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SURABAYA: People receive the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a makeshift mass vaccination clinic at a football field in East Java yesterday. - AFP n

Indonesia imports oxygen as COVID explosion hits hospitals

SURABAYA: People receive the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a makeshift mass vaccination clinic at a football field in East Java yesterday. - AFPJAKARTA: Indonesia warned yesterday it was bracing for a punishing surge in COVID-19 cases as its daily toll soared to a record 728 deaths and hospitals crumble under the weight of the country's deadliest wave yet. Emergency oxygen supplies for virus patients were being flown in from...

LIBREVILLE, Estuaire Province: Young men search through trash at the Mindoubé dump in Libreville. - AFP n

Going to waste: The children who survive on Gabon's garbage dumps

LIBREVILLE, Estuaire Province: Young men search through trash at the Mindoubé dump in Libreville. - AFPLIBREVILLE, Gabon: Larry, a scrawny eight-year-old, struggles to haul along a sack that is bigger than he is, crammed with bits of metal that have caught his eye. Dressed in ragged clothing and rubber boots, dozens of children like him live and scavenge on the Mindoube rubbish tip on the outskirts of Libreville, the capital of oil-rich Gabon....

BAGRAM, Afghanistan: An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier take a selfie with his mobile phone inside the Bagram US air base after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Kms north of Kabul. - AFP n

Afghan forces vow to retake districts lost to Taleban

BAGRAM, Afghanistan: An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier take a selfie with his mobile phone inside the Bagram US air base after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Kms north of Kabul. - AFPKABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan authorities yesterday vowed to retake all the districts lost to the Taleban and deployed hundreds of commandos to counter the insurgents' blistering offensive in the north, a day after more than 1,000 government troops fled into...

MEDENINE: Sub-Saharan migrants gather at a center run by the Organization for the Support of Migrants in this southern Tunisian city on June 15, 2021. - AFP n

Migrants welcomed in impoverished southern Tunisia

MEDENINE: Sub-Saharan migrants gather at a center run by the Organization for the Support of Migrants in this southern Tunisian city on June 15, 2021. - AFPMEDENINE, Tunisia: In the front row of a small classroom, three women, all different nationalities, avidly learn French in southern Tunisia's stifling summer heat - grateful for support from an umbrella of charities. Based in the city of Medenine, it's a rare locally driven opportunity for...

MUENSTER: The main defendant hides his face behind a folder as he arrives for his judgement in a child sex abuse case at court yesterday. - AFP n

Five jailed in 'horrific' German child abuse case

MUENSTER: The main defendant hides his face behind a folder as he arrives for his judgement in a child sex abuse case at court yesterday. - AFPMUNSTER, Germany: Four men received lengthy prison sentences in Germany yesterday for taking part in the repeated sexual assault of children and filming the abuse in a case that prompted reform of pedophilia laws. A regional court in the western city of Muenster jailed the defendants for between 10 and 14...

ROME: A picture shows the statue depicting late pope John Paul II outside the Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis arrived the day before to undergo a surgery. - AFP n

Pope Francis 'had breakfast and walked' after operation

ROME: A picture shows the statue depicting late pope John Paul II outside the Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis arrived the day before to undergo a surgery. - AFPROME: Pope Francis, 84, yesterday had breakfast and got up to walk, two days after undergoing surgery for an inflamed large colon, the Vatican announced. "His Holiness Pope Francis rested well during the night," spokesman Matteo Bruni said in an update...

MUMBAI: People hold posters outside the church holding memorial mass for the Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy, in Mumbai yesterday. - AFPn

UN 'disturbed' by death in jail of Indian priest

MUMBAI: People hold posters outside the church holding memorial mass for the Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy, in Mumbai yesterday. - AFPGENEVA, Switzerland: The United Nations said yesterday it was deeply disturbed by the death in pre-trial detention of Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest. Swamy, who was detained for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terror laws, died on...

BURTON-ON-TRENT: England's defender Harry Maguire (left), forward Harry Kane (second left), midfielder Jack Grealish (second right) and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (right) attend a training session at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent, central England, on Monday. - AFP n

England fans dare to dream of Euro 2020 glory as Denmark semi looms

BURTON-ON-TRENT: England's defender Harry Maguire (left), forward Harry Kane (second left), midfielder Jack Grealish (second right) and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (right) attend a training session at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent, central England, on Monday. - AFPLONDON: England is gripped by Euro 2020 fervor as Gareth Southgate's men prepare to take on Denmark for a place in the final of a major tournament for the time in 55 years....

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Maguire never feared for England career despite turbulent year

Harry MaguireLONDON: Harry Maguire insists he never feared for his England career after a turbulent year on and off the pitch that will see him aim to make amends against Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 tonight. Just 11 months ago, the Manchester United captain found himself locked up in a Greek jail for two days after a post-season holiday went wrong.Maguire, 28, was given a suspended 21-month sentence after being found guilty of...

LONDON: Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates winning against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego during their men's singles fourth round match on the seventh day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Monday. – AFPn

Djokovic, Federer in Wimbledon landmarks as title showdown nears

LONDON: Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates winning against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego during their men's singles fourth round match on the seventh day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Monday. – AFPLONDON: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer can inch closer to a Wimbledon title showdown today when they make landmark appearances in the quarter-finals. World number one Djokovic,...

This aerial view taken in the village of Sheqeras near the city of Korca, shows farmers picking up medicinal herb Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower. — AFP photosn

'Silver lining': Albania medicinal herbs bloom in pandemic

This aerial view taken in the village of Sheqeras near the city of Korca, shows farmers picking up medicinal herb Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower. — AFP photosScents of sage, lavender and cornflowers rise from the meadows of Albania, which has seen soaring overseas demand for medicinal herbs since the coronavirus pandemic. In Sheqeras, at the foot of the Mali i Thate mountain in Albania's south, it is the season for cornflowers,...

In this file photo A general view of elephants grazing at Kimana Sanctuary in Kimana, Kenya. – AFP n

Dumbo jet: UK elephants head to the wild in Kenya

In this file photo a general view of elephants grazing at Kimana Sanctuary in Kimana, Kenya. – AFPTouting a world first for "rewilding", an animal charity said yesterday it was set to fly a herd of elephants from a British zoo to a new home in Kenya. The Aspinall Foundation said it would use specially built crates aboard a Boeing 747, dubbed the Dumbo jet, to take the 13 pachyderms from their current home near Canterbury in Kent, southeast...

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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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LONDON: Police officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque after Friday prayers in Tower Hamlets in London on August 9, 2024. — AFP

‘No one deserves this’: UK riots leave Muslims reeling

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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