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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials in the Atlantic Ocean on June 18, 2021. - AFP n
US Navy tests warship's metal with megablast
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials in the Atlantic Ocean on June 18, 2021. - AFPMIAMI: The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war. The first of the tests, which are known as Full Ship Shock Trials, occurred Friday when the Navy set off a giant...
BUSHEHR, Iran: This file photo taken on Aug 20, 2010 shows the reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. - AFP n
Bushehr nuclear plant shut down for 'maintenance'
BUSHEHR, Iran: This file photo taken on Aug 20, 2010 shows the reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. - AFPTEHRAN: Iran's only nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down as authorities gave on Monday conflicting reports on what looks like a regular maintenance operation. The Bushehr plant and its 1,000-megawatt reactor, on Iran's southern coast, were completed by Russia after years of delay and officially...
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Kuwait reports record 1,935 cases, 7 deaths
KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday reported 1,935 new COVID-19 cases - its highest daily count - and seven related deaths in the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said total cases reached 340,967 and the death toll 1,877.He announced 1,408 recoveries in the same period, taking total recoveries to 321,293, noting the proportion of recoveries to total cases stands at 94.23 percent. The number of patients receiving treatment...
TEHRAN: Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his first press conference in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran, yesterday. – AFPnnn
Iran's Raisi calls for effective nuke talks
TEHRAN: Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his first press conference in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran, yesterday. – AFPTEHRAN: Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said yesterday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since winning election last week. Raisi also ruled out meeting US President Joe Biden but said there were "no obstacles" to resuming diplomatic...
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loefven attends a press conference after the no-confidence voting in the Swedish Parliment, Stockholm, yesterday. – AFPnnn
Swedish government toppled in no-confidence vote
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loefven attends a press conference after the no-confidence voting in the Swedish Parliment, Stockholm, yesterday. – AFPSTOCKHOLM: Sweden's government was toppled yesterday after Stefan Lofven became the country's first prime minister to lose a no-confidence vote, meaning he can now either resign or trigger a snap election. The motion of no confidence was filed on Thursday by the far right Sweden...
HONG KONG: File photo taken on August 11, 2020 shows a commuter reading a copy of the Apple Daily newspaper on a train in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper warned yesterday it is unable to pay staff and is at imminent risk of closure after the government froze the company's assets. - AFPnnn
Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily to decide closure on Friday
HONG KONG: File photo taken on August 11, 2020 shows a commuter reading a copy of the Apple Daily newspaper on a train in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper warned yesterday it is unable to pay staff and is at imminent risk of closure after the government froze the company's assets. - AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily said yesterday its board will decide whether to close the publication at their...
CHALON-SUR-SAONE: Accused Valerie Bacot (C/yellow scarf) arrives flanked by her family and surrounded by journalists at the Chalon-sur-Saone Courthouse, Chalon-sur-Saone, central-eastern France, prior to the opening hearing of her trial on charges of murdering her stepfather turned husband. – AFPnnn
Woman who killed rapist husband goes on trial in France
CHALON-SUR-SAONE: Accused Valerie Bacot (C/yellow scarf) arrives flanked by her family and surrounded by journalists at the Chalon-sur-Saone Courthouse, Chalon-sur-Saone, central-eastern France, prior to the opening hearing of her trial on charges of murdering her stepfather turned husband. – AFPDIJON: A French woman who killed the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp goes on trial for murder...
BARCELONA, CATALONIA : Pro-independence demonstrators gather during a protest as Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez delivers his speech at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, on June 21, 2021 to outline his government's plans to pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid. Spain's government will pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. - AFP
Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatists today
BARCELONA, CATALONIA : Pro-independence demonstrators gather during a protest as Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez delivers his speech at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, on June 21, 2021 to outline his government's plans to pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid. Spain's government will pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. -...
JAKARTA: Funeral workers carry a coffin for burial at a cemetery for COVID-19 coronavirus victims in Jakarta yesterday. ¨C AFPnn
Indonesia hits two million virus cases as crisis deepens
JAKARTA: Funeral workers carry a coffin for burial at a cemetery for COVID-19 coronavirus victims in Jakarta yesterday. - AFPJAKARTA: Indonesia passed two million coronavirus cases yesterday as infection rates soar and hospitals are flooded with new patients, prompting warnings that the Southeast Asian nation's health crisis could spiral out of control. The unwanted milestone comes after daily case rates more than doubled in recent weeks and...
NEW DELHI: A health worker inoculates a woman with a jab of Covishield's COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination Centre in New Delhi yesterday. – AFPnn
Free COVID vaccines for all Indian adults
NEW DELHI: A health worker inoculates a woman with a jab of Covishield's COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination Centre in New Delhi yesterday. – AFPNEW DELHI: India opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive yesterday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a muted International Yoga Day hailing the practice's "protective" properties against the coronavirus. The country's vaccination...
MONYWA: Photo taken and received courtesy of an anonymous source via Facebook yesterday shows protesters, some holding flares, taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Monywa, Sagaing region. - AFPnn
Suu Kyi thanks supporters for flower protests
MONYWA: Photo taken and received courtesy of an anonymous source via Facebook yesterday shows protesters, some holding flares, taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Monywa, Sagaing region. - AFPYANGON: Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday thanked her supporters for defying the junta to celebrate her 76th birthday with flower protests, as her trial on a raft of criminal charges resumed. A mass uprising in...
BEIJING: Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent yesterday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. - AFPnn
Bitcoin dives as China widens crackdown on crypto mining
BEIJING: Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent yesterday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. - AFPBEIJING: Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. Chinese mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in...
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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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