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ZTE launches world's first 5G smartphone

AFP file photoBARCELONA: Chinese telecoms giant ZTE unveiled yesterday what it said is the world's first smartphone compatible with the lightening-fast 5G mobile internet service that networks expect to have up and running by 2020. The company said the Gigabit Phone is the first smartphone capable of download speeds reaching up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) - up to 10 times faster than the first generation of 4G services widely in use today.The...

HEIDELBERG, Germany: Police officers stand around a car in front of a building, where a man ploughed into pedestrians before being shot by the police on Feb 25, 2017. — AFP

German police probe driver’s motive in deadly car ramming

HEIDELBERG, Germany: Police officers stand around a car in front of a building, where a man ploughed into pedestrians before being shot by the police on Feb 25, 2017. — AFPFRANKFURT AM MAIN: Investigators are probing the motives of a 35-year-old German student who rammed his car into a group of pedestrians, killing one person and injuring two others, officials said yesterday, ruling out terrorism. The suspect is being formally held on...

CAIRO: In this Dec 11, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian Coptic nun weeps as she looks at damage inside the St. Mark Cathedral. — AP

Egyptian Christians fearing terror flee Sinai for 4th day

CAIRO: In this Dec 11, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian Coptic nun weeps as she looks at damage inside the St. Mark Cathedral. — APISMAILIA: Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by Islamic State group militants fled the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a fourth day yesterday, after a string of sectarian killings there sent hundreds packing and raised accusations the government is failing to protect the minority. Over 100 families...

An extended family of 8 people from Colombia are detained by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after they illegally crossed the border near Hemmingford, Quebec. — AFP

Refugees crossings from US to Canada

An extended family of 8 people from Colombia are detained by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after they illegally crossed the border near Hemmingford, Quebec. — AFPMONTREAL: Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from Syria, Yemen, Turkey or Sudan, according to the United Nations' refugee point man in the country. In an interview, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the...

LAS VEGAS: In this undated photo provided by Kranti Shalia, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, left, poses for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala. —AP

India demands 'strongest action' from Trump after Kansas killing

'They should come out openly to condemn such actions' LAS VEGAS: In this undated photo provided by Kranti Shalia, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, left, poses for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala. —APNEW DELHI: India demanded the "strongest action" from the US government yesterday after an Indian expatriate was killed and another wounded in a suspected hate crime in the midwestern state of Kansas. Indians at home and in the United States have expressed...

KHARTOUM: Sudanese journalist Shamael Al-Nur speaks to an AFP journalist on February 25, 2017, in the capital. — AFP

Woman journalist targeted by Sudan Islamic hardliners

KHARTOUM: Sudanese journalist Shamael Al-Nur speaks to an AFP journalist on February 25, 2017, in the capital. — AFPKHARTOUM: A Sudanese female journalist and critic of government policies said Sunday that she is under fire from hardliners who have accused her of "insulting Islam" in one of her columns. Shamael Al-Nur said she has become a target of a radical Islamist and a section of Sudan's hardline media for criticizing government public...

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Pakistan airline denies seven passengers forced to stand

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's national carrier said yesterday it would investigate allegations that a plane flew from Karachi to Saudi Arabia carrying seven extra passengers, but denied they stood in the aisles for the three-hour journey. The probe was ordered after a report in the English-language daily Dawn.The paper said the January 20 flight to Medina carried 416 passengers, seven more than its capacity of 409 including jump seats, in a serious...

SEPANG: A hazmat crew scan the decontamination zone at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2. —AP

Malaysia says Poisoning of Kim caused paralysis, quick death

Officers in protective gear swept budget terminal where Kim was attacked SEPANG: A hazmat crew scan the decontamination zone at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2. —APKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's health minister said yesterday that the dose of nerve agent given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother was so high that it killed him within 20 minutes and caused "very serious paralysis." Kim Jong Nam died Feb 13 at Kuala Lumpur's...

MADRID: Atletico de Madrid's Diego Godin, right, and Sime Vrsaljko, left, duels for the ball with Barcelona's Neymar da Silva during a Spain's La Liga soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. - AP

Messi haunts Atletico once more to send Barca top

Messi strikes late again to sink Atletico MADRID: Atletico de Madrid's Diego Godin, right, and Sime Vrsaljko, left, duels for the ball with Barcelona's Neymar da Silva during a Spain's La Liga soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. - APMADRID: Lionel Messi struck the winner four minutes from time as Barcelona moved top of La Liga yesterday with a crucial 2-1 win at...

LONDON: Manchester United's players celebrate with the trophy on the pitch after their victory in the English League Cup final footballnmatch between Manchester United and Southampton at Wembley stadium in north London yesterday. - AFP

Ibrahimovic double downs Saints in Wembley thriller

LONDON: Manchester United's players celebrate with the trophy on the pitch after their victory in the English League Cup final footballmatch between Manchester United and Southampton at Wembley stadium in north London yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealed the first major silverware of Jose Mourinho's Manchester United reign and broke Southampton's hearts as the Swedish star's late goal clinched a dramatic 3-2 victory in yesterday's...

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De Villiers passes milestone in SA win

AB de VilliersWELLINGTON: South Africa captain AB de Villiers became the fastest man to score 9,000 one-day international runs as he led his side to a 159-run victory over New Zealand in the third one-day international on Saturday.De Villiers scored 85, having needed just five runs to surpass former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who took 228 innings to achieve the milestone. De Villiers did it in his 205th innings.South Africa scored a...

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Burgan Bank sponsors world champion wheelchair fencing title holder Tariq Al-Qallaf

Tariq Al-QallafKUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced today its renewed sponsorship for Kuwait's world champion wheelchair fencer, Tariq Al Qallaf, recipient of a number of gold medals and the 'sword of honor' award as the world's best player. A continuous success story reaching for new levels of excellence, Tariq Al Qallaf will receive the bank's support during three upcoming championships in which he will participate in the USA in 2017. This is the...

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MOSCOW: Muscovites crowd the counter of a Soviet bank to change their rubles into foreign currency in Moscow in this file photo. -- AFP

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