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LONDON: Denmark's defender Simon Kjaer (left) fights for the ball with England's forward Harry Kane during the UEFA Euro 2020 semifinal match at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. - AFP n

England survive Denmark scare to reach first major final in 55 years

LONDON: Denmark's defender Simon Kjaer (left) fights for the ball with England's forward Harry Kane during the UEFA Euro 2020 semifinal match at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. - AFPLONDON: England will play in their first major tournament final for 55 years after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 after extra time in front of a delirious 65,000 crowd at Wembley in Wednesday's Euro 2020 semi-final. Mikkel Damsgaard's stunning free-kick after...

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference on a new COVID-19 coronavirus state of emergency stretching throughout the Tokyo Olympics, at the prime minister's official residence yesterday. - AFP n

Fans banned from Tokyo Olympic venues as emergency imposed

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference on a new COVID-19 coronavirus state of emergency stretching throughout the Tokyo Olympics, at the prime minister's official residence yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Fans will be banned from Olympic venues in Tokyo and the capital will be under a virus state of emergency throughout the pandemic-postponed Games, Japan's government announced yesterday, just two weeks before the...

TAMPA: The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game Five to win the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on Wednesday. – AFP n

Lightning strike twice for second straight Stanley Cup

TAMPA: The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game Five to win the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on Wednesday. – AFPMIAMI: The Tampa Bay Lightning won their second straight Stanley Cup Wednesday, edging the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 to win the NHL championship series four games to one. Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy bounced back from a game-four defeat in Montreal with a 22-save...

LONDON: Switzerland's Roger Federer returns against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz during their men's quarter-finals match on the ninth day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club on Wednesday. - AFP n

Federer crashes as Djokovic reaches 10th Wimbledon semi

LONDON: Switzerland's Roger Federer returns against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz during their men's quarter-finals match on the ninth day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club on Wednesday. - AFPLONDON: Roger Federer faced serious questions over his future on Wednesday after crashing out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals, just five weeks shy of his 40th birthday. Eight-time Wimbledon champion and 20-time Grand Slam title...

ESTCOURT, KWAZULU-NATAL: Officials are seen at the Estcourt Correctional Centre, where former South African president Jacob Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, in Estcourt, yesterday. – AFPnn

Zuma jailed after landmark ruling

ESTCOURT, KWAZULU-NATAL: Officials are seen at the Estcourt Correctional Centre, where former South African president Jacob Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, in Estcourt, yesterday. – AFPJOHANNESBURG: Jacob Zuma yesterday began a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, becoming South Africa's first post-apartheid president to be jailed after a drama that campaigners said ended in a victory...

JEBEL ALI: This handout picture provided by the Government of Dubai Media Office yesterday, shows civil defence firefighters at the scene of a blaze that broke out at Dubai's main port of Jebel Ali following an explosion. - AFPnn

Dubai authorities probe port explosion that shook the city

JEBEL ALI: This handout picture provided by the Government of Dubai Media Office yesterday, shows civil defence firefighters at the scene of a blaze that broke out at Dubai's main port of Jebel Ali following an explosion. - AFPDUBAI: Dubai authorities were yesterday investigating an explosion on a container ship carrying flammable materials, which unleashed a fireball at one of the world's busiest ports and sent shock waves through the city....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Members of the Haitian police and forensics look for evidence outside of the presidential residence Haiti. - AFP n

Haiti police hunt down president's assassins

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Members of the Haitian police and forensics look for evidence outside of the presidential residence Haiti. - AFPPORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian police were yesterday hunting for more gunmen behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moise after killing or capturing six "mercenaries", with the nation under a state of siege. Security forces engaged in a fierce shootout with the suspected assailants in the capital, Port-au-Prince...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending the weekly session. - AFPn

UK lawmakers clear PM of conduct breach over luxury holiday

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending the weekly session. - AFPLONDON: A British parliamentary standards committee yesterday cleared Prime Minister Boris Johnson of breaching a lawmakers' code of conduct over a luxury Caribbean holiday, but criticised his handling of the matter. After a months-long probe, the House of Commons Committee on Standards concluded Johnson had accurately declared how he paid for the controversial trip with...

COLOMBO: Newly appointed Sri Lanka's Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa (center) receives blessing from a Buddhist monk after signing documents during his swearing-in ceremony at the Ministry of Finance office in Colombo yesterday. - AFP n

Rajapaksa family tightens grip on crisis-hit Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Newly appointed Sri Lanka's Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa (center) receives blessing from a Buddhist monk after signing documents during his swearing-in ceremony at the Ministry of Finance office in Colombo yesterday. - AFPCOLOMBO: A brother of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday became finance minister, tightening the family's grip on power in the South Asian nation as it confronts growing economic troubles. Basil...

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: In this file photo Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveils his new cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya. - AFP n

Malaysian party withdraws support for embattled PM

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: In this file photo Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveils his new cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya. - AFPKUALA LUMPUR: The biggest party in Malaysia's ruling coalition said yesterday it was withdrawing support for the embattled prime minister and urged him to step down. There was no immediate reaction from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, but analysts said he was likely to hold on to power in...

QALA -I -NAW, Afghanistan: Afghan security personnel stand guard along a road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taleban fighters in the western city of Qala-i- Naw. - AFP n

Kabul sends in kabukas Taleban surround Afghan city

QALA -I -NAW, Afghanistan: Afghan security personnel stand guard along a road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taleban fighters in the western city of Qala-i- Naw. - AFPHERAT, Afghanistan: Plumes of smoke billowed over an Afghan provincial capital yesterday as fighting raged between the Taleban and government forces for a second straight day. The government flew hundreds of commandos into Qala-i-Naw, in northwestern Badghis...

SURABAYA, EAST JAVA: Health workers transfer a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at Husada Utama hospital in Surabaya, East Java, yesterday. - AFPnnn

Indonesians ignore warnings in rush to buy drug for COVID

SURABAYA, EAST JAVA: Health workers transfer a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at Husada Utama hospital in Surabaya, East Java, yesterday. - AFPJAKARTA: Indonesians have ignored health warnings to stock up on a "miracle cure" for COVID-19 backed by leading politicians and social media influencers, as an out-of-control virus surge sweeps the country. Authorities are reporting hundreds of deaths every day as the world's fourth-most populous nation...

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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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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah

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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