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Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery on Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire. Shortly after Biden’s announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his country would still pursue the war until it had reached all its aims. He reiterated that position on Saturday, saying that “Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.” Stay up to date with…
England all-rounder Chris Woakes said his absence from cricket in recent weeks was due to the death of his father, adding that he would return to the sport “when the time is right”. Woakes, who last played for Sharjah Warriors in the ILT20 in February, did not feature for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Warwickshire. He was also left out of England’s squad for this month’s Twenty20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies. “The last month has been the most challenging of my life when unfortunately my Dad passed away at the beginning…
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Lebanese Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions on Saturday after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before. Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas on October 7, Hezbollah has exchanged almost daily fire with the Israeli army. On Saturday morning, the Lebanese group said it had carried out “an air assault using explosive drones against… the Yiftah barracks, targeting the positions of enemy officers and soldiers”. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. It said…
French Open maverick Corentin Moutet, who is the last Frenchman standing at Roland Garros this year and is on the cusp of a quarter-final place, insists he doesn’t mean to “make people crazy”. However, in a rollercoaster career which has seen him come close to a punch-up in one match, disqualified from another while also becoming an accomplished pianist, fans may disagree. Win or lose against world number two Jannik Sinner on Sunday, the clash will not be dull. “It’s not my first goal to make people crazy,” said world number 79 Moutet who has made the last 16 of…
Acer just announced three new OLED gaming monitors at Computex 2024, which isn’t too surprising. Event after event, we see a range of new Predator monitors packing a recent panel, but for a price that just isn’t competitive with the rest of the market. Pricing isn’t changing, but one of Acer’s new monitors might get it back to the legendary status is once held. Let’s back up. Several years back, Acer was at the top of the gaming monitor stack. Its Predator X34 was one of the best gaming monitors you could buy, packing the coveted 21:9 aspect ratio and…
The UAE has successfully mediated a new exchange of 150 prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Each side exchanged 75 prisoners under the deal brokered by the UAE, RIA news agency, citing the Russian defence ministry, said. The UAE mediation efforts have succeeded since the beginning of this year in completing three prisoner-of-war exchanges between Russia and Ukraine, and in December 2022, they succeeded in exchanging two prisoners between the USA and Russia. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The UAE is continuing efforts…
The UAE has announced the dispatch of a new shipment of aid to the Gaza Strip, in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), carrying onboard 1,166 tonnes of urgent essential food supplies. The new aid ship – which has been sent out approximately two weeks after another consignment – was organised in collaboration with the Agency, through joint efforts with the USA, Cyprus, the United Nations, and various international donors including the European Union. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The ship departed from Larnaca Port in Cyprus to…
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly picked batting maestro Virat Kohli to open with India captain Rohit Sharma in the ICC T20 World Cup, taking place in the USA and West Indies from June 1 to June 29. Kohli coming into the T20 WC with a sensational 2024 IPL season while opening the batting for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). In the recently concluded Indian Premier League, the 35-year-old who featured for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the Orange Cap for scoring most runs in the 17th edition of the cash-rich league. He scored…
The Public Broadcasting Service isn’t always fully appreciated by the general public. Even in the present, it’s still a convenient target for politicians who call for it to be defunded. What those politicians fail to understand is that PBS is truly a public service. For 54 years, PBS local stations across America have provided free programing that spans news, documentaries, educational shows, children’s series, dramas, comedies, and more. Most of the PBS originals are series that would have been been shown on America’s broadcast networks. While the streaming era has split audiences like never before, PBS remains a bedrock for quality…