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BAMAKO: Commandant Baba Cisse, Special Advisor to the Vice-President addresses to the press in Bamako on Wednesday announcing that Mali's President and Prime Minister will be gradually released after they have been arrested on May 24, 2021. -AFPn
Malian military releases president, prime minister
BAMAKO: Commandant Baba Cisse, Special Advisor to the Vice-President addresses the press in Bamako on Wednesday announcing that Mali's President and Prime Minister will be gradually released after they had been arrested on May 24, 2021. - AFPBAMAKO: The Malian military have released the country's interim leaders but taken control of the government, sources said yesterday, in moves that have fallen far short of international demands to resolve...
NANTONG: A worker produces manufacturing machine at a factory in Nantong, in China's eastern Jiangsu province yesterday.-AFPn
China, US trade officials hold 'candid' first talks
NANTONG: A worker produces manufacturing machine at a factory in Nantong, in China's eastern Jiangsu province yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: Top US and Chinese trade officials have held their first "candid" talks since Joe Biden became president, the two sides said yesterday, as Washington scrutinizes whether Beijing is sticking to a key agreement forged during a bruising tariffs battle between the economic superpowers. Trade relations between the two...
The logo of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus outside the entrance of the site of Airbus' Wings Campus in Blagnac following a European company council. - AFPn
Airbus to raise plane production
The logo of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus outside the entrance of the site of Airbus' Wings Campus in Blagnac following a European company council. - AFPPARIS: Airbus said yesterday it will produce more single-aisle planes in 2023 than before the coronavirus crisis as the European aerospace giant sees the aviation sector ascending from the pandemic. The aircraft maker had slowed its production early on in the pandemic last year as...
The icon of the mobile messaging service application WhatsApp is seen on the screen of a smart phone.-AFPn
EU mulls to curb 'killer' Big Tech deals
The icon of the mobile messaging service application WhatsApp is seen on the screen of a smart phone. - AFPBRUSSELS/PARIS: The EU's biggest powers Germany and France as well as the Netherlands want the bloc to secure beefier powers to stop startups from being snapped up by big tech companies. The joint call came as EU ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday laid out ambitions for two landmark laws being negotiated that could fundamentally...
GDANSK: Villarreal's players lift the trophy after winning the UEFA Europa League final football match between Villarreal CF and Manchester United at the Gdansk Stadium in Gdansk on Wednesday. - AFPnn
Villarreal edge Man Utd in epic shootout to win Europa League
GDANSK: Villarreal's players lift the trophy after winning the UEFA Europa League final football match between Villarreal CF and Manchester United at the Gdansk Stadium in Gdansk on Wednesday. - AFPGDANSK: Villarreal defeated Manchester United 11-10 on penalties to win their first major trophy after a 1-1 draw in the Europa League final as goalkeeper David de Gea missed the decisive spot-kick in a remarkable shootout. Gerard Moreno gave...
PHILADELPHIA: Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Tobias Harris #12 of the Philadelphia 76ers high-five during a game against the Washington Wizards during Round One Game Two of the Eastern Conference Playoffs on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - AFPn
76ers rout Wizards to seize control, Jazz bounce back against Grizzlies
PHILADELPHIA: Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Tobias Harris #12 of the Philadelphia 76ers high-five during a game against the Washington Wizards during Round One Game Two of the Eastern Conference Playoffs on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Ben Simmons silenced the critics with a 22 point, nine rebound, eight assist performance as the...
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Zidane resigns as Real Madrid coach
Zinedine ZidaneMADRID: Zinedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect, the Spanish club said yesterday just days after they were beaten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid. The Frenchman's departure comes at the end of a disappointing campaign for the 13-time European champions, who also lost to Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals, as they failed to win a trophy for the first time in 11 seasons."We must now...
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Looming US intelligence report to address UFOs
This file video grab image obtained April 28, 2020 courtesy of the US Department of Defense shows part of an unclassified video taken by Navy pilots that have circulated for years showing interactions with "unidentified aerial phenomena".  -AFPAre aliens watching us? That's what Americans hope to find out when a report on the US government's secret files on UFOs goes to Congress next month after years of sightings and videos suggesting that...
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'Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies aged 91
Eric CarleEric Carle, author and illustrator of the beloved children's classic "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," has died aged 91, according to a statement from his official Instagram account on Wednesday. The book, first published in 1969, features a caterpillar who eats his way through many different foods on different days of the week before finally emerging as a butterfly. With its distinctive artwork and subtle educational concepts, the...
In this file photo taken on September 08, 2007 Italian ballet dancer Carla Fracci pays her homage to Luciano Pavarotti at Modena’s Romanesque cathedral. –AFP n
Italian ballet star Carla Fracci dies aged 84
In this file photo taken on September 08, 2007 Italian ballet dancer Carla Fracci pays her homage to Luciano Pavarotti at Modena’s Romanesque cathedral. – AFPCarla Fracci, Italy's most celebrated ballet dancer, has died at the age of 84, Milan's La Scala theatre announced yesterday. Best known for her performances as Giselle, Fracci danced with some of the biggest names in the business, notably Rudolf Nureyev. A tram driver's daughter, she...
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Jean Paul Gaultier returns to ready-to-wear fashion
Jean Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier is returning to ready-to-wear fashion, six years after he stopped designing off-the-peg clothes to focus on haute couture, the house said on Wednesday. The "enfant terrible" of French fashion bowed out after five decades in the business with a final Paris haute couture show 16 months ago. The house still bears his name and is owned by Barcelona-based Puig and will work with rotating teams of young...
French horse master Joel Proust (center) rides horses during a training session with his team in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.-AFP photosn
Horse-whisperer hopes Morocco films return at full gallop
French horse master Joel Proust (center) rides horses during a training session with his team in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. - AFPHorse master Joel Proust hopes his stallions will soon return to the movie sets in Morocco that made his name, ranging from Hollywood epics to "Game of Thrones". The North African nation's dramatic desert sands and palm-filled valleys traversed by camel herds have long provided stand-ins for big-budget film sets...