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SEOUL: People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul yesterday. - AFPn

North Korea fires ballistic missile

SEOUL: North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile yesterday, Seoul's military said, continuing this year's record-breaking blitz of weapons tests with a launch just days before South Korea's presidential election. From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of weaponry in January and last week launched what it claimed was a component of a "reconnaissance satellite"-although Seoul described it as another...

LONDON: A demonstrator holds a placard as she takes part in a rally in Trafalgar square in central London, yesterday, to show support for Ukraine and to protest against Russia's invasion of the country. - AFPn

Fury over Russian attack on Ukraine nuclear plant

KYIV: Ukraine and its allies expressed fury on Friday after Europe's largest atomic power plant was attacked and seized by invading Russian forces, which continued to shell major cities. The six reactors at Zaporizhzhia, which can power up to four million homes, appeared undamaged by the fighting and a fire that broke out in a training facility. But Kyiv accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror", and US envoy to the United Nations Linda...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Relatives mourn the death of their relatives outside a hospital following a bomb blast at a mosque in Peshawar. – AFPnn

Pakistan police try to identify bomber as death toll rises to 62

PESHAWAR: The death toll from a suicide attack at a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan rose to 62 overnight as police said yesterday they would try to identify the bomber from two severed feet found at the scene. Police also released CCTV footage of Friday's attack showing a man dressed in a traditional shalwar kameez tunic shoot two policemen as he entered the mosque in the Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar, around 190 kilometres (120 miles) from...

PHILADELPHIA: James Harden #1 of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 4, 2022 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. - AFP n

Max pressure as Sixers, Harden down Cavaliers

NEW YORK: Tyrese Maxey scored 33 points as the Philadelphia 76ers overturned a 21-point deficit to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 125-119 on Friday. Maxey found his scoring touch after the interval with 24 points in the second half as the Sixers extended their winning streak to five games. New recruit James Harden enjoyed another influential performance with 25 points, 11 assists and three turnovers to maintain his unbeaten start with the...

HAMILTON: Australia's Rachael Haynes plays a shot as England wicketkeeper Amy Jones (left) looks on during the Round 1 Women's World Cup Cricket match between Australia and England yesterday.- AFPn

Haynes hits century: Australia down WCup holders England

HAMILTON: Australia underscored their status as the team to beat in the Women's World Cup when a Rachael Haynes century set up a 12-run win over defending champions England in Hamilton yesterday. South Africa also made a winning start to the tournament with a comfortable 32-run victory over Bangladesh in Dunedin.Haynes and Meg Lanning put on 196 for the second wicket as Australia reached an imposing 310 for three off their 50 overs. Nat Sciver,...

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Beijing wary of extending economic lifeline to Russia

BEIJING: An isolated Russia could be driven further into China's arms economically in the wake of sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine, but Beijing appears wary of offering a warm embrace. Western countries have hit Russia's economy hard including by closing airspace, freezing assets and excluding seven banks from the SWIFT interbank messaging network. The impact is expected to be wide-ranging and impede Moscow's ability to shore up...

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To fight its war, Russia closing digital doors

WASHINGTON: Russia's blocking of Facebook is a symptom of its broader effort to cut itself off from sources of information that could imperil its internationally condemned invasion of Ukraine, experts say. The often-criticized social network is part of a web of information sources that can challenge the Kremlin's preferred perspective that its assault on Ukraine is righteous and necessary.Blocking of Facebook and restricting of Twitter on Friday...

Photo shows a Myanmar Snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) with infants in northern Myanmar.n

100 new species in Myanmar reveal its 'biological riches'

At least 100 new species-from monkeys to mussels-were found in Myanmar in a decade, according to conservationists who said discoveries during the country's fleeting period of openness revealed "astonishing biodiversity". Beginning in 2010 with the identification of the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey, a small black primate known as the "sneezing monkey", researchers have made an "incredible sequence of discoveries", said International wildlife group...

Visitors look at the Cyberdog robot on Xiaomi’s stand on the opening day of the MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona. The world’s biggest mobile fair was held from February 28 to March 3, 2022. – AFP photosn

Cyberdog and robo-barman: Spotted at Spain tech congress

Phone makers and telecoms firms unveiled a series of gadgets and innovations at one of the industry's biggest get-togethers this week in Barcelona. Here is a selection of the most curious objects from the Mobile World Congress.5G bartenderIt shakes a mean cocktail, speaks a dozen languages and recognises its most loyal customers by their faces. The Kime robot is a "high added value" bartender developed by Spanish "food tech" group Macco Robotics....

Artifacts are displayed during a ceremony marking the restitution of cultural property from the US to France at the ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC. - AFPn

United States returns pillaged skull, golden objects to France

The United States has returned a set of illegally obtained artifacts, including a skull from the Parisian catacombs and golden ingots from an Atlantic shipwreck, to their rightful owner-the French state. The prized objects, which also included an ancient Roman coin, were handed over on Wednesday during an official "restitution" ceremony at the French ambassador's residence in Washington.Steve Francis, a high-ranking official in the US Department...

Weavers use handlooms to make traditional muslin garments at the Dhakai Muslin Project facility in Narayanganj. – AFP photosn

'Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric

With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history. Dhaka muslin was stitched from threads so fine that popular folklore in European parlours held that a change in the light or a sudden rain shower would render its wearer apparently naked. The textile once brought magnificent riches to the lands where it was...

MONTEREY PARK, US: Prices for gas and diesel fuel, over $5 a gallon, are displayed at a petrol station in Monterey Park, California on Friday.-AFPn

Californians resigned as gasoline prices spike

MONTEREY PARK, US: Californians filling up their cars on Friday winced at the spiraling cost of gasoline, but largely shrugged as residents of the state that has long had the highest gas prices in the United States. California drivers are paying an average of more than $5 for a gallon ($1.34 per liter), according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), up more than a third from a year ago, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine sends world oil...

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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya

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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka