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PERPIGNAN: French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party leader and member of parliament Marine Le Pen waves on stage during a congress of the party in Perpignan, southern France, yesterday. - AFPnn

Le Pen re-elected as head of RN

PERPIGNAN: French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party leader and member of parliament Marine Le Pen waves on stage during a congress of the party in Perpignan, southern France, yesterday. - AFPPERPIGNAN: Marine Le Pen won re-election as head of France's far-right National Rally (RN) yesterday at a party congress, where she is seeking new impetus for her 2022 presidential bid after performing badly in regional polls. The National Rally...

GIOI VAVATSINIAS: Heavy smoke covers the sky above the village of Ora in the southern slopes of the Troodos mountains, as a giant fire rages on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, yesterday. - AFPnnn

Four dead in Cyprus' worst forest fire

GIOI VAVATSINIAS: Heavy smoke covers the sky above the village of Ora in the southern slopes of the Troodos mountains, as a giant fire rages on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, yesterday. - AFPCYPRUS: A huge forest blaze in Cyprus killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages, police said yesterday, as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting planes to the Mediterranean island. The Egyptian foreign...

LONDON: England's players celebrate their third goal during the Euro 2020 quarter-final football match between Ukraine and England at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on Saturday. - AFPn

Rampant England fire warning as Euro 2020 dream heads back home

LONDON: England's players celebrate their third goal during the Euro 2020 quarter-final football match between Ukraine and England at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on Saturday. - AFPROME: England return to Wembley two wins from a first European Championship title after recording their biggest ever victory at the tournament with a 4-0 demolition of Ukraine in the quarter-finals in Rome. Having successfully negotiated a trip to the Stadio Olimpico...

GOIANIA: Argentina's Lionel Messi (center) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Ecuador during their Conmebol 2021 Copa America football tournament quarter-final match at the Olympic Stadium in Goiania, Brazil, on Saturday. - AFPnn

Messi stars as Argentina set up Colombia Copa semi-final

GOIANIA: Argentina's Lionel Messi (center) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Ecuador during their Conmebol 2021 Copa America football tournament quarter-final match at the Olympic Stadium in Goiania, Brazil, on Saturday. - AFPGOIANIA: Lionel Messi scored one goal and created two others as Argentina beat Ecuador 3-0 in Goiania on Saturday to reach the Copa America semi-finals. In Tuesday's last four match, the 14-time winners will...

ATLANTA: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks celebrate with the Eastern Conference Finals Trophy during Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. - AFPn

Bucks oust Hawks to face Phoenix in NBA Finals

ATLANTA: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks celebrate with the Eastern Conference Finals Trophy during Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Khris Middleton poured in 32 points to power the Milwaukee Bucks into their first NBA Finals in over 45 years on Saturday with a series-clinching 118-107 win over the...

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Zain wins Gulf Breakthrough Award from Dell Technologies

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, received the Gulf Breakthrough Award from Dell Technologies, the global leader in technology solutions. The award recognizes Zain's Strategic Partnership with Dell in driving digital transformation within the telecom and IT sector in the region, as well as its offering of advanced solutions across its B2B and B2C platforms as per world-class standards.The announcement was made during...

SINGAPORE: A cargo vessel makes its way from the Singapore port. - AFPn

Pandemic drives sea freight prices to record high

SINGAPORE: A cargo vessel makes its way from the Singapore port. - AFPLONDON: Container shipping prices have reached record highs some 18 months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which disrupted maritime logistics chains and drove demand sky-high. "We are basically running out of vessels and of empty containers," Alan Murphy, head of the consultancy Sea Intelligence, told AFP. "There's been a massive shortage of empty containers,...

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Bezos leaves enduring legacy as he steps away as Amazon CEO

Jeff BezosWASHINGTON: As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world's most powerful corporations. Bezos, 57, was set to hand over the job of Amazon chief executive on Monday to Andy Jassy and turn his attention to his private space exploration firm, philanthropy and other endeavors. He will retain a key role, however, as...

NICE: An Air France's Airbus A321 takes off in Nice airport on the French Riviera city of Nice Saturday. - AFPn

Bugs and bird nests: Airlines dust off planes grounded by COVID

NICE: An Air France's Airbus A321 takes off in Nice airport on the French Riviera city of Nice Saturday. - AFPNICE, France: As travel picks up this summer, airlines are dusting off planes that were grounded during the pandemic, checking they are clear of fungus, bugs and bird nests before sending them back in the air. In Paris this week, a tow tractor grabbed an Air France plane that had been parked outside for a year at Orly Airport and brought...

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European vacation: Car rentals complicated and expensive

Long waits at car rental counters is something that many vacationers in Europe may face this summer.PARIS: After long months of lockdowns and curfews Europeans are looking forward to jetting off for a bit of sun and sand-only to find that their dream vacation risks turning into a nightmare as no rental cars are available. In many areas popular with tourists cars are simply not available or subcompacts are going for a stiff 500 euros ($600 per...

Portrait of American poet Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, taken by David Bailey.

Passionate Plath love letters to Hughes up for sale

Portrait of American poet Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, taken by David Bailey.Possessions of Sylvia Plath from the happier early days of her doomed marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes, including ardent love letters and their wedding rings, are to go on sale at auction, Sotheby's said Friday. The 55 lots are drawn from the private collection of their daughter, Frieda Hughes, and are estimated to raise up to £202,000 ($280,000) when they are sold...

Journalists take images as workers install a giant banner at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in Cannes, southeastern France, two days before the start of the 74th Cannes Film Festival. — AFP n

The 74th Cannes Film Festival in numbers

Journalists take images as workers install a giant banner at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in Cannes, southeastern France, two days before the start of the 74th Cannes Film Festival. — AFPHere are a few numbers related to the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which runs from July 6 to 17:FiveThe number of times the festival has not gone ahead: in 1939 due to the Second World War, in 1948 and 1950 for financial reasons, in...

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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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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP

Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists

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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP

Brazil plane crash kills 62