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DAVAO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he speaks shortly after arriving in Davao yesterday from a working visit to China. —AFP
Philippines’ Duterte open to South China Sea deals
DAVAO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he speaks shortly after arriving in Davao yesterday from a working visit to China. —AFPDAVAO, Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he was open to exploring the South China Sea's natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam, after securing a "windfall" while in Beijing.Duterte also emphasized he had no immediate plans to pressure China over an...
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China moves to expand DNA testing in Muslim region
BEIJING: China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely Muslim region that's been under a security crackdown, rights observers and independent experts said yesterday.Police in western China's Xinjiang region confirmed to The AP that they are in the process of purchasing at least $8.7 million in equipment to analyze DNA samples.Observers from Human Rights Watch said they've...
NEW DELHI: Media personnel film outside the house of Karti Chidambaram, son of India’s former finance minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi yesterday (Inset) Karti Chidambaram, son of India’s former finance minister P. Chidambaram, gestures to the media waiting outside his house during a raid by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Chennai yesterday. —AP
Homes of Indian ex-FM, son searched in criminal probe - Chidambaram denies wrongdoing
NEW DELHI: Media personnel film outside the house of Karti Chidambaram, son of India’s former finance minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi yesterday (Inset) Karti Chidambaram, son of India’s former finance minister P. Chidambaram, gestures to the media waiting outside his house during a raid by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Chennai yesterday. —APNEW DELHI: India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched the homes of former...
MARID: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates with teammate James Rodriguez after scoring their side's second goal against Sevilla during the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. - AP
Madrid done rotating players as they go for the Spanish title
MARID: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates with teammate James Rodriguez after scoring their side's second goal against Sevilla during the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. - APMADRID: There is no more rest for Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates. Zinedine Zidane is done rotating his squad and will use Ronaldo and the rest of the regular starters when Madrid plays at Celta Vigo...
VATICAN CITY: This handout photo taken on May 16, 2017 and released by the Vatican press office, the Osservatore Romano, shows Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon shaking hands with Pope Francis at the end of an audience with Juventus and Lazio players on the eve of the Tim Cup final. - AFP
Treble-chasing Juve need focus for Lazio Cup final
VATICAN CITY: This handout photo taken on May 16, 2017 and released by the Vatican press office, the Osservatore Romano, shows Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon shaking hands with Pope Francis at the end of an audience with Juventus and Lazio players on the eve of the Tim Cup final. - AFPFOLIGNO: Massimiliano Allegri has called for treble-chasing Juventus to make amends for failing to secure the Serie A title last weekend, by beating Lazio in...
ROME: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal serves to Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem during their ATP Madrid Open final match in Madrid, on May 14, 2017. – AFP
Nadal can't fault Federer for skipping clay season
ROME: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal serves to Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem during their ATP Madrid Open final match in Madrid, on May 14, 2017. – AFPROME: Rafael Nadal believes the decision by Roger Federer to skip Roland Garros and the clay season is logical as the Spaniard yesterday prepared to start the Rome Masters. The world number four does not begrudge his Swiss rival for skipping the 2017 spring clay season to concentrate...
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Indian women set record 320 opening stand in ODI
.NEW DELHI: India openers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut put on a record one-day international 320-run partnership as their country routed Ireland. The mammoth stand was the best in women's cricket and surpassed the men's ODI record for an opening partnership of 286 between Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga against England in 2006. The match, part of a four-nation series in Potchesfroom, South Africa, saw the first 300-plus stand in...
Zenith, Ooredoo launch TV Sync
Zenith, Ooredoo launch TV Sync for first time in Kuwait
Zenith, Ooredoo launch TV SyncKUWAIT: During the Kuwaiti parliamentary elections that took place last November, when TV viewings is at its highest, Ooredoo Kuwait, one of the leading communications networks in the Middle East, ran a campaign using Zenith's TV Sync tool that linked its TVCs to online videos. The challenge was to tie together the TV ad campaign with engaging online videos to drive higher reach and maximize ROITV Sync enables a...
KINSHASA: In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. —AP
2nd Ebola case confirmed among 20 suspected in Congo: WHO
KINSHASA: In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. —APKINSHASA, Congo: The World Health Organization says a second case of Ebola has been confirmed by laboratory testing amid an outbreak in a remote corner of northern Congo. WHO said yesterday that among the 20 suspected cases, two now have tested positive for the virus.Ebola was blamed for more than 11,000...
This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows a scene from ‘Alien: Covenant.’ — AP
Review: In 'Alien: Covenant,' a return to gut-busting horror
This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows a scene from ‘Alien: Covenant.’ — APAh, the siren song of John Denver. Who among us can resist it? Certainly, not the crew of the Covenant, a vessel powered by a golden sail cruising through space with 2,000 "colonists" in hyper sleep and years to go until they reach their destination. But when a shock wave from a solar flare jostles the crew awake, they soon begin hearing a faint...
This file photo shows singer Rod Stewart performing in the Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf, western Germany.
Feels like the 1st time: 77 rock kings kick it 40 yrs later
This file photo shows singer Rod Stewart performing in the Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf, western Germany.It's more than a feeling: Many of the rock 'n' roll bands that were huge in 1977 will comprise a big part of the summer concert market 40 years later. Queen, Foreigner, Boston, Aerosmith, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Billy Joel and Rod Stewart are among those launching major tours this spring and summer, even though some of them haven't had a big hit...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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KURSK: This handout photograph taken and released by the Government of Kursk region of Russia on August 9, 2024, shows women and children being evacuated from the town of Rylsk in Kursk region. — AFP
Putin orders Russian army to ‘dislodge’ Ukrainian forces
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HERAT, Afghanistan: Afghan female workers sort and process dry Saffron at a facility in Herat. – AFP
Three years after return of Taleban, Afghan economic woes loom large