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Delhi smog engulfs kid's race, golf event
'After the run we felt suddenly so exhausted and had difficulty breathing'NEW DELHI: Hundreds of children ran a charity road race through poisonous smog in New Delhi yesterday, triggering a storm of criticism about the damage to their health. Delhi and other cities in northern India have again been blanketed by haze that hits each winter due to build-up of vehicle fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from agricultural fires in regions around the...
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Sri Lanka political author attacked ahead of key polls
COLOMBO: Armed men stabbed and injured a writer in Sri Lanka yesteday, a week after he published a book criticizing the main opposition candidate at Saturday's presidential polls, police said. The attackers stormed the home of Lasantha Wijeratne, who released his book "Wasteful Development and Corruption" last week and gave a copy to ruling party candidate Sajith Premadasa. "Four men broke into the house and stabbed him in the arm after holding a...
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Indonesians quitting their 'rice addiction' over diabetes fears
'In my first week without rice I felt like I was being possessed by ghosts'JAKARTA: Indonesian Mirnawati once ate rice with every meal, but its link to diabetes convinced her to join a growing movement to quit a staple food in the third biggest rice-consuming nation on Earth. As World Diabetes Day was held yesterday, the Southeast Asian nation is struggling to tackle a disease that affects as many as 20 million of its 260 million people, and has...
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Test cricket to finally return to Pakistan with Sri Lanka tour
KARACHI: Test cricket will return to Pakistan after a long gap of 10 years after Sri Lanka agreed to a tour for two matches next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced yesterday. The vote of confidence from Sri Lanka is hugely symbolic, as it was the attack on their team bus during a visit to Lahore in 2009 which drove international cricket away from Pakistan as the country grappled with militancy. Six policemen and two civilians were killed...
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Former Balenciaga artistic director Thimister dies at 57
Dutch fashion designer Josephus Thimister, a former artistic director at Balenciaga, has died at the age of 57, the French fashion federation said on Wednesday. "It is with sadness that the Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has learned of the passing away of Josephus Thimister, whose avant-garde style, elegance and skills in cutting have, for many years, contributed to the creative momentum in Paris," the body said in a statement....
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Lil Nas X nabs award at country music gala where women take spotlight
Lil Nas X, left, and Billy Ray Cyrus pose in the press room of the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. — AFP photos Overnight sensation Lil Nas X scored a Country Music Award Wednesday, a milestone for the gala that can sometimes feel like music's whitest night. A little bit country, a little bit southern rap, the Atlanta native's infectious single "Old Town Road" was famously booted from Billboard's...
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Love of cash hinders India's move to a digital economy
99.3% of the junked currency back in banking system SIDDHPUR: Camels and their owners gather during a Cattle Fair near Saraswati river bank at Siddhpur, some 120 kms from Ahmedabad. — AFP SATARA: India's dependency on cash may slow the country's transition to digital payments despite large numbers of internet and mobile phone users. For many citizens living in rural areas, cash is still the bedrock of daily existence because of a lack of...
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Boeing drops automation system used to build 777
WASHINGTON: Boeing Co has abandoned a key automation system used to make fuselage sections for its 777 jetliners amid reports of reliability issues, and will instead partially switch back to mechanics, the planemaker said yesterday. The company began to build 777 fuselages in 2015 in an upright orientation, with robots drilling holes and installing fasteners, an initiative known as fuselage automated upright build (FAUB). The world's biggest...
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UAE and Egypt launch $20 bn joint program
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates and Egypt launched a $20 billion joint investment program yesterday to develop "economic and social projects". Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan made the announcement during a visit to the Emirati capital by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. "We launched a joint strategic investment platform between the UAE and Egypt worth $20 billion to implement vital economic and social...
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Shami-led pace pack puts India on top in Bangladesh Test
INDORE: Mohammed Shami led an inspired pace attack to give India the opening day honours after they bundled out Bangladesh for 150 in the first Test yesterday. Shami claimed three wickets, while fellow quicks Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav took two apiece to pack off the tourists early in the final session in Indore. India were 86 for one at stumps after Rohit Sharma was caught behind off paceman Abu Jayed for six. Mayank Agarwal, on 37, and...
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UPDATE: Kuwait’s government resigns amid political infighting
'Speaker says no parliamentary dissolution - for now' Kuwait Cabinet By Jamie EtheridgeKUWAIT: Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak has tendered the government's resignation to His Highness the Amir this morning. The resignation, which has not been officially accepted yet, was submitted by the premier to make way for "rearranging the cabinet work" Tareq Al-Mezrem, government spokesman said in a report carried by state news agency,...
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!!! BREAKING NEWS!!! Kuwait’s Cabinet has resigned
!!! BREAKING NEWS !!! Kuwait’s Cabinet has resigned. Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak has tendered the government's resignation to His Highness the Amir. Read KuwaitTimes.com for updates on this story as it develops.KuwaitTimes #Kuwait #KuwaitNews
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Uruguay's midfielder #05 Manuel Ugarte scores in a penalty shoot-out to win the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Uruguay and Brazil at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 6, 2024. — AFP
Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties to reach Copa America semi-finals
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Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, acting in an upcoming Formula One-based movie, follows the second practice session ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England.--AFP
Brad Pitt at Silverstone for filming of F1 movie