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LONDON: Customers shop in Selfridges department store yesterday as coronavirus restrictions are eased across the country. - AFP n

Britons cheer lockdown easing

LONDON: Customers shop in Selfridges department store yesterday as coronavirus restrictions are eased across the country. - AFPLONDON: Britons yesterday toasted a significant easing of coronavirus restrictions, with early morning pints - and much-needed haircuts - as the country took a tentative step towards the resumption of normal life. Some pubs wasted no time and opened on the stroke of midnight. Others opened later - but still much earlier...

COLOMBO: A street vendor carrying woven reed baskets looks for customers as he walks along a street on April 9, 2021. - AFP n

Lanka gets China loan as rupee hits record low

COLOMBO: A street vendor carrying woven reed baskets looks for customers as he walks along a street on April 9, 2021. - AFPCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka secured a $500 million loan from China yesterday in a desperate bid to shore up its foreign exchange reserves as the local currency hit a record low. The Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing said the loan agreement with the China Development Bank will "infuse vitally required foreign exchange" into the island's...

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Syria used chemical weapons in 2018 attack: OPCW probe

Denmark is facing growing criticism for a decision last year to revoke residence permits for Syrian refugees, citing a "safe" situation around Damascus, but the country is sticking to its position.THE HAGUE: The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said yesterday after an investigation. The report is the second by an investigations team set up by...

HAMBURG: Sixteen tons of cocaine, the largest-ever haul of the drug in Europe, seized in Hamburg in February this year.-- AFPnn

COVID, cocaine take Europe to 'breaking point': Europol

HAMBURG: Sixteen tons of cocaine, the largest-ever haul of the drug in Europe, seized in Hamburg in February this year. - AFPTHE HAGUE: The coronavirus pandemic could fuel organized crime for years to come in Europe, a continent already at "breaking point" from an unprecedented flood of cocaine, the EU's policing agency warned yesterday. In its flagship four-yearly report, Europol said increasingly violent criminal gangs are likely to muscle in...

YANGON: People queue in front of Insein prison in Yangon yesterday while they wait to visit inmates ahead of the long holiday stretch for the Myanmar New Year, also known as Thingyan, as the country remains in turmoil after the February military coup. -- AFPn

No mood to celebrate: Myanmar to snub famed water fight festival

YANGON: People queue in front of Insein prison in Yangon yesterday while they wait to visit inmates ahead of the long holiday stretch for the Myanmar New Year, also known as Thingyan, as the country remains in turmoil after the February military coup. - AFPYANGON: Instead of the usual water pistols, splashing and jubilant crowds during Myanmar's New Year festival of Thingyan, this year's holiday will see real guns, blood on the streets and grief...

EDINBURGH: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joins Scottish political party leaders as they take part in a motion of condolence following the death of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh yesterday.-AFPn

UK lawmakers gather to laud Prince Philip

EDINBURGH: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joins Scottish political party leaders as they take part in a motion of condolence following the death of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Lawmakers across the UK convened yesterday to pay tribute to Prince Philip, whose death aged 99 has left a "huge void" in the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The UK parliament...

The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.n

34 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti: IOM

The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.DJIBOUTI: Thirty-four migrants drowned yesterday after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, the second such accident in just over a month. Survivors reported that the boat capsized in rough seas at around 4 am (0100 GMT) after leaving Yemen...

HONG KONG: In this file photo, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted onto a prison van outside the Court of Final Appeal after he was ordered back to jail as the city's highest court granted prosecutors an appeal against his bail. - AFPn

'Stand tall': Hong Kong media tycoon Lai writes letter from jail

HONG KONG: In this file photo, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted onto a prison van outside the Court of Final Appeal after he was ordered back to jail as the city's highest court granted prosecutors an appeal against his bail. - AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has told his staff to "stand tall" in a handwritten letter from prison where he is being held pending trial under a new national security law. Lai, the owner...

AUGUSTA: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the Masters Trophy during the Green Jacket Ceremony after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday in Augusta, Georgia. – AFPn

Matsuyama wins historic Masters title

AUGUSTA: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the Masters Trophy during the Green Jacket Ceremony after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday in Augusta, Georgia. – AFPAUGUSTA: Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese man to win a major golf championship on Sunday, holding his nerve down the stretch to capture the 85th Masters after a dramatic final round. Carrying the hopes of a nation on his shoulders, Matsuyama...

MUNICH: Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian head coach Mauricio Pochettino reacts from the sidelines during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in Munich, southern Germany, on April 7, 2021. - AFPn

Pochettino pleads for time at PSG but he might not need it

MUNICH: Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian head coach Mauricio Pochettino reacts from the sidelines during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in Munich, southern Germany, on April 7, 2021. - AFPPARIS: Mauricio Pochettino has repeatedly said he needs time to put his mark on Paris Saint-Germain and it was always going to be a case of getting through the first few...

VILA NOVA DE GAIA: FC Porto's players attend a training session at the club's training ground of Olival, in Vila Nova de Gaia yesterday, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg football match between FC Porto and Chelsea. - AFPn

'Teacher's pet' Mount emerges as Tuchel's star pupil

VILA NOVA DE GAIA: FC Porto's players attend a training session at the club's training ground of Olival, in Vila Nova de Gaia yesterday, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg football match between FC Porto and Chelsea. - AFPLONDON: Harshly derided as a "teacher's pet" earlier this season, Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount heads into tonight's Champions League showdown against Porto firmly established as Thomas Tuchel's...

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker Son Heung-Min heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on Sunday. - AFPn

Spurs to take action after Korean star Son racially abused

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker Son Heung-Min heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on Sunday. - AFPLONDON: Tottenham Hotspur are to take action after Korean star Son Heung-min was subjected to "abhorrent racist abuse" on social media following Sunday's 3-1 defeat by Manchester United. Son is the second Spurs player...

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