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ZEIST: Netherlands' forward Memphis Depay takes part in their MD-1 training session in Zeist yesterday on the eve of their UEFA EURO 2020 Group C football match against North Macedonia. - AFPnn
Barcelona move to give Depay 'something extra': De Boer
ZEIST: Netherlands' forward Memphis Depay takes part in their MD-1 training session in Zeist yesterday on the eve of their UEFA EURO 2020 Group C football match against North Macedonia. - AFPAMSTERDAM: Netherlands coach Frank de Boer is hopeful Memphis Depay's Euro 2020 form will be positively impacted after the confirmation the striker will play for Barcelona next season. Depay has long been linked with a move to the Camp Nou and on Saturday...
SACHSENRING: Honda Spanish rider Marc Marquez is celebrated by the circuit staff after winning the German MotoGP Grand Prix at the Sachsenring racing circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz, eastern Germany, yesterday. - AFPnn
Marquez takes German MotoGP for first win since 2019
SACHSENRING: Honda Spanish rider Marc Marquez is celebrated by the circuit staff after winning the German MotoGP Grand Prix at the Sachsenring racing circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz, eastern Germany, yesterday. - AFPSACHSENRING: Marc Marquez banished 18 months of struggles yesterday as he dominated in the rain at the Sachsenring to win the German MotoGP. The six-time world champion, who returned this season after crashing in the...
Aisha, a migrant from Guinea plays with her daughter at a park in the southeastern Tunisian town of Medenine. - AFPn
Women migrants reduced to sex slaves in Libya 'hell'
Aisha, a migrant from Guinea plays with her daughter at a park in the southeastern Tunisian town of Medenine. - AFPTRIPOLI: For Aisha, sexual slavery was something you only heard about happening to others in television reports, until she found herself locked in a living "hell" in Libya. "I had left a nightmare only to fall into hell," said the migrant from Guinea, lured to the North African country that criminal gangs have turned into a den of...
SANDTON, South Africa: Rodwell Khomazana (center), 9, is taken out of an ambulance on a gurney at the Mediclinic Sandton Hospital in Sandton Saturday. - AFPn
Surgeons to reconstruct face of boy after hyena attack
SANDTON, South Africa: Rodwell Khomazana (center), 9, is taken out of an ambulance on a gurney at the Mediclinic Sandton Hospital in Sandton Saturday. - AFPSANDTON, South Africa: Plastic surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena in an attack last month. Rodwell Khomazana lost his nose, left eye, most of his upper lip, bits of his forehead and other parts of his face when he...
ADDIS ABABA: Electoral officials carry voting material at a polling station in Addis Ababa yesterday. - AFPn
Ethiopia's election board 'confident' despite vote worry
ADDIS ABABA: Electoral officials carry voting material at a polling station in Addis Ababa yesterday. - AFPADDIS ABABA: Twice delayed, hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic, violent insecurity, and planning chaos, Ethiopia's electoral board says it is ready for today's crucial vote and assures it will be credible. "We're actually very confident about it," the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) spokeswoman Solyana Shimeles said.It is not...
MUNICH: Germany's forward Kai Havertz (left) celebrates with Germany's midfielder Toni Kroos after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match between Portugal and Germany at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. - AFPnn
Loew dampens German Euro euphoria after Portugal rout
MUNICH: Germany's forward Kai Havertz (left) celebrates with Germany's midfielder Toni Kroos after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match between Portugal and Germany at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. - AFPMUNICH: Joachim Loew has attempted to dampen German fans' Euro 2020 euphoria after a thrilling 4-2 win over Portugal boosted his side's chances of reaching the knockout stages. Germany...
BROOKLYN: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets during Round 2, Game 7 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. - AFPn
Antetokounmpo outduels Durant as Bucks oust Nets to reach East finals
BROOKLYN: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets during Round 2, Game 7 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points and 13 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Brooklyn Nets 115-111 in a thrilling game-seven overtime on Saturday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The...
TOKYO: Autonomous electric vehicles, which will be used at the Olympic Village, are seen during a media tour of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn
Fever clinic and COVID kits: Tokyo 2020 shows off Olympic Village
TOKYO: Autonomous electric vehicles, which will be used at the Olympic Village, are seen during a media tour of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Tokyo 2020 organizers threw open the doors of the Olympic Village to the media yesterday, showcasing virus upgrades including a fever clinic just over a month before the Games begin. Organizers are in the home stretch before the July 23 opening ceremony, and...
TRIPOLI: Libyans shop at a Friday market set in the gardens inside the Bab Al-Aziziya compound. Before Muammar Gaddafi's ouster Libyans avoided like the plague the Bab Al-Aziziya compound from where the dictator ruled, but a housing shortage in Tripoli has forced squatters to move in. - AFPnn
Squatters fill Gaddafi compound as Libya's housing crisis bites
TRIPOLI: Libyans shop at a Friday market set in the gardens inside the Bab Al-Aziziya compound. Before Muammar Gaddafi's ouster Libyans avoided like the plague the Bab Al-Aziziya compound from where the dictator ruled, but a housing shortage in Tripoli has forced squatters to move in. - AFPTRIPOLI: Before Muammar Gaddafi ouster, Libyans steered well clear of the Bab Al-Aziziya compound from where the dictator ruled, but a housing shortage in...
(From left), Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai.
Huge changes for Internet and Big Tech unveiled
(From left), Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai.WASHINGTON: The antitrust overhaul package unveiled in Congress targeting Big Tech, if enacted, could have far-reaching effects on how people use the Internet and on America's biggest and most successful companies. The five bills, due for a committee vote on Wednesday, could pave the way for a reorganization or breakup of giants such...
SEATTLE, WA: A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner taxis at Boeing Field after its first flight in Seattle, Washington. – AFPn
Airbus-Boeing truce and a common rival
SEATTLE, WA: A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner taxis at Boeing Field after its first flight in Seattle, Washington. – AFPWASHINGTON: While the United States and Europe waged a 17-year trade battle over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus, China poured money into its own commercial aircraft to take on the Western aviation duopoly. It took a common threat for the US and Europe to finally put an end to their dispute this past week, as the two sides signed...
KUWAIT: Passengers check in yesterday as Kuwait Airways resumed commercial flights to London. - KUNA  n
Kuwait Airways resumes weekly flights to London
KUWAIT: Passengers check in yesterday as Kuwait Airways resumed commercial flights to London. - KUNABy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways resumed commercial flights to London yesterday, with one flight per week. "Our first flight to London yesterday reached the complete seating capacity of the Boeing B777-300," Acting CEO Essa Al-Haddad said."The Boeing B777-300 provides full entertainment through the latest technology, which makes the...