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SURESNES, France: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) talks to a patient in rehabilitation service during a visit to the long-term COVID-19 unit of Foch Hospital near Paris on April 22, 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP n

Leaders seek $19bn for COVID weapons

SURESNES, France: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) talks to a patient in rehabilitation service during a visit to the long-term COVID-19 unit of Foch Hospital near Paris on April 22, 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFPGENEVA: World leaders united Friday to demand $19 billion of investment in weapons to beat the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the "miracle" of vaccines did not mean the end was in sight. One year on from the launch of the...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks and participates in the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Session 5: The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action from the White House yesterday. - AFP n

Biden summit brings new hope on climate but hard path ahead

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks and participates in the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Session 5: The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action from the White House yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Could the planet finally be on track to limiting climate change? After US President Joe Biden ramped up ambitions with a climate summit, experts are cautiously saying yes - although a difficult path lies ahead. At a 40-leader summit...

PUURS: (From left) German scientist, CMO and co-founder of BioNTech Ozlem Tureci, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo address a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer on Friday. - AFP n

EU to have enough vaccines for 70% of adults 'in July'

PUURS: (From left) German scientist, CMO and co-founder of BioNTech Ozlem Tureci, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo address a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer on Friday. - AFPPUURS, Belgium: The EU coronavirus vaccine program will secure enough...

BRUSSELS: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is welcomed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Berlaymont building at the EU headquarters on Friday. - AFP n

Europe's COVID recovery fund starts to fall into place

BRUSSELS: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is welcomed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Berlaymont building at the EU headquarters on Friday. - AFPBRUSSELS: Negotiations were difficult and the plan got off to a slow start, but Europe's huge post-coronavirus recovery fund may make its first payments in July. To Brussels' relief, two important obstacles in the path of the 672-billion-euro ($812 billion) package of...

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Pfizer CEO: COVID vaccine to become easier to ship, store

Albert BourlaPUURS: US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer is planning a new version of its coronavirus vaccine that can be stored in a standard freezer and comes diluted and ready for use, its CEO told AFP on Friday. The vaccine developed by Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech is already a mainstay in Europe's efforts to control the pandemic - but it is a challenge to ship and protect.The current version must be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius, limiting...

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Ryan Mason reacts with Tottenham Hotspur's Welsh midfielder Gareth Bale on his substitution during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London on April 21, 2021. - AFPn

Man City, Spurs clash in League Cup final after Super League debacle

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Ryan Mason reacts with Tottenham Hotspur's Welsh midfielder Gareth Bale on his substitution during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London on April 21, 2021. - AFPLONDON: Treble-chasing Manchester City face a Tottenham side desperate to end their trophy drought in the League Cup final as two members of the failed...

LONDON: Supporters protest against Arsenal's US owner Stan Kroenke, outside English Premier League club Arsenal's Emirates stadium in London on Friday, ahead of their game against Everton. - AFPn

Arsenal fans turn to devil and vampire in protests at owner

LONDON: Supporters protest against Arsenal's US owner Stan Kroenke, outside English Premier League club Arsenal's Emirates stadium in London on Friday, ahead of their game against Everton. - AFPLONDON: Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke's humiliating climbdown over joining the European Super League appears to have only further estranged him from the club's furious fans. Around 2,000 protested prior to Arsenal's Premier League match with Everton on...

MANCHESTER: In this file photo taken on March 20, 2004 Manchester United's Ryan Giggs celebrates after scoring to make it 1-0 against Spurs during the Premiership clash at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester. - AFPn

UEFA drops Euro hosts Dublin, Bilbao

MANCHESTER: In this file photo taken on March 20, 2004 Manchester United's Ryan Giggs celebrates after scoring to make it 1-0 against Spurs during the Premiership clash at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester. - AFPLAUSANNE: UEFA on Friday dropped Dublin and Bilbao as Euro 2020 hosts over a failure to guarantee fans' attendance and held fire over any reprisals it might mete out to the 12 clubs involved in the failed Super League project. The four...

Ethnic San Chi women dressed in traditional costumes play a friendly football match as part of the Soong Co festival celebrations in northern Vietnam's Quang Ninh province.—AFP photosn

Farmers and football: The Vietnamese women scoring big on the field

Ethnic San Chi women dressed in traditional costumes play a friendly football match as part of the Soong Co festival celebrations in northern Vietnam's Quang Ninh province. — AFP photosLegs stiff from long days in the rice terraces of northern Vietnam, scores of female farmers dressed in colorful cloth headbands and skirts gather on a gravel pitch for a game of football. The all-female squads of Huc Dong commune, a mountainous village only 40...

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Black ballet dancer wins payout in Berlin racism row

Chloe Lopes GomesA black ballet dancer has been awarded 16,000 euros ($19,000) in compensation and the renewal of her contract at the Berlin State Ballet in an out-of-court settlement over allegations of racism. Chloe Lopes Gomes, the first black dancer to be hired by the company in 2018, began legal action after her fixed-term contract was not renewed last summer, accusing her bosses of forcing her to wear white make-up, among other things....

This undated handout picture obtained from the Facebook page of Entisar Al-Hammadi shows her posing for a 'selfie' at an unknown location. –AFP n

Yemeni model detained as Houthis impose morals crackdown

This undated handout picture obtained from the Facebook page of Entisar Al-Hammadi shows her posing for a 'selfie' at an unknown location. –AFPEntisar Al-Hammadi was just starting a career in modeling when she was arrested two months ago in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, where the Houthis are enforcing a morals campaign. Born to an Ethiopian mother and Yemeni father, the 19-year-old had been pictured online in traditional dress as well as...

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Hollywood set for pandemic-era Oscars, with 'Nomadland' out front

In this file photo US-China director Chloe Zhao poses during a photocall to present the movie "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" in the French northwestern sea resort of Deauville, during the 41th Deauville US Film Festival. - AFP photosThe Oscars tonight will mirror the movie industry they honor: transformed by the pandemic, forced to experiment with new venues and formats, and likely to be dominated by "Nomadland." The crowning event of Hollywood's...

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