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LONDON: Demonstrators hold placards and chant during an anti-Conservative Party Leader and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) protest on Whitehall, opposite the entrance to Downing Street on Saturday. — AFP
Britain hurtling into the Brexit unknown
May weakened, insecure after failed election gamble LONDON: Demonstrators hold placards and chant during an anti-Conservative Party Leader and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) protest on Whitehall, opposite the entrance to Downing Street on Saturday. — AFPLONDON: With her strategy unclear and her position insecure, Prime Minister Theresa May plunges this week into tortuous divorce talks with the...
MARAWI, Philippines: A Philippine marine, resting after having been at the frontline, reads a letter sent by students in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao yesterday. — AFP
IS threat in Southeast Asia raises alarm in Washington
Area becoming new hub for local, foreign fighters MARAWI, Philippines: A Philippine marine, resting after having been at the frontline, reads a letter sent by students in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao yesterday. — AFPWASHINGTON: Southeast Asia's jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in the southern Philippines. It's a scenario raising significant...
In this June 15, 2016 file photo, a Pakistani army soldier stands guard in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, near Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan. —AP
Two Pakistan diplomats missing in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani diplomats based in a consulate office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad have been missing since Friday, when they set off by road back to their homeland, Pakistan's foreign office said yesterday. Islamabad did not speculate who may be behind the disappearances but various Afghanistan-based Islamist groups have targeted diplomats in the past. "Pakistan has requested the Afghan Government that all efforts may be made...
This screen grab taken from handout video released yesterday shows Abdullah Maute (right) looking at an improvised map of Marawi, while Isnilon Hapilon (second left), leader of the hardline group Abu Sayyaf looks on, as they plan an attack on Marawi at an undisclosed location on Mindanao island. —AFP
Brothers who brought death and ruin to Philippine city
This screen grab taken from handout video released yesterday shows Abdullah Maute (right) looking at an improvised map of Marawi, while Isnilon Hapilon (second left), leader of the hardline group Abu Sayyaf looks on, as they plan an attack on Marawi at an undisclosed location on Mindanao island. —AFPMARAWI, Philippines: Twenty years after obtaining Christian educations, Muslim brothers Omarkhayam and Abdullah Maute returned to their southern...
STUTTGART: France’s Lucas Pouille poses next to the winner’s car, a Mercedes-Benz E 400 Cabrio 4 Matic, after defeating Spain’s Feliciano Lopez (not in picture) in the final match at the ATP Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, yesterday. — AFP
Pouille bounces back to win Stuttgart title
STUTTGART: France’s Lucas Pouille poses next to the winner’s car, a Mercedes-Benz E 400 Cabrio 4 Matic, after defeating Spain’s Feliciano Lopez (not in picture) in the final match at the ATP Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, yesterday. — AFPSTUTTGART: Frenchman Lucas Pouille came from a set down and needed a second set tiebreak to beat Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, to claim the...
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FIFA panel invites debate on 'radical' 60-minute game clock
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (L) speaks with Colombia's former midfielder Carlos Valderrama (C) ahead of the 2017 Confederations Cup group A football match between Portugal and Mexico at the Kazan Arena in Kazan yesterday. – AFPST PETERSBURG: Football's rule-making panel wants debate on moving to 60-minute games and stopping the clock when the ball is not in play. Playing two halves each of 30 minutes' actual playing time would be a...
Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed lifts the trophy as Pakistan players celebrate their win at the presentation after the ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match between India and Pakistan at The Oval in London on June 18, 2017. Pakistan thrashed title-holders India by 180 runs to win the Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Sunday.
Pakistan crushes India to win Champions Trophy
Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed lifts the trophy as Pakistan players celebrate their win at the presentation after the ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match between India and Pakistan at The Oval in London on June 18, 2017. Pakistan thrashed title-holders India by 180 runs to win the Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Sunday.LONDON: Mohammad Hafeez hailed Pakistan’s team spirit as the key to their stunning Champions Trophy final triumph against...
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Dutch firm aims to deliver first flying car next year
Concept art for the PAL-VRAAMSDONKSVEER: From "The Jetsons" to "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", flying cars have long captured the imagination. While several futuristic projects are under way in different countries, a Dutch design may be the first one sold and soaring into the skies. After years of testing, the PAL-V company aims to pip its competitors to the post. It is poised to start production on what they bill as a world first: a three-wheeled...
DOHA: A general view of the Qatari Hamad port in the capital. - AFP
Qatar crisis 'blessing in disguise' for seaport
Diplomatic issues may create new transport deals DOHA: A general view of the Qatari Hamad port in the capital. - AFPHAMAD PORT, Qatar: Qatar's main seaport shows all the signs of having weathered the storm. Workers in hard hats monitor as giant yellow cranes lift hundreds of containers off cargo ships onto lorries waiting ashore. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain severed diplomatic, trade and transport ties with...
NEW YORK: A Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPad. — AP
Facebook deploys AI to fight ‘terrorist content’
Technology blocks child pornography from FacebookSAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has started deploying its artificial intelligence capabilities to help combat terrorists' use of its service. Company officials said in a blog post Thursday that Facebook will use AI in conjunction with human reviewers to find and remove "terrorist content" immediately, before other users see it. Such technology is already used to block child pornography from Facebook and...
CAMBODIA: This photo shows Chhum Long, whose daughter was a surrogate mother, sitting in her kitchen in the village of Puth Sar in Takeo province.—AFP
Surrogacy remains a lure for Cambodia's poorest despite ban
Illegal surrogacy shines spotlight on rented womb trade CAMBODIA: This photo shows Chhum Long, whose daughter was a surrogate mother, sitting in her kitchen in the village of Puth Sar in Takeo province.—AFPTAKEO, Cambodia: Peeling a mango inside her rickety wooden shack, Chhum Long explains how her daughter's decision to nurture a Western couple's baby in her womb helped her family buy two desperately needed items: a metal roof and a motorbike....
Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is flanked by models at the end of the Emporio Armani men’s Spring-Summer 2018 collection show, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday.—AP/AFP photos
Milan menswear designers focus shows on millennials
Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is flanked by models at the end of the Emporio Armani men’s Spring-Summer 2018 collection show, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday.—AP/AFP photosDesigners are resizing Milan Fashion Week for menswear, condensing previews for next spring and summer into just over three days. While New York and London’s commitment to menswear has waned, Milan remains true to the segment that fuels Italian exports. Of...