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SHENZHEN: People stand outside the 300-metre high SEG Plaza (back center) after it began to shake, in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province on Tuesday.-AFP n

Engineers inspect Chinese skyscraper after shaking panic

SHENZHEN: People stand outside the 300-metre high SEG Plaza (back center) after it began to shake, in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province on Tuesday. - AFPBEIJING: Engineers were inspecting a skyscraper in southern China yesterday, a day after it triggered widespread panic when it suddenly began shaking, as people asked online if shoddy construction may have been to blame. The 300-metre (1,000-foot) SEG Plaza in the southern city of...

A 19-year-old Belarusian is searched by State Border Guard Service after crossing the Belarus- Lithuanian border in Varena district, Lithuania. - AFPn

Crossing through forest, Belarusians flee 'the horror'

A 19-year-old Belarusian is searched by State Border Guard Service after crossing the Belarus- Lithuanian border in Varena district, Lithuania. - AFPVILNIUS, Lithuania: Shivering on a cool night on the border between Belarus and Lithuania, a 19-year-old Belarusian has just fled his homeland through a forest, dodging regime border guards along the way. He is one of dozens of Belarusians to have walked across this EU border illegally after a...

In this picture taken on May 11, 2021, twin sisters Tripti and Pari, who lost both their parents due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, play with their toys at a relative's home in Bhopal. - Thousands of children have lost at least one parent in the new pandemic wave ravaging India, where there were already millions of orphans. (Photo by Gagan NAYAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY children-health-India-coronavirus by Aishwarya KUMAR

Pandemic triggering orphan crisis in India

Twin sisters Tripti and Pari, who lost both their parents due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, play with their toys at a relative's home in Bhopal. - AFPNEW DELHI: Three days after their father died of coronavirus, six-year-old twins Tripti and Pari were found sleeping next to their mother, unaware that she had also become a victim. Thousands of children have lost one or both parents in the new pandemic wave ravaging India, where there were already...

DEARBORN: US President Joe Biden drives the new electric Ford F-150 Lightning at the Ford Dearborn Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan Tuesday.-AFPn

Longtime car fan Biden lives his electric dreams

DEARBORN: US President Joe Biden drives the new electric Ford F-150 Lightning at the Ford Dearborn Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan Tuesday. - AFPDEARBORN, US: Joe Biden, sporting aviator sunglasses, looked out from the driver's seat of Ford's new electric truck and delivered a presidential proclamation: "This sucker's quick." The battery-powered Ford F-150 Lightning was unveiled yesterday as the auto giant's new big bet on the emerging...

PARIS: A nurse takes a bag of used protective face masks out of a designated recycling bin for used masks at the Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris. Used to curb the spread of COVID-19, masks are exacerbating another pandemic: Plastic pollution. - AFPnn

Mask mountain sets recycling challenge

PARIS: A nurse takes a bag of used protective face masks out of a designated recycling bin for used masks at the Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris. Used to curb the spread of COVID-19, masks are exacerbating another pandemic: Plastic pollution. - AFPPARIS: Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use COVID masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor...

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows gold plated souvenir Bitcoin coins arranged for a photograph in London. - Bitcoin plunged below 39,000 USD for the first time in more than three months on May 19, 2021 after China said cryptocurrencies would not be allowed in transactions and warned investors against speculative trading in them, despite the country powering most of the world's mining. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Bitcoin tumbles below $39,000 after China warning

BEIJING: Bitcoin plunged below $39,000 for the first time in more than three months yesterday after China said cryptocurrencies would not be allowed in transactions and warned investors against speculative trading in them, despite the country powering most of the world's mining. The comments sent the unit diving more than 10 percent and dealt it another blow soon after being battered by comments from tycoon Elon Musk and his Tesla car company....

Aerial view shows the house of Andrzej Machno in the southern Polish town of Skawina, who as one of the first residents swap out his old coal boiler for solar panels. - AFPn

Coal-fired Poland turns toward the sun for energy

Aerial view shows the house of Andrzej Machno in the southern Polish town of Skawina, who as one of the first residents swap out his old coal boiler for solar panels. - AFPKRAKOW, Poland: A solar boom is helping Poland take a big step towards weaning itself off coal as a new homegrown photovoltaic technology is poised to be a game-changer in harnessing the power of the sun. Poland has long trailed other members of the European Union in solar...

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Virus-hit Singapore Airlines reports biggest annual loss

SINGAPORE: Singapore's national airline reported yesterday its worst annual net loss of $3.2 billion in the aftermath of the "toughest year in its history" due to the coronavirus pandemic. The airline industry has been hammered hard by recurring waves of infections worldwide which have grounded air travel as governments restrict movement to halt the surges.Singapore Airlines (SIA) said late Wednesday that it suffered a net loss of Sg$4.3 billion...

SAINT-DENIS: In this file photo taken on September 4, 2014 French forward Karim Benzema strikes during the friendly football match France vs Spain, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. - AFPnn

Benzema recalled by France for Euro 2020 after six-year exile

SAINT-DENIS: In this file photo taken on September 4, 2014 French forward Karim Benzema strikes during the friendly football match France vs Spain, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. - AFPPARIS: Karim Benzema was named in France's provisional Euro 2020 squad by Didier Deschamps on Tuesday, giving the Real Madrid striker a shock international recall after years in the wilderness over his alleged role in a blackmail plot.The...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's French midfielder Paul Pogba (left) and Manchester United's Ivorian midfielder Amad Diallo walk around the pitch while carrying a Palestinian flag at the end of the game during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Tuesday. – AFPnn

Solskjaer defends Pogba and Diallo over displaying Palestinian flag

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's French midfielder Paul Pogba (left) and Manchester United's Ivorian midfielder Amad Diallo walk around the pitch while carrying a Palestinian flag at the end of the game during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Tuesday. – AFPLONDON: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer defended Paul Pogba and Amad Diallo...

SANTIAGO: Members of the Palestinian community in Chile take part in a protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people, in Santiago on Tuesday. – AFPn

Chile's Palestinian community, largest outside Mideast, protests airstrikes

SANTIAGO: Members of the Palestinian community in Chile take part in a protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people, in Santiago on Tuesday. – AFPSANTIAGO: Chile's Palestinian community -- the largest outside the Middle East with more than 300,000 people -- protested Tuesday in Santiago against the bloodshed caused by Zionist airstrikes. More than a thousand people met at the Club Palestino...

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In COVID era, more people find escape in campers

For French retiree Jean-Michel Sibois, travelling will no longer be the same in the age of COVID-19. He is now among legions who have bought motorhomes to escape in their own travel bubbles. "You don't imagine travelling as before, on an airplane heading to a faraway destination," said Sibois, who recently spent 50,000 euros ($61,000) on his leisure vehicle. "We really wanted to be a little less confined, a little bit more at peace," he said,...

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An operator with the call sign Yuri demonstrates the capabilities of a robot dog at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Aug 7, 2024. - 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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VIENNA: Fans of US singer Taylor Swift, swifties, gather after the singer's concerts were cancelled in Vienna, Austria, on August 8, 2024. — AFP

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