Although questions of form and style are fundamental to art history, the issue of scale has been surprisingly neglected. Yet, scale and scaled relationships are essential to the visual cultures of many societies from around the world, especially in the Andes. In Scale and the Incas, Andrew Hamilton presents a groundbreaking theoretical framework for analyzing…
LOS ANGELES: Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, thanking fans for their prayers and good wishes, said Monday he's happy to be with family seven weeks after he was shot in his native Dominican Republic."Being at home and look at my family celebrating that I'm here safe is priceless," Ortiz said in an Instagram…
RIYADH: Herve Renard, who resigned as Morocco coach following the team’s surprise elimination at the African Cup of Nations, said on Monday he was taking over Saudi Arabia’s national team.“Happy to start a new adventure in Saudi Arabia on a new continent,” the 50-year-old Frenchman tweeted.He led Zambia to a surprise African Cup of Nations…
LONDON: Australia great Glenn McGrath believes the form of England spearhead James Anderson could determine the course of the Ashes.Australia hold the urn but head into Thursday’s opening Test at Edgbaston looking for their first series win in England since 2001.Anderson, 37 on Tuesday, has been battling to overcome a calf injury but McGrath believes…
LONDON: The British pound tumbled on Tuesday as investors bet Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit brinkmanship with the European Union could trigger a messy divorce that would sow chaos through the world economy and financial markets.Sterling crashed through trading barriers, falling to an intraday low of $1.2120 in shallower overnight Asian trade, the lowest since…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Shocks from deadly suicide bombings on Easter Day in Sri Lanka are reverberating throughout its economy in the worst crisis since the South Asian island nation’s civil war ended in 2009.The blasts that killed more than 250 people were blamed on extremists. They have devastated Sri Lanka’s vital tourism industry, source of…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Shocks from deadly suicide bombings on Easter Day in Sri Lanka are reverberating throughout its economy in the worst crisis since the South Asian island nation’s civil war ended in 2009.The blasts that killed more than 250 people were blamed on extremists. They have devastated Sri Lanka’s vital tourism industry, source of…
MOSCOW: Gigantic forest fires have regularly raged through the vast expanses of Russia’s Siberia, but the magnitude of this year’s blazes has reached an exceptional level with fears of a long-term impact on the environment. As fires sweep across millions of hectares enveloping entire cities in black smoke and noxious fumes, environmentalists warn of a…
KABUL: At least 3,812 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against Islamist militant groups, including a large increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, a UN report said on Tuesday.The latest casualty figures were released as talks between the Taliban and…
KABUL: At least 3,812 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against Islamist militant groups, including a large increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, a UN report said on Tuesday.The latest casualty figures were released as talks between the Taliban and…
CAIRO: Nearly a third of Egyptians live below the poverty line, up from 27.8 percent in 2015, Egypt's flagship state-owned newspaper Al Ahram reported on Tuesday, citing official figures. "The poverty rate has reached 32.5% across the republic for 2017-2018," the daily quoted the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics as saying in a…
DUBAI: The head of Sudan’s ruling interim military council stressed the need to reach an agreement to avoid further turmoil in the country, a day after four high school students were shot dead in demonstrations.Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said that he has authorized the negotiating delegation to reach an agreement as delaying the transition would…
TEHRAN, Iran: Taha Shakouri keeps finding remote corners to play in at a Tehran children’s charity hospital, unaware that his doctors are running out of chemo medicine needed to treat the eight-year-old boy’s liver cancer.With Iran’s economy in free-fall after the US pullout from the nuclear deal and escalated sanctions on Tehran, prices of imported…
JEDDAH: King Salman performed funeral prayers for the late Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud along with masses of worshipers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Monday. Condolences have poured in for Prince Bandar , who was the tenth son of Ibn Saud, the first monarch of Saudi Arabia, and the eldest surviving member of…
JEDDAH: King Salman performed funeral prayers for the late Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud along with masses of worshipers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Monday. Condolences have poured in for Prince Bandar , who was the tenth son of Ibn Saud, the first monarch of Saudi Arabia, and the eldest surviving member of…
JEDDAH: Saudi women will be able to apply for government notary posts following a milestone move by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice.The ministry announced grade-7 “notary public” vacancies for women, who will work at notarial offices across the country. The breakthrough move to boost female employment within the legal sector comes as part of ministry…
DUBAI: Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has guest edited the September issue of British Vogue with the theme “Forces for Change” and has revealed that actors Jameela Jamil, Yara Shahidi and Salma Hayek Pinault will be featured alongside 12 other women on the cover. British Vogue with the theme “Forces for Change.” (AFP) Royal officials say the issue…
Egan Bernal wins Tour de France The 22-year-old has become the youngest Tour de France champion of the post-World War II era Bernal, from Colombia, is South America’s first winner of cycling’s greatest race Updated 28 July 2019 AP July 28, 2019 23:59 PARIS: On the Champs-Elysees fittingly bathed in the yellow of a golden…
