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TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen poses for photographs in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei yesterday during a ceremony to celebrate national day on October 10. - AFP n
China sends 56 jets into Taiwan defense zone
TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen poses for photographs in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei yesterday during a ceremony to celebrate national day on October 10. - AFPTAIPEI: Taiwan urged Beijing to stop "irresponsible provocative actions" after 56 Chinese warplanes crossed into its air defense zone on Monday in yet another record incursion. The defense ministry said it scrambled aircraft to broadcast warnings after 36 fighter...
DELAWARE: US President Joe Biden waves as he departs Brew Haha!, a coffee shop he ate at in Wilmington, Delaware after leaving church. - AFP n
President Biden goes on offensive against 'reckless' Republicans
DELAWARE: US President Joe Biden waves as he departs Brew Haha!, a coffee shop he ate at in Wilmington, Delaware after leaving church. - AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden went on the offensive Monday with a speech attacking Republicans over the looming threat of US debt default, while pressuring the Democratic Party to enact his stalled multi-trillion-dollar domestic spending agenda. Back from a rare weekend relaxing at home in Delaware, Biden...
NAJAF: In this file photo taken on Nov 28, 2019, Iraqi demonstrators gather as flames start consuming Iran's consulate in this southern Shiite holy city. - AFP  nn
In Iraq, Iran faces growing backlash
NAJAF: In this file photo taken on Nov 28, 2019, Iraqi demonstrators gather as flames start consuming Iran's consulate in this southern Shiite holy city. - AFPBAGHDAD: As Iraq heads to the polls on Oct 10, a spotlight has fallen on the outsized influence neighboring Iran wields - but also on the growing popular backlash against it. The parliamentary vote is being held early as a concession to a pro-democracy movement that railed against an Iraqi...
SEVEROMORSK: This handout video grab released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows the launch of a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile from Severodvinsk nuclear submarine in Barents sea. - AFP n
Hypersonic missiles: Alarming must-have in military tech
SEVEROMORSK: This handout video grab released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows the launch of a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile from Severodvinsk nuclear submarine in Barents sea. - AFPWASHINGTON: North Korea's test of a hypersonic missile last week sparked new concerns about the race to acquire the alarming technology that is hard to defend against and could unsettle the global nuclear balance. Russia, which said Monday it had...
Water vegetation is seen under the water in Everglades wetlands in Everglades National Park, Florida on Sept 30, 2021. – AFP photosn
Climate change threatens Everglades, Florida's gem
Water vegetation is seen under the water in Everglades wetlands in Everglades National Park, Florida on Sept 30, 2021. – AFP photosUmberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as "Smile" and "Momma Gator" and laughs when he thinks of their antics. Gimenez, an airboat captain, has found his paradise in Florida's Everglades National Park, a natural gem in the southeastern US state at risk from climate change. "It's an amazing...
Ahmad Sarmast, founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, poses during an interview with AFP in Melbourne yesterday, after it was announced more than 100 music students and teachers fled Afghanistan. - AFP photosn
100 musicians flee Afghanistan, fearing Taleban crackdown
Ahmad Sarmast, founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, poses during an interview with AFP in Melbourne yesterday, after it was announced more than 100 music students and teachers fled Afghanistan. - AFP photosMore than 100 music students and teachers have fled Afghanistan in a nail-biting flight from Kabul following the Taleban's takeover of the country, their institute's founder and principal said. Fearing a crackdown on music...
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New Bond film smashes franchise takings record
An autorickshaw drives past a billboard advertisement of the latest James Bond movie "No Time to Die' in Bangalore on Sept 30, 2021. - AFPThe new James Bond film, "No Time To Die", broke the franchise record for opening-weekend takings, Universal Pictures said yesterday, with Daniel Craig's last outing as the eponymous hero netting £25 million ($34 million). The movie opened in Britain and Ireland on Thursday, and achieved Bond's best-ever...
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (bottom), actress Yulia Peresild (center) and film director Klim Shipenko (top) react during boarding Russia's Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft before blasting off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. - AFP photosn
Russian crew docks at ISS to film first movie in space
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (bottom), actress Yulia Peresild (center) and film director Klim Shipenko (top) react during boarding Russia's Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft before blasting off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. - AFP photosA Russian actress and director yesterday arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in a bid to best the United States and film the first movie in orbit. The...
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'The Rescue' unearths rare footage of Thai cave saga
Filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin pose during the press day for their new documentary "The Rescue" in Beverly Hills, California, on Sept 20, 2021. - AFP photosAfter their Oscar-winning movie "Free Solo," about a daredevil rock climber, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin found an even more remarkable true story for their next film-the rescue of a boys' soccer team from a Thai cave in 2018. The husband-and-wife team had watched...
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (center) warms up with teammates before their English Premier League football match against Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England, on Sunday. - AFPn
In-form Salah adjusts sights to World Cup as Egypt aim for top
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (center) warms up with teammates before their English Premier League football match against Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England, on Sunday. - AFPJOHANNESBURG: Mohamed Salah, fresh from scoring a brilliant goal for Liverpool against Manchester City, switches his attention to 2022 World Cup qualifying this week as Egypt hope to get their campaign back on track. The...
MANCHESTER: Manchester United's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (top left) speaks to substitute striker Cristiano Ronaldo during their team's English Premier League football match against Everton at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England, on Saturday. - AFPn
Ferguson says Man United must pick 'best players' after Ronaldo benched
MANCHESTER: Manchester United's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (top left) speaks to substitute striker Cristiano Ronaldo during their team's English Premier League football match against Everton at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England, on Saturday. - AFPLONDON: Alex Ferguson has added to the growing pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by criticizing the Manchester United manager's decision to use Cristiano Ronaldo as a substitute against...
CAEN: French goaltender Charlotte Cagigos, 21-year-old, gets ready before participating on a rink in a training session in Caen, northwestern France, on September 28, 2021. - AFPnn
French goalie claims her place among men on the ice
CAEN: French goaltender Charlotte Cagigos, 21-year-old, gets ready before participating on a rink in a training session in Caen, northwestern France, on September 28, 2021. - AFPPARIS: Charlotte Cagigos is aiming high, hoping to help the French women's ice hockey team reach the Olympics. For now that means learning a new game as the only female goaltender training with a professional French squad. Having laced up her first skates at the age of...