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Mark, a wild Harpy eagle which is given food by guides working for South Wild Safaris in the Fazenda Nicolau, which is managed by a carbon forest NGO linked to French company Peugeot, is seen in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil.—AFP photosn
Amazon deforestation threatens jaguars, giant eagles
Mark, a wild Harpy eagle which is given food by guides working for South Wild Safaris in the Fazenda Nicolau, which is managed by a carbon forest NGO linked to French company Peugeot, is seen in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil.—AFP photosBoating slowly upriver through the Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, Brazilian biologist Fernando Tortato scans the bank for signs of Ousado, a jaguar badly burned in devastating wildfires...
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Mexico City sets world record for free Wi-Fi hotspots
Mexico City has set a world record for free Wi-Fi access thanks to thousands of public internet access points across the capital, Guinness World Records announced Wednesday. Official adjudicator Carlos Tapia presented the award for the most hotspots -- 21,500 -- in a single free urban Wi-Fi network to Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.The access points are spread across the sprawling city of some nine million people, particularly in public...
PHILADELPHIA: File photo shows South African President Frederik de Klerk (L) shakes hand with African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela (C) as US President Bill Clinton (R) looks on after de Klerk and Mandela received the Philadelphia Liberty Medal. - AFPnnn
S Africa's last white president dies
PHILADELPHIA: File photo shows South African President Frederik de Klerk (L) shaking hands with African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela (C) as US President Bill Clinton (R) looks on after de Klerk and Mandela received the Philadelphia Liberty Medal. - AFPJOHANNESBURG: FW de Klerk, South Africa's last white president, dismantled the apartheid regime that brought him to power when he freed Nelson Mandela from prison and negotiated a...
HEXHAM: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) speaks with Marion Dickson, Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals during a visit to Hexham General Hospital. Johnson faced pressure to appear before British lawmakers debating the standards system Monday, as days of sleaze and cronyism claims against his government intensified with new revelations. – AFPnnn
UK sleaze crisis: What's it all about?
HEXHAM: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) speaks with Marion Dickson, Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals during a visit to Hexham General Hospital. Johnson faced pressure to appear before British lawmakers debating the standards system Monday, as days of sleaze and cronyism claims against his government intensified with new revelations. – AFPLONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling...
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China, US unveil surprise climate pact at COP26 summit
GLASGOW: An activist from the climate change group Extinction Rebellion (XR) holds a sign next to fellow protesters pretending to be dead under white sheets during a "Remember climate death" sit-in on the sidelines of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow yesterday. - AFPGLASGOW: China and the United States on Wednesday vowed to work together to accelerate climate action this decade, in a surprise new pact in the face of global warming...
SAN DIEGO: Colombian Magarita Padilla reacts on a phone call with her son nearby in their room at a migrant shelter run by Catholic charities in San Diego, California on Tuesday. -- AFPnn
Would-be immigrants see a ray of hope in re-opened US border
SAN DIEGO: Colombian Magarita Padilla reacts on a phone call with her son nearby in their room at a migrant shelter run by Catholic charities in San Diego, California on Tuesday. - AFPSAN YSIDRO, US: Maria fled the violent drug gangs of Michoacan with just three changes of clothes, and traveled 1,500 miles (2,500 kilometers) to the edge of Mexico where she now waits to claim political asylum in the United States. The 38-year-old is part of a...
RENTON: File photo shows, workers are pictured next to a Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane on the tarmac at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton. Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of victims of the 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia. – AFPnnnn
Boeing to compensate families of victims of Ethiopia 737 MAX crash
RENTON: File photo shows workers next to a Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane on the tarmac at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton. Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of victims of the 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia. – AFPWASHINGTON: Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of victims of the 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia, and has admitted responsibility for the crash, according to legal...
BERLIN: This combination created on November 10, 2021 of file pictures shows (L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin (on July 4, 2019 in Rome), the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (on November 12, 2019 in Vienna) and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (on February 20, 2020 in Brussels). Poland said it had seen a surge in attempts to breach its border and had pushed back hundreds of migrants to Belarus. - AFPnn
Belarus warns against new EU sanctions, says could cut gas
BERLIN: This combination created on November 10, 2021 of file pictures shows (L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin (on July 4, 2019 in Rome), the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (on November 12, 2019 in Vienna) and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (on February 20, 2020 in Brussels). Poland said it had seen a surge in attempts to breach its border and had pushed back hundreds of migrants to Belarus. - AFPSOKOLKA: Belarus's...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a news conference following the US-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue talks at the State Department in Washington. - AFPn
US warns Russia against another 'serious mistake' on Ukraine
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a news conference following the US-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue talks at the State Department in Washington. - AFPWASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday warned Russia against making another "serious mistake" on Ukraine as it sought clarity about troop movements near the border. Welcoming Ukraine's foreign minister to Washington, Secretary of...
BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping is seen in a big screen during an evening news program in Beijing yesterday, as top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting by passing an important resolution on the country's past, state media said, which is expected to cement President Xi Jinping's grip on power. - AFPnn n
China ruling party leaders pass historic Xi resolution
BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping is seen in a big screen during an evening news program in Beijing yesterday, as top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting by passing an important resolution on the country's past, state media said, which is expected to cement President Xi Jinping's grip on power. - AFPBEIJING: Top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting in Beijing by passing an important resolution on the country's past,...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (right) talking with US special representative to Afghanistan Thomas West (left) as they arrive to attend the 'Troika Plus' meeting on Afghanistan.-AFPnn
Afghanistan 'at brink of economic collapse', warns Pakistan's FM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (right) talking with US special representative to Afghanistan Thomas West (left) as they arrive to attend the 'Troika Plus' meeting on Afghanistan. - AFPISLAMABAD: Afghanistan is "at the brink of economic collapse" and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan's foreign minister warned yesterday as US, Chinese, Russian and...
KUWAIT: Officials are seen at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Kuwait Equestrian Federation.n
Zain sponsors Kuwait Equestrian Federation's Showjumping Tour
KUWAIT: Officials are seen at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Kuwait Equestrian Federation.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its gold sponsorship of the first edition of the Kuwait Equestrian Federation's Showjumping Tour (2021-2022 season). The event, which is being held for the first time, is set to feature over 300 showjumpers from across Kuwait's equestrian clubs. Zain announced its...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up