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BURTON-ON-TRENT: England's coach Gareth Southgate (third left) leads a training session of his team at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent yesterday. - AFPnn

Redemption or ridicule awaits Southgate in Germany clash

BURTON-ON-TRENT: England's coach Gareth Southgate (third left) leads a training session of his team at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Twenty-five years on from the penalty miss that cast a shadow over his playing career, England manager Gareth Southgate has a shot at redemption and revenge against Germany. Euro 2020's blockbuster last 16 clash comes much earlier in the tournament than the Euro 96 semi-final between...

LONDON: US player Serena Williams attends a press conference in the Main Interview Room at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, south-west London, yesterday, ahead of the start of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament. - AFPnn

Serena Williams joins Nadal in missing Tokyo Olympics

LONDON: US player Serena Williams attends a press conference in the Main Interview Room at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, south-west London, yesterday, ahead of the start of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament. - AFPLONDON: Serena Williams said Sunday that she will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics next month, joining fellow Grand Slam legend Rafael Nadal in withdrawing from the Games. The 39-year-old American revealed...

DUBAI: Kuwait SC players and staff celebrate with the trophy. - KUNAn

Kuwait SC wins GCC basketball championship

DUBAI: Kuwait SC players and staff celebrate with the trophy. - KUNADUBAI: Kuwait SC on Saturday managed to beat Saudi Arabia's Al-Nasser basketball team 96-85 to be crowned the winner of the 40th GCC Champions Club Championship. For the second time, Kuwait SC won this tournament following fierce competition between both sides, to qualify to the Asian Club Championship to be held in August in Indonesia. Kuwait SC had grabbed this title for the...

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Bargaining over global tax enters key stage

Pascal Saint-AmansPARIS: Nearly 140 countries will haggle over key details of a global corporate tax plan this week, with some concerned about giving up too much and others eager to ensure tech giants pay their fair share. The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies approved a proposal to impose a minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent earlier this month, hoping to stop a "race to the bottom" as nations compete to offer the lowest...

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European bank chief eyes transition as world recovers

Odile Renaud-BassoLONDON: Odile Renaud-Basso, the first female president at Europe's development bank, hopes to restore the EBRD's green investment targets while addressing workplace equality as COVID-hit economies recover. Before presiding over her first EBRD annual meeting this week, in an interview with AFP, Renaud-Basso also highlighted the rapid workplace digitalisation that is affecting the bank's regions of investment as well as her own...

WASHINGTON: File photo shows US Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. – AFPnn

Friction emerges in North America one year into trade deal

WASHINGTON: File photo shows US Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. – AFPWASHINGTON: One year after it took effect in the midst of a record economic downturn, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has yet to end trading friction between the North American allies. The three countries said the new treaty would benefit their economies and workers but, as the...

KUWAIT: The cover of 'The Pearl Mirrors' book by author Mohammad Mustafa Khamees.n

Factuality, activeness and emotionality between the memory of the poet and the sailor's memoirs

KUWAIT: The cover of 'The Pearl Mirrors' book by author Mohammad Mustafa Khamees.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: 'The Pearl Mirrors' book joins many other publications, though with a different taste, in analyzing the poetry experience of Dr Suad Al-Sabah. The book - titled 'The Pearl Mirrors in Kuwait's Poetry between Mohammad Al-Fayez and Suad Al-Sabah' - that was issued by Dar Suad Al-Sabah for Publishing and Distribution recently, uses a...

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Kuwait's daily virus cases, deaths drop slightly after two-day jump

KUWAIT: Kuwait's daily coronavirus cases jumped by 1,661 to 349,923 as deaths rose by six to 1,919, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. Meanwhile, the ministry announced that 1,689 people were cured of the virus during the same period, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 329,423.Kuwait had reported 1,702 new cases, 10 deaths and 1,632 on Friday, while Thursday's figures were reported at 1,761 new cases, nine deaths and...

KUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham and Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces Vice Admiral Brad Cooper inspect the Sabah Al-Ahmad Naval Base. - KUNAn

Kuwait, US officials inspect naval base

KUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham and Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces Vice Admiral Brad Cooper inspect the Sabah Al-Ahmad Naval Base. - KUNAKUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham and Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, underscored Friday...

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Two saved from muddy area

KUWAIT: Firemen managed to save two people after their vehicle sunk in a muddy area near the Doha Beach yesterday. Three fire stations responded to an emergency call reporting the case, as firemen managed to safely remove the two men from their car in good condition, Kuwait Fire Force said.

AMSTERDAM: Denmark's forward Martin Braithwaite (center) and team-mates celebrate with their fans at the end of the UEFA EURO 2020 round of 16 football match between Wales and Denmark at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. - AFPn

Dolberg stars as Denmark outclass Wales to reach Euro 2020 quarter-finals

AMSTERDAM: Denmark's forward Martin Braithwaite (center) and team-mates celebrate with their fans at the end of the UEFA Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between Wales and Denmark at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. - AFPAMSTERDAM: Denmark marked the 29th anniversary of their greatest triumph by marching on to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 yesterday as Kasper Dolberg scored twice in an emphatic 4-0 win over Wales before an exultant...

A picture taken on April 1, 2021 shows an employee standing near a train of the Etihad Rail network, in Al-Mirfa, in the UAE. - AFPn

Fledgling UAE rail network step towards bridging Gulf

A picture taken on April 1, 2021 shows an employee standing near a train of the Etihad Rail network, in Al-Mirfa, in the UAE. - AFPABU DHABI: In the desert emirate of Abu Dhabi, Ibrahim Al-Hammadi inspects a freight train on the UAE's first railway line. He climbs aboard the locomotive, does a final systems check and then it's full steam ahead. Hammadi is the first Emirati to become a train driver-in a country which already has a space program...

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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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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