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MADRID: Barcelona's Dutch coach Ronald Koeman gestures during the start of the Spanish League football match between Rayo Vallecano de Madrid and FC Barcelona at Vallecas stadium on Wednesday. - AFP n

Barcelona closing in on Xavi after Koeman sacked as coach

MADRID: Barcelona's Dutch coach Ronald Koeman gestures during the start of the Spanish League football match between Rayo Vallecano de Madrid and FC Barcelona at Vallecas stadium on Wednesday. - AFPMADRID: Barcelona are close to finalizing Xavi Hernandez's long-anticipated return as coach, according to various reports in the Catalan press yesterday, with B team coach Sergi Barjuan put in temporary charge following the sacking of Ronald Koeman....

LONDON: West Ham United's Algerian midfielder Said Benrahma scores his penalty past Manchester City's US goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the shootout to put West Ham through in the English League Cup round of 16 match at The London Stadium on Wednesday. – AFP n

West Ham end Man City's 4-year hold on League Cup

LONDON: West Ham United's Algerian midfielder Said Benrahma scores his penalty past Manchester City's US goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the shootout to put West Ham through in the English League Cup round of 16 match at The London Stadium on Wednesday. – AFPLONDON: West Ham ended Manchester City's four-year hold on the League Cup on Wednesday as Liverpool and Tottenham booked their places in the quarter-finals. City's record run in the...

OKLAHOMA CITY: Russell Westbrook #0 of the Los Angeles Lakers plays defense during the game against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday at Paycom Center. - AFP n

Westbrook triple but Lakers rolled by Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY: Russell Westbrook #0 of the Los Angeles Lakers plays defense during the game against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday at Paycom Center. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Russell Westbrook posted the first triple-double of his Los Angeles Lakers career but a late collapse saw the NBA giants crash to an upset 123-115 defeat against the previously winless Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. With LeBron James...

LAS VEGAS: Nathan Chen of the United States competes in the Men's Free Program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Skate America at Orleans Arena on Oct 23, 2021. - AFP n

Russian trio eye Olympics at Skate Canada International

LAS VEGAS: Nathan Chen of the United States competes in the Men's Free Program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Skate America at Orleans Arena on Oct 23, 2021. - AFPWINNIPEG: A troika of Russian women hope to bolster their Olympic team credentials this week at Skate Canada International in Vancouver, while three-time world champion Nathan Chen will be looking for redemption. Chen struggled in his 2022 Olympic season debut at Skate...

KLESZCZELE, Poland: The Massini family from Syria, father Muhammad (L), mother Alaa (C) and their two sons are seated while awaiting transport in the forest near the east Polish town of Kleszczele. Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East have crossed or tried to cross from Belarus since the summer. – AFPnn

'Lives under threat': Plight of migrants sparks Polish solidarity

KLESZCZELE, Poland: The Massini family from Syria, father Muhammad (L), mother Alaa (C) and their two sons are seated while awaiting transport in the forest near the east Polish town of Kleszczele. Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East have crossed or tried to cross from Belarus since the summer. – AFPMICHALOWO: Huddled in a sleeping bag on the forest floor, a Syrian boy cracks a smile as a Polish rights activist walks a stuffed...

PARIS: File photo shows French President Emmanuel Macron greets Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison by telephone yesterday for the first time since the diplomatic crisis over a scrapped submarine deal last month. - AFPnn

Leaders of France, Australia hold first talks since subs row

PARIS: File photo shows French President Emmanuel Macron greets Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison by telephone yesterday for the first time since the diplomatic crisis over a scrapped submarine deal last month. - AFPPARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison by telephone...

ZUGDIDI, Georgia: People hold banners and wave flags during a rally in the city of Zugdidi, about 300 km from the capital Tbilisi, yesterday, to demand the release from jail of their ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. - AFPnn

Georgia ruling party, opposition stage rival rallies ahead of polls

ZUGDIDI, Georgia: People hold banners and wave flags during a rally in the city of Zugdidi, about 300 km from the capital Tbilisi, yesterday, to demand the release from jail of their ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. - AFPTBILISI: Georgia's ruling party and the opposition on Wednesday staged rival rallies ahead of local elections with the Caucasus country's primary government critic Mikheil Saakashvili on hunger strike in...

LAMONT, US: A farmworker picks grapes in the Kern County town of Lamont, California, where record heat has fuelled drought and wildfires. – AFPn

Extreme heat threatens US workers, economy

LAMONT, US: A farmworker picks grapes in the Kern County town of Lamont, California, where record heat has fuelled drought and wildfires. – AFPLAMONT, US: Irma Gomez has worked in California's Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions, for nearly a decade-but she has never experienced a year as hot as this one, so hot that a colleague collapsed and died in the fields. "It's worrying," Gomez says. "It could happen...

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank's 25-member governing council held interest rates at their historic lows yesterday, including a negative bank deposit rate that means lenders pay to park excess cash at the central bank. - AFPn

ECB stands pat on stimulus amid rising eurozone inflation

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank's 25-member governing council held interest rates at their historic lows yesterday, including a negative bank deposit rate that means lenders pay to park excess cash at the central bank. - AFPFRANKFURT: European Central Bank policymakers shrugged off rising inflation across the eurozone when they met yesterday, with the bank leaving its massive stimulus program unchanged. While supply disruptions have pushed up...

SEOUL: A woman walks past an advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3 smartphones at the company's Seocho building in Seoul yesterday. - AFPn

Samsung reports 28% jump in profit despite supply chain woes

SEOUL: A woman walks past an advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3 smartphones at the company's Seocho building in Seoul yesterday. - AFPSEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted a 28-percent jump in operating profit yesterday despite global supply chain challenges caused by the pandemic. The world's top chipmaker saw its operating profit reach 15.8 trillion won ($13.5 billion) for the July-September period, it...

MANILA: A family visits the grave of a relative at a cemetery in Manila yesterday, ahead of a government-ordered nationwide closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - AFPnn

Filipinos flock to cemeteries ahead of All Saints' Day closure

MANILA: A family visits the grave of a relative at a cemetery in Manila yesterday, ahead of a government-ordered nationwide closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - AFPMANILA: Thousands of people flocked to cemeteries in the Catholic-majority Philippines yesterday for their last chance to visit dead loved ones ahead of a government-ordered nationwide closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day....

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Taiwan leader says has 'faith' US will defend island against China attack

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan: File photo taken on September 26, 2020 shows Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) posing for photographs while visiting a turboprop engine factory at a military base in Kaohsiung. Taiwan's president said yesterday she has "faith" the United States would defend the island against a Chinese attack. – AFPWASHINGTON: Taiwan's president says she has "faith" the United States would defend the island against a Chinese attack, as...

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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

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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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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.

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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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