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TBILISI: Participants hold rainbow flags during a rally in support of those who were injured during the July 5 protests, when a pride march was disrupted by members of violent groups, in Tbilisi. Thousands rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi to denounce attacks targeting LGBTQ community and journalists that shocked the nation. - AFPn

Georgia cameraman dies after beating by far-right mob

TBILISI: Participants hold rainbow flags during a rally in support of those who were injured during the July 5 protests, when a pride march was disrupted by members of violent groups, in Tbilisi. Thousands rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi to denounce attacks targeting LGBTQ community and journalists that shocked the nation. - AFPTBILISI: A Georgian TV cameraman has died after being badly beaten by far-right assailants during a protest...

SURFSIDE: Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks at a news conference on the recovery operation at the collapsed 12-storey Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida. - AFPn

Florida condo tower death toll now at 86

SURFSIDE: Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks at a news conference on the recovery operation at the collapsed 12-storey Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida. - AFPMIAMI: The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Florida has reached 86, authorities said Saturday, after workers sifting through the debris pile recovered seven more bodies. "It is a staggering and heartbreaking number that...

CHARLOTTESVILLE: The statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea is removed from Charlottesville, Virginia. - AFPnnn

US city removes flashpoint statues of Confederate generals

CHARLOTTESVILLE: The statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea is removed from Charlottesville, Virginia. - AFPVIRGINIA: The southern US city of Charlottesville on Saturday took down controversial statues including two honoring Civil War pro-slavery generals which had become the focus of protests. The statues of generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson are among hundreds of Confederate monuments in the United States...

MANDALAY: Women protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay yesterday. - AFPnn

Walking with Myanmar's anti-junta fighters

MANDALAY: Women protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay yesterday. - AFPKAYAH STATE: In their camp hidden in the forested hills of Kayah state near the Thai border, Myanmar anti-junta volunteers practice firing their homemade weapons, do physical training, and play guitar in between skirmishes with the military. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung...

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'Not worth it': LA restaurants boost pay to lure wary workers

LOS ANGELES: In this file photo, a waitress takes customers' orders in the outdoor seating area of a restaurant in Los Angeles. Businesses have reopened, with signs everywhere stating: "We're hiring." - AFPLOS ANGELES: Businesses have reopened in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States, with "We're hiring" signs everywhere. But if life has a pre-COVID feel, a new challenge has arisen for restaurants: workers are not willing to return at...

SABAUDIA, Italy: Migrants workers and their bicycles are seen at the fields of Bella Farnia near the coastal city of Sabaudia, South of Rome. About 30,000 Indians, mainly Sikhs from Punjab state, live in the Pontine Marshes. - AFPnn

Six years a slave: Indian farm workers exploited in Italy

SABAUDIA, Italy: Migrant workers and their bicycles are seen at the fields of Bella Farnia near the coastal city of Sabaudia, South of Rome. About 30,000 Indians, mainly Sikhs from Punjab state, live in the Pontine Marshes. - AFPSABAUDIA, Italy: When Balbir Singh refers to his ordeal, he uses the Italian word "macello", which roughly translates as "mess"-but it is hardly enough to convey what the migrant Indian farm worker has endured. For six...

WHITEWATER, US: Janie VanWinkle climbs onto the side of a truck to move cattle off the truck and into a pen as they are moved to a higher elevation grazing area on a mesa where grasses would normally be waist high but are instead much shorter following a lower snowpack and lack of rain during the historic western Colorado drought.—AFPnn

Colorado ranchers face not just drought but social pressures

WHITEWATER, US: Janie VanWinkle climbs onto the side of a truck to move cattle off the truck and into a pen as they are moved to a higher elevation grazing area on a mesa where grasses would normally be waist high but are instead much shorter following a lower snowpack and lack of rain during the historic western Colorado drought. — AFPWHITEWATER, US: "The grass should be up to here," Janie VanWinkle says, holding a hand next to her knee above...

VENICE: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference during the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in Venice yesterday. - AFPnn

Yellen urges EU to reconsider its digital tax plan

VENICE: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference during the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in Venice yesterday. - AFPVENICE: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday urged the European Union to reconsider its plans for a "discriminatory" digital tax, saying the new global reform deal should make it redundant. Meeting in Venice, G20 ministers, including Yellen, on Saturday endorsed a plan agreed...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the trophy after winning the Conmebol 2021 Copa America football tournament final match against Brazil at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. – AFPnn

Messi's Argentina trophy odyssey ends in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO: Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the trophy after winning the Conmebol 2021 Copa America football tournament final match against Brazil at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. – AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: When Lionel Messi, already a regular starter for the mighty Barcelona, made his international bow in 2005 as an 18-year-old for a powerful Argentina side he surely never imagined it would take him 16 years to...

LAS VEGAS: Conor McGregor of Ireland is carried out of the arena on a stretcher after injuring his ankle in the first round of his lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier during UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. – AFPn

McGregor suffers horrific leg injury in TKO loss to Poirier

LAS VEGAS: Conor McGregor of Ireland is carried out of the arena on a stretcher after injuring his ankle in the first round of his lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier during UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. – AFPLOS ANGELES: American brawler Dustin Poirier overpowered Conor McGregor on Saturday in Las Vegas, winning their lightweight UFC trilogy fight by a TKO after the Irishman appeared to...

LAS VEGAS: Precious Achiuwa #55 of the Nigeria Men's National Team blocks the shot of Kevin Durant #7 of the USA Men's National Team during the game on Saturday at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. – AFPn

Nigeria shock US in pre-Olympic basketball friendly

LAS VEGAS: Precious Achiuwa #55 of the Nigeria Men's National Team blocks the shot of Kevin Durant #7 of the USA Men's National Team during the game on Saturday at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. – AFPLOS ANGELES: Nigeria shocked the United States 90-87 in a pre-Olympic basketball friendly in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. Nigeria, with six NBA players and former NBA head coach Mike Brown at the helm, became the first African...

Sheikha Hala Bader Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabahn

DWC: A committee to promote Kuwait's heritage

Sheikha Hala Bader Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-SabahKTV interview with Sheikha Hala Bader Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, head of the Diplomatic Women's CommitteeKTV: When and why was this committee formed?Sheikha Hala Bader Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah: I have always been keen on promoting our rich Kuwaiti cultural heritage. I have always tried to introduce our social and cultural values and ethics to highlight the glory of our history in all my...

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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP

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