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ORIKHIV, Ukraine: Members of a family fleeing Russian attacks in the city Melitopol stop on a roadside in Orikhiv, near the southern front of fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces, south of Zaporizhzhia. - AFP

'Miracle' survival of Ukrainian mother and daughter shelled by Russia

MALA TOKMACHKA, Ukraine: Tanya Los was washing the dishes at home in her southern Ukrainian village Mala Tokmachka on Sunday, her daughter Anastasia by her side, when a Russian rocket crashed into her kitchen. By what she called a "miracle", both women survived unscathed. But the Los household was not the only civilian infrastructure hit by Russian forces in Mala Tokmachka in recent weeks, as Moscow intensifies attacks on Ukraine's south and...

RAMBUKKANA, Sri Lanka: Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party activists and supporters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Rambukkana on April 20, 2022, a day after police killed an anti-government demonstrator while dispersing a protest against the high fuel prices and to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation over the worsening economic crisis. - AFP

S Lanka town under curfew after police kill protester

RAMBUKKANA, Sri Lanka: Police enforced a curfew on Wednesday in a Sri Lankan town where an anti-government demonstrator was killed, a death that triggered international condemnation just as the crisis-hit country seeks an IMF bailout. Regular blackouts and acute shortages of food and fuel have sparked increasing public discontent in the island nation, which is dealing with its worst economic downturn since independence in 1948.Huge protests have...

Jose Ramos-Horta

Ramos-Horta wins East Timor presidential election: Officials

DILI, East Timor: Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in East Timor's presidential election, according to preliminary results published Wednesday by the election secretariat. The 72-year-old secured 397,145 votes, or 62.09 percent, against incumbent Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres' 242,440, or 37.91 percent, the secretariat's website showed after all ballots were counted. The election results still need to be validated by...

Almuthana Al-Maktoum

NIC holds analysts conference for 2021

KUWAIT: National Investment Company (NIC) held its analysts conference for the year ended 31 December 2021. The conference was attended by Chief Financial Officer Girish S Nair, Senior Vice President for Investment Banking Sector Bashar Khan and Executive Vice President for Wealth Management Sector Almuthana Al-Maktoum. Al-Maktoum began the conference with a brief about the company and general overview about the positive results for 2021, which...

RAMBUKKANA, Sri Lanka: Police officers inspect a damaged Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Rambukkana on April 20, 2022, a day after police killed an anti-government demonstrator while dispersing a protest against the high fuel prices and to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation over the worsening economic crisis. – AFP

IMF asks Sri Lanka to restructure debt before bailout

COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it has asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka to “restructure” its huge foreign debt before a bailout program could be finalized as anti-government protests escalated across the island. Sri Lanka opened talks with the IMF in Washington this week after announcing its first ever default on external borrowings.The South Asia country is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since...

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah fights for the ball with Manchester United's English defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka during their English Premier League match at Anfield on April 19, 2022. - AFP

Liverpool thrash Man Utd to go top

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool embarrassed Manchester United for the second time this season to move top of the Premier League as Mohamed Salah struck twice in a 4-0 thrashing on Tuesday. Jurgen Klopp's men won 5-0 at Old Trafford in October and expectations of a similar rout were well-founded as Liverpool exposed the massive gulf between the sides with Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane also on target.Liverpool move two points ahead of Manchester City at the top of...

LONDON: World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman poses in a sparring ring ahead of an open work-out session with WBC heavyweight title holder Britain's Tyson Fury (unseen) in Wembley on April 19, 2022. - AFP

Resilient Whyte has ability to surprise, says Fury's trainer

LONDON: Dillian Whyte may be the underdog in Saturday's all-British heavyweight WBC world title bout with the incumbent Tyson Fury but the latter's trainer says the pugilist known as 'The Bodysnatcher' can "surprise people". Whyte is fortunate even to be stepping into the ring in a sold out Wembley Stadium after being shot - he once pulled a bullet out of his knee - and stabbed as a youngster. The Jamaica-born father of three - his first child...

PHOENIX: Brandon Ingram #14 of the New Orleans Pelicans handles the ball against Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of Game Two of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Footprint Center on April 19, 2022. - AFP

Pelicans shock Suns in NBA playoffs; Heat, Grizzlies win

WASHINGTON: Brandon Ingram scored 37 points and the New Orleans Pelicans stunned top seed Phoenix 125-114 in the NBA playoffs on Tuesday, with the Suns worrying about a hamstring injury to star Devin Booker. Ingram added 11 rebounds and nine assists while C.J. McCollum had 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Pelicans pulled level at 1-1 in the best-of-seven first-round series, which moves to New Orleans for game three on...

Virat Kohli

Overcooked Kohli risks 'fried brain' if not rested: Shastri

NEW DELHI: Out-of-sorts Virat Kohli could be lost to cricket with a "fried brain" if he is not given a break soon, said former India coach Ravi Shastri after the batsman's latest IPL failure. Kohli's extended lean patch in the Indian Premier League continued when the Royal Challengers Bangalore star was out first ball against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday to take his aggregate to 119 runs from seven matches.Bangalore rode skipper Faf du...

INDORE: A technician works inside the control room of the bio-CNG (compressed natural gas) plant in Indore. - AFP photos

Dung power: India taps new energy cash cow

INDORE: India is tapping a new energy source that promises to help clean up smog-choked cities and is already providing a vital revenue stream for poor Indian farmers: truckloads of bovine manure. Cows are venerated as sacred creatures by the country's Hindu majority. They also have pride of place in India's rural communities, where they are still regularly used as draught animals. Rural households have long burned sun-dried cattle droppings to...

PENKRIDGE, UK: Some of the five hundred tons of beetroot that is being left to rot due to a collapse in demand, is seen at Woodhall Growers in Penkridge, central England on April 14, 2022. - AFP

Brexit bureaucracy leaves British beet rotting

LONDON: In the heart of the English countryside, Will Woodhall is trying to stay positive, despite standing next to a vast pile of rotting beetroot that would once have been worth tens of thousands of pounds. "It's a real shame-a lot of effort has gone into this," the 35-year-old farm manager told AFP, gesturing to the 15-foot (4.5-metre) high mound of surplus vegetables that has been steadily decomposing on his farm since last October."I've...

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Brazil readies first carnival since COVID

After two bleak years of lock-downs and loss, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival this weekend for the first time since COVID-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis. Shimmying to throbbing samba beats, thousands of dancers in sequin-studded costumes are expected to reclaim the "Sambadrome," the iconic beach city's dedicated carnival parade venue, which was turned into a Covid-19 vaccination center in...

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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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

Palestinian fighters claim Tel Aviv bombing, threaten more attacks