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TOKYO: Kuwaiti skeet shooters Abdullah Al-Rashidi participates in the first round of Tokyo Olympics skeet qualifiers held at the Asaka Olympic fields. - KUNAn

Kuwait's skeet shooters look to qualify today

TOKYO: Kuwaiti skeet shooters Abdullah Al-Rashidi participates in the first round of Tokyo Olympics skeet qualifiers held at the Asaka Olympic fields. - KUNATOKYO: Kuwaiti men skeet shooters Abdullah Al-Rashidi and Mansour Al-Rashidi finished yesterday the first round of Tokyo 2020 Olympics skeet qualifiers held at the Asaka Olympic fields. Abdullah Al-Rashidi scored 74 dishes out of 75, while Mansour Al-Rashidi 71, as second round to be...

EVERETT, US: In this file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its inaugural flight at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. - AFPn

Boeing set to face investor scrutiny as woes plague jets

EVERETT, US: In this file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its inaugural flight at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. - AFPEVERETT: The aviation industry appears to finally be past the worst of the coronavirus downturn, but Boeing's to-do list remains extensive following a messy start to 2021. The problems this year include electrical issues with the 737 MAX jet, fuselage troubles on the 787 and yet another delay in the timeframe for...

OAKLAND: In this file photo, Uber driver Sergei Fyodorov discusses why he supports a yes vote on Proposition 22 in Oakland, California. - AFPn

Uber driver independence a bumpy road

OAKLAND: In this file photo, Uber driver Sergei Fyodorov discusses why he supports a yes vote on Proposition 22 in Oakland, California. - AFPOAKLAND: Uber driver Mae Cee scoffs at the notion, touted by the global ride-share service, that she and her peers are self-employed contractors-and that most of them are happy with the arrangement. In California, labor legislation endorsed by voters last November in a referendum, known as Proposition 22,...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. -AFPn

Fed to meet as inflation, virus variants muddle US recovery

WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. -AFPWASHINGTON: As rising prices and the spread of new COVID-19 variants increase risks to the US economy, Federal Reserve officials are expected to maintain their easy money policies intended to help American companies and workers survive the pandemic damage....

AMRITSAR: Commuters make their way through a water-logged street after a rain shower in Amritsar yesterday. - AFPn

India monsoon death toll climbs to 127, dozens still missing

AMRITSAR: Commuters make their way through a water-logged street after a rain shower in Amritsar yesterday. - AFPMUMBAI: The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India climbed to 127 yesterday, officials said, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing. The country's western coast has been inundated by torrential rains since Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department warning of further...

BRASILIA: Supporters of the Workers' Party (PT) take part in a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the Esplanede of Ministries in Brasilia. – AFPn

Angered by COVID response, thousands of Brazilians protest against Bolsonaro

BRASILIA: Supporters of the Workers' Party (PT) take part in a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the Esplanede of Ministries in Brasilia. – AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday to demand the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing increasing pressure as the pandemic exacts a devastating toll. It was the fourth weekend of protests called by leftist...

KABUL: A woman gets her fingerprints read to submit her passport application at an office in Kabul yesterday. - AFPn

Thousands of Afghan families flee fighting in former Taleban bastion

KABUL: A woman gets her fingerprints read to submit her passport application at an office in Kabul yesterday. - AFPKANDAHAR: More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taleban bastion of Kandahar, officials said yesterday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul. Since early May, violence has surged across several provinces including in Kandahar...

FAAA, FRENCH POLYNESIA: France's President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) attends a welcoming ceremony with French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch (L) on the tarmac upon his arrival at Faa'a international airport for a visit to Tahiti in French Polynesia yesterday. - AFPn

Macron pressured to apologise for nuke tests in French Polynesia

FAA'A, FRENCH POLYNESIA: France's President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) attends a welcoming ceremony with French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch (L) on the tarmac upon his arrival at Faa'a international airport for a visit to Tahiti in French Polynesia yesterday. - AFPPAPEETE: French President Emmanuel Macron faced pressure to apologise for the devastating impact of decades of nuclear testing as he kicked off his first official trip to French...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis waves as he delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St Peter's Square at the Vatican yesterday. – AFPn

Vatican fraud trial to expose London secrets

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis waves as he delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St Peter's Square at the Vatican yesterday. – AFPVATICAN CITY: A once-powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others stand trial at the Vatican this week in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly saw charity funds used in a ruinous London property venture. Ex-cardinal Angelo Becciu, who served as the equivalent of a papal chief of...

ZHENGZHOU: Soldiers clean up a street following floods caused by heavy rains in Zhengzhou, in China's central Henan province. - AFPn

Typhoon In-Fa drenches public in eastern China

ZHENGZHOU: Soldiers clean up a street following floods caused by heavy rains in Zhengzhou, in China's central Henan province. - AFPNINGBO: Typhoon In-Fa uprooted trees and drenched communities in knee-deep water in parts of eastern China, but there were no reports of major damage as it made landfall yesterday. Sea, air and rail traffic had been shut down across a swathe of the coast centered on the major shipping port of Ningbo, where the...

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At Paisley Park, Prince's 'aura of mystique' lives on

The "love" symbol outside of Paisley Park, Prince's home and studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota on June 30, 2021. – AFPTo the uninformed eye Paisley Park, Prince's home and studio in suburban Minnesota, could be anything - an abandoned mall, a government compound, a utilitarian office building. It's only the 11-foot purple love symbol statue, the unpronounceable glyph the artist famously went by during a dispute with his label, that gives the...

This photo taken on July 19, 2021 shows people hiking up to watch the sunrise from the summit of Mount Fuji, some 70 km west of the capital Tokyo. – AFP photosn

'Purified': Japan's hikers return to Mount Fuji

This photo taken on July 19, 2021 shows people hiking up to watch the sunrise from the summit of Mount Fuji, some 70 km west of the capital Tokyo. – AFP photosFor a year, the peak of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been off-limits because of coronavirus, but now hikers are flocking back to catch the spectacular sunrise above the clouds. The active volcano's symmetrical slopes were closed to the public last summer due to the pandemic, and only...

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