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Kathy Matsui, founder and general partner of MPower Partners, Japan’s first ESG-focused global venture capital fund and famous “Womenomics” advocate in Japan, posing for a picture in Tokyo. –AFP
Japan’s ‘womenomics’ pioneer says mindsets must change
TOKYO:Three million women joined Japan’s workforce in the past decade, and it’s at least partly thanks to top executive Kathy Matsui, who coined the “womenomics” catchphrase that inspired government policy. But with many women holding precarious part-time jobs, often in sectors hit hard by Covid-19, she says the world’s third largest economy must try harder to tap underused talent.That means chipping away at managers’ sexist attitudes...
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Dubai virtual assets regulator enters metaverse with Sandbox HQ
DUBAI: Dubai’s virtual assets regulator said Tuesday that it was entering the metaverse and establishing a new headquarters on platform The Sandbox, state news agency WAM reported. The announcement makes Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) the “world’s first regulator to make its debut in the metaverse”, according to WAM.The move reflects Dubai’s “confidence in virtual assets being integral to the future digital...
BRUSSELS: European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on EU objections sent to Apple over practices regarding Apple Pay, at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 2, 2022. –AFP
EU targets Apple Pay in latest Big Tech antitrust case
BRUSSELS: The EU accused Apple of blocking rivals from its popular "tap-as-you-go" iPhone payment system, opening a fresh battlefront between the US tech giant and Brussels. "The preliminary conclusion that we reached today relates to mobile payments in shops, by excluding others from the game," said Margrethe Vestager, the EU's antitrust chief."Apple has unfairly shielded its Apple Pay wallets from competition. If proven this behavior would...
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Adoration turns to anger towards crisis-hit Sri Lanka's ruling clan
MEDAMULANA: "Gota Go Home" -- graffiti calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to quit has appeared on the roads of Hambantota, the traditional stronghold of the family that dominates Sri Lankan politics. That this could happen in a district where until recently people would jostle for a glimpse of the gilded dynasty is testament to how detested they have become over Sri Lanka's dire economic crisis.Sagara lives in Medamulana, a village in...
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North Korea fires ballistic missile in latest show of force
SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile Wednesday, Seoul said, a week after Kim Jong Un vowed to boost Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal and just days before the South inaugurates a new, hawkish president. Pyongyang has conducted 14 weapons tests since January, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full-range for the first time since 2017.Last week Kim oversaw a huge military parade, vowed to rapidly expand and improve his...
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Horn of Africa drought drives 20 million towards hunger
NAIROBI: From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, swathes of land across the Horn of Africa are being ravaged by a drought that has put 20 million people at risk of starvation. A donor conference last week raised almost $1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years. In the afflicted areas, people eke out a living mainly from herding and subsistence farming.They are experiencing their fourth...
MADRID: Great Britain's Andy Murray serves to Austria's Dominic Thiem during their 2022 ATP Tour Madrid Open tennis tournament singles match at the Caja Magica in Madrid on May 2, 2022. - AFP
Murray sees off Thiem in Madrid; Halep surges on
MADRID: Andy Murray has urged Dominic Thiem to "keep going" in his comeback from injury after Murray defeated the Austrian 6-3, 6-4 in the Madrid Open first round to claim his first win on a clay court in five years. Thiem returned from a 10-month wrist injury lay-off four weeks ago and has yet to taste victory in any of the four matches he has contested so far.Former world No.1 Murray, who has spent several seasons dealing with hip problems and...
SHEFFIELD: England's Ronnie O'Sullivan speaks with members of the media, sitting with the trophy after his victory over England's Judd Trump in the World Championship Snooker final at The Crucible in Sheffield, England on May 2, 2022. - AFP
O'Sullivan sees off Trump to win 7th snooker world title
SHEFFIELD: Ronnie O'Sullivan equalled Stephen Hendry's modern-day record of seven snooker World Championship titles by stopping a Judd Trump rally in its tracks with an 18-13 win in the final on Monday. The showpiece match at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre was in the balance when the evening session started, with O'Sullivan leading 14-11 in the best of 35-frame contest after 2019 world champion Trump had bounced back from 12-5 down overnight.But...
PHOENIX: Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks attempts a shot against Deandre Ayton #22 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of Game One of the Western Conference Second Round NBA Playoffs at Footprint Center on May 02, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. - AFP
Suns eclipse Doncic heroics, Heat scorch Sixers
MIAMI: Deandre Ayton scored 25 points as top seeds Phoenix overpowered Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on Monday while Miami exploited the absence of Joel Embiid to rout Philadelphia in the NBA playoffs. Doncic led the scoring with a game-high 45 points but it was not enough to stop Phoenix claiming a wire-to-wire 121-114 victory in the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series opener. Ayton shot 12-of-20 from the field for Phoenix...
MANCHESTER: Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola (right) speak to Manchester City's Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho as they take part in a training session at the Manchester City training ground in Manchester, north west England, on May 3, 2022, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match against Real Madrid. - AFP
Guardiola unfazed as Man City face Real in Bernabeu cauldron
LONDON: Pep Guardiola has urged his Manchester City stars to show their "personality" as the Spaniard plots yet another successful visit to Real Madrid in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg. Guardiola's side head to Madrid with a slender 4-3 advantage after last week's thrilling first leg at the Etihad Stadium.With a place in the Champions League final at stake, Guardiola can take comfort from his impressive record in Real's...
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Leni Robredo: 'Last woman standing' in Philippines presidential race
MANILA: Leni Robredo was a neophyte congresswoman in 2016 when she came from behind to narrowly beat Ferdinand Marcos Junior for Philippines vice president. She hopes to repeat the feat in their May 9 rematch for president. The only woman in a field of 10 candidates, Robredo is the last obstacle to the Marcos family regaining the presidency they lost in 1986 following a popular uprising.But this time, the former lawyer and economist faces a much...
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Pope wants to meet Putin
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said in an interview published Tuesday that he requested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, while comparing the scale of the bloodshed to Rwanda's genocide.The pontiff told Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper that he had sent a message to Putin around 20 days into the conflict saying that "I was willing to go to Moscow". "We have not yet received a response and we are still insisting, though...
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LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
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SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks with his neurosurgeon Dr Marcos Stavale in the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP
Lula says he’s ‘strong’ after surgery
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