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US-S.Korea drills still on: US

WASHINGTON: The US and South Korea will press ahead with joint military exercises, a Pentagon official said, defying demands from a furious Pyongyang for their cancellation as it carries out a series of weapons tests. North Korea fired what Seoul called two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday after two similar

Twin attacks kill 27 in Yemen

ADEN: Separate attacks by Shiite rebels and a jihadist suicide bomber killed at least 27 people in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden yesterday, many of them newly trained police cadets, security and medical sources said. The attacks were the first to hit the southern port city in more than a

Growing human organs in animals

Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country. The cutting-edge — but controversial — research involves implanting modified animal embryos with human “induced pluripotent stem” (iPS) cells that can be coaxed into

Profits jump at British bank Barclays

LONDON: Net profits nearly quadrupled at British bank Barclays in the first half of the year on reduced litigation costs, helping compensate for difficult conditions in retail and investment banking. Net profit of 2.1 billion pounds was a stellar improvement but when heavy legal costs it suffered in the same

Tuchel tells PSG to ‘make sacrifices’

SUZHOU (China): Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel warned his side that they must pull together and “make sacrifices” after they eased to a 3-0 friendly win over Sydney FC on Tuesday in China. The German spoke a day after midfielder Julian Draxler told AFP that the “egos” of Neymar and

Real pre-season struggles continue with loss to Spurs

MUNICH (Germany): Real Madrid’s disastrous pre-season continued on Tuesday as they lost 1-0 to Tottenham in Munich. “Our defeat was well deserved,” Real midfielder Tony Kroos told German TV after the match. It’s true that we’re not quite in good shape.” In the second match of the evening, Bayern Munich

Asian countries turning back wealthy world’s waste

Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world’s rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores. It comes after China last year stopped accepting the world’s used plastic, having previously been the biggest market for recyclables. After Indonesia on Tuesday announced it

Southern white rhino born at US zoo, could help save species

A southern white rhino conceived through artificial insemination was born at the San Diego Zoo in what was called a historic milestone that could help save a subspecies from extinction. The calf was born on Sunday and the mother named Victoria remained calm during the 30-minute labor, zoo officials said

Cautious hopes before new round of US-China trade talks

BEIJING: US trade negotiators return to China this week for a fresh round of talks in a new city, but experts warn a change of air is unlikely to quickly solve an impasse between the world’s two biggest economies. The meetings in Shanghai on Tuesday and Wednesday will be the

Triple-jump king Taylor dreams of Tokyo record

DES MOINES: Triple jump king Christian Taylor believes the venue of next year’s Olympics in Tokyo could inspire him to finally overhaul Jonathan Edwards’ 24-year-old world record. Taylor, 29, has dominated his event for much of the past decade, winning Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016 and World Championship