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This file handout photo shows Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, at New Shepard's West Texas launch facility before the rocket's maiden voyage. - AFPnn

After conquering Earth, Bezos eyes a new frontier in space

This file handout photo shows Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, at New Shepard's West Texas launch facility before the rocket's maiden voyage. - AFPWASHINGTON: Jeff Bezos sets his sights on a new frontier in space in the coming days after building a gargantuan business empire which has in many ways conquered the Earth. His journey into space aboard a reusable rocket built by his firm Blue Origin comes just two weeks after he stepped aside as...

HONG KONG: In this file photo, a Star Ferry crosses Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. The US warned its business community of growing risks of operating in Hong Kong following a clampdown by China in the major financial hub. – AFPn

US warns of 'growing risks' for business in blow to Hong Kong

HONG KONG: In this file photo, a Star Ferry crosses Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. The US warned its business community of growing risks of operating in Hong Kong following a clampdown by China in the major financial hub. – AFPHONG KONG: The United States on Friday warned its business community of growing risks of operating in Hong Kong due to China's clampdown, as an increasing number of Western companies consider abandoning the historic...

Migrant workers walking through a vegetable farm in Cameron Highlands in Malaysia's Pahang state. - AFPn

Malaysia's highland farmers fight for survival in pandemic

Migrant workers walking through a vegetable farm in Cameron Highlands in Malaysia's Pahang state. - AFPCAMERON HIGHLANDS, Malaysia: Vast tea plantations spread out over Malaysia's rugged highlands, where a network of greenhouses harvests fruit, vegetables and flowers and crops nestle in the hills. At first glance, the scenes present a picture of idyllic rural life in the Cameron Highlands, a hill station in the tropical Southeast Asian nation...

TAEZ, Yemen: This picture taken in the mountains near Yemen's third city of Taez, shows the construction of a road that will serve as a lifeline between Taez, besieged by Houthi rebels, and the southern city of Aden, the internationally recognized government's temporary capital.-AFPnn

Yemenis build siege-defying highway to safety

TAEZ, Yemen: This picture taken in the mountains near Yemen's third city of Taez, shows the construction of a road that will serve as a lifeline between Taez, besieged by Houthi rebels, and the southern city of Aden, the internationally recognized government's temporary capital.-AFPTAEZ, Yemen: In Yemen's forbidding mountains, bulldozers paid for by local people are building a new road to serve as a lifeline between the besieged city of Taez and...

GURGAON, India: In this file photo, customers inspect smartphones made by Xiaomi at a Mi store in Gurgaon, India. - AFPnn

Xiaomi grabs No 2 spot in smartphone market: Survey

GURGAON, India: In this file photo, customers inspect smartphones made by Xiaomi at a Mi store in Gurgaon, India. - AFPWASHINGTON: Chinese electronics firm Xiaomi has overtaken Apple as the number two global smartphone maker in a sizzling market with consumers emerging from lockdowns, a new survey showed. The Canalys survey of second-quarter sales showed worldwide smartphone sales up 12 percent, with South Korea's Samsung holding its top...

In this picture taken on June 9, 2021 taxidermist Jahangir Khan Jadoon holds a stuffed bird at his workshop in Lahore. – AFP photosn

Stuffed with love: Bereaved pet owners turn to taxidermy in Pakistan

In this picture taken on June 9, 2021 taxidermist Jahangir Khan Jadoon holds a stuffed bird at his workshop in Lahore. – AFP photosCarefully preserving an animal takes patience and attention to detail - luxuries Pakistani Jahangir Khan Jadoon says he doesn't always have when a bereaved pet owner rushes into his workshop. "Sometimes an emotional customer will bring his dead pet with tears still in his eyes saying, 'I can't live even a night...

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Japan forest lights up in digital art show

"Soft Terrain and Granular Topography". - AFP photosA cascading waterfall made entirely of light pours onto a rock while azalea trees are illuminated in a glowing ripple at a digital art show in a Japanese forest. Light installations featuring blooming flowers, giant koi carp and traditional calligraphy come to life after dark, creating an otherworldly ambiance at the exhibition that fuses nature and tech.The show in the mountains of Kyushu in...

Malian photographer Diango Cissé, 76, known as the initiator of the postcard in Mali, looks through some of his postcards in his home in Bamako on June 26, 2021. - AFPn

Picture of the past: Postcard king captured Mali before war

Malian photographer Diango Cissé, 76, known as the initiator of the postcard in Mali, looks through some of his postcards in his home in Bamako on June 26, 2021. - AFPHe may be one of Mali's most popular photographers, endowed with an eye for spectacular landscapes or a slice of life, whose images were then printed on postcards that sold by the thousand. To the public who snapped up his pictures, Diango Cisse's name remains almost unknown,...

This picture taken on Friday in Paris shows the Eiffel Tower and its protective wall. – AFP n

Eiffel Tower reopens after COVID closure

This picture taken on Friday in Paris shows the Eiffel Tower and its protective wall. – AFPThe Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on Friday after nine months of shutdown caused by the COVID pandemic, the landmark's longest closure since World War II. The lifts of the "Iron Lady" again whisked tourists to its 300-m summit and its majestic views of the French capital as a marching band played. "It's a gift to be here - We really love Paris," said...

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US rapper Biz Markie dies aged 57

Biz MarkieAmerican rapper, DJ and producer Biz Markie, who shot to fame with the 1989 hit "Just a Friend", died on Friday aged 57, his representatives said. He died with his wife by his side, Jenni Izumi of Biz Markie Inc told AFP in a statement. "Biz created a legacy of artistry that will forever be celebrated by his industry peers and his beloved fans whose lives he was able to touch through music, spanning over 35 years," the statement read....

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MP says proposed KD 2,000 fee for over 60 expats 'too much'

MP Abdullah Al-TuraijiBy B IzzakKUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji said yesterday that the proposed decision to impose a KD 2,000 annual fee on elderly expats is "exaggerated" and "illogical" and called on authorities to reconsider it. Turaiji was commenting on reports which said that the Public Manpower Authority has decided to impose the expensive fee on expats over 60 years of age and who hold a higher secondary certificate or lower. The decision...

MECCA: A combination of file pictures shows (left) few Muslim pilgrims praying on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic on July 30, 2020 and (right) pilgrims gathering on Mount Arafat early on August 20, 2018. - AFPn

Saudi hosts vaccinated pilgrims for second downsized hajj

MAKKAH: A combination of file pictures shows (left) few Muslim pilgrims praying on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Makkah, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic on July 30, 2020 and (right) pilgrims gathering on Mount Arafat early on August 20, 2018. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia will host another downsized hajj from Saturday, with only residents fully...

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