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SHANGHAI: Shanghai’s grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China’s supply chains, as delays hit the world’s busiest container port where staff are tangled in a morass of COVID controls.

Shanghai lockdown snarls world's busiest port, China supply chains

SHANGHAI: Shanghai's grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China's supply chains, as delays hit the world's busiest container port where staff are tangled in a morass of COVID controls. Beijing has refused to tack away from its strict zero-COVID strategy that has protected its public health system through the pandemic but at a mounting economic cost. China's financial hub Shanghai-home to multinational firms and its busiest port-has...

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Tesla recalls nearly 128,000 cars in China due to defect

SHANGHAI: Tesla has recalled nearly 128,000 cars in China due to a fault that could "increase the risk of vehicle collision", the country's state market regulator said. It is the latest hitch for the US electric vehicle giant that is hugely popular in China, but has also faced complaints from consumers and been hit by COVID-19 lockdowns. About 127,785 domestic and imported Tesla Model 3 cars were recalled due to a rear motor inverter defect...

MELBOURNE: Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc drives during the qualifying session at the Albert Park Circuit on April 9, 2022, ahead of the 2022 Formula One Australian Grand Prix. - AFP photos

Leclerc grabs pole ahead of Verstappen

MELBOURNE: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc claimed pole on Saturday for the Australian Grand Prix ahead of title rival Max Verstappen - and broke Lewis Hamilton's stranglehold on the Melbourne grid. World champion Verstappen's Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez is on the second row after coming in third ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris at Albert Park. Mercedes' Hamilton, who has been the pole-sitter eight times in Melbourne, including the last six in a...

Jurgen Klopp - Pep Guardiola

Guardiola says Klopp is 'biggest rival' ahead of title showdown

LONDON: Pep Guardiola admits Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is the biggest rival of his career as the Manchester City boss prepares for Sunday's Premier League title showdown. Guardiola's side have battled with Liverpool for Premier League supremacy several times in his reign and their latest race is going down to the wire again.Reigning champions City are one point ahead of second placed Liverpool going into the crucial clash at the Etihad...

AUGUSTA, Georgia: Tiger Woods plays his shot from the 18th tee during the second round of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2022. – AFP

Tiger battles back to stay in chase at the Masters

AUGUSTA, Georgia: Tiger Woods faltered early but battled back to keep his comeback from severe leg injuries alive amid gusting winds that wreaked havoc in Friday's second round of the Masters. The 15-time major champion fired a roller-coaster two-over par 74 to share 19th place on one-over 145 after 36 holes at Augusta National, nine adrift of leader Scottie Scheffler but only four back of second place."I've got a chance going into the weekend,"...

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Women's basketball teams set for semis

KUWAIT: The semifinal matches of the women's basketball league will see Al-Fatat club players meet Salwa Al-Sabah Sabah team, while the other match will be between Qurain and Gulf University teams. The matches will be played on Sunday at the Basketball Federation Hall in Sabah Al-Salem at the Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Complex. The second part of the women's league concluded with two matches - the first between Gulf University and Salwa Al-Sabah,...

In this file photo US singer and musician Prince performing on stage at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris.—AFP

Two pictures from blockbuster Paris Russian collection show to stay in France

Two pictures from the smash hit Paris art exhibition of masterpieces collected by Russian afficionado Ivan Morozov are to remain in France due to circumstances created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the French culture ministry said Saturday. One picture, currently owned by a Russian oligarch targeted by Western sanctions, and another, belonging to a Ukrainian museum, "will stay in France," the ministry said Saturday after uncertainty over the...

In this picture Zohaib Hassan (center) teaches his students to play sarangi at his academy in Lahore.—AFP photos

Sound of Mughal-era sarangi instrument fading away in Pakistan

In the shadow of Lahore's centuries-old Badshahi Mosque, Zohaib Hassan plucks at the strings of a sarangi, filling the streets with a melodious hum and cry. Remarkable for its resemblance to the human voice, the classical instrument is fading from Pakistan's music scene-except for a few players dedicated to preserving its place. Difficult to master, expensive to repair, and with little financial reward for professionals, the sarangi's decline has...

In this file photo US actor Will Smith (right) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. – AFP

Will Smith banned from Oscars ceremonies for 10 years

Will Smith was banned on Friday from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, two weeks after the actor stunned the world by storming on stage mid-ceremony to slap the comedian Chris Rock. Smith is also not permitted to attend any other events held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over the next decade. The Board's decision stopped short of revoking the best actor award Smith won last month for "King Richard," or barring him...

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Pink Floyd release first new song since 1994 for Ukraine

Pink Floyd have written their first new song in almost 30 years to support Ukrainians, the band announced on Thursday. "Hey, Hey, Rise-Up!" will be released on Friday, and be used to raise funds for humanitarian causes linked to the war. It samples Andriy Khlyvnyuk, from one of Ukraine's biggest bands BoomBox, singing in Sofiyskaya Square in Kyiv in a clip that went viral. Khlyvnyukh abandoned a world tour to return to Ukraine and help defend...

In this file photo women walk past a banner of Bollywood movie 'The Kashmir Files' installed outside a cinema hall in the old quarters of Delhi.—AFP photos

India's Hindu hardliners jump on Kashmir blockbuster

Indian Hindu hardliners have jumped on an explosive new film endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the mass flight of Hindus from Kashmir 30 years ago to stir up hatred against minority Muslims. "The Kashmir Files" is the latest Bollywood offering-more famous for its song-and-dance love stories-to tackle themes close to the political agenda of Modi's Hindu nationalist government, critics say.Released last month and already one of the...

BUCHA: UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths (5th right) reacts at the site of a mass grave that Ukrainians had dug near a church on April 7, 2022 during his three-hour visit in Bucha, a day after he visited Moscow, where he met with officials to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.- AFP

Ukraine warns of 'last chance' to flee as Russia targets east

SEVERODONETSK: Ukraine urged its residents in the east of the country Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee mounting Russian attacks, after devastation around the capital Kyiv shocked the world. Six weeks after they invaded, Russian troops have withdrawn from Kyiv and Ukraine's north and are focusing on the country's southeast, where desperate attempts are under way to evacuate civilians.The retreat from Kyiv revealed scenes of carnage,...

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