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SHANGHAI, China: Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen while waiting for residents for a test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in a compound during a COVID-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai. - AFP

China slams US virus 'accusations'

SHANGHAI, China: China blasted the United States for making "groundless accusations" about its COVID-19 policy, after surging cases in Shanghai prompted the American consulate to let some staff leave the locked-down megacity. Beijing's zero-COVID strategy has come under strain since March as over 100,000 cases in Shanghai have seen its 25 million inhabitants locked down in phases, inciting complaints of food shortages and clashes with health...

BAGHDAD: Young Iraqi volunteers take part in a clean-up campaign on the bank of the Tigris river in the Adhamiyah district of the capital Baghdad.-AFP

Iraqis clean up river as first green projects take root

BAGHDAD: Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country. With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water bottles, aluminum cans and muddy styrofoam boxes, part of a green activist campaign called the Cleanup Ambassadors. "This is the first time this area has been cleaned since 2003," shouts a passer-by about the years of...

MELBOURNE: Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc drives during the 2022 Formula One Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit on April 10, 2022. - AFP photos

Leclerc wins as Verstappen fails to finish

MELBOURNE: A flawless Charles Leclerc led from start to finish to steer his Ferrari to an action-packed win at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday with world champion Max Verstappen failing to finish. The world championship leader from Monaco started from pole, held his position at the first turn and never looked back, scorching round the 58-lap Albert Park circuit to take the chequered flag by a massive 20.5 seconds.Red Bull's Sergio Perez was...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France: Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar celebrates with French forward Kylian Mbappe during the French L1 match against Clermont Foot 63 at the Gabriel-Montpied stadium on April 9, 2022. - AFP

Rampaging Mbappe, Neymar score hat-tricks as PSG thump Clermont

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe and Neymar both scored hat-tricks as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a 6-1 thrashing of struggling Clermont on Saturday to move closer to winning Ligue 1. Mbappe, who has still not decided whether he will stay at PSG beyond this season, scored twice and had three assists in last weekend's 5-1 rout of Lorient. He added another assist and won a penalty in this game as he moved to the top of the Ligue 1 goalscoring charts with 20...

VILLAR DE LOS NAVARROS, Spain: This photograph shows wind turbines in a wind farm in Villar de los Navarros, Zaragoza province in Spain. - AFP

Favorable breezes boost Spain's wind power sector

VILLAR DE LOS NAVARROS, Spain: Buoyed by a surge in investment and new projects, wind power has become Spain's main source of electricity generation just as Europe seeks to curb its energy imports from Russia. "We are on suitable ground here," said Joaquin Garcia Latorre, project director at Enel Green Power Espana, pointing to gigantic masts erected on the heights of the tiny northeastern village of Villar de los Navarros.The Spanish-Italian...

For generations villagers living near the Sabaki estuary had relied on its natural bounty for lumber and firewood, fresh water, seafood, farming land, and plants for traditional medicine.

Kenyans heal devastated land with the power of mangroves

MALINDI, Kenya: Along a riverbank scarred by logging, Joseph Mwandenge Mangi points out a solitary mangrove tree, a species once abundant in the forest where the mighty Sabaki River meets the sea. "This is the last one. There are no more left," said the 42-year-old Kenyan, who grew up on the estuary and possesses a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of its flora and fauna. The surviving tree is a somber reminder for local communities working to...

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Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is inspiring a new London opera

The fictionalized final days of the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ singer - who took his own life in April 1994 aged 27 - were the inspiration for Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film ‘Last Days’ and now the Royal Opera House is creating a stage show based on the movie. The film’s plot centered on a musician named Blake, who was based on Cobain, and his descent into a downward spiral of depression and substance abuse before his tragically premature...

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The Crown to get five prequels with a budget of £500m

‘The Crown’ is reportedly getting five prequels - with a whopping budget of £500 million. While the main series of the historical Netflix hit based on the British royal family will end after series six, it has been claimed writer Peter Morgan is already hard at work on several spin-off series. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the prequel will start with the death of Victoria in 1901, and include the scandal of Edward VIII falling for...

The Blue Origin NS-19 crew stand next to the New Shepard rocket after their successful launch on December 11, 2021.

Space tourism: The arguments in favor

To its many detractors, space tourism amounts to nothing more than joy-rides for the global super rich that will worsen the planet’s climate crisis. But the nascent sector also has supporters, who, while not rejecting the criticism outright, argue the industry can bring humanity benefits too.More research opportunitiesThe first argument is that private spaceflights, in addition to their customers, can send to space scientific experiments that...

HOLY MAKKAH: In this file photo, pilgrims perform prayers around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah on August 7, 2019, prior to the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city. - AFP

Saudi to allow 1 million hajj pilgrims this year

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year's hajj, a sharp uptick after pandemic restrictions forced two years of drastically pared-down pilgrimages. The move, while falling short of reinstating normal hajj conditions, offered hopeful news for many Muslims outside the kingdom who have been barred from making the trip since 2019.One of the five pillars of...

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: A woman waves to say good bye to her husband as she leaves on a bus, a day after a rocket attack at a train station in Kramatorsk, on April 9, 2022.- AFP

52 killed as missile hits east Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Evacuations resumed on Saturday from the town in eastern Ukraine where a missile strike killed 52 people at a railway station as civilians fled a feared Russian offensive. Six weeks into Russia’s invasion, Moscow has shifted its focus to eastern and southern Ukraine after stiff resistance ended plans to swiftly capture Kyiv. Civilians trapped in the region have faced brutal conditions, and EU leaders met with President...

ISLAMABAD: Security personnel stand guard outside the parliament house building in Islamabad on April 9, 2022. - AFP

No-trust vote postponed in Pakistan again

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lawmakers clashed angrily in the national assembly on Saturday with the opposition accusing ruling party members of wasting time ahead of a no-confidence vote that will likely see Prime Minister Imran Khan booted from office. The session was adjourned for a second time late Saturday afternoon, with lawmakers told to return in the evening after breaking their Ramadan fast. Khan, who was not present, has lost his majority 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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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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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait