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JIMMA: In this file photo of June 21, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arriving at a polling station to cast his ballot. - AFPn

Ethiopia loses Tigray capital to rebels

JIMMA: In this file photo of June 21, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arriving at a polling station to cast his ballot. - AFPADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's leaders sought yesterday to downplay the significance of the army's pullback from the regional capital of war-hit Tigray, insisting they could retake the city from rebels whenever they wanted. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the city of Mekele, captured by Ethiopian forces in November but seized...

ANNAPOLIS, US: A man lies on the beach as his family plays in the Chesapeake Bay trying to escape the heat at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland Tuesday. - AFPn

Scores dead as record-breaking heat wave grips Canada and US

ANNAPOLIS, US: A man lies on the beach as his family plays in the Chesapeake Bay trying to escape the heat at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland Tuesday. - AFPVANCOUVER: Scores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heat wave, authorities said Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extended to the US Pacific Northwest. At least 134 people have died...

BEIJING: Cyclists ride past as workers adjust a barrier near decorations in Tiananmen Square a day before an event marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing yesterday.-AFPn

China certified malaria-free after 70-yr fight

BEIJING: Cyclists ride past as workers adjust a barrier near decorations in Tiananmen Square a day before an event marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: China was certified as malaria-free yesterday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease...

BANGKOK: Airport workers wait in a queue to receive vaccinations against the COVID-19 coronavirus while security personnel walk by at the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok yesterday. - AFPn

Russia COVID deaths hit record as country battles Delta variant

BANGKOK: Airport workers wait in a queue to receive vaccinations against the COVID-19 coronavirus while security personnel walk by at the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok yesterday. - AFPMOSCOW: Russia's COVID-19 death toll hit a new record yesterday as the country battles the highly infectious Delta variant, while Europe geared up for the launch of an EU-wide COVID certificate to boost its devastated tourism industry....

YANGON: Protesters hold up their mobile phones during a candlelight vigil to honor those who have died during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon. – AFPn

'Revolution Love' sweeps Myanmar protest barricades

YANGON: Protesters hold up their mobile phones during a candlelight vigil to honor those who have died during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon. – AFPYANGON: With bars shuttered, universities empty and hook-up apps poleaxed by internet blackouts, dating got much harder in post-coup Myanmar, but young people are still finding love-often in the heady rush of anti-junta protests. Since the military seized power in February,...

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US picks Gutmann as first woman envoy to Germany

Amy GutmannWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has nominated University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann as ambassador to Germany, German government sources said yesterday, after tumultuous years with Donald Trump's envoy. Gutmann, 71, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, would be the first woman appointed to the post.The German officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report in Der Spiegel magazine. Gutmann's appointment...

BALI: A rescuer shows off life jackets recovered from the sea on June 30, 2021, after the KMP Yunicee, a passenger ferry carrying 57 passengers and crew, sank off the coast of Bali island, killing at least seven. - AFPn

Seven dead, 11 missing in Bali ferry sinking

BALI: A rescuer shows off life jackets recovered from the sea on June 30, 2021, after the KMP Yunicee, a passenger ferry carrying 57 passengers and crew, sank off the coast of Bali island, killing at least seven. - AFPDENPASER: Indonesian rescuers were searching for 11 people still missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Bali in rough seas, killing at least seven, authorities said yesterday. Dozens of survivors were plucked from...

LONDON: Germany's coach Joachim Loew reacts during the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. - AFPn

Loew walks away, Flick left to repair misfiring Germany

LONDON: Germany's coach Joachim Loew reacts during the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. - AFPLONDON: Joachim Loew walks away after 15 years in charge of Germany leaving a misfiring side short of confidence and his successor Hansi Flick already under pressure to turn things around before next year's World Cup. The Germans bowed out of Euro 2020 after a disappointing display...

LONDON: England's coach Gareth Southgate celebrates his team's victory at the end of the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. - AFPn

Southgate's 'masterpiece' silences skeptics as caution reaps rewards

LONDON: England's coach Gareth Southgate celebrates his team's victory at the end of the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. - AFPLONDON: England are dreaming of Euro 2020 glory after finally slaying old nemesis Germany in the knockout stages of a major tournament and now have a favorable draw against Ukraine in the quarter-finals. A 2-0 win over the four-time world champions...

ATLANTA: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks is injured against Clint Capela #15 of the Atlanta Hawks during the second half in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals at State Farm Arena on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia. – AFPn

Giannis injured as Hawks down Bucks to level series

ATLANTA: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks is injured against Clint Capela #15 of the Atlanta Hawks during the second half in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals at State Farm Arena on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia. – AFPNEW YORK: Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered a knee injury as the Milwaukee Bucks slumped to a series-leveling defeat against the Atlanta Hawks in their NBA Eastern Conference finals clash on Tuesday. An...

In this file photo a gallery worker poses with a painting titled ‘David Hockney’ by British painter Lucian Freud during a photocall at Sotheby's auction house in central London. — AFP n

Freud portrait of Hockney sells for £14.9 million

In this file photo a gallery worker poses with a painting titled ‘David Hockney’ by British painter Lucian Freud during a photocall at Sotheby's auction house in central London. — AFPA portrait of British painter and printmaker David Hockney by his friend and contemporary Lucian Freud sold Tuesday at auction in London for nearly £15 million. The high price for portrait -- £14,905,200 ($20,700,000, 17,400,00 euros) -- was driven by...

Emilio Flores Marquez from Puerto Rico is the world’s oldest living man at an age of 112. - Guinness world recordsn

112-year-old Puerto Rican becomes world's oldest living man

Emilio Flores Marquez from Puerto Rico is the world’s oldest living man at an age of 112. - Guinness world recordsEmilio Flores Marquez from Puerto Rico has become the world's oldest living man at an age of 112 years and 326 days old, Guinness World Records announced yesterday. Marquez, who was born in Carolina, east of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan in 1908, was recognized by Guinness and awarded a certificate at his home just a few...

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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

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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

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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

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