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TORRANCE, US: In this file photo taken on June 23, 2021 an employer holds flyers for hospitality employment during a Zislis Group job fair at The Brew Hall in Torrance, California. - AFPn
'Silent crisis' looms as US to end COVID aid for millions of jobless
TORRANCE, US: In this file photo taken on June 23, 2021 an employer holds flyers for hospitality employment during a Zislis Group job fair at The Brew Hall in Torrance, California. - AFPWASHINGTON: Spending less on food. Drawing down on retirement savings. Dropping out of the workforce altogether. Last year, the United States massively expanded unemployment aid as COVID-19 broke out. But in the coming days those benefits will end, forcing...
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TotalEnergies signs $27billion oil, gas, solar deal in Iraq
BAGHDAD: French energy giant TotalEnergies has signed a $27-billion contract to invest in oil, gas and solar energy production in Iraq, the country's oil minister said yesterday. The announcement of the deal, supposed in part to reduce Iraq's reliance on fossil fuels, came as minister Ihsan Ismail signed the contract at a Baghdad ceremony with TotalEnergies chief Patrick Pouyanne.TotalEnergies has not directly confirmed to AFP the value of the...
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Vehicle carrying famed Japanese director Takeshi Kitano attacked with pickaxe
Japanese director Takeshi KitanoA vehicle carrying acclaimed Japanese film director and actor Takeshi Kitano was attacked by a man with a pickaxe and a knife, media reports said. Kitano, 74, also a celebrated television comedian in Japan, was inside the vehicle on the premises of private network TBS in Tokyo when the attack took place late Saturday night, the station reported. The attacker, a male in his 40s from the Chiba region east of Tokyo,...
Visitors look at photos displayed at the exhibition “Documenting India’s Greatest Healthcare Crisis” by Indian Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui during the 33rd edition of the Visa pour l’Image international photojournalism festival, in Perpignan, southern France, on September 3, 2021.—AFP photosn
Anonymous Myanmar photographer wins major photojournalism award
Visitors look at photos displayed at the exhibition “Documenting India’s Greatest Healthcare Crisis” by Indian Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui during the 33rd edition of the Visa pour l’Image international photojournalism festival, in Perpignan, southern France, on September 3, 2021.—AFP photosA Myanmar photographer won the top award Saturday at photojournalism's biggest annual festival for his coverage of the troubled nation's...
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Do tourist boats stress out whales? Researchers find out
This aerial picture shows a humpback whale diving in Hestfjorour (Westfjords), Iceland. –AFPJust off the northern coast of Iceland, scientists are collecting data from whales' breath to find out if they get stressed by whale-watching boats, an industry that has boomed in recent years. Researchers from Whale Wise, a marine conservation charity, are studying the whales' stress levels in their hormones. From their small sailboat, a drone lifts...
In this file photo Models walk the runway at the Rodarte show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows in New York City.—AFP photosn
Fashion Week returning to New York with in-person energy
In this file photo models walk the runway at the Rodarte show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows in New York City.—AFP photosAfter a long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, New York is opening its Spring/Summer 2022 Fashion Week with the return of in-person runway shows featuring big names like Tom Ford and Altuzarra. But COVID-related curbs will deprive the series of some of its usual international flavor as it rolls out this week....
Ahmed Al-Damlakhi, a 65-year-old fabrics merchant, stands outside his shop in the “Souq Khan Al-Harir” (Silk khan covered market) in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.—AFP photosn
Shadow of Syria's exiled hangs over revived Aleppo souk
Ahmed Al-Damlakhi, a 65-year-old fabrics merchant, stands outside his shop in the “Souq Khan Al-Harir” (Silk Khan covered market) in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.—AFP photosALEPPO: The historic Khan Al-Harir souk in war-torn Syria's erstwhile economic capital of Aleppo has reopened following restoration work, but much of the former workforce that energized it remains exiled. "Reconstruction works are done and this is great, but it's...
In this Handout picture taken in Warsaw before the World War II and released by Eleonora Szafran, Auschwitz boxer Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski poses in his sports’ gear.—AFPn
'Champion of Auschwitz': The boxer who brought hope
In this Handout picture taken in Warsaw before the World War II and released by Eleonora Szafran, Auschwitz boxer Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski poses in his sports’ gear.—AFPPolish boxer Tadeusz Pietrzykowski was known for his ability to dodge blows. Still, the odds were against him when he fought his first bout at the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz. Severely emaciated, Prisoner Number 77 was up against a much heavier German inmate-a...
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Taleban yet to name govt as Panjshir fighting rages
KABUL: Fresh fighting was reported yesterday between the Taleban and resistance forces in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, as the hardline Islamists finalize a new government that will set the tone for their rule. Facing the challenge of morphing from insurgents to rulers, the Taleban appear determined to snuff out the Panjshir resistance before announcing who will lead the country in the aftermath of Monday's US troop withdrawal, which was...
TOKYO: Iran's Sajad Mohammadian (silver) Great Britain's Aled Davies (gold) and Kuwait's Faisal Sorour (bronze) pose after the Men's Shot Put - F63 event at the Summer Paralympic Games yesterday. Ð AFP nn
Kuwait's Sorour wins shot put bronze at Tokyo Paralympics
TOKYO: Iran's Sajad Mohammadian (silver) Great Britain's Aled Davies (gold) and Kuwait's Faisal Sorour (bronze) pose after the Men's Shot Put - F63 event at the Summer Paralympic Games yesterday. Ð AFPTOKYO: Kuwaiti shot-putter Faisal Sorour won a bronze medal in the men's standing shot put F63 event at the Tokyo Paralympics yesterday. Sorour threw a personal best of 14.13m in the event at the National Stadium, where nine athletes competed. BNK...
KABUL: A Taleban fighter walks in front of people sitting along a road outside a bank waiting to withdraw money in the Shar-e-Naw neighborhood yesterday. - AFP n
Biden wants to end US global policing role
KABUL: A Taleban fighter walks in front of people sitting along a road outside a bank waiting to withdraw money in the Shar-e-Naw neighborhood yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: "America is back", goes US President Joe Biden's catchphrase, but his unapologetic exit from Afghanistan shows America won't be back to business as usual. Beyond the trauma of the Kabul evacuation, Biden is pitching a much broader retreat: A halt to using vast military...
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Delta does not cause more severe childhood COVID
WASHINGTON: US pediatric COVID hospitalizations have surged since Delta became predominant, but a new study that offers a first look at the relevant data suggests that fears the variant causes more severe disease are unfounded. The paper by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that between June 20 and July 31, 2021, unvaccinated adolescents were more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized than those who were...
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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
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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
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