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Pandemic speeds innovation shift to Asia: UN
GENEVA: The COVID-19 pandemic sped up the shift of innovation from Europe and North America towards Asia, UN world rankings showed Monday. The Global Innovation Index 2021, from the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization, showed surging performances by South Korea and China."The pandemic has accelerated the long-term geographical shift of innovation activities toward Asia, even if Northern America and Europe continue to host...
PERM, Russia: This handout picture shows investigators working outside the building of the university of Perm following a shooting. - AFP n
Shock at Russia university campus
PERM, Russia: This handout picture shows investigators working outside the building of the university of Perm following a shooting. - AFPMOSCOW: A gunman killed six people on a university campus in Russia yesterday before being detained, investigators said, leaving students and teachers shaken and terrified. It was the second mass shooting in Russia this year to target students and came amid calls for stricter controls on access to firearms....
MOSCOW: Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box at a polling station after the last day of the three-day parliamentary election in Moscow. - AFP n
Opposition claims mass fraud after Putin party sweeps vote
MOSCOW: Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box at a polling station after the last day of the three-day parliamentary election in Moscow. - AFPMOSCOW: Russia's opposition accused the authorities of mass voter fraud as election results yesterday showed the ruling United Russia party winning a sweeping majority in parliament. The three-day vote that ended on Sunday followed an unprecedented crackdown on critics of President...
KABUL: A Taleban fighter watches as Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul. - AFP n
Afghan women outraged by Taleban's work restrictions
KABUL: A Taleban fighter watches as Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul. - AFPKABUL: Fears were mounting in Afghanistan yesterday as the Taleban tightened their grip on women's rights, slashing access to work and denying girls the right to secondary school education. After pledging a softer version of their brutal and repressive regime of...
PARIS: Bornia Tarall (center right) is awarded with the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite' by French President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony in memory of the Harkis - Algerians who helped the French Army in the Algerian War of Independence, at the Elysee Palace yesterday. - AFP n
The Harkis: 'Betrayed' soldiers from France's Algeria war
PARIS: Bornia Tarall (center right) is awarded with the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite' by French President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony in memory of the Harkis - Algerians who helped the French Army in the Algerian War of Independence, at the Elysee Palace yesterday. - AFPPARIS: As French President Emmanuel Macron formally apologizes to the Harkis yesterday, we look at the grim fate of the Muslim Algerians who fought on the side...
MAPLE: Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau greets supporters during a campaign stop in Maple, Canada. - AFP n
Trudeau future on the line as Canadians vote
MAPLE: Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau greets supporters during a campaign stop in Maple, Canada. - AFPOTTAWA: Voting kicked off yesterday in Canadian elections that are headed for a photo finish, with liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeking a third term but threatened by a strong challenge from rookie conservative leader Erin O'Toole. Trudeau called the snap election hoping to parlay a smooth COVID-19 vaccine rollout - among the best...
MAPLE: Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau greets supporters during a campaign stop in Maple, Canada. - AFP n
Haitians angry after US deports them to Port-au-Prince
PORT-AU-PRINCE: National migration authorities and expelled migrants walk off a plane on September 19, 2021 at the airport in Port-AU-Prince. - AFPPORT-AU-PRINCE: Migrant families sent back to Haiti by the United States after attempting to enter the country from Mexico are angry at their treatment and fearful of returning back home to a life punctuated by gang violence. The deportation of Haitian migrants had been temporarily suspended by...
BALTIMORE: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens runs with the ball during the fourth quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday in Baltimore, Maryland. - AFPn
Ravens Jackson outduels Mahomes in NFL Sunday
BALTIMORE: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens runs with the ball during the fourth quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday in Baltimore, Maryland. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Lamar Jackson rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns as the Baltimore Ravens edged Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City Chiefs 36-35 in a clash of former league MVPs. Jackson overcame two first quarter interceptions with a dynamic second half performance...
EAST RUTHERFORD: New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (left) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino talk on the field prior to the game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. - AFPn
FIFA to consult football leaders on international calendar
EAST RUTHERFORD: New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (left) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino talk on the field prior to the game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. - AFPPARIS: FIFA has invited football's national federations to an online summit on September 30 to discuss the international calendar, in its push to hold the World Cup every two years instead of...
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's forward Lionel Messi (left) leaves the pitch after chatting with PSG's head coach Mauricio Pochettino during their team's French L1 football match against Lyon at The Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on Sunday. - AFPn
Icardi grabs late winner for PSG vs Lyon as Messi makes home bow
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's forward Lionel Messi (left) leaves the pitch after chatting with PSG's head coach Mauricio Pochettino during their team's French L1 football match against Lyon at The Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on Sunday. - AFPPARIS: Lionel Messi had a lively home debut for Paris Saint-Germain but it was his compatriot Mauro Icardi who scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as the Ligue 1 leaders edged Lyon 2-1 on Sunday....
In this file photo Afghan artist and co-founder of the ArtLords collective, Farshad, poses next to a symbolic drawing of his collective, representing a Taliban fighter whose rocket launcher is filled with pencils.—AFP photosn
'Art is dying': Afghan artists hope to resist Taleban rule
In this file photo Afghan artist and co-founder of the ArtLords collective, Farshad, poses next to a symbolic drawing of his collective, representing a Taleban fighter whose rocket launcher is filled with pencils.—AFP photosTwo days after the Taleban seized Kabul last month, 26-year-old artist Sara took the terracotta plates she'd painted with images praising inspirational Afghan women-and hurled them to the ground. "Art, for me, was to be...
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Nirvana's Nevermind: An album forged by contradictions
Released 30 years ago this week, "Nevermind" was a generation-defining milestone that sold 30 million copies and made a tragic icon of Kurt Cobain. Ranked the most influential band of all time by US magazine Spin last year, Nirvana's ethos continues to reverberate in artists as varied as Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey and Frank Turner. "Nevermind" was back in the news last month when the man who was photographed when he was a baby for the cover sued...
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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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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