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WASHINGTON: This file combination of pictures shows US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.-AFPn

Biden and Xi planning 'virtual bilateral' meeting by year-end

WASHINGTON: This file combination of pictures shows US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.-AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are planning to meet by video link before the end of the year, a senior US official said Wednesday. There is an "agreement in principle" for the "virtual bilateral," the official told reporters on condition of anonymity. "The president said how nice it would be to...

PASAY, Philippines: Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo gestures to a crowd of people supporting her candidacy to join the 2022 presidential race outside the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila yesterday.-AFPn

Duterte nemesis and drug-war critic bids for Philippine president

PASAY, Philippines: Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo gestures to a crowd of people supporting her candidacy to join the 2022 presidential race outside the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila yesterday.-AFPMANILA: Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo, an arch-rival of President Rodrigo Duterte and staunch critic of his deadly drug war, said yesterday she will run for the top job, becoming the leading opposition...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan: Hazara ethnic children walk to a river from their village near the cliffs pockmarked by caves where people still live as they did centuries ago in Bamiyan. -- AFPnn

'No more hope': Afghan Hazaras live in fear under Taleban rule

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan: Hazara ethnic children walk to a river from their village near the cliffs pockmarked by caves where people still live as they did centuries ago in Bamiyan. - AFPBAMIYAN, Afghanistan: A black and white Taleban flag flies over the blown-up statue of a revered Hazara chief at the entrance to Bamiyan in central Afghanistan. Since the radical Islamists swept to power seven weeks ago they have repeatedly promised a more moderate,...

ESBJERG, Denmark: Attorney Mette Grith Stage (left) talks with journalists as she arrives for a court hearing yesterday at the court in Esbjerg, Denmark, where she is representing one of three women that have been repatriated to Denmark from Syria. – AFPn

Germany repatriates 8 women and 23 children with ties to IS

ESBJERG, Denmark: Attorney Mette Grith Stage (left) talks with journalists as she arrives for a court hearing yesterday at the court in Esbjerg, Denmark, where she is representing one of three women that have been repatriated to Denmark from Syria. – AFPBERLIN: Germany has repatriated eight women who joined the IS terror group and 23 children from northern Syria in the biggest such transfer since 2019, the foreign ministry said. "The children...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu, attends a service at St George's Cathedral to celebrate his 90th birthday in Cape Town, yesterday.-AFPn

South Africa's 'moral compass' Tutu feted on his 90th birthday

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu, attends a service at St George's Cathedral to celebrate his 90th birthday in Cape Town, yesterday.-AFPCAPE TOWN: Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and a man dubbed the "moral compass of the nation," marked his 90th birthday yesterday with a rare public appearance. The jovial Tutu, who even today speaks out against injustice,...

MILAN: Italy's defender Alessandro Bastoni (left) fights for the ball with Spain's forward Ferran Torres during the UEFA Nations League semifinal football match at the San Siro stadium on Wednesday. - AFP n

Torres double ends Italy's record run to put Spain in Nations League final

MILAN: Italy's defender Alessandro Bastoni (left) fights for the ball with Spain's forward Ferran Torres during the UEFA Nations League semifinal football match at the San Siro stadium on Wednesday. - AFPMILAN: Ferran Torres put Spain into the Nations League final yesterday with a brace in a 2-1 win that ended Italy's world record unbeaten run at 37 matches in front of their own fans. Torres struck twice in the first half to make sure that Luis...

LAS VEGAS: British boxer Tyson Fury (left) and challenger US boxer Deontay Wilder attend a press conference for their WBC heavyweight championship fight on Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena ahead of their Oct 9, 2021 fight. - AFP n

Fury, Wilder kept apart after sparks fly at press conference

LAS VEGAS: British boxer Tyson Fury (left) and challenger US boxer Deontay Wilder attend a press conference for their WBC heavyweight championship fight on Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena ahead of their Oct 9, 2021 fight. - AFPLAS VEGAS: Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were prevented from a face-off as insults and expletives filled the air at an ill-tempered final press conference on Wednesday for their heavyweight world title fight. Fury...

LOS ANGELES: Chris Taylor #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a walk off two-run home run in the ninth inning to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 3 to 1 during the National League Wild Card Game at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. - AFP n

Taylor walk-off homer sends Dodgers into MLB playoff clash with Giants

LOS ANGELES: Chris Taylor #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a walk off two-run home run in the ninth inning to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 3 to 1 during the National League Wild Card Game at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Chris Taylor belted a two-run walk-off home run Wednesday to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the St Louis Cardinals and into a Major League Baseball playoff showdown with the San Francisco...

CARSON, California: Signage supporting NWSL players is seen during a game between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Los Angeles FC at Dignity Health Sports Park on Oct 3, 2021. - AFP n

NWSL players halt play in 'solidarity'

CARSON, California: Signage supporting NWSL players is seen during a game between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Los Angeles FC at Dignity Health Sports Park on Oct 3, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: Players from the Washington Spirit and Gotham FC halted play on Wednesday, leading protests against sexual misconduct scandals that have swept across the National Women's Soccer League in recent weeks. NWSL games resumed on Wednesday with three fixtures...

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Kuwait flight makes emergency landing after bomb threat

TRABZON, Turkey: A commerical airliner coming from Kuwait made an emergnecy landing at Trabzon Airport in Turkey following a bomb threat. Passengers were evacuated and a bomb disposal team has begun a search of the plane.A bomb threat was made against an Airbus A320-type passenger plane with flight number J-9313, while it was in the air. Extensive security measures were taken at the airport. The fire brigade and ambulances are waiting.Jazeera...

KUWAIT: (From left): Feras Samir Al-Bayyat, Samer Hamdi Al-Zaeem, Eng Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi and Eng Abdulrazaq Zaid Al-Dhbayyan during the signing of the partnership agreement yesterday.nn

Gulf Cable signs partnership agreement with Riyadh Cables

KUWAIT: (From left): Feras Samir Al-Bayyat, Samer Hamdi Al-Zaeem, Eng Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi and Eng Abdulrazaq Zaid Al-Dhbayyan during the signing of the partnership agreement yesterday.KUWAIT: Gulf Cable and Electrical Industries Company, the leading manufacturers of cables, power and telephone lines for more than 46 years in Kuwait, signed a partnership agreement with Riyadh Cables Group Company of Saudi Arabia in the presence of Chairman...

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WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children

GENEVA: The World Health Organization yesterday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot program deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given of the vaccine, first made by the pharmaceutical company GSK in 1987.After reviewing evidence from those...

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