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PYONGYANG: This picture taken on May 14, 2022 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un taking part in Workers’ Party of Korea council to check the operational status of the maximum emergency measurement to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection.- AFP

N Korea reports new deaths, battles COVID-19 outbreak

SEOUL: North Korea announced 21 new "fever" deaths Saturday and said more than half a million people had been sickened nationwide, two days after confirming its first cases of COVID-19. Despite activating its "maximum emergency quarantine system" to slow the spread of disease through its unvaccinated population, North Korea is now reporting tens of thousands of new cases daily. On Friday alone, "over 174,440 persons had fever, at least 81,430...

NEW DELHI: National Disaster Response Force members and firefighters inspect a commercial building a day after a fire broke out in New Delhi on May 14, 2022. - AFP

27 killed in fire in India capital

NEW DELHI: At least 27 people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, emergency services said. The large fire broke out at a four-storey commercial building in west Delhi in the late afternoon, but its cause was not immediately clear."Twenty-seven charred bodies were recovered from the building and almost two dozen injured are undergoing treatment," Satpal Bharadwaj, who was in...

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Lebanese activists launch mock 'lollar' banknotes

BEIRUT: Lebanese activists Friday rolled out mock banknotes featuring paintings of a gutted central bank or the Beirut port explosion to denounce high-level corruption that has helped to wreck the country. The collapse of the Lebanese pound and frozen bank accounts have left Lebanon with a confusing currency system, with a multitude of exchange rates applying to various situations in daily life. The dollars stuck in accounts that citizens can...

Musk sends mixed messages on Twitter deal, pressuring shares

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk sent mixed messages Friday about his proposed Twitter acquisition, pressuring shares of the microblogging platform amid skepticism on whether the deal will close. In an early morning tweet, Musk said the $44 billion takeover was "temporarily on hold," pending questions over the social media company's estimates of the number of fake accounts or "bots." That sent Twitter's stock plunging 25 percent. Two hours later, the...

WASHINGTON: A shopper is reflected in a glass case while looking at baby formula at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2022. – AFP

Lack of competition fueled US baby formula shortage

WASHINGTON: There's no end in sight to America's shortage of baby formula-and the crisis has highlighted the lack of competition that has spread to all parts of the US economy, even essential ones such as food for infants. The problem "is not going to solve itself in a day or week," Brian Deese, a top White House economic advisor, told CNN Friday.He was unable to say how long the crisis would last. Initially caused by supply chain blockages and a...

In this file photo taken on October 24, 1996 Spanish Opera singer, Teresa Berganza smiles during a press conference in Madrid.—AFP photos

Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza dies aged 89

Celebrated Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, who performed in the world's greatest concert halls since the 1950s, has died at the age of 89, Spain's culture ministry announced. "We are very sad to learn of the death of Teresa Berganza," the ministry tweeted, saying Berganza had died on Friday. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hailed her as "one of the greatest female voices in the world". "Her voice, her elegance, her art will be with us...

In this file photo rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during the 2016 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.—AFP

In new album, Kendrick Lamar delivers introspection and biting social critique

Kendrick Lamar, the rapper whose poignant lyricism has soundtracked the Black Lives Matter movement and compelled many to call him the voice of a generation, dropped his first solo album in five years on Friday. His long-anticipated fifth studio album "Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers" was released to streaming services overnight, and sees Lamar deliver raw self-reflection set against cutting social criticism.The record is expected to dominate the...

Workers of the Ivorian artist Mounou Desire Koffi (not seen) fix the reproduced image on a carpet, one of the stages in the making of artworks with used telephone keyboards in Bingerville, a commune of Abidjan.—AFP photos

Ivory Coast artist recasts old mobile phones into art

Stitching together discarded mobile phone keyboards to make art, Ivorian artist Mounou Desire Koffi hopes to raise awareness about pollution. "I wanted to contribute something new," said the artist, whose work is on display in Abidjan until July. In his studio in Bingerville, near the Ivorian business capital, the 28-year-old describes himself as "young contemporary artist" who wants to stand out from the crowd."I've been passionate about drawing...

A person stands in front of artist Takashi Murakami’s “108 Earthly Temptations, 2021–22” during a press preview for “An Arrow through History” at Gagosian’s New York galleries.—AFP photos

Contemporary art to the metaverse: Takashi Murakami's poppy trip

Takashi Murakami is known for blending pop art and Asian fine arts, but for his latest exhibition in New York, he is moving into the metaverse. At the show "An Arrow Through History" that opened this week at Manhattan's Gagosian Gallery, Murakami builds bridges from traditional fine arts to Japanese pop art to buzzy NFTs-the digital tokens that represent original artwork.Murakami told AFP he is concerned that younger generations are...

TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi welcomes Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the presidential palace on May 12, 2022. – AFP

Qatar Amir blames Zionist entity for Al Jazeera journalist's death

TEHRAN: The Amir of Qatar on Thursday accused the Zionist entity over the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a Zionist army raid in the occupied West Bank. Abu Akleh was "killed by the (Zionist) occupation forces", Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said at a joint news conference in Tehran with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi. "We must hold the perpetrators of this heinous crime accountable," the Qatari leader added.Abu Akleh, a...

RAMALLAH: Palestinian honor guard carry the coffin of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh following a state funeral at the presidential headquarters on May 12, 2022. – AFP

Palestinians honor slain journalist, reject joint probe

RAMALLAH: Thousands of Palestinians on Thursday honored Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh across the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem, a day after she was shot dead during a Zionist army raid. The Zionist entity and the Palestinians have traded blame over the killing of Palestinian-American Abu Akleh, 51, a veteran of the Qatar-based network's Arabic service, during clashes in the Jenin refugee camp. The United States,...

APPLE VALLEY, California: In this file photo taken on Jan 11, 2021, a nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Providence St Mary Medical Center. – AFP

US mourns 1m COVID dead; 2m deaths in Europe

NEW YORK: The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from COVID-19, the White House said on Thursday, as the nation seeks to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge. "Today, we mark a tragic milestone," President Joe Biden said in a statement that acknowledged the "unrelenting" pain of bereaved families, and urged Americans to remain vigilant as cases tick back up."One million empty chairs around the...

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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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