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NEW DELHI: A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine in a school-turned-vaccination center yesterday. - AFP n

European Union eyes letting fully vaccinated travelers into bloc

NEW DELHI: A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine in a school-turned-vaccination center yesterday. - AFPBRUSSELS: The European Union's executive yesterday proposed that travelers who are fully vaccinated with EU-approved jabs be able to enter the bloc, a statement said. The European Commission urged the EU's 27 member countries - which make their own decisions on health matters - to "lift...

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Verizon to sell Yahoo, AOL for $5bn to private equity firm

WASHINGTON: Verizon announced yesterday it was selling faded Internet stars Yahoo and AOL to a private equity firm for $5 billion, ending the media ambitions of the telecoms giant. The deal with Apollo Global Management also includes the entire Verizon Media unit, including the advertising tech operations of the two brands.Verizon will retain a 10 percent stake in the company, which will continue to be led by chief executive Guru Gowrappan, the...

BEIJING: A delivery rider for Meituan, one of China's biggest food delivery firms, heads out to make a food delivery after picking it up from a restaurant on April 27, 2021. - AFP n

Pandemic boosted e-commerce in 2020: UNCTAD

BEIJING: A delivery rider for Meituan, one of China's biggest food delivery firms, heads out to make a food delivery after picking it up from a restaurant on April 27, 2021. - AFPGENEVA: The COVID-19 pandemic provided a boost for e-commerce last year, but the digital windfall was not enjoyed equally across the board, a UN study found yesterday. "Although it will take some time to get the full picture of the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce... a...

AMMAN: A Jordanian man smokes a cigarette as he checks his computer on March 26, 2021. - AFP n

Health crisis as Jordan light up in lockdown

AMMAN: A Jordanian man smokes a cigarette as he checks his computer on March 26, 2021. - AFPAMMAN: Already saddled with one of the world's highest rates of smoking, Jordan has seen the numbers lighting up soar since coronavirus restrictions began last year, sparking fears of a double epidemic. Mounir Shana, who sells hookah waterpipes in the capital Amman, was rarely seen without a cigarette dangling from his lips even before the crisis.But...

MADARIPUR, Bangladesh: Relatives mourn over the body of their loved one after a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand killing at least 26 people, in Madaripur yesterday.-AFPn

26 killed in Bangladesh boat tragedy

MADARIPUR, Bangladesh: Relatives mourn over the body of their loved one after a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand killing at least 26 people, in Madaripur yesterday. - AFPDHAKA: At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand yesterday in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh. Police said the speedboat carrying about three dozen...

LONDON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) speaks with South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong (right) during a bilateral meeting yesterday during the G7 foreign ministers meeting. – AFPn

Blinken presents new N Korea approach as G7 meets in person

LONDON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) speaks with South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong (right) during a bilateral meeting yesterday during the G7 foreign ministers meeting. – AFPLONDON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday opened the Group of Seven's first in-person talks in two years by presenting the new administration's fresh approach on North Korea, which has already denounced it. With COVID raging in India...

CHENNAI: Chief Minister-elect of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin (left) of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference after winning the Tamil Nadu State election, at the memorial of his father and late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi.-AFPn

Setback for Modi after loss in key West Bengal election

CHENNAI: Chief Minister-elect of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin (left) of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference after winning the Tamil Nadu State election, at the memorial of his father and late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi. - AFPKOLKATA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist party suffered a setback Sunday when it lost a fiercely contested state poll. Over the...

Napoleon memorabilia collector Alexander Vikhrov attends an interview at his apartment in Moscow. – AFP photos

Napoleon in Russia: Invader turned icon

Napoleon memorabilia collector Alexander Vikhrov attends an interview at his apartment in Moscow. – AFP photosIn the early 19th century, the French-speaking Russian nobility admired French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, seen then as an unparalleled political and military strategist. But when his army invaded Russia in 1812, residents of Moscow preferred to torch their capital and leave it in ruins rather than surrender it to the hated Corsican...

NEW DELHI: People register to receive a dose of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in New Delhi yesterday. - AFPn

India nears 20m cases as Europe eyes opening up

NEW DELHI: People register to receive a dose of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in New Delhi yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India's total COVID-19 caseload neared 20 million and oxygen shortages exacerbated a devastating second wave yesterday, as the EU proposed new rules that could allow travellers who are fully vaccinated to enter the bloc. Cases have soared by around eight million since the end of March, with Indian Prime Minister...

TUNIS: Aminata Traoure, a 28-year-old refugee from Ivory Coast who survived a shipwreck in early March while trying to reach Europe, stands on a pier by a fishing boat in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, about 270km southeast of the capital.—AFPn

'Europe or death': West Africans risk all to leave Tunisia

TUNIS: Aminata Traoure, a 28-year-old refugee from Ivory Coast who survived a shipwreck in early March while trying to reach Europe, stands on a pier by a fishing boat in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, about 270km southeast of the capital. — AFPSFAX, Tunisia: Aminata Traoure survived a shipwreck in which she lost her baby daughter, her sister and her niece but she is determined to embark again on the illegal crossing to Europe. For the...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas: In this file photo, Fransella Kriestel receives her second dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in San Antonio, Texas. – AFPn

Covax inks deal for 500m Moderna vaccine doses

SAN ANTONIO, Texas: In this file photo, Fransella Kriestel receives her second dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in San Antonio, Texas. – AFPGENEVA: The Covax global vaccine equity program said yesterday it has struck a deal to buy 500 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 jabs. The doses, to come on stream from October at the earliest, will broaden out the portfolio of vaccines in the Covax scheme, which has so far been...

MILAN: FC Internazionale supporters celebrate at Piazza Duomo in Milan on Sunday, after the team won the Italian Serie A Championship title. - AFPn

Inter fans party in Milan after 19th Serie A title triumph

MILAN: FC Internazionale supporters celebrate at Piazza Duomo in Milan on Sunday, after the team won the Italian Serie A Championship title. - AFPMILAN: Thousands thronged onto the Milan streets on Sunday as Inter claimed a first Serie A title in 11 years to end rivals Juventus' nine-year reign. Antonio Conte's side clinched their 19th Scudetto after Atalanta drew 1-1 at Sassuolo to leave the 'Nerazzurri' 13 points clear with four games...

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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

Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader

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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

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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