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The facade of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies votes a bill that would authorize the privatization of Eletrobras Monday.-AFPnn

Brazil Congress green-lights Eletrobras privatization

The facade of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies votes a bill that would authorize the privatization of Eletrobras Monday.-AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's Congress passed a bill paving the way to privatize the biggest electric utility in Latin America, state-controlled company Eletrobras, a victory for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's privatization agenda. The bill, which...

The funnel-web spider is one of the world's most venomous arachnids. - AFPn

Ballooning spiders leave Australian region covered in webs

The funnel-web spider is one of the world's most venomous arachnids. - AFPAn arachnid invasion left swathes of Australia's Gippsland region covered in webs as the spiders sought higher ground to escape flooding. A sea of silk engulfed an area in Australia's southeast hit by flooding earlier in June, caused by sheet web spiders that normally live on the ground looking for shelter according to ecologist Dieter Hochuli."When we get these types of...

HERZOGENAURACH: Germany's coach Joachim Loew speaks to his players during an MD-1 training session at the team's base at the Adi Dassler stadium in Herzogenaurach, Germany, yesterday, on the eve of their UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match against Hungary. - AFPn

Germany eye last 16 with Portugal at risk of shock exit

HERZOGENAURACH: Germany's coach Joachim Loew speaks to his players during an MD-1 training session at the team's base at the Adi Dassler stadium in Herzogenaurach, Germany, yesterday, on the eve of their UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match against Hungary. - AFPBUDAPEST: Germany can secure a place in the last 16 of Euro 2020 tonight, but holders Portugal are at real risk of crashing out despite a prolific start to Group F by Cristiano Ronaldo....

TOKYO: In this file photo a general view shows the Olympic rings lit up at dusk on the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on April 28, 2021. – AFPn

Troubled Tokyo Olympics near finish line with one month to go

TOKYO: In this file photo a general view shows the Olympic rings lit up at dusk on the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on April 28, 2021. – AFPTOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics have weathered a historic postponement, an unprecedented ban on overseas fans and persistent domestic opposition, but with one month to go, the finish line is finally in sight. The journey to Tokyo 2020 has involved a long list of complications that sometimes threatened to make it...

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Wembley to host more than 60,000 fans for Euro 2020 semis, final

LONDON: More than 60,000 fans will be allowed to attend the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 at Wembley with attendance increased to 75 percent of capacity, the British government announced yesterday. The matches will see the largest crowds assembled at a sporting event in Britain in more than 15 months, with numbers previously strictly limited due to the coronavirus pandemic.All ticket holders will need to follow a number of strict entry...

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's forward Mikkel Damsgaard celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group B football match between Russia and Denmark at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Monday. – AFPnn

Denmark 'unit' rides wave of emotion into Wales last-16 clash

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's forward Mikkel Damsgaard celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 Group B football match between Russia and Denmark at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Monday. – AFPCOPENHAGEN: Denmark is a nation united behind its football team after they charged into the Euro 2020 knockouts on a cathartic night in Copenhagen which sets them up well for the rest of the tournament. Considered by many a dark...

MADRID: Spain's coach Luis Enrique leads the team's MD-1 training session at Las Rozas near Madrid yesterday, on the eve of their UEFA EURO 2020 Group E football match against Slovakia. – AFPn

Doubts hang over Spain ahead of 'do or die' game

MADRID: Spain's coach Luis Enrique leads the team's MD-1 training session at Las Rozas near Madrid yesterday, on the eve of their UEFA Euro 2020 Group E football match against Slovakia. – AFPMADRID: Spain are bracing themselves for a test of nerve in their last group game against Slovakia tonight, with Luis Enrique's side needing victory to guarantee their place in the last 16. After leaving out Sergio Ramos, Luis Enrique has left himself open...

MILAN: Models present creations for Giorgio Armani's Men's Spring Summer 2022 fashion collection during the Milan Fashion Week. – AFPn

Relaxed Giorgio Armani wraps up Milan Men's Fashion Week

MILAN: Models present creations for Giorgio Armani's Men's Spring Summer 2022 fashion collection during the Milan Fashion Week. – AFP photosMilan Men's Fashion Week wrapped up yesterday, following Giorgio Armani's first live runway show since coronavirus that opened the door to a return to normality for the industry. "Back where it all began" was the name chosen by Armani, 86, for his latest men's collection shown late Monday before a live...

PARIS: France’s fashion houses are tip-toeing back on to the catwalk this week. - AFPn

Paris fashion houses make tentative return to catwalk

PARIS: France’s fashion houses are tip-toeing back on to the catwalk this week. - AFPFrance's fashion houses are tip-toeing back on to the catwalk this week after more than a year of crisis that has upended the industry and left many wondering if the traditional calendar will ever return. With pandemic restrictions easing, many in the Paris fashion world hope men's fashion week, will mark the start of a return to normalcy. Still, only six of...

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (foreground, left) and Head of French multinational corporation LVMH Bernard Arnault (foreground, right) applaud during a ceremony marking Paris’ Iconic department store ‘La Samaritaine’ reopening after 16 years of closure, Monday. — AFPn

Grande dame of Paris emporiums reopens after 16-year facelift

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (foreground, left) and Head of French multinational corporation LVMH Bernard Arnault (foreground, right) applaud during a ceremony marking Paris’ Iconic department store ‘La Samaritaine’ reopening after 16 years of closure, Monday. — AFPParisians will once again be able to stroll the gilded aisles of the Samaritaine department store starting Wednesday, after 16 years of painstaking work to restore...

PARIS: French ballet dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet Dorothee Gilbert says goodbye to a child after dancing for him at the intensive care child unit of the Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades AP-HP in Paris. — AFPn

Paris ballet stars bring relief in children's hospital

PARIS: French ballet dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet Dorothee Gilbert says goodbye to a child after dancing for him at the intensive care child unit of the Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades AP-HP in Paris. — AFPIn an intensive care unit, an intubated boy is watching intensely as two star dancers from the Paris Opera twirl before him in shimmering costumes. "We're going to do a promenade, an arabesque, a porte poisson," says dancer Hugo Marchand...

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George Clooney to launch LA high school film program

US actor George Clooney arrives to the premiere of "Catch-22" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, in this file photo. — AFPHollywood star George Clooney will launch an academy for Los Angeles high school students as part of a new scheme to teach movie industry skills to children from disadvantaged and minority communities, it was announced Monday. Clooney and fellow A-listers Don Cheadle and Eva Longoria will spearhead the program...

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