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The benefits of over-the-counter vaccines

By Hamad Al-Marzouq and Ahmad Al-Omar since the case of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was diagnosed in Wuhan, China circa December 2019, the amount of deaths has been increasing exponentially worldwide. As of February 14, 2021, the number of patients globally has risen to 109 million, with over 2.4 million deaths. We have been fighting the virus for more than a year now, and it is blatantly evident that...

Egyptian officials checking the operation trying to free Taiwan-owned cargo MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-) long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal yesterday. - AFPn

Crisis-hit Suez Canal suspends traffic

Egyptian officials checking the operation trying to free Taiwan-owned cargo MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-) long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal yesterday. - AFPCAIRO: The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said yesterday they were facing "extreme difficulty" refloating it, prompting Egypt to suspend navigation through one...

MEXICO CITY: An elderly woman in a wheelchair is assisted before getting vaccinated with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the vaccination center set up at the University City Exhibition Center and Congress in Coyoacan, Mexico City on Wednesday.-AFPn

EU races to catch up on vaccines as Brazil deaths cross 300,000

MEXICO CITY: An elderly woman in a wheelchair is assisted before getting vaccinated with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the vaccination center set up at the University City Exhibition Center and Congress in Coyoacan, Mexico City on Wednesday.-AFPBRUSSELS: The European Union will look for ways to end its vaccine struggles at a summit yesterday, as a COVID-19 surge takes the death toll in Brazil past 300,000. A crucial...

ATHENS: (From left), Prince of Wales, Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and her partner Pavlos Kotsonis pose for a photograph in Athens, Greece yesterday as Greece celebrates 200th anniversary of 1821 revolution and war of independence. - AFPn

Greece celebrates revolution bicentennial with pomp, allies

ATHENS: Prince of Wales, Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and her partner Pavlos Kotsonis pose for a photograph in Athens, Greece yesterday as Greece celebrates 200th anniversary of 1821 revolution and war of independence. - AFPATHENS: Greece yesterday celebrated 200 years since the start of its independence war with the Ottoman Empire with parades and ceremonies attended by foreign...

NARAHA, Japan: Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto (left) applauds as a member of Japan's women's national football team carries the Olympic torch on day one of the torch relay in Fukushima Prefecture yesterday. - AFP n

'Ray of light': Olympic torch relay begins after year's delay

NARAHA, Japan: Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto (left) applauds as a member of Japan's women's national football team carries the Olympic torch on day one of the torch relay in Fukushima Prefecture yesterday. - AFPIWAKI, Japan: The Tokyo Olympics torch relay got underway yesterday after a year's coronavirus delay, with officials hoping it will be a "ray of light" after the problems caused by the pandemic. Spectators were barred from the...

ISTANBUL: Turkey's forward Burak Yilmaz (right) is challenged by Netherlands' defenders Owen Wijndal (left) and Matthijs De Ligt during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification Group G football match at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. - AFP n

Turkey beat Netherlands, Belgium see off Wales, Ukraine hold France

ISTANBUL: Turkey's forward Burak Yilmaz (right) is challenged by Netherlands' defenders Owen Wijndal (left) and Matthijs De Ligt during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification Group G football match at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. - AFPPARIS: The Netherlands slumped to a dramatic 4-2 defeat by Turkey in their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday, while reigning champions France were held by Ukraine despite a brilliant...

MILWAUKEE: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks is defended by Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics during the second half of a game at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday. - AFP n

Bucks hold off charging Celtics, Fournier helps Magic edge Suns

MILWAUKEE: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks is defended by Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics during the second half of a game at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday. - AFPLOS ANGELES: The Milwaukee Bucks pushed their NBA winning streak to eight games on Wednesday, squandering a 25-point third-quarter lead but holding on to edge the Boston Celtics 121-119. Khris Middleton scored 27 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Bucks, who...

MOSUL: An Iraqi youth rides a bicycle past the Nuri mosque in the old town of the northern city of Mosul, a site heavily damaged by Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the 2017 battle for the city.-AFPn

Iraq's Saddam-era laws being used to silence govt critics

MOSUL: An Iraqi youth rides a bicycle past the Nuri mosque in the old town of the northern city of Mosul, a site heavily damaged by Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the 2017 battle for the city.-AFPBAGHDAD: The arrest of a prominent political commentator has revived bad memories in Iraq, where laws inherited from Saddam Hussein's regime are still being used to silence critics 18 years after his ouster. Late Thursday night, Ibrahim Al-Sumeidi...

NEW DELHI: A medical worker inoculates a man with the Covaxin COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a health center in New Delhi yesterday.-AFPn

India's daily virus cases cross 50,000

NEW DELHI: A medical worker inoculates a man with the Covaxin COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a health center in New Delhi yesterday.-AFPNEW DELHI: India recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases yesterday for the first time since November as a new wave of infections takes hold a year after one of the world's tightest Covid-19 lockdowns was imposed. The government and Indian vaccine giant the Serum Institute meanwhile declined to comment...

BRUSSELS: Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Sophie Wilmes (left) welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a meeting in Brussels yesterday.-AFPn

Blinken offers shared vision to US allies in U-turn on Trump

BRUSSELS: Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Sophie Wilmes (left) welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a meeting in Brussels yesterday.-AFPBRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed a new approach to work closer with allies, promising Washington would not force them to take sides against China. "When our allies shoulder their fair share of the burden, they'll reasonably expect to have a fair say in making decisions," Blinken...

DELRAY BEACH, Florida: Austin Title handles a weapon as he visits WEX Gunworks on Wednesday in Delray Beach, Florida. - AFPn

Pandemic-hit US confronted anew by mass shootings

DELRAY BEACH, Florida: Austin Title handles a weapon as he visits WEX Gunworks on Wednesday in Delray Beach, Florida. - AFPWASHINGTON: Two US mass shootings in a week have thrust back to the fore the nation's plague of gun violence, which worsened during the pandemic and may have been further fueled by spiking firearm sales in 2020. The two separate bursts of killing, on opposite sides of the country, claimed a total of 18 lives and confronted...

KANDAHAR: A soldier walks near the destroyed section of a bridge connecting Kandahar city and Arghandab district, near Kandahar on Wednesday after a bomb blast. - AFPnnn

Taleban slam Afghan president's proposal for election this year

KANDAHAR: A soldier walks near the destroyed section of a bridge connecting Kandahar city and Arghandab district, near Kandahar on Wednesday after a bomb blast. - AFPKABUL: The Taleban rejected a proposal by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to hold elections later this year, after months of peace talks between the two warring sides have made little progress. Although he hasn't made details public, Ghani will announce the election plan at a...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP

No end in sight for UK riots

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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP

Hamas names Sinwar new chief