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Naples: Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly said that he was racially abused by a section of Fiorentina supporters following their Serie A match on Sunday. Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport reported that Victor Osimhen and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa were also targeted after their defeat by Napoli, Reuters reports. Alongside a photograph of himself pointing into the crowd, Koulibaly said he had heard the abuse from the stands and called for action. “‘… monkey’ – that’s what they called me,” Koulibaly said on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. “These subjects have nothing to do with sport. “They must be identified and kept…

Dubai: A young Indian businessman in the UAE has surprised his wife on her 24th birthday with a Dh1.6 million Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge gift. Keralite expat Amjad Sithara, 30, wanted a special gift for his wife Marjana Amjad on her birthday on October 2 as it was just weeks before that she delivered their first child. Founder and CEO of BCC Group, Amjad is a young entrepreneur who has made it big in the manpower supply field in the UAE in just a decade. The Group was in news last for financially supporting the families of employees, who died…

New York): Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp lit up again late on Monday afternoon Eastern time after a nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services. Facebook apologized but did not immediately explain what caused the failure, the largest ever tracked by web monitoring group Downdetector. The outage was the second blow to the social media giant in as many days after a whistleblower on Sunday accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation, Reuters reports. As the world flocked to competing apps such…

Lucerne, Switzerland: The World Tourism Forum Lucerne has appointed Adeeb Ahamed, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi based Twenty14 Holdings, to its Global Advisory Board. For over ten years, World Tourism Forum Lucerne (WTFL) has been bringing together industry experts, CEOs, investors and start-ups, establishing itself as a prestigious global platform for exchange. By fostering cross-generational collaboration, new ideas and solutions emerge to benefit tourism today and in the future. Ahamed, who owns a slew of iconic properties across the world including the Great Scotland Yard in London, Waldorf Astoria- the Caledonian in Edinburgh, Pullman Downtown Dubai and Port Muziris in…

Dubai: Airlines will lose another $52 billion in 2021 as a result of the pandemic that has decimated air travel demand, according to Willie Walsh, International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Director-General. “That’s a significant cut from the $138 billion lost in 2020 – losses will further reduce in 2022 to about $12 billion,” said Walsh, during an event on Monday. “In total, the COVID-19 crisis will have cost aviation ($201 billion in losses before we return to profitability in 2023. “We’re past the deepest point of the crisis, and while serious issues remain, the path to recovery is coming into…

GRESIK: Environmentalists in Indonesia keen to send a message about the world’s worsening ocean plastics crisis have created a museum made entirely from plastics, to convince people to rethink their habits and say no to single-use bags and bottles. The outdoor exhibition in the town of Gresik in east Java took three months to assemble and is made up of more than 10,000 plastic waste items, from bottles and bags to sachets and straws, all collected from polluted rivers and beaches. The centrepiece is a statue called “Dewi Sri”, a goddess of prosperity widely worshipped by the Javanese. Her long…

Manama: HRH Crown Prince’s Court Chief Shaikh Salman bin Ahmed bin Salman Al Khalifa received artist Mahmoud Gharib, who presented to him artworks representing various national occasions as a gift to His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. Shaikh Salman highlighted the artistic experience in Bahrain, its nobility, originality and creativity, praising the keenness of the artists of the country and their quest to confirm Bahrain’s progress in the fine arts through participation in various regional and international forums. Artist Mahmoud Gharib expressed his appreciation for Bahrain’s support to artists and their activities.

Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s Etihad is looking to hire up to 1,000 new staffers to join as cabin crew. The recruitment days will take place in 10 countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Russia, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, apart from the UAE. Applicants interested in attending the recruitment days should register in advance by visiting Etihad’s website. Employees laid off due to the pandemic can apply through the airline’s alumni programme, which is currently advertising the positions available. “I am pleased to say Etihad is in a position to be able to start hiring cabin crew again,” said Jihad Matta, Head of…

London: A Barbie doll version of Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has jetted off on a zero-gravity flight with the aim of inspiring young girls to consider a career in space and science, technology, maths and engineering (STEM). Marking the Oct. 4-10 World Space Week, which this year celebrates women in space, toymaker Mattel Inc has teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Cristoforetti, who is currently in training for her next mission to the International Space Station next April. As part of the project, Cristoforetti’s lookalike doll mirrored the preparation an astronaut needs to do before heading off to…

Manama: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations to Fumio Kishida, on his election as Prime Minister of Japan. HM the King wished him success in his duties.