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ARLINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (R) participate in a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Secretary Austin and Gen. Milley held a news briefing to discuss various topics including the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. - AFPn

Afghan imposes curfew to stem Taleban advance

ARLINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (R) participate in a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Secretary Austin and Gen. Milley held a news briefing to discuss various topics including the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. - AFPKABUL: Afghan authorities yesterday imposed a night-time curfew across 31 of the country's 34 provinces to curb surging violence...

ARLINGTON: US President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe at Lubber Run Park, Arlington, Virginia on July 23, 2021. – AFPn

Iraqi PM to focus on US troop withdrawal in Biden meeting

ARLINGTON: US President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe at Lubber Run Park, Arlington, Virginia on July 23, 2021. – AFPBAGHDAD: Weakened by pro-Iran factions at home, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will meet with US President Joe Biden tomorrow to discuss a possible full US troop withdrawal from his country. The White House talks between the two allies come just a week...

KAJAKI: File photo shows Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers unload food items and petrol oil from an Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopter at the hydroelectric Kajaki Dam in Kajaki. Afghan lawmakers on Friday voiced alarm that their air force was depleted in the face of a Taleban offensive as they asked the United States to finalize assistance ahead of a troop withdrawal. - AFPnn

Afghan lawmakers voice alarm on air force as US withdrawal nears

KAJAKI: File photo shows Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers unload food items and petrol oil from an Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopter at the hydroelectric Kajaki Dam in Kajaki. Afghan lawmakers on Friday voiced alarm that their air force was depleted in the face of a Taleban offensive as they asked the United States to finalize assistance ahead of a troop withdrawal. - AFPKABUL: Afghan lawmakers on Friday voiced alarm that their air force...

ZHENGZHOU: Damaged vehicles stacked on each other are seen in a car park following heavy rain which caused flooding earlier in the week that claimed at least 56 lives, in the city of Zhengzhou in China's Henan province yesterday. - AFPn

China braces for Typhoon In-Fa as it cleans up flood damage

ZHENGZHOU: Damaged vehicles stacked on each other are seen in a car park following heavy rain which caused flooding earlier in the week that claimed at least 56 lives, in the city of Zhengzhou in China's Henan province yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: China shut down ports and railways yesterday as it braced for Typhoon In-Fa as parts of the country struggled to recover from devastating floods earlier this week. In-Fa is forecast to make landfall today...

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Jemma Nunu Kumba: S Sudan's first female parliament speaker

Jemma Nunu KumbaJUBA: Jemma Nunu Kumba will become the first woman to preside over the parliament of South Sudan, the world's youngest nation that only recently marked 10 troubled years of independence. The secretary-general of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) "will be the next speaker" of the newly reconstituted assembly, President Salva Kiir said on Friday afternoon.Born in 1966, Kumba joined SPLM rebels at the start of the...

MELBOURNE: A pedestrian walks through the quiet streets of Melbourne yesterday, during the ninth day of the lockdown. - AFPn

Anti-lockdown protesters clash with Sydney police

MELBOURNE: A pedestrian walks through the quiet streets of Melbourne yesterday, during the ninth day of the lockdown. - AFPSYDNEY: Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters gathered in Australia's two largest cities yesterday, with several arrested in Sydney after violent clashes with police. A group charged mounted officers while throwing pot plants and bottles, as opponents of Sydney's month-long stay-at-home orders took to the streets. In...

LONDON: British supermarkets and suppliers warned of possible food shortages due to staff self-isolating, as rising coronavirus cases threaten chaos. --AFPn

Virus 'pingdemic' causes havoc for UK businesses

LONDON: British supermarkets and suppliers warned of possible food shortages due to staff self-isolating, as rising coronavirus cases threaten chaos. - AFPLONDON: From watering the plants and setting up tables to arranging bottles on the shelves, Italian restaurant owner Giuseppe Gullo's hands are as full as his customers' bellies, with Britain's "pingdemic" decimating his staff. "In the last month, I've been covering for everyone, from the...

Hair salon owner and hairdresser Adam Reed cuts the hair of a client at his salon in Spitalfields, east London, on July 1, 2021, before collecting the hair for recycling. – AFP photosn

Hair today, green tomorrow: UK stylists join eco-drive

Hair salon owner and hairdresser Adam Reed cuts the hair of a client at his salon in Spitalfields, east London, on July 1, 2021, before collecting the hair for recycling. – AFP photosHairdressers across Britain are being urged to do their bit for the environment by recycling snipped-off hair to help clean up oil spills, make compost or generate energy. At an east London salon, Fry Taylor, one of the founders of the Green Salon Collective,...

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Tokyo's real life Paw Patrol keeps crime on short leash

This picture taken on July 14, 2021 shows members of the local "Wan-Wan Patrol", Keiko Shimizu with her nine-year-old female Yorkshire Terrier, Marika Igarashi and 12-year-old Yurika Igarashi with three-year-old poodle "Sakura" as they walk along a street to an elementary school in Tokyo. – AFPIt's a neighborhood watch with a difference. A clean-nosed crew, sniffing out trouble and keeping the streets safe for school kids: Meet the pups of...

This file photograph taken on Nov 20, 2014 shows an aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of the Whitsunday Islands, along the central coast of Queensland. – AFP n

'Great Spas of Europe' added to World Heritage list, Great Barrier Reef avoids 'in danger' listing

This file photograph taken on Nov 20, 2014 shows an aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of the Whitsunday Islands, along the central coast of Queensland. – AFPA group of major European spa towns was added to the highly prized World Heritage list yesterday for their "exceptional testimony to the European spa phenomenon" from the 18th century to the 1930s, UNESCO said. This includes Baden bei Wien in Austria, Spa in Belgium,...

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Kanye West hypes new album - but no official release

Kanye WestThe mercurial Kanye West has previewed his 10th studio album "Donda" at an arena listening event - but characteristically blew past Friday's expected release without officially dropping the record. The artist, 44, arrived nearly two hours late to the sold-out listening session at an Atlanta stadium, which was announced just days prior, performing without a mic as his children and ex-wife Kim Kardashian looked on.The album is named for...

Fans gather at a temporary shrine close to the former house of British singer Amy Winehouse in north London on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of her death. – AFP photosn

Fans honor Amy Winehouse in London decade after her death

Fans gather at a temporary shrine close to the former house of British singer Amy Winehouse in north London on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of her death. – AFP photosFans remembered British singer Amy Winehouse on Friday, paying tribute outside her former home in the London borough of Camden on the 10th anniversary of her death. Well-wishers made the pilgrimage to the north London property and created a shrine replete with messages,...

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