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MUSTANG, Nepal: The wreckage of a Twin Otter aircraft, operated by Nepali carrier Tara Air is seen on a mountainside on May 30, 2022, a day after it crashed. – AFP
Bodies pulled from wreckage of crashed Nepalese plane
POKHARA, Nepal: Nepali rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all but one of 22 people on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside over the weekend, the army said Monday. Air traffic control lost contact with the Twin Otter plane operated by Nepali carrier Tara Air shortly after it took off from Pokhara in western Nepal on Sunday morning headed for Jomsom, a popular trekking destination.Resuming a search on Monday after failing to...
MIAMI, FL - MAY 29: The Boston Celtics celebrate with the Bob Cousy Eastern Conference Championship Trophy after Game 7 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals on May 29, 2022 at the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2022 NBAE Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brian Babineau / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via AFP)
Celtics overcome Heat in game 7
MIAMI: The Boston Celtics, sparked by 26 points from Jayson Tatum, advanced to the NBA Finals by defeating Miami 100-96 on Sunday, setting up a title showdown against the Golden State Warriors. Boston captured the winner-takes-all matchup to claim the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals 4-3 and secure a place in the championship series, which begins Thursday in San Francisco."We aren't satisfied. We've still got a long way to go," Tatum said....
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Kuwait athletes shine at Third Gulf Games
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The Third Gulf Games Kuwait 2022 concludes today, as Gulf athletes competed for 16 days in various games - 16 for men and 7 for women. New games were introduced in the years's games - most notably Padel and eSport. The final day of the championship will see the finals in fencing, tennis and handball. Kuwait athletes are eying more gold medals they continue their lead in the Games. Kuwait fencers started strongly...
MONACO: Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (right), Ferrari's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz Jr (2nd right), Red Bull Racing's Mexican driver Sergio Perez (2nd left) and Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (left) compete in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix on May 29, 2022. - AFP
Perez claims 'dream' Monaco win as bungled strategy foils Leclerc
MONACO: Sergio Perez took full advantage of his Red Bull team's superior strategic decisions to resist late pressure from Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and win Sunday's rain-delayed and crash-hit Monaco Grand Prix. In a breathless race, completed under a two-hour timing rule, the 32-year-old Mexican came home 1.1 seconds clear of his Spanish rival with Red Bull team-mate, series leader and world champion Max Verstappen third, a further second...
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Zain first telecom operator globally to launch Vo5G
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the launch of voice over 5G services, becoming the first telecom operator globally to commercially launch Vo5G with nationwide coverage in all of Kuwait's areas and on the all-new Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup.This revolutionary technology offers Zain's customers an unprecedented experience with ultra-fast internet while making voice calls on compatible smartphones. The...
BUDAPEST: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents the members of the new Hungarian government prior to an oath-taking ceremony at the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest on May 24, 2022. - AFP
EU leaders plead with Orban to support Russian oil ban
BRUSSELS: EU leaders on Monday will try to persuade Hungarian President Viktor Orban to back a watered-down oil embargo against Russia after a month of haggling over the bloc’s latest sanctions. The sixth wave of measures against Moscow was put on the table weeks ago, but has been refused by Orban who argues that an oil embargo would be an “atomic bomb” against his country’s economy.French President Emmanuel Macron cautiously told...
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Heads roll at Aussie power giant AGL after green takeover bid
SYDNEY: Australia's biggest carbon emitter AGL abruptly announced on Monday the departure of its chairman, CEO and a string of board members, while scrapping a long-planned move to spin off its lucrative coal business. In a statement to investors, the company said Peter Botten would resign as chairman and Graeme Hunt would step down as CEO when a replacement is found.Operations at AGL-Australia's largest energy company-have been under fierce...
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India's handloom heritage on display at Sadu House
By Sajeev K PeterThe 'Indian Handloom Exhibition', organized by the Indian Embassy, in association with National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), at Sadu House on Sunday is a symbolic representation of India's diverse and rich handloom sector. Each textile piece on display reflects the aesthetic intricacies involved in the craft and the cultural richness and elegance of India's distinct handloom tradition.The exhibition was jointly...
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Iran rejects Cannes movie award as 'biased, political'
Iran on Monday rejected as "biased and political" last week's award at Cannes for a film about a serial killer who targeted sex workers in an Iranian Shiite shrine city. Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for her performance in the film "Holy Spider", directed by Danish-Iranian Ali Abbassi.Ebrahimi, who went into exile following a smear campaign about her love life, was awarded for her...
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36 years later, 'Top Gun' again tops N America box office
Much-anticipated action film "Top Gun: Maverick" was expected to have a big opening and it did not disappoint, taking in an estimated $151 million in North America for the four-day Memorial Day weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. Viewers had to wait 36 years to see the sequel to the original "Top Gun," but critics say the Paramount/Skydance production was worth the wait, with some calling it superior to the original film. "The...
103-year-old Rut Larsson (center) from Mjolby is given her record certificate by Joanne Brent (right), controller at Guinness world records, and celebrates with parachutists from Linkoping's parachute club after she completed her jump in Motala, Sweden.—AFP photos
Daredevil granny, 103, beats record for parachute jump
A 103-year-old Swedish woman on Sunday set the world record for the oldest person to complete a tandem parachute jump, saying she planned to celebrate "with a little cake". "It was wonderful to do this, I've been thinking about it for a long time," Rut Larsson told Swedish news agency TT, adding: "It all went as planned." Rut Larsson and her tandem partner Joackim Johansson from Linkoping's parachute club perform their parachute jump.With family...
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Mona Lisa covered in cake in Louvre stunt
The Mona Lisa was smeared with cake at the weekend by a man in a woman's wig who jumped out of a wheelchair and said artists should focus more on the planet. Officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris, where the enigmatic portrait holds pride of place, declined to comment on Monday on the bizarre incident, which was captured on several phones and posted on social media on Sunday. The treasured work by Leonardo da Vinci, which has been the target of...
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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.
New deportation center opens