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A picture shows an image of Apple founder and late CEO Steve Jobs in the interior of the US pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020. Expo 2020 opened in Dubai, hoping to attract millions of visitors with its imaginative pavilions and technological advances. - AFP n
Decade after Jobs' death, has Apple traded magic for profit?
A picture shows an image of Apple founder and late CEO Steve Jobs in the interior of the US pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020. Expo 2020 opened in Dubai, hoping to attract millions of visitors with its imaginative pavilions and technological advances. - AFPTen years after Apple founder Steve Jobs' death, the firm has grown into a colossus of devices and services that is the world's most valuable company, but the tech legend's diehard fans lament...
MANCHESTER: Everton's Spanish manager Rafael Benítez celebrates with his players as they held Manchester United to a draw in the two teams' English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Saturday. - AFPn
Benitez's flying start silences Everton sceptics
MANCHESTER: Everton's Spanish manager Rafael Benítez celebrates with his players as they held Manchester United to a draw in the two teams' English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Saturday. - AFPMANCHESTER: Rafael Benitez's appointment as Everton boss was not a popular one with supporters given his past as a Champions League-winning Liverpool manager, but the Spaniard's tactical nous has the...
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Klopp compares anti-vax movement to drink driving
Jurgen KloppLIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said people should get vaccinated against coronavirus for the same reason they should not drink and drive, as he revealed his squad are "99 percent" vaccinated. Take-up of the vaccine has been mixed among elite athletes, with reports last week suggesting only seven of the 20 Premier League clubs have over 50 percent of their squads fully vaccinated.Klopp said that has not been an issue at...
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Mounting gas rates buoy oil prices ahead of OPEC+ meet
LONDON: The sharp rise in wholesale gas prices is spilling over into the oil market, with looming demand for electricity generation and heating likely to further spur the sector this winter. The spike in demand and consumption could lead the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporters, which meets in Vienna today, to scale up their production plans."We could see an additional oil demand boost of nearly one million barrels per day (bpd) for December 2021,...
NEW YORK: A food cart is pictured near Radio City Music Hall in New York.-AFPn
New York's street vendors still waiting for COVID recovery
NEW YORK: A food cart is pictured near Radio City Music Hall in New York.-AFPNEW YORK: After his small Manhattan food stand lost its customers during the coronavirus pandemic, Abdul Rahman-an Afghan vendor who arrived in New York in 1992 -- has resumed service, albeit at a fraction of former business since offices are still far from full. Rahman and the thousands of street vendors like him, emblematic of New York's sidewalks, were hoping things...
LE GUILVINEC, France: Fishing boats are moored at the port of Le Guilvinec, western France. Power outages in China, chaos in Britain's petrol stations, factory closures in Germany-supply chain problems around the world are threatening to gnarl up a global recovery as countries try to re-emerge from pandemic-induced recessions. -AFPnn
Supply chain woes dog global recovery
LE GUILVINEC, France: Fishing boats are moored at the port of Le Guilvinec, western France. Power outages in China, chaos in Britain's petrol stations, factory closures in Germany-supply chain problems around the world are threatening to gnarl up a global recovery as countries try to re-emerge from pandemic-induced recessions. -AFPPARIS: Power outages in China, chaos in Britain's petrol stations, factory closures in Germany-supply chain problems...
OKOMU, Nigeria: A worker pours steamed palm fruits into a local machine for crushing at Parrtern oil farm, a local processing oil mill at Udo Town in Edo State, mid-western Nigeria.-AFPnn
Nigeria looks to revive ailing palm oil sector
OKOMU, Nigeria: A worker pours steamed palm fruits into a local machine for crushing at Parrtern oil farm, a local processing oil mill at Udo Town in Edo State, mid-western Nigeria.-AFPOKOMU, Nigeria: Standing beside the piles of dark red palm fruits ready for crushing for their essence, Nigerian farmer Micah Ojo hopes to cash in on the government's drive to revive the country's once thriving palm oil business. His farm is one of the small...
Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his wife Haydee, founders of Chuwie's Sloth Rescue Center, check a sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) after being rescued from palm trees where it took refuge in an urban area after being attacked by dogs in San Jose de Los Altos, Miranda state, Venezuela on Sept 23, 2021 . - AFP photosn
Venezuelan couple goes all out for smiling but endangered sloths
Juan Carlos Rodriguez and his wife Haydee, founders of Chuwie's Sloth Rescue Center, check a sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) after being rescued from palm trees where it took refuge in an urban area after being attacked by dogs in San Jose de Los Altos, Miranda state, Venezuela on Sept 23, 2021 . - AFP photosHaydee Rodriguez has just set free a sloth named Maruja 58 in a forested area outside Caracas and is watching her get settled. "Look how...
In this picture taken on April 8, 2021, beekeepers collect honeycombs at Sujanpur village in the Pathankot district of Punjab. - AFP photosn
Kashmir beekeepers head south for warmth, honey and cash
In this picture taken on April 8, 2021, beekeepers collect honeycombs at Sujanpur village in the Pathankot district of Punjab. - AFP photosAs the winter months near, Kashmiri beekeepers like Abid Hussain are preparing for an annual migration southward in search of warmer climes, more honey and bigger payouts. Hussain wears protective gear on his arms and face as he readies to send his convoy of bees hundreds of kilometers from the Himalayan...
Aerial view of stilt houses in Congo Mirador, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 6, 2021. - AFP photosn
Venezuela village on stilts slowly succumbs to mud
Aerial view of stilt houses in Congo Mirador, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 6, 2021. - AFP photosCongo Mirador was once an idyllic spot: A community of homes on stilts that seemed to float on the calm waters of a lagoon in western Venezuela. Now, the community is inundated with mud, a victim of silt generated by the Catatumbo river. Most of its residents have left, and Congo Mirador is slowly fading away. The river's source is in...
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Kuwait's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai highlights strategic projects: Minister
DUBAI: Participants perform during the inauguration of Kuwait's pavilion at Expo 2020.DUBAI: Representative of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi said that Kuwait's pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai aims at showing the country's strategic development projects and humanitarian efforts across the globe.Kuwait's outstanding...
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Heart diseases Kuwait's top cause of death in last decade
KUWAIT: A group photo taken during an event organized by Kuwait Heart Foundation to mark the World Heart Day.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Heart diseases in Kuwait have been the top cause of deaths during the past 10 years, a physician said. Studies and statistics of the health ministry indicate 42 percent of deaths are due to heart problems, with heart attacks making up the highest percentage of all heart diseases, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Heart...