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Airline industry sees long-term rebound for sector, says IATA

PARIS: After flying into the financial turbulence of the COVID pandemic, the airline sector expects passenger traffic to take off despite concerns about the industry's impact on climate change. In its latest look at trends for the sector, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said it doesn't expect world air traffic to resume to its pre-pandemic level before 2023.But over 20 years, air traffic should almost double, from 4.5 billion...

BASEL: People queue at a ballot station yesterday in Basel as Switzerland votes a series of hot topics: anti-terror measures, COVID-19 laws and proposals to protect the environment through banning synthetic pesticides. – AFPn

Switzerland on course to reject synthetic pesticide ban proposal

BASEL: People queue at a ballot station yesterday in Basel as Switzerland votes a series of hot topics: anti-terror measures, COVID-19 laws and proposals to protect the environment through banning synthetic pesticides. – AFPGENEVA: Switzerland seemed on course yesterday to reject proposals to make it the first European country to ban synthetic pesticides following a campaign that saw the idyllic image of peaceful Swiss Alpine pastures ruptured...

More US finance giants tiptoe into crypto assets

MIAMI: A banner with the logo of bitcoin is seen during the crypto-currency conference Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami, Florida. - AFPNEW YORK: Investing in bitcoin and other digital currencies remains a risky game where the rules could change significantly, but the payoff could be big. In response to this dilemma, several leading US financial heavyweights are staying on the sidelines, while an increasing number...

SHIYAN, China: Workers search for victims in a building damaged by a gas line explosion which left at least 12 people dead and nearly 140 others injured in Shiyan, in central China's Hubei province yesterday. - AFPn

Gas blast in China kills 12, hurts 140

SHIYAN, China: Workers search for victims in a building damaged by a gas line explosion which left at least 12 people dead and nearly 140 others injured in Shiyan, in central China's Hubei province yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: At least 12 people were killed and nearly 140 others injured when a gas line exploded in a residential compound in central China's Hubei province yesterday, local officials said. Rescue workers are uncertain how many people...

BADUSH, Iraq : This aerial view , shows human remains, reportedly of victims of the 2014 Badush prison massacre committed by the Islamic State (IS) group, after being unearthed from a mass grave in the northern Iraqi village of Badush, northwest of the city of Mosul.-AFP n

Iraq opens mass grave to identify 123 IS victims

BADUSH, Iraq : This aerial view , shows human remains, reportedly of victims of the 2014 Badush prison massacre committed by the Islamic State (IS) group, after being unearthed from a mass grave in the northern Iraqi village of Badush, northwest of the city of Mosul. - AFPBADUSH, Iraq: Iraqi authorities said yesterday the remains of 123 people killed by Islamic State group jihadists had been removed from a mass grave in a bid to identify them....

YANGON: Protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a flash mob demonstration against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFPn

Myanmar's anti-junta movement shows viral support for Rohingya

YANGON: Protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a flash mob demonstration against the military coup in Yangon yesterday. - AFPYANGON: Anti-junta protesters flooded Myanmar's social media with pictures of themselves wearing black yesterday in a show of solidarity for the Rohingya, a minority group that is among the most persecuted in the country. Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a...

AFRIN, Syria: A member of Syria's Civil Defense service (White Helmets) inspects the damage yesterday in one of the rooms of the Al-Shifaa hospital, a day after it was hit by artillery shells in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Afrin, reportedly fired by pro-regime forces, killing at least 18 people, and wounding more than 23, according to a war monitor. - AFPnn nn

Shelling kills 18 in Syria's rebel-held Afrin

AFRIN, Syria: A member of Syria's Civil Defense service (White Helmets) inspects the damage yesterday in one of the rooms of the Al-Shifaa hospital, a day after it was hit by artillery shells in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Afrin, reportedly fired by pro-regime forces, killing at least 18 people, and wounding more than 23, according to a war monitor. - AFPBEIRUT: Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at...

ALCORCON, Spain: Newly elected Podemos´party secretary-general Ione Belarra (center) raises her fists during a party assembly in Alcorcon, near Madrid yesterday. — AFP n

Spain's Podemos elects Belarra as new chief

ALCORCON, Spain: Newly elected Podemos´party secretary-general Ione Belarra (center) raises her fists during a party assembly in Alcorcon, near Madrid yesterday. — AFPMADRID: Podemos, the junior member of Spain's ruling coalition, yesterday formally appointed Ione Belarra as its new leader, putting two women at the helm of the radical left-wing party following the departure of its founder. Belarra received 89 percent of the vote in a...

London, CANADA: Mourners and supporters gather for a public funeral for members of the Afzaal family at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario in London, Canada.-AFP n

Canada pays final homage to family killed in truck attack

London, CANADA: Mourners and supporters gather for a public funeral for members of the Afzaal family at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario in London, Canada. - AFPLONDON, Canada: Several hundred people gathered in London, Ontario on Saturday to pay homage to a Muslim family deliberately mowed down by the driver of a pick-up truck, in an attack that has shocked Canadians and which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced as "terrorist." Four...

LIMA: Supporters of leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo of Peru Libre display a giant national flag during a rally in downtown Lima Saturday while electoral authorities continue to review allegations of electoral fraud made by right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular. - AFPn

Fujimori clings to fraud claim in Peru as vote tally nears end

LIMA: Supporters of leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo of Peru Libre display a giant national flag during a rally in downtown Lima Saturday while electoral authorities continue to review allegations of electoral fraud made by right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular. - AFPLIMA: Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori insisted Saturday that Peru's presidential election was marred by fraud, as final vote counting dragged on...

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Damien Hirst steps in among Rome's famed Berninis

A view shows "Bust of the Collector" by British artist Damien Hirst, as part of the exhibition "Archaeology Now" at Galleria Borghese in Rome. - AFP Beneath the sumptuous ceiling of the entrance hall of Rome's Borghese Gallery, under the gaze of a dozen busts of caesars, Damien Hirst's giant sandalled foot looks only a little out of place. The giveaway that this is not another piece of Roman sculpture but the work of the provocative British...

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Simon Cowell is selling his 'haunted' mansion

Simon CowellThe music mogul only bought the seven-bed property in South West London in 2018 and was recently granted planning permission to carry out renovations but he has now changed his mind and is putting it on the market. A source told The Sun on yesterday newspaper: "Simon loved the property when he bought it, and had a list of changes and improvements."But he seems to have had a change of heart. So while it is not yet on the market, it's...

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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP

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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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