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Deliveroo eyes leaving Spain as riders become staff
MADRID: Deliveroo's trademark green rucksacks may soon disappear from Spanish streets after food delivery firm said it was considering leaving that market where its riders will soon be recognized as staff. "Deliveroo is intending to consult with its employees over ending its operations in Spain," the app-driven food delivery firm said in a statement just two weeks before a deadline for compliance with a key labor law reform.In mid-May, Spain...
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EU banks can weather 'harsh' crises but with big losses
BRUSSELS: European banks can weather a severe economic crisis with a sharp drop in their financial reserves, according to results from an extensive stress test published on Friday. In the worst-case scenario, described as "very severe" and covering a period of three years, the European banking sector would suffer a capital loss of 265 billion euros ($314 billion) by 2023, the European Banking Authority said in a statement. While erosion of core...
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Eurozone economy rebounds as restrictions recede
FRANKFURT: The eurozone economy rebounded by a strong two percent in the second quarter, according to official data released on Friday, as reopened businesses lifted activity out of the pandemic doldrums. The expansion in Europe was stronger than in the United States, where the economy grew by 1.6 percent compared to the previous quarter and China, which saw a 1.3 percent expansion in the period.Some of the biggest rates of growth were seen in...
TOKYO: Gold medalist Qatar's Fares El-Bakh poses on the podium for the victory ceremony of the men's 96kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn
Weightlifter Bakh wins Qatar's first Olympic gold
TOKYO: Gold medalist Qatar's Fares El-Bakh poses on the podium for the victory ceremony of the men's 96kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Weightlifter Fares El-Bakh shattered two Games records in Tokyo as he became Qatar's first Olympic champion in history yesterday. The 2019 world silver medalist dominated the men's 96kg, setting new marks for the...
TOKYO: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah crosses the finish line to win the women's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn
Thompson-Herah crowned sprint queen as Biles' Olympics teeters
TOKYO: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah crosses the finish line to win the women's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah equaled the second-fastest time in history to retain her women's Olympic 100m title yesterday as ongoing mental health problems left gymnastics superstar Simone Biles' Tokyo campaign teetering on the brink. Thompson-Herah blazed to...
TOKYO: USA's Caeleb Dressel celebrates winning to take gold in the final of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn
Dressel, Ledecky grab gold as world records tumble in Tokyo
TOKYO: USA's Caeleb Dressel celebrates winning to take gold in the final of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Caeleb Dressel set a new 100m butterfly world record to grab his third gold medal in Tokyo yesterday, as Katie Ledecky reinforced her dominance of distance swimming with a third Olympic 800m freestyle title. Two-time world champion...
TOKYO: India's P V Sindhu reacts after a point with Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying in their women's singles badminton semi-final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn
Taiwan's Tai ends 'sad' Sindhu's Olympic badminton gold hopes
TOKYO: India's P V Sindhu reacts after a point with Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying in their women's singles badminton semi-final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Women's badminton world number one Tai Tzu-ying ousted P V Sindhu in the Olympic semi-finals yesterday, ending her bid to become only India's second ever individual gold medalist. Taiwan's Tai made short work of...
TOKYO: Serbia's Novak Djokovic smashes his racket during his Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles tennis match for the bronze medal against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn
Djokovic 'not sure' about US Open fitness after Olympics nightmare
TOKYO: Serbia's Novak Djokovic smashes his racket during his Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles tennis match for the bronze medal against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: World number one Novak Djokovic said he was "not sure" about his fitness for the US Open after pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics mixed doubles bronze medal match with a shoulder injury yesterday. The 34-year-old Serb...
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New York's Broadway mandates vaccines, masks for all shows
Broadway will require audiences to be fully vaccinated and wear masks at all shows, New York's theatre industry announced Friday, as the US steps up mandatory vaccinations. All performers, backstage crew and theatre staff will also have to be vaccinated, the Broadway League said in a statement. The rules will be in place through October and will apply to all of Broadway's 41 theatres, the trade association added. Masks will be required except...
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Amanda Knox accuses new movie of cashing in on her case
In this file photo, US journalist Amanda Knox cries as she addresses a panel discussion titled "Trial by Media" during the Criminal Justice Festival at the Law University of Modena, northern Italy. — AFPAmanda Knox is complaining angrily that the new Matt Damon movie "Stillwater"-a drama about a young American jailed in Europe for a killing she insists she did not commit-cashes in on her own ordeal. Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito...
Video grab released by the Fire Department of the Military Police of Sao Paulo State of a fire at a cinematheque's storehouse which contained some 2,000 copies of movies, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. — AFP n
Fire destroys Brazil film archive
Video grab released by the Fire Department of the Military Police of Sao Paulo State of a fire at a cinematheque's storehouse which contained some 2,000 copies of movies, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. — AFPA film warehouse in Sao Paulo was partially destroyed by a fire Thursday just months after employees of the Cinemateca Brasileira had warned of such a disaster, accusing the government of deliberately neglecting the cultural institution. Fifteen...
This aerial photograph shows a huge, living installation featuring iconic Japanese images of the famous wave and Mount Fuji of Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print (left) and a Kabuki actor (right) in striking facepaint, similar to one that featured at the Olympic opening ceremony, in fields using various shades of rice plants in Gyoda, Saitama prefecture. – AFP n
Planted art: Japan rice field work marks Tokyo Olympics
This aerial photograph shows a huge, living installation featuring iconic Japanese images of the famous wave and Mount Fuji of Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print (left) and a Kabuki actor (right) in striking facepaint, similar to one that featured at the Olympic opening ceremony, in fields using various shades of rice plants in Gyoda, Saitama prefecture. – AFPFrom the ground, there's not much to distinguish the rice stalks in a field in...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah