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AMBOASARY: A general view of the landscape along the National Road 13 (RN13) near Amboasary Atsimo on the RN13. The RN13 that links the city of Fort-Dauphin on the Southeast coast and the city of Toliara on the Southwest coast. - AFP n
10,000 migrants packed under Texas bridge
AMBOASARY: A general view of the landscape along the National Road 13 (RN13) near Amboasary Atsimo on the RN13. The RN13 that links the city of Fort-Dauphin on the Southeast coast and the city of Toliara on the Southwest coast. - AFPDEL RIO: The mayor of Del Rio, Texas declared a state of emergency Friday after more than 10,000 undocumented migrants, many of them Haitians, poured into the border city in a fresh test of President Joe Biden's...
KUWAIT: This picture taken on September 15, 2021 from Kuwait City shows a view of the moon in its waxing gibbous phase. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times' 'Photo of the Day' section, please send your high resolution, unedited photos to local@kuwaittimes.com, along with the full name and Instagram account, in addition to a description showing the picture's location and date taken)n
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KUWAIT: This picture taken on September 15, 2021 from Kuwait City shows a view of the moon in its waxing gibbous phase. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
RAWALPINDI: Policemen stand guard outside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Friday, after New Zealand postponed a series of one-day international (ODI) cricket matches against Pakistan over security concerns. - AFPnn
Pakistan battling isolation as cricket host after New Zealand pull out
RAWALPINDI: Policemen stand guard outside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Friday, after New Zealand postponed a series of one-day international (ODI) cricket matches against Pakistan over security concerns. - AFPISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket began confronting its worst fear Saturday, with the national side staring at another era of isolation from hosting international matches after New Zealand abandoned its tour, citing a security...
BUENOS AIRES: This file photo taken on August 12, 2021 shows Brazil's Atletico Mineiro Hulk (left) and Argentina's River Plate David Martinez fighting for the ball during their Copa Libertadores quarter-finals first leg football match, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. - AFPn
Brazilian clubs leave Copa Libertadores rivals in their wake
BUENOS AIRES: This file photo taken on August 12, 2021 shows Brazil's Atletico Mineiro Hulk (left) and Argentina's River Plate David Martinez fighting for the ball during their Copa Libertadores quarter-finals first leg football match, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. - AFPSAO PAULO: While Brazil's national team marches on towards a place at next year's World Cup with a 100 percent record in South American qualifying, the country's...
LEIPZIG: In this file photo taken on December 8, 2005, Brazilian football legend Pele is seen during a presentation in Leipzig on the eve of the final draw of the FIFA football World Cup 2006. - AFPn
Pele briefly back in ICU but now 'stable', says hospital
LEIPZIG: In this file photo taken on December 8, 2005, Brazilian football legend Pele is seen during a presentation in Leipzig on the eve of the final draw of the FIFA football World Cup 2006. - AFPSAO PAULO: Brazilian football legend Pele, 80, was briefly transferred back to an intensive care unit Friday after suffering breathing difficulties but is now stable, said the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he underwent surgery earlier...
PARIS: In this file photo taken on May 18, 2021, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a joint press conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris. - AFPnn
IMF chief denies altering World Bank report to appease China
PARIS: In this file photo taken on May 18, 2021, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a joint press conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris. - AFPWASHINGTON: IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva disputed an independent investigation which found that in her previous job at the World Bank, she pressed staff to alter a report to avoid angering China. Based on the...
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Critics warn of Apple, Google 'chokepoint' repression
WASHINGTON: The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections, critics of Apple and Google said Friday. The companies were facing international outrage after pulling a Russian opposition voting app off their online marketplaces in response to authorities' escalating pressure, including arrest threats.Google and Apple, whose operating systems run on...
The vital resources sector is a source of growing tension between Kinshasa and Beijing. — AFPnn
China losing battle to sell its 'win-win' deals to Congolese
The vital resources sector is a source of growing tension between Kinshasa and Beijing. — AFPKINSHASA: Much has ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, but not the march of Sino-Congolese friendship. Or so the Chinese embassy in Kinshasha is keen to show, amid growing scrutiny of Beijing's activities in the mineral-rich nation. On the Boulevard Triomphal in Kinshasa, opposite the People's Palace, work is still under way on the...
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SpaceX tourists talk to Tom Cruise from orbit, provide update on flight
Tom CruiseFour space tourists orbiting the Earth in a SpaceX capsule at 17,500 miles per hour (28,162 kph) talked to movie star Tom Cruise on Friday and provided a live update about life aboard the spacecraft. The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday for a three-day voyage that is to end with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean at 4:06 pm Pacific time (2306 GMT) on Saturday. Mission control said...
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Montaha Al-Ajeel participates in Stockholm International Fashion Fair 2021
Kuwaiti designer Montaha Al-Ajeel participated in the fourth edition of the Stockholm International Fashion Fair 2021 that took place at the National Museum in Stockholm, organized by In-Ter-Art agency in cooperation with the Swedish Volvo company. Ajeel this year introduced her collection under the name 'La Vie en Rose', presenting long pink gowns that symbolize joy and happiness and express femininity, tenderness and softness at the same time,...
A Taleban fighter looks at an aquarium at the Kabul Zoo.—AFP photosn
Gun-toting Taleban mingle with families and kids at Kabul Zoo
A Taleban fighter looks at an aquarium at the Kabul Zoo.—AFP photosTaleban soldiers cradling AK-47s and M16 assault rifles mingle among families at Kabul Zoo, a novelty experience for many of the young fighters from rural Afghanistan. As visitors set up picnic spots in the shaded grounds, enjoying ice creams and salted pomegranate seeds, heavily armed Taleban gunmen peer into the enclosures housing lions, leopards, camels, wolves, ostriches...
In this file photo (From left) Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 66, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, attend the complex examination training at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’ Training Centre in Star City outside Moscow.—AFP photosn
Russian actress says 'too late' to fear ISS launch
In this file photo (From left) Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 66, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, attend the complex examination training at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’ Training Centre in Star City outside Moscow.—AFP photosRussian actress Yulia Peresild said Thursday it was "too late" for fear ahead of her launch into space, as Moscow races against Hollywood to...
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