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Egypt customs officers thwart attempts to smuggle antiques, gold bars

  • CAIRO: Customs officers at Borg El-Arab International Airport in Alexandria thwarted an attempt to smuggle 13 antique metal pieces into Egypt dating back to the Greco-Roman era (332 BC–395 AD), hidden in the baggage of a Libyan passenger arriving from Benghazi. While scanning the passengers o...
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PSL 8: Fakhar and Rashid lead Lahore to massive win over Islamabad

  • RAWALPINDI: Fakhar Zaman hit a chancy century and Rashid Khan dismantled Islamabad United’s batting powerhouse with 4-21 as Lahore Qalandars inflicted a 119-run defeat on the two-time champions in the Pakistan Super League on Thursday. Fakhar, dropped on 1 and 70, also successfully overturned...
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Split Libya pushes back against UN plan for elections

  • TRIPOLI: The new UN envoy to Libya had hoped to usher in long-delayed elections, but his initiative is facing pushback from the eastern-based parliament and a lukewarm reception by its rivals in Tripoli. Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily told the UN Security Council last month he planned t...
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Significance of ‘antisemitism’ diluted in race to defend Israel

  • American leaders, from President Joe Biden and ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield to members of Congress, are speaking out against the rising tide of reported incidents of antisemitic rhetoric, especially on social media. Lawmakers in several American states, such as in Georgia just ...
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Twitter staff no longer able to ensure users’ safety, insiders reveal

  • LONDON: A BBC investigation revealed on Monday that Twitter lacks the resources to ensure users’ safety. Speaking to BBC Panorama, Twitter insiders expressed concern about the dramatic restructuring of the company following Elon Musk’s takeover. Current and former employees claimed that the...
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Marcus Ericsson wins rough IndyCar season-opening race

  • ST. PETERSBURG, Florida: Jack Harvey was taken to a hospital for observation and Helio Castroneves needed an ice pack and X-rays. A pair of cars went airborne, the leaders crashed each other and the entire Andretti Autosport fleet was eliminated. Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, meanw...
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Jon Rahm has big finish for 65 and the lead at Bay Hill

  • ORLANDO, Florida: Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing eagle-birdie-birdie for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Not even the brute test of Bay Hill was a match for golf’s hottest player. “Amazing round of golf,” he s...
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Palestinians get the blame for settlers’ Huwara rampage

  • No matter what violence Israel engages in against Palestinians, it always finds a way to minimize it and place the blame on the victims. On Sunday, armed Israeli settlers, who repeatedly enjoy the protection of the Israeli military, went on a large-scale rampage through Huwara, a village just...
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Dammam Formation: Saudi fossil find unearths secrets millions of years in the making

  • JEDDAH: The Khurais desert lies halfway between Hufof and Riyadh. Beds of solid sedimentary rock from the Eocene epoch and earlier eras dip gently toward the east. These beds are well exposed for two main reasons — lack of vegetation and extreme wind erosion — and the fossils and geographical g...
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China leads the way as green energy investments soar

  • It is probably not surprising that investments in low-carbon energy have rapidly increased and last year equaled the capital deployed in support of fossil fuel supply. It has been a long time coming. BloombergNEF last month reported a global spend on the low-carbon energy transition of $1.1 tr...
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