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New Zealand uses haka to heal after attacks

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealanders are gathering to thump chests, stomp feet and stick out their tongues – staging impromptu performances of the haka war dance to show solidarity with a Muslim community shattered by the mass shooting in Christchurch. Kiwis ranging from heavily tattooed bikers to business executives, children and the

Prosecutors: Letter in Dutch suspect’s getaway car suggests terror motive

UTRECHT, Netherlands: Dutch prosecutors and police said they were “seriously” investigating a terrorist motive for the Utrecht tram attack because of evidence including a letter found in the main suspect’s getaway car. “So far, a terrorist motive is seriously being taken into account. This is based on a letter found

May tries to save Brexit plan after speaker’s bombshell

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May held crisis talks with her ministers Tuesday after the speaker of parliament threatened to derail her EU withdrawal plan just 10 days before Brexit day, leaving her strategy in tatters. May is still hoping she can get the divorce agreement she struck with the

Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: ‘Science does not kill God’

WASHINGTON:The annual Templeton Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension,” was awarded Tuesday to Brazilian Marcelo Gleiser – a theoretical physicist dedicated to demonstrating science and religion are not enemies. A physics and astronomy professor whose specialisations include cosmology, 60-year-old Gleiser was born in Rio de Janeiro,

Norway’s Norsk Hydro hit by ‘extensive’ cyberattack

Oslo: One of the world’s biggest aluminium producers, Norway’s Norsk Hydro, said Tuesday it had been hit by a cyber-attack of unknown origin. “Hydro became victim of an extensive cyberattack in the early hours of Tuesday, impacting operations in several of the company’s business areas,” the energy group said in

Jailed migrants recount ordeal

TRAPANI: Gambian Cherno Jallow, Senegalese Cheikhaya Dieng, and Ivorian Fofana Lamine, are finishing 44-month jail sentences in Italy after people smugglers forced them to navigate boats across the Mediterranean. Shortly before they were due to be released, the three men told AFP about their ordeals from their prison in Trapani,

Rights group urges Egypt to find missing dissident

BEIRUT: Human Rights Watch urged Egyptian authorities on Tuesday to establish the whereabouts of a missing opposition activist following their denials he was in their custody.  Former lawmaker Mostafa al-Naggar disappeared in September and there has been no word on his whereabouts since.  He was sentenced to three years in

Canadian teen Andreescu topples Kerber to win title

INDIAN WELLS (United States): Canadian sensation Bianca Andreescu became the first wild card to win the WTA title at Indian Wells on Sunday with a gritty 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber. Andreescu, 18, shook off fatigue to topple the eighth-ranked German, who hasn’t won a title

Pakistan — the other great home of the bagpipes

Umer Farooq’s grandfather and father made bagpipes.Now he is the third generation to take up the tradition in Pakistan, which is thousands of kilometres from Scotland yet sells thousands of bagpipes each year. The fresh smell of wood floats through the Mid East factory in Sialkot, on the eastern side

Something fishy: Study alleges fraud in US seafood labelling

One in five fish sold in America may be mislabelled, according to a report Thursday by an NGO that tested samples from several hundred markets and restaurants and alleged fraud runs through the entire fisheries supply chain. The NGO Oceana said it analysed the DNA of 449 fish purchased from