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This combination of pictures created on June 07, 2021 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) addressing his annual press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2019 and US President Joe Biden swearing in presidential appointees during a virtual ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. - AFPnn

Biden to champion democracy in first foreign presidential trip

This combination of pictures created on June 07, 2021 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) addressing his annual press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2019 and US President Joe Biden swearing in presidential appointees during a virtual ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. - AFPWASHINGTON: Joe Biden will fight what he calls a "defining" battle for democracy on his first foreign presidential trip, meeting...

NEW DELHI: A health worker inoculates a youth with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a drive-in vaccination center in Moolchand hospital in New Delhi yesterday. – AFPnn

No COVID-19 vaccines for India's frightened mums-to-be

NEW DELHI: A health worker inoculates a youth with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a drive-in vaccination center in Moolchand hospital in New Delhi yesterday. – AFPNEW DELHI: Tanya Ashnigdh is four months pregnant and frightened, one of the millions of expectant mothers excluded from India's faltering vaccination drive despite being at greater risk from COVID-19. In a country with one of the world's...

SHEIKH HUSSEIN CROSSING: Palestinian-Jordanian Abdullah Abu Jaber, who was jailed in the Jewish state after planting a bomb on a bus that wounded 13 civilians in 2000, is welcomed by his family upon his release at the Sheikh Hussein Crossing between Jordan and Israel yesterday. - AFPnnn

Zionists free Jordanian bus bomber after 20 years

SHEIKH HUSSEIN CROSSING: Palestinian-Jordanian Abdullah Abu Jaber, who was jailed in the Jewish state after planting a bomb on a bus that wounded 13 civilians in 2000, is welcomed by his family upon his release at the Sheikh Hussein Crossing between Jordan and Zionist entity yesterday. - AFPSHEIKH HUSSEIN BRIDGE: A Palestinian-Jordanian man jailed in Zionist state after planting a bomb on a bus that wounded 13 civilians in 2000 was released...

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Chinese police squash rare campus protests after merger plan

BEIJING: Students enter a school to sit for the first day of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known as "Gaokao" in Beijing. – AFPBEIJING: Chinese police said they suppressed rare campus protests yesterday, after thousands of angry students held a college principal hostage over fears their degrees were set to be downgraded. Large-scale protests are extremely rare in China, as the Communist Party controls mass movements that may...

JOHANNESBURG: A security guard of the private security company CORTAC takes position in the parking lot of a shopping mall during a call on his night shift in Johannesburg. S—AFPnnn

Private security reassures wealthy in Johannesburg suburbs

JOHANNESBURG: A security guard of the private security company CORTAC takes position in the parking lot of a shopping mall during a call on his night shift in Johannesburg. — AFPJOHANNESBURG: As night falls over a leafy Johannesburg suburb in South Africa, private security guards step into camouflage clothing and load their rifles, preparing to set about on a night patrol. A commander briefs the men in the gym of the company's headquarters,...

KUWAIT: Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO Bader Al-Kharafi (right) and Zain Group CFO Ossama Matta at Zain Group's extraordinary general assembly meeting yesterday.n

Zain holds Extraordinary General Assembly with 77.99% quorum

KUWAIT: Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO Bader Al-Kharafi (right) and Zain Group CFO Ossama Matta at Zain Group's extraordinary general assembly meeting yesterday.KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa yesterday held an Extraordinary General Assembly that witnessed the required Assembly's approval of the Board of Directors' recommendation to distribute interim dividends quarterly or on...

ARLINGTON: Togi, an 11th grade student at Wakefield High School, is seen at work in a fast food restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. When his father lost his job last year, Togi, then 16, did not hesitate to look for a job to help his family, despite the fear of COVID-19. - AFPn

Pandemic pushes poor American students into working odd jobs

ARLINGTON: Togi, an 11th grade student at Wakefield High School, is seen at work in a fast food restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. When his father lost his job last year, Togi, then 16, did not hesitate to look for a job to help his family, despite the fear of COVID-19. - AFPARLINGTON: When his father lost his job last year, Togi, then 16, wasted little time before looking for work to support his family, even though he knew it could put him at...

DRESDEN: This file photo taken on May 31, 2021 shows an employee of the semiconductor manufacturer Bosch working in a clean room during the preparations for the series production of semiconductor chips on innovative 300 millimeter wafers in Dresden, eastern Germany. – AFPn

Merkel urges 'catch up,' opens new Bosch factory

DRESDEN: This file photo taken on May 31, 2021 shows an employee of the semiconductor manufacturer Bosch working in a clean room during the preparations for the series production of semiconductor chips on innovative 300 millimeter wafers in Dresden, eastern Germany. – AFPDRESDEN: Leading car parts supplier Bosch inaugurated a new semiconductor factory in Germany on Monday, hailed by Chancellor Angela Merkel as a boost to Europe's efforts to...

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto (right) and CEO Toshiro Muto chat before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' executive board meeting in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPnn

Tokyo Games chiefs mull plan to vaccinate volunteers

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto (right) and CEO Toshiro Muto chat before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' executive board meeting in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organizers are considering vaccinating all 70,000 Games volunteers, CEO Toshiro Muto said yesterday, in a bid to reduce infection risks with around six weeks until the sporting extravaganza. And overseas journalists covering the event will have...

BAKU: Wales national team players take part in a training session yesterday at Tofiq Behramov stadium in Baku, four days ahead of the team's Euro 2020 football tournament opening match. – AFPnn

British sides given Germany quarantine exemption for Euro 2020

BAKU: Wales national team players take part in a training session yesterday at Tofiq Behramov stadium in Baku, four days ahead of the team's Euro 2020 football tournament opening match. – AFPBERLIN: Germany's government announced yesterday it will allow England, Scotland and Wales to enter the country without quarantine to play at Euro 2020 despite a recent rise in cases linked to the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Britain. The three teams could...

KUWAIT: Sheikh Fahad Al-Nasser Al-Sabah (second right) in a group photo with boxer Noura Al-Mutairi (third right), boxer Abdelrahman Al-Enezi (second left) and other officials.n

Olympic Committee honors Kuwaiti boxers

KUWAIT: Sheikh Fahad Al-Nasser Al-Sabah (second right) in a group photo with boxer Noura Al-Mutairi (third right), boxer Abdelrahman Al-Enezi (second left) and other officials.KUWAIT: President of Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahad Al-Nasser Al-Sabah honored boxers Abdelrahman Al-Enezi and Noura Al-Mutairi for placing third at the 13th Asian Boxing Championship held in Dubai at the end of May. Nearly 240 boxers of both genders participated in...

BROOKLYN: Blake Griffin #2 of the Brooklyn Nets dunks the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks during Round 2, Game 2 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Monday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. - AFPn

Nets clobber Bucks without Harden, take 2-0 series lead

BROOKLYN: Blake Griffin #2 of the Brooklyn Nets dunks the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks during Round 2, Game 2 of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Monday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant had 32 points and six assists as the Brooklyn Nets rolled to their largest playoff win in franchise history on Monday with a 125-86 beat down of the Milwaukee Bucks in game two of their NBA series. Kyrie Irving finished with 22...

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