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EU says Facebook, YouTube remove less hate speech

BRUSSELS: The EU said yesterday that Facebook and YouTube took down less of the hate speech reported to them in 2021 than 2020 as pressure mounts to impose tighter regulation on social media platforms. The EU's annual review of social media platforms that have signed up to its voluntary hate speech code -- signatories also include Twitter, Instagram and TikTok -- found that the overall removal rate had fallen below two-thirds. Signatory platforms...

GENEVA: In this file photo, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives to a press conference.-AFPn

Algeria urges Morocco to quit W Sahara buffer zone

GENEVA: In this file photo, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives to a press conference.-AFPALGIERS: Algeria, the main backer of Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement, called on Morocco yesterday to withdraw from a key buffer zone, after the United Nations named a new envoy. The UN on Wednesday named veteran diplomat Staffan de Mistura as its point man on the decades-old conflict, a job that had remained vacant...

Mynah bird Juji, that was brought from Afghanistan by a girl fleeing the Taleban is pictured at France's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates' residence in Abu Dhabi yesterday. – AFP n

Rescued Afghan bird learns to say 'bonjour'

Mynah bird Juji, that was brought from Afghanistan by a girl fleeing the Taleban is pictured at France's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates' residence in Abu Dhabi yesterday. – AFPA mynah bird that was brought from Afghanistan by a girl fleeing the Taleban has learnt to say "bonjour" after finding a new home with France's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. Ambassador Xavier Chatel said he was moved by the little girl, who arrived...

SAO PAULO: A man works at the terrace of a coworking space over Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. - AFP n

'Beach' coworking spaces

SAO PAULO: A man works at the terrace of a coworking space over Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. - AFP photosSAO PAULO: After 18 months of being locked up by coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo is breathing again, thanks in part to open-air coworking spaces. Once the domain of internet startups, these coworking businesses have branched out to a wider client base while also moving from offices to rooftops and...

BAYONNE: A cargo ship moves under the Bayonne Bridge as it heads out to the ocean in Bayonne, New Jersey. Global supply chain disruptions have continued to affect the US economy. - AFPn

Stocks rally as US set to avoid debt default

BAYONNE: A cargo ship moves under the Bayonne Bridge as it heads out to the ocean in Bayonne, New Jersey. Global supply chain disruptions have continued to affect the US economy. - AFPLONDON: European and Asian stock markets rallied yesterday, with the United States set to avoid defaulting on its debt, at least temporarily. The dollar was down against main rivals ahead of key US jobs data due today. Oil prices dropped on profit-taking after...

DUBAI: A group of traditional Emirati musicians perform at the entrance of Expo 2020, in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, on October 6, 2021. - AFP n

World Bank sees 'uneven and tenuous' Middle East recovery

DUBAI: A group of traditional Emirati musicians perform at the entrance of Expo 2020, in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, on October 6, 2021. - AFPDUBAI: The Middle East and North Africa are experiencing a tenuous and uneven economic recovery in 2021 as they get to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said yesterday. The Washington-based institution said the pandemic had seen the region's economies shrink by 3.8 percent in 2020, in part...

European and UK natural gas market soars to record heights

SAINT PETERSBURG: Gazprom logo is seen during the International Gas Forum, at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in Saint Petersburg yesterday. - AFPLONDON: European and UK gas prices surged to record peaks, energized by fears of runaway demand in the upcoming northern hemisphere winter. Europe's reference Dutch TTF gas price hit 162.12 euros per megawatt hour and UK prices leapt to 407.82 pence per therm in morning deals. However,...

People sit on paddle boats for a ride at the Band e-Amir lake in the Bamiyan Province. The stunning azure waters of the Band-e Amir lakes are once again attracting Afghan tourists, who brave bumpy roads to experience the so-called Grand Canyon of Afghanistan. - AFP photosn

Azure waters, limestone cliffs: Tourists return to Afghanistan's 'Grand Canyon'

People sit on paddle boats for a ride at the Band e-Amir lake in the Bamiyan Province. The stunning azure waters of the Band-e Amir lakes are once again attracting Afghan tourists, who brave bumpy roads to experience the so-called Grand Canyon of Afghanistan. - AFP photosThe stunning azure waters of the Band-e Amir lakes are once again attracting Afghan tourists, who brave bumpy roads to experience the so-called Grand Canyon of Afghanistan. The...

Editor in Chief of Vogue and Global Chief Content Officer for Conde Nast Anna Wintour and British journalist Hamish Bowles pose for photographs as they present creations for Balenciaga during the Women's Spring-Summer 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris. - AFP n

French Vogue marks 100 years but still in fashion?

Editor in Chief of Vogue and Global Chief Content Officer for Conde Nast Anna Wintour and British journalist Hamish Bowles pose for photographs as they present creations for Balenciaga during the Women's Spring-Summer 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris. - AFPFrench Vogue has been setting trends for a century, from the post-war 'New Look' of Christian Dior through the sexual liberation of the 1960s to the dangling-cigarette waifs...

Local and foreign tourists snorkel in the Red Sea waters above a coral reef near Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula. The Red Sea is home to some 209 different types of coral reefs, according to Egypt's environment ministry. - AFP photosn

In Egypt's Red Sea, corals fade as oceans warm

Local and foreign tourists snorkel in the Red Sea waters above a coral reef near Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula. The Red Sea is home to some 209 different types of coral reefs, according to Egypt's environment ministry. - AFP photosStanding on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on as tourists snorkel amid the brilliantly colored...

US actor Rami Malek (right) speaks during the ceremony to honor British actor Daniel Craig with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, on October 6, 2021. - AFP n

Shaken and starred: Bond star Daniel Craig honored

US actor Rami Malek (right) speaks during the ceremony to honor British actor Daniel Craig with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, on October 6, 2021. - AFPBritain's favorite superspy left his mark on Hollywood on Wednesday when Daniel Craig got a star on the Walk of Fame. The world's suavest action hero was immortalized - appropriately - outside 7007 Hollywood Boulevard, next to fellow Bond actor Roger Moore. "I...

American producer Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, (left) speaks to media on arrival to attend the world premiere of the film 'The Harder They Fall' on the opening day of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival in London on October 6, 2021. - AFP n

Jay-Z western 'The Harder They Fall' fires up London Film Festival

American producer Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, (left) speaks to media on arrival to attend the world premiere of the film 'The Harder They Fall' on the opening day of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival in London on October 6, 2021. - AFPWith Idris Elba leading an impressive all-black cast and Jay-Z among the producers, the premiere of Netflix's reimagined western "The Harder They Fall" opened the London Film Festival with a bang...

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