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MILWAUKEE: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks is defended by Al Horford #42 of the Boston Celtics during the second half of Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Fiserv Forum on May 07, 2022.- AFP

Giannis scores 42, lifts Bucks over Celtics as Warriors rout Grizzlies

SAN FRANCISCO: Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 42 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and passed off eight assists to spark defending champion Milwaukee over Boston 103-101 on Saturday in the NBA playoffs. The Greek superstar center also had two blocked shots and two steals for the Bucks, who seized a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference second round series, which continues at Milwaukee on Monday. In Western Conference action, the Golden State...

HONG KONG: John Lee (C) celebrates with his wife Janet (R) after he was named as the city's new leader in Hong Kong on May 8, 2022. John Lee, the former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was declared the business hub's new leader by a small committee of Beijing loyalists. – AFP

Ex-security chief anointed Hong Kong's leader

HONG KONG: A former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement was anointed the business hub's new leader on Sunday by a small committee of Beijing loyalists. John Lee, 64, was the only candidate in the Beijing-backed race to succeed outgoing leader Carrie Lam.The elevation of Lee, who is under US sanctions, places a security official in the top job for the first time after a tumultuous few years for a city...

SAO PAULO, Brazil: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2-L) celebrates the launch of his campaign for Brazil's October presidential election in Sao Paulo, Brazil. — AFP

Lula launches new presidential campaign to 'rebuild Brazil'

SAO PAULO: Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched his campaign for a new presidential term Saturday, vowing to rebuild Brazil after what he called the "irresponsible and criminal" administration of far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. The campaign launch sealed a remarkable political comeback for Lula (2003-2010), four years after the 76-year-old leftist icon was jailed on controversial corruption charges."We're ready to work not only...

MANILA: Police officers check documents of motorists at a check point along a road in Manila City, on May 8, 2022, a day before the May 9 presidential election. - AFP

Thousands of security forces on alert ahead of Philippine polls

MANILA: More than 60,000 security forces in the Philippines were on alert Sunday to safeguard ballots and polling stations on the eve of the presidential election, after police reported four people killed in an outbreak of violence. Elections are a traditionally volatile time in a country with lax gun laws and a violent political culture, but the national police said this season has been comparatively peaceful.In one of the worst incidents, four...

LIVERPOOL: Tottenham Hotspur's French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris catches the ball during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on May 7, 2022. - AFP

Liverpool's Premier League title bid suffer major blow

LONDON: Liverpool's Premier League title bid suffered a blow as Tottenham earned a 1-1 draw against the quadruple chasers, while Manchester United crashed to a "humiliating" 4-0 defeat at Brighton on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp's side fell behind to Son Heung-min's second-half goal at Anfield before Luis Diaz equalised in the closing stages. Son tapped in Ryan Sessegnon's cross in the 56th minute after good work from Harry Kane in the build-up. Diaz...

The Central African Republic is the second poorest country in the world, according to the UN's Human Development Index. - AFP

C Africa's leap into bitcoin leaves its people bemused

LIBREVILLE, Gabon: In the Central African Republic (CAR), nine out of 10 people do not have internet, and only one in seven has electricity-that is, when there are no power cuts. Yet the CAR has just followed El Salvador in adopting bitcoin as legal tender, a currency that requires access to the net to be bought, sold or used. Foreign experts and CAR citizens themselves are struggling to understand why the world's second least developed economy...

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Nigerian airlines to suspend all flights over soaring fuel prices

ABUJA: Nigerian airlines are to suspend all flights from Monday over rising jet fuel prices, an umbrella organization of operators said on Saturday. The cost of fuel has soared worldwide since Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine in February and the West responded by slapping sanctions on Moscow. The Airline Operators of Nigeria said the price of jet fuel had jumped from 190 to 700 Nigerian naira per liter (from $0.45 to almost $1.70). "No...

A man looks at a mural depicting the tiger fight, during the rain petition ritual in Zitlala, Guerrero state, Mexico. - AFP photos

Mexican tiger fight ritual draws blood to bring rain

Seeking to appease the god of storms and end a drought, men and women in tiger costumes whip each other mercilessly into submission in an ancient ritual in southern Mexico. "They say it's a drop of blood for a drop of rain," Karina Vicente says as she prepares to take part in the annual tradition for the first time. "I'm very excited but nervous," the 22-year-old psychology student tells AFP in the town of Zitlala in Guerrero, one of Mexico's...

A worker takes care of the creation of a tartan at the Great Scot textile company in Keith, in the North Ease of Scotland. At a tartan workshop in northeast Scotland, machines slowly unwind miles of the familiar criss-cross patterns of fabric in green, red, black, blue and white. – AFP photos

Ukrainian tartan proves a hit in Scotland

At a tartan workshop in northeast Scotland, machines slowly unwind miles of the familiar criss-cross patterns of fabric in green, red, black, blue and white. But one chequered design at the Macnaughton Holdings' giant factory in Keith stands out for its unconventional colors: yellow and royal blue. For a few weeks now, the Great Scot company, a client of the firm, has been weaving its "Ukraine Forever Tartan", to raise funds for victims of the...

Bono (Paul David Hewson), an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and the lead vocalist of the rock band U2 (left), and Antytila, a Ukrainian musical band leader and now the serviceman in the Ukrainian Army Taras Topolia, perform at subway station which is bomb shelter, in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on May 8, 2022. - AFP

U2's Bono puts on 'freedom' show in Kyiv metro

Irish rock star Bono praised Ukraine's fight for "freedom" during a performance in a metro station in downtown Kyiv Sunday, where the U2 frontman also issued his own prayer "for peace". From the platform of a Kyiv metro station, the 61-year-old rock icon belted out U2 classics "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Desire" and "With or without you". "The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love...

BUCHAREST: US First Lady Jill Biden and First Lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit a classroom at the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, to meet children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. - AFP

Russia steps up Ukraine attacks ahead of Victory Day parades

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Ukraine tried to evacuate more civilians from a besieged Mariupol steel plant on Saturday as Russian forces unleashed new bombardments across the country ahead of Victory Day festivities in Moscow. The Azovstal steel mill is the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the devastated port city and its fate has taken on a symbolic value in the broader battle since Russia's invasion.Fighting continues on many fronts, and...

KABUL: Taleban minister for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Mohammad Khalid Hanafi speaks during a ceremony to announce a decree for Afghan women's dress code on May 7, 2022. - AFP

Taleban order women to cover fully in public

KABUL: The Taleban on Saturday imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since they seized power, ordering them to cover fully in public, ideally with the traditional burqa. The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their previous stint in power between 1996 and 2001, which was marked by human rights abuses.But they have already imposed a slew of restrictions on women -...

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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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