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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden waves as he and First Lady Jill Biden walk on the ellipse to board Marine One yesterday in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden and the First Lady are traveling to the United Kingdom for the G7 Summit and will later travel to Belgium and Switzerland, as part of an eight day trip through Europe. – AFPnnn
Biden leaves Washington to meet allies
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden waves as he and First Lady Jill Biden walk on the ellipse to board Marine One yesterday in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden and the First Lady are traveling to the United Kingdom for the G7 Summit and will later travel to Belgium and Switzerland, as part of an eight day trip through Europe. – AFPWASHINGTON: Joe Biden departs Washington early yesterday on the first foreign trip of his presidency, launching...
VALENCE: French President Emmanuel Macron (L) interacts with members of a crowd while visiting Valence during a visit in the French southeastern department of Drome, the second stage of a nationwide tour ahead of next year's presidential election. – AFPnnn
French President Macron vows to defy security fears after slap
VALENCE: French President Emmanuel Macron (L) interacts with members of a crowd while visiting Valence during a visit in the French southeastern department of Drome, the second stage of a nationwide tour ahead of next year's presidential election. – AFPPARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will continue to greet crowds during his travels despite a security scare that saw him slapped by a man in the south of France, a government spokesman...
TEHRAN: This handout photo made available by the Iranian Young Journalist Club (YJC) shows Iran's presidential candidates (L to R) Mohsen Rezai, Alireza Zakani, Mohsen Mehralizadeh, Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi, Saeed Jalili, Ebrahim Raisi, and Abdolnasser Hemmati, during the second televised debate ahead of the June 18 election. - AFPnnn
Iranians to vote as Raisi emerges clear favorite
TEHRAN: This handout photo made available by the Iranian Young Journalist Club (YJC) shows Iran's presidential candidates (L to R) Mohsen Rezai, Alireza Zakani, Mohsen Mehralizadeh, Amirhossein Ghazizadeh-Hashemi, Saeed Jalili, Ebrahim Raisi, and Abdolnasser Hemmati, during the second televised debate ahead of the June 18 election. - AFPTEHRAN: Iranians will vote for a new president on June 18 in a poll many see as decided in advance, with...
Wounded people receive treatments at a hospital following an attack by masked gunmen which killed 10 people working for the HALO Trust mine-clearing organisation, at Pol-e-Khomri in Baghlan Province yesterday.nAFPn
Gunmen kill 10 mine-clearing workers in north Afghanistan
Wounded people receive treatments at a hospital following an attack by masked gunmen which killed 10 people working for the HALO Trust mine-clearing organisation, at Pol-e-Khomri in Baghlan Province yesterday. - AFPKUNDUZ: Masked gunmen killed 10 people working for the HALO Trust mine-clearing organisation in northern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said yesterday, blaming the Taleban for the latest attack to rock the violence-wracked...
SULAIMANIYAH: File photo shows Iraqi Kurds lift banners and flash victory signs during a demonstration in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah on June 5, 2021, protesting a Turkish offensive in northern Iraq. - AFPnnn
Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for PKK
SULAIMANIYAH: File photo shows Iraqi Kurds lift banners and flash victory signs during a demonstration in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah on June 5, 2021, protesting a Turkish offensive in northern Iraq. - AFPSULAIMANIYAH: One fine day in May, Yohanna Khushfa gathered his 200 sheep and took off, along with 120 other villagers in Iraqi Kurdistan, fearful of the Turkish drones hunting Kurdish separatists. "Shrapnel blew out our windows and...
DAHARKI: In this picture taken on June 8, 2021 Habiba Mai (R), wife of school teacher Ali Nawaz, who helped with the rescue efforts of the train collision, prepares tea for her family at her home near the train accident site in Daharki of Sindh Province. -- AFPn
'Hero' family rushes to aid Pakistan train crash victims
DAHARKI: In this picture taken on June 8, 2021 Habiba Mai (R), wife of school teacher Ali Nawaz, who helped with the rescue efforts of the train collision, prepares tea for her family at her home near the train accident site in Daharki of Sindh Province. - AFPDAHARKI: As an express train hurtled through farmland in Pakistan and smashed into the carriages of another service that had derailed minutes earlier, a family of nearby villagers was...
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China accuses US of 'paranoid delusion' over innovation bill
The United States Innovation and Competition Act represents the largest investment in scientific research and technological innovation "in generations". - AFPBEIJING: Beijing yesterday accused Washington of "paranoid delusion" after the US Senate passed a sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering the surging economic threat from China. America's political parties overcame partisan divisions to support pumping more than $170 billion...
SHENYANG: A vendor cuts meat at a market in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province yesterday. — AFPn
China factory prices soar but consumers avoid cost surge
SHENYANG: A vendor cuts meat at a market in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province yesterday. — AFPBEIJING: China's factory gate inflation rose at the highest rate in over a decade last month, official data showed yesterday, as the world's second-largest economy worked to contain a surge in commodity prices. Factories so far seem to be absorbing costs rather than passing them on to consumers as domestic demand recovers from the...
LONDON: European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic takes part in the first meeting of the Partnership Council followed by the eighth meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee in London yesterday. - AFPn
EU warns UK against 'unilateral action' on Northern Ireland trade
LONDON: European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic takes part in the first meeting of the Partnership Council followed by the eighth meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee in London yesterday. - AFPLONDON: The European Union yesterday warned the UK against taking further unilateral action on post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland, promising tough measures if it does so. Visiting European Commission vice-president...
PARIS: Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova celebrates after winning against Coco Gauff of the US during their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris yesterday. - AFPn
Krejcikova ousts Gauff to reach first Grand Slam semi-final at French Open
PARIS: Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova celebrates after winning against Coco Gauff of the US during their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris yesterday. - AFPPARIS: Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at the French Open yesterday as she beat 17-year-old Coco Gauff 7-6 (8/6), 6-3. The 33rd-ranked Krejcikova...
SALT LAKE CITY: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz blocks the ball to win the game against the LA Clippers during Round 2, Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Tuesday at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. – AFPn
Jazz overcome slow start to beat Clippers, Embiid shines for Sixers
SALT LAKE CITY: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz blocks the ball to win the game against the LA Clippers during Round 2, Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Tuesday at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. – AFPLOS ANGELES: Donovan Mitchell scored 45 points and Rudy Gobert made a clutch block at the buzzer as the Utah Jazz rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-109 in the opening game of their NBA playoff series on Tuesday....
SAINT-DENIS: France's forward Antoine Griezmann (left) and France's midfielder Paul Pogba (right) talk to France's forward Karim Benzema, injured, during the friendly football match France vs Bulgaria ahead of the Euro 2020 tournament, at Stade De France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris on Tuesday. – AFPnn
Benzema exits early as France beat Bulgaria in final pre-Euro friendly
SAINT-DENIS: France's forward Antoine Griezmann (left) and France's midfielder Paul Pogba (right) talk to France's forward Karim Benzema, injured, during the friendly football match France vs Bulgaria ahead of the Euro 2020 tournament, at Stade De France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris on Tuesday. – AFPPARIS: Karim Benzema was forced to leave the pitch with a dead leg on Tuesday as world champions France beat Bulgaria 3-0 in their...