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LA JOYA, Texas: A Guatemalan family waits with fellow immigrants to board a US Customs and Border Protection bus to a processing center after crossing the border from Mexico on Tuesday.-- AFPn

By rail, road or on foot, migrants flow across Mexico towards US

LA JOYA, Texas: A Guatemalan family waits with fellow immigrants to board a US Customs and Border Protection bus to a processing center after crossing the border from Mexico on Tuesday. - AFPAPIZACO, Mexico: Greyssi Venegas devours her first meal in three days at a Mexican shelter near the railroad where migrants risk their lives clinging to freight trains on their grueling journey north to the United States. An unexpected pregnancy has...

BAKU: Azerbaijani Ramziya Sharifova, 47, poses during an interview with AFP at her apartment in Baku.-AFPn

For Azerbaijanis displaced by war, a chance to finally go home

BAKU: Azerbaijani Ramziya Sharifova, 47, poses during an interview with AFP at her apartment in Baku.-AFPBAKU, Azerbaijan: As a young woman in 1993, Azerbaijani Ramziya Sharifova waded across a river into Iran with her family to escape Armenian forces capturing her village, then watched as they burned it to the ground. Nearly 30 years later, she's finally planning to go home. The 47-year-old librarian is one of the 750,000 Azerbaijanis who fled...

BEIRUT: This picture shows the silos of Beirut port, destroyed in a giant blast on Aug 4 last year, in the Lebanese capital on April 6, 2021. - AFP n

Foreign firms vie to rebuild Beirut port

BEIRUT: This picture shows the silos of Beirut port, destroyed in a giant blast on Aug 4 last year, in the Lebanese capital on April 6, 2021. - AFPBEIRUT: Eight months after a massive blast ripped through Beirut port and nearby districts of the Lebanese capital, a host of foreign companies with different national interests are competing to rebuild it. "Everyone has their eyes on the port: The Russians, the Chinese, the Turks, the French and now...

TOKYO: In this file photo taken on Nov 8, 2018, Toshiba Chairman and CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani attends a press conference. - AFP n

Toshiba CEO resigns as buyout offer stirs turmoil

TOKYO: In this file photo taken on Nov 8, 2018, Toshiba Chairman and CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani attends a press conference. - AFPTOKYO: Toshiba's CEO resigned yesterday as a buyout offer from a private equity fund stirs turmoil inside the storied Japanese company, with reports suggesting two other funds are considering bids. Nobuaki Kurumatani's resignation is the latest development in years of upheaval at the firm, which only won back its spot on...

SUEZ, Egypt: This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of the MV Ever Given container ship in the Great Bitter Lake area of the Suez Canal on April 12, 2021. - AFP n

Egypt seizes Suez megaship, demands $900m compensation

SUEZ, Egypt: This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of the MV Ever Given container ship in the Great Bitter Lake area of the Suez Canal on April 12, 2021. - AFPTOKYO: The Japanese owner of a megaship seized after blocking the Suez Canal has said it is negotiating with Egyptian authorities after they demanded $900 million in compensation for its release. The 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given got diagonally stuck in the...

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch yesterday shows protesters carrying pots filled with Thingyan festival flowers and leaves during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFPn

Myanmar protesters throw red paint in the streets

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch yesterday shows protesters carrying pots filled with Thingyan festival flowers and leaves during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFPYANGON: Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sloshed red paint in the streets yesterday to symbolize the blood spilled and more than 700 lives lost in a brutal military crackdown. The country is barely functioning and the economy has stalled since...

LONDON: Pedestrians walk past a Big Issue seller holding copies of the magazine as he works near Charing Cross in central London. Britain's partial easing of coronavirus restrictions this has not just been welcomed by the hard-pressed retail and hospitality sector. - AFPn

Homeless magazine sellers back on the streets in UK

LONDON: Pedestrians walk past a Big Issue seller holding copies of the magazine as he works near Charing Cross in central London. Britain's partial easing of coronavirus restrictions this has not just been welcomed by the hard-pressed retail and hospitality sector. - AFPLONDON: For homeless magazine vendor Matthew Meredith, the lifting of England's coronavirus lockdown is a major relief. For the past three months, he's struggled to pay for food...

MOGADISHU: Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another two years.-- AFPn

Somali president extends his rule for 2 more years

MOGADISHU: Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another two years. - AFPMOGADISHU: Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another two years, despite threats of sanctions from the international community. State broadcaster Radio Mogadishu said the president, better known by his nickname Farmajo, had "signed into law...

DHAKA: A policeman stops a motorist at a checkpoint as Bangladesh's authorities enforced a strict lockdown to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Dhaka yesterday. - AFPn

Bangladesh virus shutdown triggers exodus from capital

DHAKA: A policeman stops a motorist at a checkpoint as Bangladesh's authorities enforced a strict lockdown to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Dhaka yesterday. - AFPDHAKA: Tens of thousands of people scrambled to get the last trains, buses and ferries out of Dhaka on Tuesday before a nationwide transport shutdown to halt the spread of coronavirus took hold. With new cases and deaths hitting record numbers, Bangladesh's...

TOKYO: This picture shows the Tokyo Tower, Japan's second-tallest structure at 332.9 meters (1,092 feet), lit up with Olympic colors to mark 100 days till the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Virus surges fuel fears 100 days before Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: This picture shows the Tokyo Tower, Japan's second-tallest structure at 332.9 meters (1,092 feet), lit up with Olympic colors to mark 100 days till the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: A second section of the Tokyo Olympics torch relay was pulled from public roads over spiking coronavirus cases yesterday, fueling fears about whether the postponed Games should go ahead with just 100 days until the opening...

MINNEAPOLIS: Anthony Edwards #1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves plays defense on Kevin Durant #7 of the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - AFPn

Durant drops 31 in Nets win

MINNEAPOLIS: Anthony Edwards #1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves plays defense on Kevin Durant #7 of the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - AFPMINNEAPOLIS: Kevin Durant scored 31 points as the Brooklyn Nets bounced back from defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers with a blowout victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. Durant led the scorers in a 127-97 victory for the Nets in a game that had been postponed...

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe (right) fights for the ball with Bayern Munich's defender Benjamin Pavard during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and FC Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, on Tuesday. - AFPn

PSG show their mettle with biggest Champions League scalp

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe (right) fights for the ball with Bayern Munich's defender Benjamin Pavard during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and FC Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, on Tuesday. - AFPPARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's relationship with the Champions League over the last decade has been fraught with disappointment and...

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