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NEW DELHI: A COVID-19 coronavirus patient reacts while sitting on a bed inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a COVID care center in New Delhi yesterday.—AFPn
India's COVID battle stokes vaccine worries in Africa
NEW DELHI: A COVID-19 coronavirus patient reacts while sitting on a bed inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a COVID care center in New Delhi yesterday. — AFPNAIROBI: Africa is watching aghast as India struggles with coronavirus, fearing a long-running shortfall in the Indian-made vaccines that it needs to help shield its people. Often dubbed the "world's pharmacy", India is one of the biggest suppliers of the AstraZeneca vaccine...
This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch yesterday shows protesters participating in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. -- AFPn
Myanmar counts cost of coup, 100 days on
This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch yesterday shows protesters participating in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFPYANGON: One hundred days after the military seized power in Myanmar, the nun who pleaded for protesters on her knees in the street says the coup has cast a pall of fear and depression over the country. The image of Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng kneeling in the dust, arms spread, begging police not...
KATHMANDU: Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli speaks at the parliament in Kathmandu yesterday as he lost a confidence vote, triggering fresh political uncertainty just as the Himalayan nation reels from the pandemic. - AFPn
Embattled Nepal PM loses vote of confidence
KATHMANDU: Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli speaks at the parliament in Kathmandu yesterday as he lost a confidence vote, triggering fresh political uncertainty just as the Himalayan nation reels from the pandemic. - AFPKATHMANDU: Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli lost a confidence vote yesterday, triggering fresh political uncertainty just as the Himalayan nation reels from the pandemic. Oli, 69, decided to seek a vote of confidence...
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Boursa Kuwait announces profits of KD 3.26m for period ended March 31, 2021
KUWAIT: In a meeting of its board members on 10 May 2021, Boursa Kuwait announced an operating profit of KD 3.77 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2021, a 74.32 percent increase compared to the same period in 2020, when the company recorded a profit of KD 2.16 million. The company also announced that it recorded profits attributable to equity holders of the parent company of KD 3.26 million for the three months period ended March...
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Lebanon announces 'conditional' plan for dollar withdrawals
BEIRUT: Mock Lebanese banknotes bearing only zero digits and reading "Bank of Dreams" are seen at an art installation titled 'Menhara' (collapsed) by Lebanese artist Carlo Kassabian, reflecting on the currency devaluation, at a club in Beirut on May 8, 2021. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's central bank on Sunday announced a "conditional" plan that would allow depositors, hit by strangling financial restrictions, to access part of their foreign currency...
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Climate to ravage Kenya's tea production
PARIS: Climate change is set to devastate Kenya's tea production as the world's largest exporter faces rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and insect infestations, according to analysis released yesterday. Tea is the world's most consumed drink after water and disruption in supply from the east African nation is predicted to have a global impact.A report from the charity Christian Aid outlined the various threats Kenya faces to its key black...
French fishing boats protest in front of the port of Saint Helier off the British island of Jersey to draw attention to what they see as unfair restrictions on their ability to fish in UK waters after Brexit, on May 6, 2021. - AFP n
Brexit hit us too: Jersey fishermen react to French protest
French fishing boats protest in front of the port of Saint Helier off the British island of Jersey to draw attention to what they see as unfair restrictions on their ability to fish in UK waters after Brexit, on May 6, 2021. - AFPSAINT HELIER, United Kingdom: "If it goes on like this, there won't be any more fishing around here," warns Loic Farnham, a 30-year-old fisherman, after post-Brexit rule changes prompted a furious French protest....
TOKYO: Ryuji Miura of Japan competes and sets a national record in the men's 3000m steeple-chase during an athletics test event for the Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. - AFPn
Fake cheers, empty seats: Tokyo gives glimpse of COVID-era Olympics
TOKYO: Ryuji Miura of Japan competes and sets a national record in the men's 3000m steeple-chase during an athletics test event for the Tokyo Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. - AFPTOKYO: Fake cheers, empty seats and the sound of pounding feet: welcome to the COVID-era Tokyo Olympics, which Japan seems determined to hold at all costs. An athletics test event brought home the reality of hosting an Olympics during the pandemic,...
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A month before Euro 2020, uncertainty off the pitch and on
PARIS: Postponed last year because of the pandemic, Euro 2020 finally kicks off in a month's time when Italy face Turkey in Rome but the health crisis continues to cast a shadow over a tournament being held for the first time at venues all across the continent. UEFA's focus this week is on the headache of what to do with the Champions League final amid pressure from the UK government to move the all-English showpiece from Istanbul to England....
ORLANDO: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves shoots the ball against the Orlando Magic on Sunday at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. - AFPn
Emotional Mother's Day win for Wolves' Towns, Doncic tossed in Mavs' victory
ORLANDO: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves shoots the ball against the Orlando Magic on Sunday at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Karl-Anthony Towns scored 27 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 128-96 rout of the Orlando Magic Sunday, then lifted the lid on how emotional it is for him to play on Mother's Day. The two-time all-star Towns lost his mother, Jacqueline Towns, to COVID-19 last April....
Yemenis gather at a market in Yemen's northeastern city of Marib.-AFP photosn
Yemenis in embattled city of Marib gear up for Eid
Yemenis gather at a market in Yemen's northeastern city of Marib. - AFP photosMarkets in Yemen's embattled Marib city are bustling with people gearing up for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, despite fighting that has raged nearby between government forces and Houthi rebels. While shoppers this week crowded the streets of the city to buy clothes, sweets and nuts for the feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, pro-government forces...
This picture shows a tourist posing on a bed for a photo in the former residence of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.-AFP nn
In China's 'Red Holy Land', tourists mark Communist Party centenary
This picture shows a tourist posing on a bed for a photo in the former residence of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.-AFPTourists pose for photos on Chairman Mao's bed as the Chinese Communist Party -- much-criticized overseas-marks its centenary year at home with PR push including office history outings, big-budget movies and carefully constructed media tours. The ruling party, which celebrates the 100th year of its founding in Shanghai this...
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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
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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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
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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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
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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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