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Latest News  Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (SPA) RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent cables of condolences to the king of Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco on the death of his mother, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. In a cable to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, King Salman expressed deepest and sincere condolences on the death of Princess Lalla Latifa. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed 'my warmest and most sincere condolences' in a separate cable, the SPA said.

  Taylor Swift highlighted deep connection between the 'fantasy world' of her album 'Folklore' and Ireland Taylor Swift shares surprising story behind hit album 'Folklore' Taylor Swift delighted fans during her Eras Tour stop in Dublin on Saturday. During the second night of her Dublin shows, Swift revealed the inspiration behind 2020 album  Folklore . The  Blank Space  singer described how the album's fictional world was imagined to resemble the Irish landscape and culture. After concluding performance of  Cardigan  from  Folklore , Swift told crowd, "I imagined that the world of the album would resemble that of Ireland. A narrative with lots of different characters, You have that in mind, too. It’s very Irish, the storytelling." "When I was making this album, it was two days after the pandemic started that I started Folklore I wasn’t in Ireland. So I had to create an album where the fantasy world that I pretended to go to every day

  South Africa v India T20 World Cup final, Barbados India 176-7 (20 overs):  Kohli 76 (59), Axar 47 (31); Maharaj 2-23, Nortje 2-26 South Africa 169-8 (20 overs):  Klaasen 52 (27); Hardik 3-20 India won by seven runs Scorecard India ended their 13-year wait for a world title by fighting back to beat South Africa in a thrilling T20 World Cup final. The Proteas needed 26 from 24 balls in pursuit of 177, but the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen for 52 from 27 swung a dramatic game in India’s favour. Arshdeep Singh conceded only four from the penultimate over, leaving Hardik Pandya to defend 16 from the last. David Miller was sensationally caught by Suryakumar Yadav at long-off for 21 from the first ball before India closed out a seven-run win. It sparked jubilant scenes among the India players and fans in Barbados, including superstar Virat Kohli, who dragged his side to 176-7 with 76 off 59. It is India's second T20 title, having won the inaugural tournament

Camel herders use Alheda’a — a combination of sounds, gestures, and sometimes musical instruments — to communicate with their camels. (SPA) Historical accounts credit Mudar bin Nizar with having invented Alheda’a. After a fall from his camel, he kept crying “Waidah! Waidah!” (Oh, my hand!). The camels began moving, thus beginning the tradition of using vocal cues to guide camels,           RIYADH: Alheda’a, a folk art passed down through generations across Arabian societies, embodies the deep connection between camels and locals. Camel herders use Alheda’a — a combination of sounds, gestures, and sometimes musical instruments — to communicate with their camels. These rhythmic expressions, inspired by poetry, form a unique vocabulary that camels seem to understand and obey. According to a report by the Saudi Press Agency published on June 29, herders use Alheda’a to guide their camels through the desert, find pastures for grazing, and prepare them for waterin

  ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP Voting started early in Canada, part of France's 11 constituencies for expats abroad France votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times. The National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are well ahead in the polls - three weeks to the day since they won European elections and President Emmanuel Macron reacted by calling a national vote. More than 2.6 million people of France’s 49 million voters have registered to vote by proxy, an indication of the high turnout expected for such a pivotal election. This is a two-round election, and most of the National Assembly’s 577 seats will not be decided until the second-round run-off vote next Sunday. The campaign only lasted 20 days, and that also benefited RN, which quickly refined its existing promises on immigration, insecurity as well as tax cuts to tac

  Officials say two missiles struck Vilniansk, leaving large craters and killing seven Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has renewed his appeal for more long-range weapons and air defences after a missile attack killed seven people including two children. The Russian attack on the town of Vilniansk, near the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, also injured 31 others, Ukrainian officials said. In total, at least 11 civilians were killed and a further 37 wounded in missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, Reuters reported. "Our cities and communities suffer daily from such Russian strikes," Mr Zelensky wrote in a post on Telegram. But he added that there were "ways to overcome this", including "destroying Russian missile launchers, striking with real long-range capability and increasing the number of modern air defence systems". He posted images from Vilniansk showing a large crater near a smouldering building, as well as several bodies laid o