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SINGAPORE: This picture taken on April 22, 2017 shows Brooks Entwisle demonstrating the use of a pre-acclimatization tent in his home as part of his training for his attempt to summit Mount Everest. — AFP

Acclimatize in bed, climb Everest quickly

SINGAPORE: This picture taken on April 22, 2017 shows Brooks Entwisle demonstrating the use of a pre-acclimatization tent in his home as part of his training for his attempt to summit Mount Everest. — AFPKATHMANDU: As other Everest hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home, planning his daughter's 13th birthday party and preparing for his company's annual general meeting. But at night he...

FILE- This Feb. 20, 2016 file photo shows local residents watching a police raid on a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Authorities have rounded up about 1,600 criminal suspects, including a few dozen believed to be Islamist radicals, in a nationwide crackdown aimed at halting a wave of brutal attacks on minorities and activists in Bangladesh, police said Saturday, June 11, 2016. (AP Photo, File)

6 killed in raid on Bangladesh extremists

DHAKA: Bangladesh police yesterday raided a suspected Islamist hideout in an operation that left five relatives and a fire officer dead, officials said. Police shot dead the five people, all from the same family, as they emerged from a house in northwest Bangladesh, senior police officer Sumit Chowdhury told AFP. One of the five stabbed the fire officer, who died of his injuries, while two others hurled grenades at police. Two police were also...

BHARATPUR, India: People look at the debris after a building wall collapsed onto guests at a wedding in this district in Rajasthan state yesterday. — AP

Wall collapse kills 24 at India wedding

Police detain wedding hall manager BHARATPUR, India: People look at the debris after a building wall collapsed onto guests at a wedding in this district in Rajasthan state yesterday. — APJAIPUR, India: A wall crashed down on an Indian wedding party during a storm killing at least 24 people including four children, police said yesterday, with one rescuer describing the scene as "horrific". Dozens more were injured when the 13-foot (four-meter)...

MEDELLIN: Colombia’s Atletico Nacional players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana final match against Brazil’s Chapecoense at Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on May 10, 2017. — AFP

Atletico lift Supercup

MEDELLIN: Colombia’s Atletico Nacional players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana final match against Brazil’s Chapecoense at Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on May 10, 2017. — AFPMEDELLIN: Atletico Nacional lifted the South American Supercup on Wednesday after two goals each from Andres Ibarguen and Dayro Moreno gave them a 4-1 victory on the night and 5-3 aggregate...

Netflix rails at French establishment after Cannes ban

In this file photo, a yacht is seen behind a logo for the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. — APNetflix boss Reed Hastings has hit out at the French cinema "establishment", which he claims wants to block the streaming giant's movies from the Cannes film festival. Hastings took to his personal Facebook account late Wednesday to claim that "the establishment is closing ranks against us", after Cannes effectively...

Italian singer Francesco Gabbani performs during the first semi-final rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev — AFP photos

Italy's cool karma chameleon is hot Eurovision tip

Italian singer Francesco Gabbani performs during the first semi-final rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev — AFP photosWith his gravelly voice, catchy choruses and chatty good nature Francesco Gabbani has already conquered Italian fans and is now chasing full-throated glory at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. The slicked back hair, snazzily snug outfits and a slightly Freddie Mercuryesque moustache certainly help to explain his...

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Saudi deficit plunges after cuts

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit dropped by 71 percent in the first quarter of the year, the government said yesterday, after spending cuts and a major rebound in oil revenues. The world’s top crude exporter has made an aggressive push to diversify its traditionally oil-dependent economy after the drop in global prices since 2014 slashed its revenues. Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan yesterday said the deficit had dropped to 26...

ATHENS: People walk past a banner calling for general strike and set up on the front of the Finance Ministry building yesterday. Members of the Communist-affiliated union PAME occupied the finance ministry building early on May 11 to draw attention to a May 17 general strike against new pension and tax break cuts promulgated by the government at the behest of Greece’s EU-IMF creditors. — AFP

Euro-zone to grow 1.7% - EU sees drop in unemployment

ATHENS: People walk past a banner calling for general strike and set up on the front of the Finance Ministry building yesterday. Members of the Communist-affiliated union PAME occupied the finance ministry building early on May 11 to draw attention to a May 17 general strike against new pension and tax break cuts promulgated by the government at the behest of Greece’s EU-IMF creditors. — AFPBRUSSELS: Euro-zone economic growth should grow a...

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BT Group to axe 4,000 jobs worldwide

LONDON: Troubled British telecoms giant BT said yesterday it will axe 4,000 jobs worldwide in a new cost-cutting drive, after posting sliding profits in a “challenging” year. The positions will be cut across three divisions, which comprise global services, group functions, and technology, services and operations, BT said in its annual results statement. The group, which currently employs 102,500 staff and operates in 180 countries, will take...

MANAMA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain yesterday. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted “fake news” following criticism of his leadership. —AP

Infantino hits out at FIFA ‘bashing and fake news’

FIFA elect Skouris as head of ethics committee MANAMA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) speaks during the FIFA Congress, in Manama, Bahrain yesterday. Addressing his second congress of soccer nations as FIFA president, Infantino lambasted “fake news” following criticism of his leadership. —APMANAMA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino took aim at critics of world football’s governing body yesterday, saying the organization had reformed...

Blesson George Memorial Volleyball Tournament

Blesson George Memorial Volleyball Tournament

Blesson George Memorial Volleyball TournamentKUWAIT: The Fourth Blesson George Memorial Volleyball Tournament will end today. Six teams competed with Kuwaiti and Indian players participating in memory of the late Indian volleyball player. First day events were held at Al-Shabab sports club hall.ACMR, Boubyan Strikers and APR qualified for the next round. Results of the first day were as follows; Kings of Volleyball defeated Dahom fighters 2-0;...

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (right) and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah attend a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Marathon premier grillings end with no motions filed

Panel formed to probe allegations KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (right) and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah attend a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah yesterday faced two grillings by opposition MPs in a 13-hour marathon closed debate, which ended without...

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