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DUBAI: The living room of a luxury villa for sale is seen on the Palm man-made island on May 19, 2021. - AFP nn

Dubai property booms as rich flee lockdowns

DUBAI: The living room of a luxury villa for sale is seen on the Palm man-made island on May 19, 2021. - AFPDUBAI: Dubai's property market is powering out of a six-year malaise as "lockdown dodgers" and wealthy international investors drive a buying frenzy that is breaking records and fueling an economic recovery. Luxury villas are the hottest segment in the market, with European buyers in particular seeking homes on Dubai's signature Palm...

HIALEAH, UNITED STATES: Miami-Dade police investigate near shell case evidence markers on the ground where a mass shooting took place outside of a banquet hall yesterday in Hialeah, Florida. n

Florida shooting kills two, wounds 20

HIALEAH, UNITED STATES: Miami-Dade police investigate near shell case evidence markers on the ground where a mass shooting took place outside of a banquet hall yesterday in Hialeah, Florida. - AFPMIAMI: Two people were killed and at least 20 injured yesterday when three shooters fired indiscriminately into a crowd outside a concert in Miami, Florida, local police said. Gunfire erupted during the early hours outside a billiards hall in a row of...

In this aerial image, houseboats are moored as dry land is exposed on the banks of Lake Oroville reservoir due to low water levels during the California drought emergency in Oroville, California. - AFPn

California already in throes of drought as summer looms

In this aerial image, houseboats are moored as dry land is exposed on the banks of Lake Oroville reservoir due to low water levels during the California drought emergency in Oroville, California. - AFPOROVILLE, United States: Summer has not even begun and Lake Oroville, the second-largest reservoir in California that provides drinking water to more than 25 million people, is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year. It is a...

AMRITSAR, India: People in need stand in a queue to collect grocery items during a weekend lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. — AFP n

Hunger stalks India's poor in pandemic double blow

AMRITSAR, India: People in need stand in a queue to collect grocery items during a weekend lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. — AFPNEW DELHI: Rasheeda Jaleel lives in fear that she may not be able to feed her seven children as millions of Indian families are forced into poverty by a devastating new coronavirus wave. The 40-year-old, her husband Abdul Jaleel, 65, and the children already survive on just one meal a...

BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN: In this file photo a US soldier of a team protection squad of a PRT (Provincial Reconstruction team) walks along a road under-construction near Bagram, about 60 kms from Kabul.—AFP n

6 dead as Taleban fired shell hits Afghan wedding

BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN: In this file photo a US soldier of a team protection squad of a PRT (Provincial Reconstruction team) walks along a road under-construction near Bagram, about 60 kms from Kabul. — AFPKABUL: A mortar bomb fired by the Taleban struck a wedding ceremony in a province north of the Afghan capital, killing at least six people including women and children, officials said yesterday. The incident happened late Saturday in Kapisa...

WENCHANG, China: A Long March 7 rocket, carrying China’s Tianzhou-2 cargo craft, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan province. — AFP n

China cargo craft docks with space station module

WENCHANG, China: A Long March 7 rocket, carrying China’s Tianzhou-2 cargo craft, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan province. — AFPBEIJING: A Chinese cargo spacecraft carrying equipment and supplies successfully docked with the core module of the country's future space station yesterday, state media said. A Long March 7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft-loaded with essentials such as food,...

LONDON: A handout picture shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London after their wedding on Saturday.-AFP n

UK's Johnson weds in 'secret ceremony'

LONDON: A handout picture shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London after their wedding on Saturday. - AFPLONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancée Carrie Symonds in a "secret ceremony" on Saturday, UK media reports said. Known for his colorful love life, 56-year-old Johnson wed Symonds, 33, in Catholic Westminster Cathedral in front of close...

BAMAKO: Leader of the coalition M5-RFP (Mouvement du 5 Juin-Rassemblement des Forces Patriotiques) Choguel Kokalla Maiga (center) speaks to the press as the coalition proposed his candidature to the premature after that colonel Assimi Goita led a coup to overthrow the government. - AFPn

West African leaders meet to discuss Mali double coup

BAMAKO: Leader of the coalition M5-RFP (Mouvement du 5 Juin-Rassemblement des Forces Patriotiques) Choguel Kokalla Maiga (center) speaks to the press as the coalition proposed his candidature to the premature after that colonel Assimi Goita led a coup to overthrow the government. - AFPACCRA, Ghana: West African leaders were due to meet in Ghana today to discuss a response to Mali's second coup in nine months, which has sparked warnings of fresh...

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Ivory Coast hopes cashew 'grey gold' can conquer US market

ABIDJAN: From a "triangular trade" that sees its nuts shelled in Asia before being shipped to the US, top cashew producer Ivory Coast aims to process more of its own crop for sale in the huge American market. Starting from the present yearly average of just 10 percent, producers aim to shell half by 2025, Adama Coulibaly, director of the Cotton-Cashew Council, told AFP.This year alone the country's capacity should increase by 100,000 tons. But...

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UK to build new 'national flagship' to host trade events

LONDON: Britain will build what it is calling a new "national flagship" vessel to host trade events and promote its post-Brexit interests around the world, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday. The ship will provide a global platform for high level trade negotiations as well as British businesses' products, his office said, as the United Kingdom seeks new trading ties after leaving the European Union last year. It will also be expected...

A view of a Rolls-Royce Boat Tail on show at the company's Goodwood headquarters near Chichester, southwest England Friday. — AFPn

World's rich floor it in post-pandemic luxury car rush

A view of a Rolls-Royce Boat Tail on show at the company's Goodwood headquarters near Chichester, southwest England Friday. — AFPPARIS: The global rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is revving luxury carmakers' sales to never-before-seen heights, as order books at the likes of Lamborghini, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce burst with demand from the world's wealthy. Just like regular earners around the world, the richest cut back on consumption...

Liberty Steel launched a major restructuring plan that includes the sale of some British assets following the collapse of its key financier Greensill. -- AFP n

Meltdown? Turmoil at UK steel empire stokes job fears

Liberty Steel launched a major restructuring plan that includes the sale of some British assets following the collapse of its key financier Greensill. - AFPLONDON: Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel company-one of the world's largest steel empires-faces an uncertain future after announcing plans to sell three of its UK plants. Liberty employs 3,000 UK workers and parent company Gupta Family Group (GFG) Alliance has 35,000 employees around the world,...

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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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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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