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ALBUQUERQUE: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yells at a protester during a rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Tuesday. During the rally, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, who shouted, held up banners and resisted removal by security officers. — AP

Clinton slams Trump for cheering housing crash - Anti-Trump protests turn violent

ALBUQUERQUE: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yells at a protester during a rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Tuesday. During the rally, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, who shouted, held up banners and resisted removal by security officers. — APWASHINGTON: Democrat Hillary Clinton, seeking to dampen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's growing...

African students in India often complain of racial assaults - AFP

Africans in India living 'in fear' after killing: Envoys - Congolese teacher brutally murdered in New Delhi

African students in India often complain of racial assaults - AFPNEW DELHI: African nationals in the Indian capital live in a "pervading climate of fear and insecurity", a group of African ambassadors has said, after the brutal murder of a Congolese teacher sparked allegations of racism. The Group of African Heads of Mission said they may recommend their governments not to send students to India until safety conditions improve, following a...

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India to make panic buttons 'a must' on all public buses

NEW DELHI: Panic buttons will have to be fitted on all India's public buses to curb sex attacks on women, the transport minister said yesterday, more than three years after the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in Delhi. The transport ministry said it would issue a formal order after June 2 making the emergency measures on public buses a must."To ensure the safety of women after the unfortunate incident, we have decided to make it mandatory...

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IS 'falsely claiming' Bangladesh attacks

DHAKA: Islamic State is trying to ride a wave of religious radicalization by falsely claiming a spate of killings in Bangladesh, a government minister said, adding there was enough evidence implicating domestic militant groups. Analysts say that as Islamic State loses territory in Iraq and Syria and its finances get drained, it may be trying to build affiliates in countries such as Libya, Egypt and Bangladesh for jihadists to launch attacks...

MADRID: Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane (4th left) looks at his players during a training session on the club’s Open Media Day at Real Madrid sport city. — AFP

Madrid stars thriving under Coach Zidane’s free reign

MADRID: Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane (4th left) looks at his players during a training session on the club’s Open Media Day at Real Madrid sport city. — AFPMADRID: Just five months into his first senior managerial role, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is already living up to the unenviable task of matching his credentials as one of the finest players of his generation.Fourteen years on from the sumptuous volley that rippled...

PARIS: Britain’s Andy Murray, left, shakes hands with France’s Mathias Bourgue after their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. — AP

Murray survives fresh five-set Paris battle

PARIS: Britain’s Andy Murray, left, shakes hands with France’s Mathias Bourgue after their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. — APPARIS: Second seed Andy Murray survived his second successive five-set French Open battle to reach the third round yesterday, avoiding what would have been his worst Grand Slam loss in eight years. Murray, three times a semi-finalist, wore down France's world...

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Blow for Apple as India sticks to retail rules

NEW DELHI: Apple faces a roadblock in its quest to open stores in India after the finance minister decided it must comply with tough local sourcing rules, a report said yesterday, days after a visit by chief executive Tim Cook. India will not exempt Apple from regulations stating that foreign single-brand retailers must buy at least 30 percent of their parts locally if they want to open outlets, the Bloomberg report said.Apple has no stores in...

JAKARTA: This picture released by Human Rights Watch shows a girl harvesting tobacco on a farm near Sampang, East Java. — AFP

Children risk health farming tobacco in Indonesia

JAKARTA: This picture released by Human Rights Watch shows a girl harvesting tobacco on a farm near Sampang, East Java. — AFPJAKARTA: Children are being put to work on tobacco plantations in Indonesia that supply some of the world's biggest cigarette companies, putting their health at serious risk, Human Rights Watch warned yesterday. Despite Indonesian law prohibiting child labor in hazardous industries, the rights group documented dozens of...

Kanye West

Kanye West sued by Hungarian over song sample

Kanye WestA Hungarian artist is seeking more than $2.5 million from Kanye West, saying the rap superstar's track "New Slaves" sampled his music without permission or royalties. Gabor Presser, who described himself as a "living legend" in Hungary, said that West's lawyers put "extraordinary time pressure" on him to sign off quickly on use of the song which appeared on his 2013 "Yeezus" album. In a lawsuit filed this week in a New York court,...

Yalda Golsharifi

A tigress and her stripes

Yalda GolsharifiI wish I was one of those women out there who have absolutely no issues with stretch marks and who don't mind them one bit when it comes to losing weight or during pregnancy - sadly I'm not. Some say stretch marks are hereditary, but all the women in my family got them during pregnancy. I had convinced myself that there are ways to avoid them, did my research and believed I could avoid them altogether. I was determined. I came up...

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Hassan Al-Mosawi

Relax: It's just depression

Hassan Al-MosawiBefore we go any further, let's look at the facts:No one is a stranger to depression.You are never the only one, even though it may feel like your world is dark while others are prancing around in their happy lives. The truth is we all have our downs.The key is to truly appreciate how crucial our downtime is for our life experience. That's when it all turns around and makes sense, when every scar has a purpose.Only those who have...

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