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BRUSSELS: European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni takes off his mask upon his arrival to attend a news conference on the economic forecast for spring 2021 yesterday. - AFP n

EU predicts big turnaround as jabs ramp up

BRUSSELS: European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni takes off his mask upon his arrival to attend a news conference on the economic forecast for spring 2021 yesterday. - AFPBRUSSELS: The EU yesterday sharply revised its growth forecasts for this year and next, saying an accelerated vaccination drive and the bloc's landmark recovery plan would lift Europe out of recession. "Recovery is no longer a mirage. It is under way," EU economic...

BURE, France: A robot-dog is pictured in a corridor of 490m-deep in an underground laboratory near Nancy on Tuesday. – AFP nn

Researchers' new best friend? Robot dog gets to work

BURE, France: A robot-dog is pictured in a corridor of 490m-deep in an underground laboratory near Nancy on Tuesday. – AFPBURE, France: Deep underground in eastern France, a four-legged bundle of energy named Scar steps gingerly through vast caverns, loaded with sensors for taking measures in places where humans might fear to tread. It's an ideal training ground for Scar, a robotic "dog" being groomed by researchers at the Ecole des Mines...

MANCHESTER: Manchester City fans celebrate their club winning the Premier League title, outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on Tuesday. - AFPnn

'Relentless': Pep hails City after fifth Premier League in nine years

MANCHESTER: Manchester City fans celebrate their club winning the Premier League title, outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on Tuesday. - AFPMANCHESTER: Manager Pep Guardiola hailed "relentless" Manchester City after they clinched the "hardest" of his three Premier League titles on Tuesday, sparking wild celebrations among supporters who had gathered outside the Etihad Stadium. City were handed the title when...

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Japan to vaccinate Olympic athletes before Games

TOKYO: Japan plans to vaccinate its Olympic athletes before the Tokyo Games, domestic media reported yesterday, a move that would place them ahead of the general population as the government faces pressure over a slow rollout. There was no immediate comment from Olympic organizers or Japan's Olympic Committee on the reports in the Nikkei and Yomiuri Shimbun dailies, which did not name their sources. The newspapers said around 2,500 people...

DORTMUND: Dortmund's Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland (left) reacts next to Dortmund's English midfielder Jude Bellingham after the German first division Bundesliga football match BVB Borussia Dortmund v RB Leipzig in Dortmund, western Germany on May 8, 2021. - AFPnn

Haaland set for German Cup final return as Nagelsmann eyes title farewell

DORTMUND: Dortmund's Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland (left) reacts next to Dortmund's English midfielder Jude Bellingham after the German first division Bundesliga football match BVB Borussia Dortmund v RB Leipzig in Dortmund, western Germany on May 8, 2021. - AFPBERLIN: Striker Erling Braut Haaland is expected to return for Borussia Dortmund in tonight's German Cup final against RB Leipzig, whose departing coach Julian Nagelsmann wants...

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Kuwait Ramadan Bowling Open concludes

KUWAIT: Ramadan Bowling Open Championship concluded in Kuwait recently after witnessing a large turnout. Chairman of Kuwait Bowling Club Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said the club's board of directors is keen on creating a competitive atmosphere among players in order to maintain their technical level by holding local championships as an alternative to training camps abroad due to the extraordinary circumstances brought about by the...

NEW YORK: Protesters demanding an end to aggression by the Zionist forces against Palestine march in the street in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday in New York City. – AFPn

World powers call for de-escalation in Jerusalem, Gaza

NEW YORK: Protesters demanding an end to aggression by the Zionist forces against Palestine march in the street in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday in New York City. – AFPPARIS: Calls grew yesterday for a de-escalation of violence after intense hostilities between Zionist forces and the Palestinians that have left at least 50 dead and hundreds injured. The occupation army has launched hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip since Monday, while...

In this aerial photograph, funeral pyres of COVID-19 coronavirus victims are seen in a cremation ground along the banks of the Ganges River, in Garhmukteshwar. -- AFPn

Net across Ganges to catch India COVID-19 corpses

In this aerial photograph, funeral pyres of COVID-19 coronavirus victims are seen in a cremation ground along the banks of the Ganges River, in Garhmukteshwar. - AFPNEW DELHI: Authorities in northern India said they have installed a net across the Ganges river after the bodies of dozens of suspected COVID-19 victims washed up. The discovery of 71 corpses in Bihar state stoked fears that the virus was raging unseen in India's vast rural...

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Still no justice a year after Afghan hospital massacre

An Afghan man and woman walking outside the "Barchi National-100 Beds Hospital" where an attack at the maternity ward in May 2020 left 16 mothers and mothers-to-be dead, in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul. – AFPKABUL: It has been a year since Atiqullah Tanha's wife was murdered during a cold-blooded killing spree at a Kabul maternity ward, leaving their twin daughters motherless. "They cry a lot at night," Tanha said, saying the children are...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina: In this file photo, job applicants register at a military job fair for National Guardsmen, veterans and their families on Jan 19, 2012. - AFP n

Citing labor shortage, US states end pandemic jobless benefits

COLUMBIA, South Carolina: In this file photo, job applicants register at a military job fair for National Guardsmen, veterans and their families on Jan 19, 2012. - AFPWASHINGTON: A handful of US states have announced they will end extra unemployment benefits provided by the federal government, which they blame for creating a shortage of workers. Iowa on Tuesday joined Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana and South Carolina in cutting off the...

An electric vehicle charging station is seen at a BP gas station in New Jersey on May 6, 2021. - AFP n

New US electric car chargers are green leap of faith

An electric vehicle charging station is seen at a BP gas station in New Jersey on May 6, 2021. - AFPMONTCLAIR, New Jersey: It has been a long road for electric cars in the United States, but myriad announcements by major automakers signal they are at last moving towards the mainstream. With more electrical models set to hit showrooms, the focus will shift to consumers' willingness to pivot to electric cars at a time when conventional gas...

ATLANTA: Gas stations begin to run out of gasoline after motorists rushed to fill up on Tuesday. - AFP n

Pipeline shutdown sparks fear of US gasoline shortage

ATLANTA: Gas stations begin to run out of gasoline after motorists rushed to fill up on Tuesday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Fears the shutdown of a major fuel pipeline network would cause a gasoline shortage led to some panic buying and prompted US regulators on Tuesday to temporarily suspend clean fuel requirements in three eastern states and the nation's capital. While it remained unclear the degree to which supplies would be affected, drivers lined up...

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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP

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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP

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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos

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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers