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Dorian strengthens to Category 3 storm, lashes US east coast

Bahamas reels from Dorian's devastationCHARLESTON: Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce winds as it neared the US east coast yesterday after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people. Parts of downtown Charleston were flooded, with video footage showing people kayaking in the dark in gushing knee-deep water in the stately city on the coast of South Carolina. Trees bent in wind gusting in from the sea. ...

ABUJA: A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against xenophobia outside of the main gate of the South African High Commission which was shut down to avert reprisal attacks in Abuja. —AFP

South Africa faces backlash after xenophobic attacks

Nigerians quit WEF event; S Africa tries to contain 'Afrophobia' fallout CAPE TOWN: South Africa's government said yesterday that prejudice was a factor in deadly rioting that has targeted foreign businesses, as those attacks and reprisals overshadowed a pan-African economic conference it is hosting for a second day. President Cyril Ramaphosa had hoped the World Economic Forum summit would serve as a shop window for his efforts to revive South...

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Philippines vows to hunt down convicts released early

MANILA: Philippine police pledged yesterday to track down nearly 2,000 ex-prisoners including convicted murderers and rapists who were let out early for good behavior, in some cases years ago. Revelations in recent weeks about the inmates’ release have sparked outrage in the Philippines, with critics accusing authorities of gross incompetence and possibly corruption. “I have immediately directed all police units nationwide to receive and...

KARACHI: Pakistani doctors hold placards and shout slogans as they take part in a protest against India, in Karachi. — AFP

In Kashmir, shopkeepers refuse to open despite India easing curbs

Communication restrictions make reporting difficult SRINAGAR: A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir's autonomy, locked it down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests, residents are resisting attempts by authorities to show some signs of normalcy returning in the Muslim-majority valley. On August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked special rights for Jammu and Kashmir state, striking down long-standing...

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Bangladesh bans two aid agencies from Rohingya refugee camps

COX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh yesterday said it has banned two aid agencies from Rohingya camps in the country's southeast, alleging they were telling refugees to reject repatriation to their homeland in Myanmar. The move came amid growing impatience from Dhaka about the presence of the refugees in the country, two years after some 740,000 were driven over the border by a military crackdown on the Muslim minority. The latest repatriation attempt by...

LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson checks his watch as he holds a meeting with US Vice-President Mike Pence inside 10 Downing Street in central London.-AFP

UK's Johnson seeks snap election to break Brexit deadlock

PM's brother, Jo, quits cabinet, steps down as MPLONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called yesterday for an early election after a flurry of parliamentary votes tore up his hardline Brexit strategy and left him without a majority. His government said it would make a second attempt on Monday to trigger the national polls after the opposition Labor party on Wednesday helped block Johnson's first bid. "It is now time for the people to decide...

YOKOHAMA: A train is seen derailed after a collision with a truck at a crossing in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. — AFP

One dead, 30 hurt as train, truck collide near Tokyo

Train company launches investigation into accidentYOKOHAMA, Japan: An express train travelling at around 120 kilometers per hour smashed into a truck at a crossing south of Tokyo yesterday, sparking a blaze and killing one person with around 30 others injured. The crash derailed the train's front carriage and pinned the truck to a wall, as it burst into flames, spewing black smoke into the air and its cargo of citrus fruit on to the tracks. The...

GURGAON, India: In this photograph Indian gay married couple Vishwa Srivastava, right, and Vivek Kishore, left, sit on a bench at a market in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi.-AFP

Signs show Indian society becoming relaxed about homosexuality

Year after India gay ruling, a battle to change attitudesGURGAON, India: Vivek Kishore and Vishwa Srivastava hit it off soon after meeting at a cafe, little knowing what lay in store for them as a gay couple in India where homosexuality was a criminal offence until a year ago. The couple's worst fears came true when they were slapped, abused and threatened with police action by none other than Kishore's parents, who found out they were living...

KABUL: An Afghan woman weeps for relatives impacted by a suicide attack, as she is supported at the Wazir Akbar Khan hospital following the blast in Kabul. — AFP

Taleban kills 10 in 'horrific' attack

Car bomb rocks heavily fortified area adjacent to Green Zone KABUL: The Taleban killed at least 10 people, including a Romanian soldier, in a fresh bombing in Kabul yesterday-yet another horrific attack on the Afghan capital as the US and the insurgents negotiate a deal to see American troops leave the country. The car bomb blast shook Shash Darak, a heavily fortified area adjacent to the Green Zone and home to several important complexes...

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Fashion influencer Ferragni steals show at Venice film festival

The longest queues at the Venice film festival have not been to see Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt or Scarlett Johansson. Instead the most hysterical fans were those who thronged the Lido dreaming of a selfie with Chiara Ferragni, the fashion influencer who has become rich selling clothes and her starry you-can-have-it-all lifestyle on Instagram. While heartthrob Timothee Chalamet signed autographs for 20 minutes before his premiere of "The...

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Peter Lindbergh, revolutionary fashion photographer, dies aged 74

Peter Lindbergh, the German photographer credited with launching the careers of supermodels such as Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista, has died aged 74, his family told AFP Wednesday. Lindbergh's stark black-and-white images of models and stars staring straight at the camera, which played with light and shadow, helped overturn glossy standards of beauty and fashion in the 1980s and 1990s. Lindbergh was born in Lissa in western...

Recession risks for Germany rises in Q3

Industrial giant Thyssenkrupp relinquishes blue-chip statusBERLIN: Weaker demand from abroad drove a bigger-than-expected drop in German industrial orders in July, suggesting that struggling manufacturers could tip Europe's biggest economy into a recession in the third quarter. Germany's export-reliant economy is suffering from slower global growth and business uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump's 'America First' trade policies and...

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