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TOKYO: Canada's Andre De Grasse crosses the finish line to win the men's 200m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

De Grasse wins first post-Bolt Olympic 200m after epic McLaughlin show

TOKYO: Canada's Andre De Grasse crosses the finish line to win the men's 200m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Andre de Grasse upstaged Noah Lyles to claim the first men's 200m gold of the post-Usain Bolt era yesterday, as Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to claim a thrilling victory in the women's 400m hurdles. The stage for the 200m final at Tokyo's Olympic...

TOKYO: (From left) Silver medalist Britain's Benjamin Whittaker, gold medalist Cuba's Arlen Lopez, bronze medalists Russia's Imam Khataev and Azerbaijan's Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez celebrate with their medal on the podium after the men's light heavy (75-81kg) boxing final bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Cuba win boxing gold again as Briton refuses to wear silver

TOKYO: (From left) Silver medalist Britain's Benjamin Whittaker, gold medalist Cuba's Arlen Lopez, bronze medalists Russia's Imam Khataev and Azerbaijan's Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez celebrate with their medal on the podium after the men's light heavy (75-81kg) boxing final bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Cuba's Arlen Lopez won his second Olympic gold medal yesterday as he taught...

TOKYO: (From left) Silver medalist Japan's Kokona Hiraki, gold medalist Japan's Sakura Yosozumi and bronze medalist Britain's Sky Brown pose on the podium of the women's park final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Japan's Yosozumi wins battle of the teens for Olympic skateboarding gold

TOKYO: (From left) Silver medalist Japan's Kokona Hiraki, gold medalist Japan's Sakura Yosozumi and bronze medalist Britain's Sky Brown pose on the podium of the women's park final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Japan's Sakura Yosozumi won the women's park competition to maintain the hosts' stranglehold on Olympic skateboarding yesterday and stop Kokona Hiraki and Sky Brown...

TOKYO: Syria's Hend Zaza eyes the ball as she serves to Austria's Liu Jia during their women's singles preliminary round table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. - AFPn

Syrian Olympic table tennis player, 12, to get China training

TOKYO: Syria's Hend Zaza eyes the ball as she serves to Austria's Liu Jia during their women's singles preliminary round table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. - AFPTOKYO: Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza, the youngest athlete at the Tokyo Olympics at just 12, has been invited by China to learn from the undisputed masters of the sport, Chinese media says. Zaza,...

AUGSBURG, Germany: A mechanic checks the cables on a tank of a rocket upper stage at Rocket Factory Augsburg in Augsburg, southern Germany. - AFPn

German startups ride a boom in mini-launchers for small satellites

AUGSBURG, Germany: A mechanic checks the cables on a tank of a rocket upper stage at Rocket Factory Augsburg in Augsburg, southern Germany. - AFPAUGSBURG: Car-manufacturing powerhouse Germany is rushing to join the private sector space race as it looks to ride a boom in mini-launchers for small satellites and compete with major US firms such as SpaceX. Three projects in particular are making Germany a serious player in the race to provide...

WASHINGTON: Reporters raise their hands after US President Joe Biden speaks about COVID vaccinations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday. - AFPn

Racial employment divide continues in recovering US economy

WASHINGTON: Reporters raise their hands after US President Joe Biden speaks about COVID vaccinations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday. - AFPWASHINGTON: As vaccines help quell COVID-19 cases, millions of Americans have gone back to work-but fewer Black and Hispanic workers are being rehired, entrenching persistent inequalities in the United States. The divides are fueled by long-running employment discrimination,...

DUISBURG: An aerial view of new cars for sale at the harbor of Duisburg, western Germany. The German car market experienced a 25 percent drop in July 2021.-AFPn

German car sales slump in July

DUISBURG: An aerial view of new cars for sale at the harbor of Duisburg, western Germany. The German car market experienced a 25 percent drop in July 2021.-AFPHAMBURG: Sales of new cars in Germany were down significantly in July compared to the same month last year, official data showed yesterday. A total of 236,393 new cars were registered last month in Europe's largest car market -- 25 percent fewer than during the same month last year, the...

An undated handout picture shows Sarah Gilbert posing with a Barbie doll in her image. — AFP n

Boffin Barbie: Toy creator honors vaccine co-creator

An undated handout picture shows Sarah Gilbert posing with a Barbie doll in her image. — AFPToy giant Mattel said yesterday it hoped to "inspire the next generation" after creating a model of its iconic Barbie doll in honors of Sarah Gilbert, co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Gilbert said she found the news "very strange" but hoped "children who see my Barbie will realize how vital careers in science are to help the...

This photo shows a weightlifter competing at Venus Weightlifting gym in Shanghai. – AFP photosn

China's amateur weightlifters fight 'short, fat' stigma

This photo shows a weightlifter competing at Venus Weightlifting gym in Shanghai. – AFP photosIn a Shanghai basement gym, amateur weightlifters strain under two loads: the steel bars and plates that they lift, and a stigma rooted in the Chinese belief that the sport leaves its practitioners stunted and fat. Even as China once again dominates weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics, amateurs back home face misunderstanding. "You see athletes with...

This picture shows a member of the Yunnan Forest Brigade monitoring a herd of migrating elephants from the command center in Daqiao in southwest China’s Yunnan province. — AFP photosn

With drones and bananas, China coaxes wayward elephants home

This picture shows a member of the Yunnan Forest Brigade monitoring a herd of migrating elephants from the command center in Daqiao in southwest China’s Yunnan province. — AFP photosFirst the entire village is shooed indoors, its power supply is cut, and finally bananas and other elephant treats are dumped on the opposite side of town to coax the uninvited guests to pass through. So goes the routine welcome ceremony for China's wayward herd...

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'The Suicide Squad' seeks redemption for DC supervillains-and director

John Cena attends the Warner Bros. premiere of "The Suicide Squad" at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California. — AFP photosWhen James Gunn was asked to direct the next DC superhero film, he didn't pick an icon like Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman. He chose the rag-tag group of Z-list villains known as "The Suicide Squad." Gunn's R-rated romp brings back familiar faces like Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in a sequel-of-sorts to the...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Hawally Governor Ali Salem Al-Asfar. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosn

Amir receives newly appointed Kuwaiti officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Hawally Governor Ali Salem Al-Asfar. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad...

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