LOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant scored 29 points and Klay Thompson added 21 on Tuesday as the Golden State Warriors downed the Houston Rockets 115-109 in a bruising NBA playoff clash. The reigning champion Warriors never trailed, but they had to battle to the end to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round…
MADRID: Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, 37, has suffered a heart attack and has been taken to hospital, Portuguese radio station Renascenca reported on Wednesday, adding that the FC Porto player was out of danger. Casillas, who made 167 appearances as goalkeeper for the Spanish national team on the way to winning a World Cup and two European…
SAN FRANCISCO: Google-parent Alphabet said on Tuesday that Eric Schmidt, who was chief of the Internet giant for a decade, will leave the board in June.Schmidt, who turned 64 this month, stepped down as chairman of the Alphabet board at the start of last year, remaining a member but shifting to a role as a…
SAN FRANCISCO: China-based Huawei outsold Apple’s iPhones in the first quarter of this year, seizing the California company’s second place spot in a tightening smartphone market dominated by Samsung, a tracker said this week.A total of 310.8 million smartphones were shipped globally during the first three months of this year in a 6.6 percent decline…
ABU DHABI: Oman needs fiscal consolidation and better public expenditure alongside implementing reforms to mitigate its growing debt, the regional head of the World Bank said on Wednesday.Oman’s state coffers have been hit by a slump in oil prices over the past few years and the country has increasingly relied on external borrowing to levels…
KABUL: The Taliban announced that their delegates resumed talks with US diplomats in Doha on Wednesday, without representatives from President Ashraf Ghani’s government, in an effort to end the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the meeting, led by US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, was pre-planned and had no link to…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday it has no objection to the decision by a UN Security Council committee to blacklist Masood Azhar, the head of the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).Azhar’s Pakistan-based group is accused of carrying out several high-profile attacks in India and Western powers for years have been calling for him to…
BHUBANESWAR, India: India deployed emergency personnel Wednesday and ordered the navy on standby as it braced for an extremely severe cyclonic storm barrelling toward the eastern coast.Tropical Cyclone Fani, located in the Bay of Bengal and packing wind speeds up to 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour, is expected to make landfall at Odisha state…
RAMALLAH: Israel and the US are putting the financial squeeze on the Palestinian Authority (PA), where opposition to a long-awaited US peace plan and anger over Israeli sanctions remain strong. Analysts see steep cuts in US aid to the Palestinians over the past year as an attempt to draw them toward a blueprint that Washington promises…
RAMALLAH: Israel and the US are putting the financial squeeze on the Palestinian Authority (PA), where opposition to a long-awaited US peace plan and anger over Israeli sanctions remain strong. Analysts see steep cuts in US aid to the Palestinians over the past year as an attempt to draw them toward a blueprint that Washington promises…
AL-MASHAHADA, IRAQ: After plentiful winter rains, Iraq is heading into summer with overflowing reservoirs and lush marshes. But don’t be fooled, observers warn: Its water woes and related protests are not over. Far from last year’s shortages, “the land between the two rivers” is expected to hold 42 billion cubic meters in its reservoirs at the…
Saudi Arabia’s aid agency steps up medical help, signs agreements to treat wounded Yemenis RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has increased its medical assistance in Yemen ahead of Ramadan, signing agreements for the treatment of wounded Yemenis, women and children.Dr. Abdullah Al-Moallem, head of the health and environmental aid department…
NEW YORK: The Kingdom is concerned about a lack of commitment toward establishing a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East, the Saudi Press Agency reported.Saudi Arabia’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dr. Khaled Manzlawiy, was speaking at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to…
JEDDAH: The National Aviation Academy of Saudi Arabia (Tayaran) was inaugurated at its headquarters at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) on Wednesday by Prince Sultan bin Salman, head of its board of trustees. The prince said Tayaran had been established to train talented individuals pursuing careers in various aeronautical fields in accordance with the highest international…
We’re on the set of “Men in Black International,” sitting with Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth, both tired from a full day of shooting at gargantuan aliens that will be added digitally later. Both are in great spirits — bantering back and forth, comfortable, at times silly. It’s a vibe they likely picked up co-starring…
We’re on the set of “Men in Black International,” sitting with Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth, both tired from a full day of shooting at gargantuan aliens that will be added digitally later. Both are in great spirits — bantering back and forth, comfortable, at times silly. It’s a vibe they likely picked up co-starring…
While the Italian Adriatic coast has long been a byword for sophisticated holidaying, Croatia’s Dalmatian coast has only been discovered by global tourists relatively recently. It’s not hard to see why it has become so popular: the Adriatic waters lap up against some of Europe’s most beautiful coastline, punctuated by picture-perfect villages, stark cliffs, and hidden beaches. Dubrovnik is…
TORONTO: Jimmy Butler had 30 points and 11 rebounds, James Ennis scored 13 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Monday night, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-1. Game 3 is Thursday night in Philadelphia. Down 19 in the first half, Toronto cut the deficit to one…
TORONTO: Jimmy Butler had 30 points and 11 rebounds, James Ennis scored 13 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Monday night, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-1. Game 3 is Thursday night in Philadelphia. Down 19 in the first half, Toronto cut the deficit to one…
WASHINGTON: Kevin Durant scored 35 points to lead the defending champion Golden State Warriors over Houston 104-100 Sunday while Boston ripped Milwaukee in the openers of their NBA second-round playoff matchups. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, each playing despite right ankle injuries, scored 18 and 13 points respectively while Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green each added…
