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RIO DE JANEIRO: In this photo taken on July 3, 2021, a woman holds a sign depicting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in a dollar bill during a protest against his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP n

Bolsonaro disapproval rating surpasses 50% for first time

RIO DE JANEIRO: In this photo taken on July 3, 2021, a woman holds a sign depicting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in a dollar bill during a protest against his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFPSAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's disapproval rating passed 50 percent for the first time, according to a poll published by the Datafolha Institute, marking a new low in the far-right leader's declining popularity. Bolsonaro's gap...

MELBOURNE: Bou Rachna, widow of the slain Cambodian analyst Kem Ley, kneels in front of a photo of him at the Wat Buddharangsi Buddhist Temple on Friday. - AFP n

Family of slain Cambodia activist mark anniversary

MELBOURNE: Bou Rachna, widow of the slain Cambodian analyst Kem Ley, kneels in front of a photo of him at the Wat Buddharangsi Buddhist Temple on Friday. - AFPPHNOM PENH: As the family of slain Cambodian activist Kem Ley rebuild their lives in Australia, his youngest son, born just months after the assassination, acts as a human timepiece measuring the years since the five brothers lost their father. Kem Ley, a popular analyst and critic who...

SRI GANGANAGAR, India: Men cool off with a swim in a canal on a hot summer day in this city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. - AFP n

India's poor can't afford to beat the heat

SRI GANGANAGAR, India: Men cool off with a swim in a canal on a hot summer day in this city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. - AFPSRI GANGANAGAR, India: Beating the merciless heat is hard in the Indian desert city of Sri Ganganagar, a reality facing millions across the vast country as the climate changes in the coming decades. While people in richer nations can find some respite from a warming planet with air conditioners and other...

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Zain wins prestigious 'Best Corporate Governance Award 2021' for Kuwait

KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa announced that it has won the World Finance 'Best Corporate Governance Award 2021' for Kuwait. The company drew praise from the judging panel for its principles and integrity captured by its Investor Relations and Corporate Governance Framework, which drive its ongoing ability to provide shareholder returns and to pursue long-term objectives while...

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, US: US President Joe Biden speaks to the press as he makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Friday. - AFPn

Biden unveils sweeping effort to counter corporate consolidation

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, US: US President Joe Biden speaks to the press as he makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Friday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Vowing to reset the economy for the benefit of everyday workers and consumers, President Joe Biden unveiled on Friday a wide-ranging plan to tilt the balance of power away from corporations and towards "the little guy." Biden described the initiative as...

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Brussels warns UK its Brexit bill is final

BRUSSELS: The European Commission warned on Friday that its calculation of the cost of the Brexit divorce bill is final, after London and Brussels gave different estimates of what is owed. Accounts published last month by the European Union give a figure of 47.5 billion euros (40.8 billion pounds, $56.5 billion) that Brussels says it is owed by the UK government, to be paid over several years. A UK government spokesperson, however, said its...

LONDON: A combination of file pictures shows Italy's players (left) in Rome on June 11, 2021 and England's players in Rome on July 3, 2021. - AFPnn

England and Italy count down to Euro 2020 final

LONDON: A combination of file pictures shows Italy's players (left) in Rome on June 11, 2021 and England's players in Rome on July 3, 2021. - AFPLONDON: England and Italy are counting down to tonight's Euro 2020 final, with Gareth Southgate's men seeking to end a 55-year trophy drought but the Italians aiming to spoil the Wembley party. Sporting immortality beckons for England captain Harry Kane and his team-mates, who are desperate to etch...

LONDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic stretches at the Aorangi Practice Courts at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. – AFPn

Djokovic eyes 20th Slam against Berrettini in Wimbledon final

LONDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic stretches at the Aorangi Practice Courts at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. – AFPLONDON: Novak Djokovic admits "it will mean everything" to capture a sixth Wimbledon title and record-equaling 20th Grand Slam today but he will have to overcome Matteo Berrettini, the Italian slugger with the build of a heavyweight boxer. Djokovic will move level with Roger Federer and Rafael...

TOKYO: Deputy executive director of marketing and senior director of ticketing for the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, Hidenori Suzuki, speaks during a press conference regarding Olympic and Paralympic Games tickets in Tokyo on July 9, 2021. – AFPn

Japan's Fukushima, Hokkaido ban fans at Olympic events

TOKYO: Deputy executive director of marketing and senior director of ticketing for the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, Hidenori Suzuki, speaks during a press conference regarding Olympic and Paralympic Games tickets in Tokyo on July 9, 2021. – AFPTOKYO: Japan's northern Fukushima and Hokkaido regions have banned spectators from Olympic competitions in their areas, expanding unprecedented steps to hold the Games mostly behind closed doors due...

Thai artist Jinnipha Nivasabut sitting with oil portraits of deceased anime characters, at her exhibition The 2D Afterlife, at Palette Artspace in Bangkok. — AFP photosn

Imaginary deaths, real grief: Thai artist honors fallen anime heroes

Thai artist Jinnipha Nivasabut sitting with oil portraits of deceased anime characters, at her exhibition The 2D Afterlife, at Palette Artspace in Bangkok. — AFP photosPortraits of dozens of anime characters, each with a small altar for fans to leave flowers, adorn the wall of a Bangkok gallery-a tribute to fictional heroes who met an untimely death. The 2D Afterlife exhibit is made up of 50 of these creations from artist Jinnipha Nivasabut,...

This undated handout photo released by Heritage Auctions shows a sealed copy of the Nintendo NES game 'The Legend of Zelda'. — AFP n

Zelda game cartridge sells for 'world record' $870,000 at auction

This undated handout photo released by Heritage Auctions shows a sealed copy of the Nintendo NES game 'The Legend of Zelda'. — AFPA sealed cartridge of "The Legend of Zelda" for the old Nintendo NES console has sold for a world record sum of $870,000, auction house Heritage Auctions said in a statement Friday. The cartridge, dated to 1987, is still in its original packaging and trumps the previous world record sale of a video game -- $660,000...

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France acquires de Sade's 'Sodom' manuscript for over $5 million

These file photos shows the manuscript of "The 120 Days of Sodom" written by the Marquis de Sade while he was imprisoned at the Bastille in 1785. — AFP photosThe French state has acquired the original manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's "120 Days of Sodom" for over $5 million, safeguarding for the country a work declared a national treasure, the culture ministry said Friday. The 18th-century erotic masterpiece has endured a turbulent destiny...

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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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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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Drilling Rig (Oriental Phoenix)

Marine region a ‘promising area’ for hydrocarbon resources: KOC

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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

US pip China in medals table as Games end

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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of
Investment Khalid Al-Falih

Saudi Cabinet approves new investment law