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LONDON: England's coach Gareth Southgate greets England's midfielder Bukayo Saka as he comes off during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between Czech Republic and England at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. - AFPn
Will Southgate let England off the leash at Euro 2020?
LONDON: England's coach Gareth Southgate greets England's midfielder Bukayo Saka as he comes off during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between Czech Republic and England at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. - AFPLONDON: England are through to the Euro 2020 knockout stages but Gareth Southgate must find a way to take the handbrake off as he gears up for tougher challenges ahead. With just two goals in their three group games,...
GLASGOW: Croatia's midfielder Luka Modric celebrates after scoring the second goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between Croatia and Scotland at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday. - AFPn
Modric masterclass shows up Scotland's shortcomings
GLASGOW: Croatia's midfielder Luka Modric celebrates after scoring the second goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between Croatia and Scotland at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday. - AFPGLASGOW: After a 23-year wait to qualify for a major tournament, Scotland's Euro 2020 experience lasted just eight days after a 3-1 defeat to Croatia extinguished their hopes of reaching the last 16. The Tartan Army will fondly remember...
PHOENIX: Deandre Ayton of the Phoenix Suns makes the game-winning dunk over Ivica Zubac of the LA Clippers in game two of the NBA Western Conference finals at Phoenix Suns Arena on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona. – AFPn
Suns sink Clippers with last-gasp Ayton dunk in see-saw thriller
PHOENIX: Deandre Ayton of the Phoenix Suns makes the game-winning dunk over Ivica Zubac of the LA Clippers in game two of the NBA Western Conference finals at Phoenix Suns Arena on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona. – AFPLOS ANGELES: Deandre Ayton made the go-ahead catch and dunk with one second left and a bloodied Devin Booker scored 20 points as the Phoenix Suns shocked the Los Angeles Clippers 104-103 in game two of their NBA playoff series....
TOKYO: A general view shows the Ariake Urban Sports Park, the main venue for cycling BMX freestyle, cycling BMX racing and skateboarding during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, 30 days before the Olympic Games opening ceremonies, in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn
No booze, no autographs: Tokyo 2020 sets fan rules with a month to go
TOKYO: A general view shows the Ariake Urban Sports Park, the main venue for cycling BMX freestyle, cycling BMX racing and skateboarding during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, 30 days before the Olympic Games opening ceremonies, in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: No alcohol, no hugs, no cheers and no autographs: Tokyo Olympic organizers unveiled tough new rules for spectators at the pandemic Games yesterday as they marked one month until the...
The remounted 1642 'Night Watch' is put in place at the Rijksmuseum Museum during 'Operation Night Watch', the largest ever investigation into the painting by Dutch master Rembrandt in Amsterdam on Tuesday. – AFP n
Lost parts of Rembrandt masterpiece restored by AI
The remounted 1642 'Night Watch' is put in place at the Rijksmuseum Museum during 'Operation Night Watch', the largest ever investigation into the painting by Dutch master Rembrandt in Amsterdam on Tuesday. – AFPIt's one of the great acts of art vandalism. In 1715 large chunks of Rembrandt's masterpiece "The Night Watch" were cut off in order to fit the colossal canvas into a new home. Now for the first time in more than 300 years, visitors to...
A man selects valuable items at a recycling workshop near the Bagram Air Base on June 17, 2021. – AFPn
Junkyard of Empires: Afghans sift through leftovers of US occupation
A man selects valuable items at a recycling workshop near the Bagram Air Base on June 17, 2021. – AFPSquatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan's biggest air base, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops. All around are heaps of junk and scrapped equipment - ranging from telephones and thermos flasks to computer keyboards and printer cartridges. "This is what the...
This picture taken on May 26, 2021 shows Buddhist monk Zhi Xiang carrying a rescued dog before sending him to the US at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. – AFP photosn
Chinese monk who saved 8,000 strays is dog's best friend
This picture taken on May 26, 2021 shows Buddhist monk Zhi Xiang carrying a rescued dog before sending him to the US at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. – AFP photosHis bald head glistening with sweat, Zhi Xiang peers into the eyes of a stray dog whose coat has become matted in heavy rain and says soothingly: "Let me cut your hair, cutie." The bedraggled pooch is among scores of dogs hauled off the streets of Shanghai by police and...
Ueno Zoological Gardens staff Naoya Ohashi shows an image of giant panda Shin Shin giving birth to the first of her twin cubs at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo yesterday. – AFP n
Twin joy as Tokyo panda gives birth to two cubs
Ueno Zoological Gardens staff Naoya Ohashi shows an image of giant panda Shin Shin giving birth to the first of her twin cubs at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo yesterday. – AFPA panda at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo gave birth to twins yesterday, weeks after news of Shin Shin's pregnancy sent stocks in nearby restaurants soaring. They were born in the early hours of yesterday, the zoo said in a statement, adding that it had not yet confirmed the sex of the pair. Zoo...
In this photograph taken on June 1, 2021, Tibetan rapper Tenzin Dhondup, MC Tenzin, poses for a picture in a bar in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. – AFP n
'Godfather' of Tibetan rap spits karmic rhymes
In this photograph taken on June 1, 2021, Tibetan rapper Tenzin Dhondup, MC Tenzin, poses for a picture in a bar in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. – AFPIn his tracksuit, silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma. The self-described "Godfather" of Tibetan rap is a leading light...
British conductor Simon Rattle conducts during a rehearsal of Tristan und Isolde by the London Symphony Orchestra at St Luke’s Church in central London on June 10, 2021. – AFP n
London orchestra's 'miracle' trip to France despite COVID, Brexit
British conductor Simon Rattle conducts during a rehearsal of Tristan und Isolde by the London Symphony Orchestra at St Luke’s Church in central London on June 10, 2021. – AFPSimon Rattle, music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, considers it "a miracle" they are headed to France for their first international shows since the pandemic, though Brexit still poses a long-term threat. The logistics of moving nearly 100 musicians and all...
Workers harvest red seaweed (algae) in the Menzel Jemil lagoon in Tunisia's northern Bizerte region on May 27, 2021. – AFP photosnnn
Tunisia 'trailblazer' in Med seaweed farming
Workers harvest red seaweed (algae) in the Menzel Jemil lagoon in Tunisia's northern Bizerte region on May 27, 2021. – AFP photosWading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the in-demand plant. Red seaweed or algae is used for gelling, thickening and texturing agents that are increasingly a substitute for animal-based products...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting. - KUNAnn
Kuwait cabinet follows up on coronavirus developments
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the Cabinet on the latest coronavirus developments, saying that the country is witnessing a noticeable instability over the last period due to growing numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths.The health ministry had on Monday reported 1,935 new COVID-19 cases - its...
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