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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: A sign encouraging COVID-19 vaccination is seen outside a park. - AFP n

The American South: A weak link in the COVID vaccination campaign

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: A sign encouraging COVID-19 vaccination is seen outside a park. - AFPBIRMINGHAM, Alabama: With a sizable Black minority traditionally mistrustful of vaccines and with many conservative rural whites convinced that the vaccine is more dangerous than COVID-19 itself, Southern US states like Alabama have some of the country's lowest vaccination rates, leaving the disadvantaged region vulnerable to dangerous new virus variants....

Afghan policemen sit on an armored vehicle at a checkpoint in Panjwai district of Kandahar province on Sunday after the Taleban captured a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar. - AFP n

Over 1,000 Afghan troops flee Taleban into Tajikistan

Afghan policemen sit on an armored vehicle at a checkpoint in Panjwai district of Kandahar province on Sunday after the Taleban captured a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar. - AFPKABUL: More than 1,000 Afghan troops fled into neighboring Tajikistan yesterday following clashes with the Taleban, as the insurgents amassed momentum on the battlefield. The exodus of troops followed another weekend of fighting across much of the...

ROME, Italy: A night view of the Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis arrived in the early afternoon to undergo a surgery on Sunday. - AFP n

Pope Francis, 84, recovering after colon operation

ROME, Italy: A night view of the Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis arrived in the early afternoon to undergo a surgery on Sunday. - AFPROME, Italy: Pope Francis, 84, was recovering in hospital yesterday from surgery for an inflamed large colon, a potentially painful condition that could see him bed-bound for several days. The pontiff was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital Sunday for a scheduled operation under general...

ARAKAPAS, Cyprus: Trees burn in a forest on the slopes of the Troodos mountain chain, as a giant fire rages on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, during the night of July 3, 2021. - AFP n

Cyprus says huge forest blaze fully 'under control'

ARAKAPAS, Cyprus: Trees burn in a forest on the slopes of the Troodos mountain chain, as a giant fire rages on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, during the night of July 3, 2021. - AFPNICOSIA, Cyprus: Firefighters in Cyprus said yesterday they had brought under control the island's worst blaze on record, which ripped through mountain forests and farmland, killing four people and destroying scores of homes. Water-bombing planes from Greece and...

Surfside, Florida: This combination of pictures created on July 4, 2021 shows the rest of the Champlain South tower just before being demolished (top L) and as it is demolished by a controlled explosion in Surfside. - AFP n

Rest of Florida apartment block demolished

Surfside, Florida: This combination of pictures created on July 4, 2021 shows the rest of the Champlain South tower just before being demolished (top L) and as it is demolished by a controlled explosion in Surfside. - AFPSURFSIDE, Florida: A controlled explosion brought down the unstable remains of the collapsed apartment block in Florida late Sunday ahead of a threatening tropical storm, with the confirmed death toll at 24 and 121 people...

Philippine military personnel inspect the wreckage of the ill-fated Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane that crashed near the airport in Jolo town, Sulu province during search and retrieval operations yesterday. - AFP n

Death toll in Philippines plane crash rises to 52

Philippine military personnel inspect the wreckage of the ill-fated Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane that crashed near the airport in Jolo town, Sulu province during search and retrieval operations yesterday. - AFPPATIKUL, Philippines: Philippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote southern island yesterday for the flight data boxes of an aircraft that crashed and killed 52 people in one of the country's worst...

BEKASI, Indonesia: Gravediggers bury a coffin of a COVID-19 victim at a cemetery on Sunday. - AFP n

Virus-hit Indonesia orders oxygen for jammed hospitals

BEKASI, Indonesia: Gravediggers bury a coffin of a COVID-19 victim at a cemetery on Sunday. - AFPJAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday called for the nation's oxygen supplies to be sent to hospitals overflowing with coronavirus patients as fresh cases and deaths hit new records. Oxygen producers had been told to allocate their stocks to the medical sector as the country is battered by an unprecedented wave of infections driven by the highly contagious...

LONDON: England's forward Harry Kane celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on June 29, 2021. - AFPn

Home advantage pays dividends at unique Euro 2020

LONDON: England's forward Harry Kane celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on June 29, 2021. - AFPLONDON: Euro 2020 has delivered more drama than even then-UEFA president Michel Platini could have envisaged when he announced the event would be held around Europe nine years ago, but it has still been slammed as a "joke" and "not really...

TOKYO: This picture taken on June 25, 2021 shows Japanese judoka and Olympic gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura posing with gold medals from the 1996 Atlanta (left), 2000 Sydney (center) and 2004 Athens (right) games during a portrait session at AFP in Tokyo. – AFPnn

Judo legend Nomura hopes 'king' Riner can match Olympic hat-trick

TOKYO: This picture taken on June 25, 2021 shows Japanese judoka and Olympic gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura posing with gold medals from the 1996 Atlanta (left), 2000 Sydney (center) and 2004 Athens (right) games during a portrait session at AFP in Tokyo. – AFPTOKYO: France's Teddy Riner can cement his place as judo's "king" by winning his third Olympic gold in Tokyo -- according to the only person ever to achieve the feat: Tadahiro Nomura. The...

SAINT PETERSBURG: Spain's coach Luis Enrique gestures during the Euro 2020 quarter-final football match between Switzerland and Spain at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg on July 2, 2021. – AFPnn

Spain's 'leader' Luis Enrique out to settle old scores with Italy

SAINT PETERSBURG: Spain's coach Luis Enrique gestures during the Euro 2020 quarter-final football match between Switzerland and Spain at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg on July 2, 2021. – AFPLONDON: Luis Enrique's belligerent self-belief has led Spain to the semi-finals of Euro 2020, but the former Barcelona boss has another personal score to settle in tonight's last four against Italy. His playing career at major...

BURTON-ON-TRENT: England's coach Gareth Southgate attends an England training session at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent, central England, yesterday. – AFPn

England ready to end semi-final jinx at Euro 2020: Southgate

BURTON-ON-TRENT: England's coach Gareth Southgate attends an England training session at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent, central England, yesterday. – AFPLONDON: Gareth Southgate says England are ready to end their semi-final hoodoo as they prepare to face Denmark in the last four of Euro 2020, bidding to reach their first final at a major tournament since 1966. England topped their group and beat old foes Germany in the round of 16...

In this photo a kite vendor shows his merchandise inside a warehouse in Shor Bazaar in the old quarters of Kabul. - AFP photosn

'Talebanned': From kite-running to breakdancing, Afghan pastimes again under threat

In this photo a kite vendor shows his merchandise inside a warehouse in Shor Bazaar in the old quarters of Kabul. - AFP photosThe Taleban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule-including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music. These have made a comeback in the years since, but fears are growing they will be banned again if the hardline...

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