RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef recently met with Eduardo Bartolomeo, CEO of Vale Mining Company, in Brazil. The parties discussed the promising investment opportunities that the Saudi mining sector provides for Brazilian companies and the expansion plans of Brazilian investors in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. … Read more
PARIS: Argentina kicked off their Olympic men's football campaign by beating Iraq 3-1 in Lyon on Saturday. Argentina, one of the pre-tournament favourites, suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Morocco in their Group B opener, marred by a pitch invasion by Moroccan fans and a two-hour delay. While Iraq threatened another surprise when Aymen Hussein … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladeshi police have released from hospital and arrested the leader of a student protest that sparked nationwide unrest last week as security forces clashed with protesters. Students have been demonstrating since early July against a rule that reserves most government posts for descendants of those who fought in the country's 1971 liberation war. At … Read more
VIENTIANE: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday attacked China's “escalating and illegal actions” in the South China Sea, hours before he was due to hold 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 … Read more
ROCESTER: Jon Rahm is used to being in contention after most of his rounds at LIV Golf this season. But for the first time since entering the league, he has an absolute lead. Thanks to a bogey-free 8-under 63, Rahm is two strokes ahead of Abraham Ancer and Andy Ogletree after the first round at … Read more
California's largest active wildfire exploded Friday night, growing rapidly amid dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to contain the danger.The intensity and dramatic spread of the fire in the park led firefighters to unwelcome comparisons to the monster campfire that raged in nearby Paradise in 2018, killing 85 people and burning … Read more
ROCESTER: Jon Rahm is used to being in contention after most of his rounds at LIV Golf this season. But for the first time since entering the league, he has an absolute lead. Thanks to a bogey-free 8-under 63, Rahm is two strokes ahead of Abraham Ancer and Andy Ogletree after the first round at … Read more
Recipes for success: Chef Hadi Saroufim offers advice, shares a recipe for orange cake DUBAI: Hadi Saroufim, head chef of Dubai's Beirut-import Bar Du Port, has been cooking since he was 10, but he really fell in love with the culinary world once he started training in a professional kitchen. “The more I worked in … Read more
California's largest active wildfire exploded Friday night, growing rapidly amid dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to contain the danger.The intensity and dramatic spread of the fire in the park led firefighters to unwelcome comparisons to the monster campfire that raged in nearby Paradise in 2018, killing 85 people and burning … Read more
PRISTINA: Amid a sea of denim shorts, selfies, sequins and booming bass lines, the setting could easily be mistaken for Coachella or Glastonbury. But Pristina's Sunny Hill festival is helping to turn Kosovo into a popular destination during Europe's summer festival season, thanks in large part to its founder: Dua Lipa. For years, Kosovo has … Read more
