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MUMBAI: People crowd at a railway station in Mumbai Monday. - AFPn

India authorizes emergency use of Sputnik V

MUMBAI: People crowd at a railway station in Mumbai Monday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India has authorized the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and will fast-track approval for other shots already passed by other major countries, authorities said Tuesday, as infection rates soared to a new record high. The government has faced mounting calls to approve more vaccines during the surge among the 1.3 billion population and a...

HONG KONG: This handout photo from the Epoch Times newspaper received yesterday shows a screen grab from CCTV footage of masked men storming into the printing plant in the early hours of the morning and smashing up equipment with sledgehammers.-AFPn

Epoch Times defiant after HK printing press attacked

HONG KONG: This handout photo from the Epoch Times newspaper received yesterday shows a screen grab from CCTV footage of masked men storming into the printing plant in the early hours of the morning and smashing up equipment with sledgehammers.-AFPHONG KONG: A Hong Kong newspaper linked to a spiritual group banned in China said yesterday it would "never back down" after a gang of sledgehammer-wielding men damaged its printing presses. The...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A woman stands between structures Yawuri informal camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. The makeshift camp hosts nearly 2,000 people internally displaced by a decade-long jihadist insurgency in northeast Nigeria. - AFPn

Going home or staying safe in NE Nigeria, an impossible choice

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A woman stands between structures of Yawuri informal camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. The makeshift camp hosts nearly 2,000 people internally displaced by a decade-long jihadist insurgency in northeast Nigeria. - AFPMAIDUGURI, Nigeria: "Boko Haram was in my house!" three-year-old Aisha said with a frown, sat next to her mother Hadiza in a run-down camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in...

Picture of a new species of marsupial frog found during a research study developed in the moorland and humid forest of the Cordillera de Colan.-AFP n

New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle

Picture of a new species of marsupial frog found during a research study developed in the moorland and humid forest of the Cordillera de Colan.-AFPA new species of marsupial frog has been discovered in Peru's Amazon jungle, the state service for natural protected areas said on Monday. The new species belongs to the Gastrotheca genus of tailless frogs found in South and Central America. "The Cordillera de Colan National Sanctuary made an...

TOKYO: A man sits on a rock in front of the Olympic rings at the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on Monday. – AFPn

How the first Tokyo Olympics changed the face of Japan

TOKYO: A man sits on a rock in front of the Olympic rings at the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on Monday. – AFPPARIS: The 1964 summer Olympic Games were Japan's great return to the world stage after its defeat and destruction two decades earlier in World War II. The first Games ever held in Asia were also a chance to trumpet the rebuilding of post-war Tokyo and the country's emergence as a high-tech giant with the infrastructure to match.That...

MINNEAPOLIS: A view of Target Field after a postponement was announced for the game between the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – AFP n

Minnesota sports shut down after police shooting

MINNEAPOLIS: A view of Target Field after a postponement was announced for the game between the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – AFPLOS ANGELES: Sporting fixtures in Minnesota were called off Monday as tensions in the city simmered in the wake of the fatal police shooting of a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb. Basketball, baseball and ice hockey games were all postponed following the...

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Ice cold Kroos keeps Real Madrid in the hunt for trophies again

MADRID: Real Madrid's German midfielder Toni Kroos dives for the ball during the "El Clasico" Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas, on the outskirts of Madrid on Saturday. – AFPMADRID: When Toni Kroos arrived for his first training session with Real Madrid in 2014, he went the wrong way. Walking out onto the pitch at the club's sprawling Valdebebas training...

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp shouts instructions to his players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Saturday. – AFPn

Liverpool need Klopp to rediscover magic touch for rescue act

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp shouts instructions to his players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Saturday. – AFPLIVERPOOL: In need of another famous Champions League fightback, Liverpool cannot rely on a wave of passion, color and noise from the stands at Anfield to inspire a comeback from 3-1 down against...

MANCHESTER: In this file photo taken on April 06, 2021 Dortmund's German forward Marco Reus (left) celebrates after scoring the equalizing goal with Dortmund's Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland during the UEFA Champions League first leg quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England. – AFPn

Dortmund skipper Reus revels alongside 'unique' Haaland

MANCHESTER: In this file photo taken on April 06, 2021 Dortmund's German forward Marco Reus (left) celebrates after scoring the equalizing goal with Dortmund's Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland during the UEFA Champions League first leg quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England. – AFPBERLIN: Marco Reus is set to rekindle his blossoming partnership...

Manchester City's Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (L) runs with the ball during the UEFA Champions League first leg quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on April 6, 2021. - AFP

De Bruyne key to breaking Man City's CL complex

Manchester City's Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (L) runs with the ball during the UEFA Champions League first leg quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on April 6, 2021. - AFPLONDON: "Win everything," said Kevin De Bruyne when asked of his ambitions for Manchester City after signing a new four-year contract to reportedly become the Premier League's...

DORTMUND: In this file photo taken on Jan 26, 2020, a physical imitation of a bitcoin is pictured. - AFP n

Bitcoin hits record as Coinbase brings cryptocurrencies to Wall St

DORTMUND: In this file photo taken on Jan 26, 2020, a physical imitation of a bitcoin is pictured. - AFPLONDON: Bitcoin hit a record high above $62,000 yesterday as the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase prepares to launch shares on Wall Street. Bitcoin reached $62,377, a huge gain of 114 percent since the start of the year. After crashing in 2018, the value of bitcoin rebounded and it has set records since late last year - rocketing from around...

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Microsoft bets big on health with $19.7bn purchase of Nuance

NEW YORK: Microsoft is to acquire artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Nuance for $19.7 billion, bolstering its healthcare presence with a leader in voice recognition technology. Nuance's technology includes a conversational AI tool versed in specialized medical terms, freeing physicians from note-taking and allowing better patient-physician interactions in person or in the telemedicine appointments that have taken off during the...

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

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