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Tuchel revels in Club World Cup triumph

He says it’s an “incomparable feeling” as the Blues get their coveted trophy ABU DHABI: Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel described winning the Club World Cup as an “incomparable feeling” as the European champions got their hands on the last major trophy missing from their cabinet. Kai Havertz repeated his heroics

Flowers, chocolates or a good whipping?

Saint Valentine’s Day may now be celebrated worldwide but traditions are often very different ― and sometimes have nothing at all to do with romance. While in Europe it’s all about couples cosying up, in the United States it is as much about schoolchildren celebrating friendship while in Japan women

New antibody treatment for arthritic cats

WASHINGTON: Good news for senior felines hoping to get a spring back in their step. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved its first treatment to control pain associated with osteoarthritis in cats, which is also the first monoclonal antibody drug approved for any animal species. These

US Omicron cases receding: Data

NEW YORK: The United States’ Omicron wave is beginning to recede in New York and other major cities, official data showed this week, even as COVID-19 hospitalisations, a lagging indicator, reached new highs. The trend of explosive rises in Omicron cases followed by equally fast declines follows similar patterns seen

Camel cloning — big business

Beauty pageants, races spur high demand DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Cloning is in high demand in the competitive world of camel beauty pageants, leaving scientists at a Dubai clinic working round the clock to produce carbon-copy beasts. Not every animal is blessed with sought-after drooping lips and a tall, elegant

Indonesia court finds president negligent over pollution in landmark case

JAKARTA, Indonesia: In a landmark victory for Indonesian environment campaigners, a court on Thursday ordered President Joko Widodo to clean up Jakarta’s notorious air pollution, ruling that the leader and other top officials had been negligent in protecting citizens. The capital and its surroundings form a megacity of about 30

Desert camel carvings dated to around 7,000 years ago

PARIS, France: Life-sized carvings of camels and horses hewn into rock faces in Saudi Arabia could be around 7,000 years old, according to new research that suggests they are significantly older than previously thought.  The 21 reliefs, which were only recently discovered, are heavily eroded and were initially estimated in

Covid Swaps For Orangutans

Vets wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as they collect a swab sample from an orangutan for Covid-19 coronavirus testing at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sandakan on the Malaysian island of Borneo. Photo: AFP  

Japanese giant wants soy sauce to be the ‘ketchup of India’

MUMBAI, India: Every dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: that’s the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant Kikkoman, hoping to persuade Indians to use it in curries, sweets and everything in between. Convincing 1.3 billion people to add a staple of East Asian cuisine to

Thousands ‘hug’ Spain’s dying Mar Menor lagoon

MADRID, Spain: Tens of thousands of people formed a human chain around Spain’s crisis-hit Mar Menor lagoon on Saturday in a show of mourning after tonnes of dead fish washed ashore, organisers and officials said.  One of Europe’s largest saltwater lagoons, the Mar Menor has long been a draw for