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ADDIS ABABA: A protester waves the Ethiopian flag during a rally against pro-TPLF forces and to support Ethiopia's armed forces on Aug 8, 2021. - AFP n

Ethiopia PM urges civilians to join armed forces as war rages

ADDIS ABABA: A protester waves the Ethiopian flag during a rally against pro-TPLF forces and to support Ethiopia's armed forces on Aug 8, 2021. - AFPADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a call yesterday for all eligible civilians to join the armed forces as fighting raged in multiple regions of Africa's second most populous nation. "Now is the right time for all capable Ethiopians who are of age to join the Defense Forces,...

PESHAWAR: In this picture taken on July 14, 2021, people visit the Sitara market in the Karkhano area. - AFP n

Gold rush ends for smugglers as foreign troops leave Afghanistan

PESHAWAR: In this picture taken on July 14, 2021, people visit the Sitara market in the Karkhano area. - AFPPESHAWAR: Once brimming with combat boots, flak jackets and other war paraphernalia, the smugglers' markets in Pakistan are being forced to rethink their business model as foreign troops exit Afghanistan and contraband dries up. The United States is set to wrap up its military presence in Afghanistan by the end of this month, the end of a...

Local youths and volunteers gather in an open field and wait to support firefighters during a wildfire near the village of Kamatriades near Istiaia on Evia island on Monday. - AFP n

Greeks battle to protect town from ferocious blaze

Local youths and volunteers gather in an open field and wait to support firefighters during a wildfire near the village of Kamatriades near Istiaia on Evia island on Monday. - AFPAVGARIA, Greece: Volunteers and firefighters worked round-the-clock yesterday, often without masks or helmets, in a desperate bid to stop a violent blaze from reaching a town on Greece's Evia island, one of hundreds of fires that have raged through the country. Nearly...

BANGKOK: Pro-democracy protesters salute during a car mob protest yesterday calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. - AFP n

Police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at Bangkok protest

BANGKOK: Pro-democracy protesters salute during a car mob protest yesterday calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. - AFPBANGKOK: Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangkok yesterday as hundreds rallied for democratic reform and against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrators defied a ban on public...

NANTONG, China: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2021 shows a medical worker taking a swab sample for COVID-19 from an elderly resident at her home in the eastern Jiangsu province. - AFP n

China cases rise as Delta variant challenges Beijing

NANTONG, China: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2021 shows a medical worker taking a swab sample for COVID-19 from an elderly resident at her home in the eastern Jiangsu province. - AFPBEIJING: China's coronavirus cases hit a seven-month high on Tuesday, after a cluster at a test site helped drive up numbers as the Delta variant challenges Beijing's grip on the pandemic. State media has described the current outbreak - which has sparked local...

HILDESHEIM: Co-leader of Germany's Green party and top candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock and party co-leader Robert Habeck address the party's first major meeting on Monday. - AFP n

German Greens holding onto hope for change

HILDESHEIM: Co-leader of Germany's Green party and top candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock and party co-leader Robert Habeck address the party's first major meeting on Monday. - AFPHILDESHEIM, Germany: Rattled by a shaky start to their campaign, Germany's Greens are trying to regroup ahead of next month's general election with a renewed focus on climate protection as floods and fires ravage Europe. The ecologist party's bid to crown their...

WASHINGTON: Senator Cynthia Lummis listens while Senator Patrick J Toomey speaks during a press conference on crypto currency legislation on Capitol Hill as the Senate moves toward a vote on infrastructure funding Monday in Washington, DC. - AFPn

US Democrats unveil massive $3.5 trillion spending blueprint

WASHINGTON: Senator Cynthia Lummis listens while Senator Patrick J Toomey speaks during a press conference on crypto currency legislation on Capitol Hill as the Senate moves toward a vote on infrastructure funding Monday in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: US lawmakers laid out a $3.5 trillion budget framework, calling it the "most consequential" social spending plan since the 1930s, and launching what are expected to be tough congressional...

This photo taken on August 6, 2021 shows a policeman checking motorists' documents as they cross from nearby Rizal province into Metro Manila, at a provincial border checkpoint in Quezon City, suburban Manila. - AFPn

Philippine economy rebounds in Q2 but faces 'speed bumps'

This photo taken on August 6, 2021 shows a policeman checking motorists' documents as they cross from nearby Rizal province into Metro Manila. - AFPMANILA: The Philippine economy grew in the second quarter at its fastest pace in more than three decades, but an official warned yesterday of "speed bumps" as coronavirus restrictions were tightened to combat surging infections. Gross domestic product expanded 11.8 percent on-year, the statistics...

PARIS: This combination of file pictures shows vials of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Moderna vials and Pfizer BioNtech vaccine.n

Pharmaceutical firms rake in billions with COVID jabs

PARIS: This combination of file pictures shows vials of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Moderna vials and Pfizer BioNtech vaccine.PARIS: COVID vaccines have brought billions of dollars to the coffers of pharmaceutical companies. Germany's BioNTech, maker with partner Pfizer of the pioneering mRNA jab, raised its vaccine revenue forecast for 2021 in its latest earnings report on Monday. Here are the numbers for the companies...

LE BOURGET: Argentinian football player Lionel Messi waves to supporters from a window after he landed yesterday at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, as Paris Saint-Germain looked to complete the 34-year-old signing following his departure from Barcelona. - AFPnn

Money no obstacle for PSG as they reunite Messi with Neymar

LE BOURGET: Argentinian football player Lionel Messi waves to supporters from a window after he landed yesterday at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, as Paris Saint-Germain looked to complete the 34-year-old signing following his departure from Barcelona. - AFPPARIS: The prospect of seeing Lionel Messi team up again with Neymar will have many football fans around the world salivating. Not all of fans will rejoice. Many will struggle to come to...

BARCELONA: Workers remove posters featuring Barcelona's departing Argentinian forward Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona yesterday. - AFPn

Barcelona left to say thanks for the memories as Messi heads for Paris

BARCELONA: Workers remove posters featuring Barcelona's departing Argentinian forward Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona yesterday. - AFPPARIS: There was once the romantic notion that whenever Lionel Messi finally left Barcelona he would return to Argentina and play for Newell's Old Boys, the club he supported as a boy. Paris Saint-Germain, a club transformed by the unfathomable state wealth of Qatar, is a rather less romantic...

LONDON: In this file photo taken on August 21, 2013, Chelsea's Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (right) vies with Aston Villa's Dutch defender Ron Vlaar (left) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge in London. - AFPn

Champions League 'not enough' for Chelsea under Tuchel's transformation

LONDON: In this file photo taken on August 21, 2013, Chelsea's Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (right) vies with Aston Villa's Dutch defender Ron Vlaar (left) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge in London. - AFPBELFAST: Chelsea will aim to start the new season as they ended the last with more silverware when the European champions face Europa League winners Villarreal in the UEFA...

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