DHAKA: Bangladeshi police have discharged from hospital and arrested leaders of student protests that sparked nationwide unrest last week, when security forces clashed with protesters. The students have been protesting since early July against a rule that largely reserves government jobs for children of those who fought in the country's 1971 liberation war. At least … Read more
Dubai: Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini will champion the refugee Olympic team at the Olympic Games in Paris this week. He took to Instagram to post a message of encouragement to the team. In a video shared with her 804,000 followers, Mardini said: “I'm here to introduce you to a special team that has fought … Read more
Vientiane: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken slammed China's “escalating and illegal actions” in the South China Sea on Saturday, hours before talks with Beijing's top diplomat at a regional meeting in Laos. Blinken is in the capital Vientiane for a meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers, part of an Asian … Read more
Rochester: Jon Rahm is used to being in contention after most of his LIV golf rounds this season. But for the first time after joining the league, he has taken the lead. Thanks to a bogey-free 8-under 63, Rahm has a two-stroke lead over Abraham Ensor and Andy Ogletree after the first round at LIV … Read more
California's largest active wildfire exploded in size Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to contain the threat.The intensity and dramatic spread of the Park Fire prompted fire officials to draw unexpected comparisons to the devastating campfire that raged out of control in nearby Paradise in 2018, … Read more
Rochester: Jon Rahm is used to being in contention after most of his LIV golf rounds this season. But for the first time after joining the league, he has taken the lead. Thanks to a bogey-free 8-under 63, Rahm has a two-stroke lead over Abraham Ensor and Andy Ogletree after the first round at LIV … Read more
Recipes for success: Chef Hadi Saroufim gives advice, shares a recipe for orange cake Dubai: Executive chef Hadi Saroufim of Dubai's Beirut-import Bar du Port has been cooking since the age of 10, but it wasn't until he began training in a professional kitchen that he truly fell in love with the culinary world. 'The … Read more
California's largest active wildfire exploded in size Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to contain the threat.The intensity and dramatic spread of the Park Fire prompted fire officials to draw unexpected comparisons to the devastating campfire that raged out of control in nearby Paradise in 2018, … Read more
Pristina: Amidst a sea of denim shorts, selfies, sequins and thumping bass lines, the setting could easily be mistaken for Coachella or Glastonbury. But Pristina's Sunny Hill Festival is helping to turn Kosovo into Europe's go-to destination for summer festival season, thanks in large part to its founder: Dua Lipa. For years, Kosovo was associated … Read more
Caracas, Venezuela: Venezuela's future is on the line. Voters will decide on Sunday whether to re-elect President Nicolas Maduro, whose 11-year term has been beset by crisis, or give the opposition a chance to fulfill a promise to undo the ruling party's policies that led to an economic collapse and forced millions to emigrate.Historically fractured … Read more
