFP

Sanctioned Russia becomes China's 'main source' of oil

BEIJING: China ramped up crude oil imports from Russia in May, customs data showed Monday, helping to offset losses from Western nations scaling back Russian energy purchases over the invasion of Ukraine. The spike means Russia has now overtaken Saudi Arabia to become China's top oil provider as the West continues to sanction Moscow's energy exports.The world's second-biggest economy imported around 8.42 million tons of oil from Russia last...

SHENYANG: This aerial photo shows tourists visiting a paddy with images created by growing different varieties of rice in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. - AFP

'Huge uncertainty' for EU firms over China's coronavirus curbs

BEIJING: Many European firms are rethinking their investments in China because of its strict COVID controls, a top business group said Monday, warning that disruptions had pummeled operations. While the rest of the world has steadily removed coronavirus curbs, China has remained committed to its zero-COVID strategy, using lockdowns and mass testing to stamp out all infections.But this strategy has hammered businesses and snarled supply chains -...

Models present creation for Giorgio Armani's Men's Spring-Summer 2023 fashion collection on June 20, 2022 in Milan. — AFP photos

Men's fashion back to old normal in Paris

It is back to the old ways for men's fashion week, which kicks off in Paris on Tuesday, with the last pandemic-era restrictions cleared and the surprise return of Hedi Slimane of Celine, who had previously called official fashion shows "obsolete". Even during previous waves of infections, the fashion crowd was never particularly keen to see their make-up smudged by a mask or their partying constrained by social distancing.But with the last...

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