GLOBAL SNAPSHOT

1 Conductor dumped

NEW YORK: New York’s Metropolitan Opera says it is suspending its relationship with longtime conductor James Levine pending an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. In a statement the opera company said Levine will not be involved in any Met activities, “including conducting scheduled performances at the Met this season.” Met officials said in an earlier statement that Levine has denied the charges.

2 Vote recount

TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran electoral authorities on Sunday restarted the count of ballots from last weekend’s presidential election amid protests by supporters of opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla, who is calling for a redo of the entire vote. The first results of that count, from 297 ballot boxes, left the lead of President Juan Orlando Hernandez largely unchanged late Sunday.

3 Sub search find

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s navy says it is trying to make a visual inspection of another object that registered on a sonar search for remains of a submarine that vanished 18 days ago with 44 crew members aboard. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Sunday that the new object was detected at a depth of 950m. The search is taking place near the last known location of the ARA San Juan before it went silent on November 15.

4 Kit poorly dressed

LONDON: Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington has been crowned worst-dressed man. The heartthrob British actor, 30, tops the list for 2018, compiled by GQ magazine. The Crown star Matt Smith, 35, was named best-dressed man ahead of US rapper A$AP Rocky.

5 Nth Korea on edge

SEOUL: The US and South Korea’s planned war games this week have already put North Korea on edge, as the rogue nation issued another threat. The planned military drills between the two military forces will “precipitate their selfdestruction”, North Korea said, a day before the exercises begin. This week’s Vigilant Ace exercises, which finish on Friday, will involve more than 230 warplanes and 12,000 soldiers.

6 Volcano calm

DENPASAR: The Mt Agung volcano on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali is calm, emitting only a thin column of sulphuric steam, the disaster management agency says. The volcano’s alert remains at the highest level but Bali is safe except for the 10km exclusion zone, he said. Bali’s international airport is operating normally, the staterun airport operator Angkasa Pura said.