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WARSAW: Ship Captain Waldemar Rzeznicki stands in front of a steel schooner called 'Father Boguslaw' under construction at the courtyard of a homeless shelter run by Catholic Fathers in Warsaw. - AFPn

'Unique' boat built by homeless Poles prepares to set sail

WARSAW: Ship Captain Waldemar Rzeznicki stands in front of a steel schooner called 'Father Boguslaw' under construction at the courtyard of a homeless shelter run by Catholic Fathers in Warsaw. - AFPWARSAW: Docked in a river harbor in Warsaw next to coal storage and a rubbish tip, a steel-hulled sailing boat built by a group of homeless Poles is preparing for its maiden voyage. The boat was christened on Saturday with the name "Father Boguslaw"...

GENEVA: Cars ride past the Intercontinental hotel, Sunday in Geneva, ahead of the summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. - AFPn

Historic lakeside villa spruced up for Biden-Putin talks

GENEVA: Cars ride past the Intercontinental hotel, Sunday in Geneva, ahead of the summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. - AFPGENEVA: Tomorrow's Geneva summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in a plush 18th-century lakeside villa steeped in the Swiss city's history. The Villa La Grange, set in Geneva's biggest park which slopes down to the shore, is well used...

MADRID: The girls, aged one and six, were reported missing on April 27 after being taken away by their father, Tomas Gimeno (right).n

Spain reels after toddler, sister likely killed by dad

MADRID: The girls, aged one and six, were reported missing on April 27 after being taken away by their father, Tomas Gimeno (right).MADRID: Spanish rescuers were trawling the seabed for the body of a toddler in waters off Tenerife yesterday after investigators said they believed she -- like her sister -- had been killed by their father. The case has shocked Spain, and yesterday crowds demonstrated at town halls across the country to protest...

GLASGOW: Czech Republic's forward Patrik Schick (right) scores his team's first goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between Scotland and Czech Republic at Hampden Park yesterday. - AFP n

Scotland stunned by Czechs' Schick

GLASGOW: Czech Republic's forward Patrik Schick (right) scores his team's first goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 Group D football match between Scotland and Czech Republic at Hampden Park yesterday. - AFPGLASGOW: Scotland's long-awaited return to a major international tournament was ruined by Patrik Schick's slick finishing as the Czech Republic won 2-0 at Hampden yesterday to move top of Euro 2020 Group D. Schick's header just before half-time...

Thomas Mueller (left), Kylian Mbappen

Germany with questions to answer ahead of France clash at Euro 2020

Thomas Mueller (left) and Kylian MbappeMUNICH: World champions France open their Euro 2020 campaign today against an embattled Germany team eager to rediscover their best form in the first clash of two traditional European heavyweights in this year's tournament. Didier Deschamps' France head to Munich for the Group F game with a feud brewing between forwards Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud but are still the title favorites, while the Germans...

BRASILIA: Brazil's Neymar (center) and Venezuela's Bernaldo Manzano (right) struggle for the ball during their Conmebol Copa America 2021 football tournament group phase match at the Mane Garrincha Stadium on Sunday. - AFP n

Neymar helps Brazil cruise to Copa win over COVID-depleted Venezuela

BRASILIA: Brazil's Neymar (center) and Venezuela's Bernaldo Manzano (right) struggle for the ball during their Conmebol Copa America 2021 football tournament group phase match at the Mane Garrincha Stadium on Sunday. - AFPBRASILIA: Star forward Neymar netted a penalty and created a second as hosts Brazil eased to a 3-0 victory over a coronavirus-depleted Venezuela on Sunday in the opening match of the 2021 Copa America. Centre-back Marquinhos...

PARIS: Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy in front of the Eiffel tower yesterday during a photo call, a day after winning the Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament. - AFP n

'Everything is possible': Djokovic eyeing Golden Grand Slam

PARIS: Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy in front of the Eiffel tower yesterday during a photo call, a day after winning the Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament. - AFPPARIS: Novak Djokovic has set his sights on the Golden Grand Slam of all four majors and the Olympic title, insisting: "Everything is possible". The world number one captured a second French Open and 19th Slam with a 6-7 (6/8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over...

BEIRUT: People exchange Lebanese pound and US dollar notes in Lebanon's capital. - AFPn

Lebanon currency hits new low

BEIRUT: People exchange Lebanese pound and US dollar notes in Lebanon's capital. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's currency hit a new low against the dollar on the black market yesterday, continuing its freefall in a country gripped by political deadlock, an economic crisis and increasing shortages. The pound, officially pegged at 1,507 to the US dollar since 1997, was selling for 15,400 to 15,500 to the greenback on the black market, several money...

The joint Sino-French Taishan Nuclear Power Station outside the city of Taishan in Guangdong province. - AFPn

French nuke firm seeks to fix 'performance issue' at China plant

The joint Sino-French Taishan Nuclear Power Station outside the city of Taishan in Guangdong province. - AFPBEIJING: A French nuclear firm said yesterday it was working to resolve a "performance issue" linked to a gas build-up at a plant it part-owns in southern China following a US media report of a potential leak there. CNN reported earlier that the US government is assessing a report of a leak at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in populous...

BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to pose for photos with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels Sunday.-AFPn

World 'way off track' on climate: UK business lobby

BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to pose for photos with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels Sunday. - AFPLONDON: World efforts to tackle climate change are "way off track", the head of Britain's main business lobby group said yesterday after a G7 pledge to step up action. Tony Danker, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, also urged the UK...

David Fitzpatrick with his Pekingese “Wasabi” are seen after winning Best in Show at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York. – AFPn

Wasabi the Pekingese named Westminster's 'Best in Show'

David Fitzpatrick with his Pekingese “Wasabi” are seen after winning Best in Show at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York. – AFPThe Westminster Dog Show crowned a Pekingese named Wasabi its "Best in Show" Sunday, in the culmination of a reworked pandemic edition of the competition missing its usual pooch-loving crowds. Normally held in February, the show was delayed and moved from...

Thai beauty queens Miss Universe Thailand 2020 Amanda Obdam (center), Miss Universe third runner-up Praewwanich Ruangthong (left) and Miss Universe Thailand 2019 contestant Patrapong Wang (centre right) hand out food boxes made by Michelin-starred chefs to children in the Klong Toei slum area of Bangkok yesterday .— AFPn

Bangkok slum gets Michelin-starred meals from Thai beauty queen

Thai beauty queens Miss Universe Thailand 2020 Amanda Obdam (center), Miss Universe third runner-up Praewwanich Ruangthong (left) and Miss Universe Thailand 2019 contestant Patrapong Wang (centre right) hand out food boxes made by Michelin-starred chefs to children in the Klong Toei slum area of Bangkok yesterday. — AFPSurrounded by children in a Bangkok slum, Miss Universe Thailand handed out lunch boxes prepared by Michelin-starred chefs...

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