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MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) sprays paint over the word 'vice' as senator Christopher 'Bong' Go amended his candidacy to run for president in the 2022 elections before the November 15 deadline at the Commission on Election in Manila.- AFP n
Philippines' Duterte to run for Senate
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) sprays paint over the word 'vice' as senator Christopher 'Bong' Go amended his candidacy to run for president in the 2022 elections before the November 15 deadline at the Commission on Election in Manila.- AFPMANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday filed to contest the Senate elections next year, seeking a way to remain in politics while facing an international probe into his...
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez (center-left) and Buenos Aires province Governor Axel Kicillof (center-right) speak to each other next to legislators Maximo Kirchner (right), son of Vice-President Cristina Fernandez, and Sergio Massa, after the mid-term parliamentary elections in Buenos Aires. - AFP n
Argentina's government loses Congress majority
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez (center-left) and Buenos Aires province Governor Axel Kicillof (center-right) speak to each other next to legislators Maximo Kirchner (right), son of Vice-President Cristina Fernandez, and Sergio Massa, after the mid-term parliamentary elections in Buenos Aires. - AFPBUENOS AIRES: Argentina's center-left President Alberto Fernandez called for dialogue with the opposition after Sunday's...
NEW DELHI: Commuters make their way along a street amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi yesterday. - AFPn
Delhi resists call for 'pollution lockdown'
NEW DELHI: Commuters make their way along a street amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: The Delhi government pushed back yesterday against a call by India's top court to declare a "pollution lockdown", as children stayed away from school for a week because of dangerous smog levels. Air quality in Delhi - among the world's most polluted cities - regularly plummets to the "severe" category in winter with levels of...
LIVERPOOL: Police forensics officers work outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool yesterday - the scene of yesterday's taxi explosion. - AFP n
Four held over Liverpool's taxi 'terrorist' blast
LIVERPOOL: Police forensics officers work outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool yesterday - the scene of yesterday's taxi explosion. - AFPLIVERPOOL: Police in northwest England yesterday said they were treating a deadly blast outside a hospital in Liverpool as a "terrorist incident" involving a homemade bomb that was reportedly foiled by a quick-thinking taxi driver. Russ Jackson, in charge of counter-terrorism policing in the region, said...
NEW YORK: Emily Ebersol prepares a station for the families of victims of gun violence who are gathering at 'Where Do We Go From Here' to drop of memorabilia for the Gun Violence Memorial Project in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. - AFP n
US braced for verdicts from high-profile trials
NEW YORK: Emily Ebersol prepares a station for the families of victims of gun violence who are gathering at 'Where Do We Go From Here' to drop of memorabilia for the Gun Violence Memorial Project in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. - AFPWASHINGTON: The United States is bracing for the outcome of two high-profile trials featuring a volatile mix of guns, self-defense claims and racial tensions. One of the cases is...
MAMOUZAI, Pakistan: Pakistan's Taleban commander Latif Mehsud (center), a close aide to the former chief of the Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP), Hakimullah Mehsud, sits on a armed vehicle in Mamouzai area of the Orakzai Agency, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. – AFP n
Islamabad bids to quell rise in Pakistani Taleban attacks
MAMOUZAI, Pakistan: Pakistan's Taleban commander Latif Mehsud (center), a close aide to the former chief of the Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP), Hakimullah Mehsud, sits in an armored vehicle in Mamouzai area of the Orakzai Agency, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. – AFPPESHAWAR: Since the Taleban's takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan's offshoot of the hardline Islamist group has ramped up attacks on its side of the border, leaving Islamabad...
LISBON: Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification group A football match between Portugal and Serbia, at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, on Sunday. - AFPn
Serbia, Spain qualify for 2022 World Cup, Portugal stunned
LISBON: Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification group A football match between Portugal and Serbia, at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, on Sunday. - AFPLISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo's hopes of playing in a record-equaling fifth World Cup hang in the balance after Serbia stunned Portugal 2-1 in Lisbon to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Spain and Croatia did secure their places in Qatar on Sunday thanks...
GREEN BAY: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers hands the ball off to Aaron Jones #33 during the first quarter at Lambeau Field on Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin. - AFPn
Rodgers wins in return from COVID, Bucs implode in Washington shock
GREEN BAY: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers hands the ball off to Aaron Jones #33 during the first quarter at Lambeau Field on Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin. - AFPLOS ANGELES: AJ Dillon ran for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter as the Green Bay Packers shut out the Seattle Seahawks 17-0 on Sunday in a game where both clubs welcomed back their starting quarterbacks. Playing in a light snowfall, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers...
SAO PAULO: Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton (center), Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (left) and Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas celebrate on the podium after obtaining the first, second and third positions respectively, in Brazil's Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, or Interlagos racetrack, in Sao Paulo, on Sunday. - AFPn
Hamilton hails brilliant Brazil win as probably 'the best'
SAO PAULO: Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton (center), Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (left) and Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas celebrate on the podium after obtaining the first, second and third positions respectively, in Brazil's Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, or Interlagos racetrack, in Sao Paulo, on Sunday. - AFPSAO PAULO: If Lewis Hamilton clinches a record eighth world title it...
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LOYAC presents fashion show under the theme 'KhairEveryWhere'
The International Women's Group (IWG), Kuwait in cooperation with LOYAC (a Kuwaiti non-profit organization working towards the overall development of youth), held a special fashion show on Sunday, Nov 14 at LOYAC's premises at Al-Qibliya School for Girls, the first school for girls to open in Kuwait. The event presented 'KhairEveryWhere', a development and humanitarian project aiming to empower (especially in wartorn countries) Arab women,...
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Ed Sheeran, BTS win big at MTV Europe Music Awards
BTSThe chart-topping K-pop stars won four gongs at the ceremony in Hungary, including Best Pop, Best K-Pop, Biggest Group and Biggest Fans. Ed Sheeran also enjoyed a triumphant night at the Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena, where he won the Best Artist and Best Song accolades. The 30-year-old pop star was given the Best Song gong for his hit single 'Bad Habits', which features on his recently-released album '='.Other big-name winners included...
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Will Smith plays Venus and Serena's 'lion' in Oscar-tipped 'King Richard'
(From left) Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Willow Smith and Jaden Smith attend the AFI Fest premiere of "King Richard" at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.-AFP"King Richard" plots the improbable rise of Serena and Venus Williams, from training on crumbling, gang-riddled Compton tennis courts to becoming all-time sporting greats. The movie could soon cap another unlikely journey, with former "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Will Smith...