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SYDNEY: A file photo shows French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd left) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (center) standing on the deck of HMAS Waller, a Collins-class submarine operated by the Royal Australian Navy, at Garden Island in Sydney. - AFP n
How France was blindsided by the Australia-US deal
SYDNEY: A file photo shows French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd left) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (center) standing on the deck of HMAS Waller, a Collins-class submarine operated by the Royal Australian Navy, at Garden Island in Sydney. - AFPPARIS: In June this year, French leader Emmanuel Macron welcomed Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison to Paris, with concern about the two allies' troubled submarine contract high on...
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley (left) chats with US President Donald Trump after he delivered the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - AFP n
Trump sues niece and The New York Times
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley (left) chats with US President Donald Trump after he delivered the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - AFPNEW YORK: Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a $100 million lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times, alleging they engaged in "an insidious plot" to obtain his tax returns...
MANCHESTER: The scoreboard shows the final 6-1 score after the English League Cup third round football match between Manchester City and Wycombe Wanderers at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northwest England on Tuesday. - AFPnn
Holders Man City hit six, Liverpool cruise in League Cup
MANCHESTER: The scoreboard shows the final 6-1 score after the English League Cup third round football match between Manchester City and Wycombe Wanderers at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northwest England on Tuesday. - AFPLONDON: Manchester City started their bid to lift a fifth successive League Cup with a 6-1 rout of Wycombe, while Japan forward Takumi Minamino inspired Liverpool's 3-0 victory at Norwich on Tuesday. Everton and Watford...
GETAFE: Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez celebrates his second goal during the Spanish League football match against Getafe at the Col Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe on Tuesday. - AFPn
Koeman refuses to answer questions in Barcelona press conference
GETAFE: Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez celebrates his second goal during the Spanish League football match against Getafe at the Col Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe on Tuesday. - AFPMADRID: Barcelona's under-pressure coach Ronald Koeman delivered a bizarre press conference yesterday as he read a pre-prepared statement before leaving without answering questions. Koeman's position is fragile, after Barca followed up a 3-0 defeat...
AMMAN: Kuwait's handball referees Dalal Al-Naseem and Maali Al-Enezi. - KUNAn
Kuwaiti referees seek Int'l badges through Asian Championship
AMMAN: Kuwait's handball referees Dalal Al-Naseem and Maali Al-Enezi. - KUNAAMMAN: Kuwait's handball referees Dalal Al-Naseem and Maali Al-Enezi wish to achieve the international refereeing badges through the 18th Asian Women's Championship, held in Jordan, with the participation of 11 teams, including Kuwait.On the sidelines of the Asian Championship, Enezi said yesterday that the chance for her and her colleague Naseem to obtain the...
A group of Tuareg musicians is seen playing in a concert at the Cure Salee, in Ingall. - AFPnn
Niger nomad festival reverberates with electric guitars
A group of Tuareg musicians is seen playing in a concert at the Cure Salee, in Ingall. - AFP"That guitar sounds crazy happy!" grins Oumar Alassane, sitting on his motorbike with an arm around the shoulder of a friend, a short distance from a stage in the desert. It is 8 pm, just the start of a full evening of musical acts at Ingall, a small oasis town in northern Niger that hosts the three-day Cure Salee festival. Alassane, a young Fulani, is...
Owner Kazem Mabhutian, 63, serves tea at the smallest and oldest teahouse tucked away in an alleyway of the Grand Bazaar in the Iranian capital Tehran.—AFP photosn
Treats and tradition in Tehran's oldest, tiniest teahouse
Owner Kazem Mabhutian, 63, serves tea at the smallest and oldest teahouse tucked away in an alleyway of the Grand Bazaar in the Iranian capital Tehran.—AFP photosWith his trimmed beard, red scarf and bronze-coloured waistcoat, Kazem Mabhutian serves a steady stream of customers in the smallest and oldest teahouse in Tehran, but at 63 years old, he is counting on God to find him a successor. Tucked in an alleyway of the Grand Bazaar, wedged...
On the occasion of the opening of Milan Fashion Week, Benetton's CEO Massimo Renon and Italian rapper Ghali Amdouni, better known as Ghali (center) are pictured during a Benetton press conference to present United Colors of Ghali, a capsule collection designed by the musician.—AFP n
Audiences back in Milan as Italy fashion seeks 'rebirth'
On the occasion of the opening of Milan Fashion Week, Benetton's CEO Massimo Renon and Italian rapper Ghali Amdouni, better known as Ghali (center) are pictured during a Benetton press conference to present United Colors of Ghali, a capsule collection designed by the musician.—AFPThe taxis and courtesy cars, street style and front row stars were back in Milan yesterday as fashion week returns with mostly live audiences for the first time in 18...
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Cavers find snakes but no genies in Yemen's 'Well of Hell'
A team of Omani cavers has made what is believed to be the first descent to the bottom of Yemen's fabled Well of Barhout-a natural wonder shunned by many locals, who believe it is a prison for genies. The forbidding 'Well of Hell', whose dark, round aperture creates a 30-metre (100 foot) wide hole in the desert floor of Yemen's eastern province of Al-Mahra, plunges approximately 112 meters (367 feet) below the surface and, according to some...
BEIRUT, Lebanon: A general view shows the ravaged port of Lebanon's capital Beirut. Lebanon is facing one of its worst-ever economic crises.—AFPn
Lebanon raises fuel prices as subsidies are phased out
BEIRUT, Lebanon: A general view shows the ravaged port of Lebanon's capital Beirut. Lebanon is facing one of its worst-ever economic crises.—AFPBEIRUT: Crisis-hit Lebanon yesterday raised fuel prices for the second time in less than a week amid severe rationing spurred by the collapse of a subsidy system that has depleted state coffers. Grappling with its worst-ever financial crisis, Lebanon has gradually increased fuel prices in recent...
Workers build a bridge in Ghaziabad, India. The Asian Development Bank has cut its growth forecast for developing Asia Prakash SINGH AFPn
ADB cuts Asia growth forecast on slow COVID vaccine rollout
Workers build a bridge in Ghaziabad, India. The Asian Development Bank has cut its growth forecast for developing Asia. - AFPMANILA: The Asian Development Bank warned of "lasting scars" from the coronavirus pandemic as it cut its 2021 growth forecast for developing Asia on slow vaccination rates, surging infections and crippling lockdowns. A shortage of doses, which has hampered efforts to inoculate the vast region stretching from the Cook...
SHANGHAI: People are seen in the Evergrande Center building in Shanghai yesterday.—AFPn
Evergrande agrees deal to avoid default on key bond
SHANGHAI: People are seen in the Evergrande Center building in Shanghai yesterday.—AFPBEIJING: Embattled Chinese property titan Evergrande said yesterday it had agreed a deal with domestic bondholders that should allow the conglomerate to avoid missing one of its interest payments and avoid default, but its deeper debt burden remains. Financial markets have been hit this week over fears that the sprawling firm could collapse, with the...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis
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Sheikh Salem Al-Ali: A role model
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
S Korea sniffer dog searches for Paris bedbugs