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UKHIA, Bangladesh: Onlookers gather at a Rohingya refugee camp yesterday, which was hit by a huge blaze. - AFP n

Rohingya camp blaze kills 15, 400 missing

UKHIA, Bangladesh: Onlookers gather at a Rohingya refugee camp yesterday, which was hit by a huge blaze. - AFPCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Fifteen people have died and 400 are missing after a huge fire destroyed the shanty homes of tens of thousands of Rohingya in the world's biggest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, the UN said yesterday. Nearly one million of the persecuted Muslim minority - many of whom escaped a 2017 military crackdown in...

DORTMUND: In this photo taken on Feb 22, 2021, children wear facemasks as they attend lessons at the Petri primary school. – AFP nildren wear face masks as they attend school lessons at the Petri primary school in Dortmund, western Germany, amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Children who are 10 and younger produce more antibodies in response to coronavirus infection than adolescents and adults, a study showed March 22, 2021. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Younger kids have stronger antibody response to COVID

DORTMUND: In this photo taken on Feb 22, 2021, children wear facemasks as they attend lessons at the Petri primary school. – AFPWASHINGTON: Children who are 10 and younger produce more antibodies in response to coronavirus infection than adolescents and adults, a study showed Monday. The authors of the paper, which appeared in JAMA Network Open, said the finding helped illuminate why children are less susceptible to severe COVID-19 than adults...

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First tweet fetches $2.9m at auction

twitterSAN FRANCISCO: The first message ever fired off at Twitter sold on Monday for $2.9 million when its sender Jack Dorsey accepted the winning bid for the collectible as a "non-fungible token" or NFT at an auction. "Jack accepted the offer from sinaEstavi for $2,915,835.47," read a tweet from the Valuables by Cent auction platform. "This tweet is now minted on the blockchain."The profile on the auction-winning account indicated it belonged...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Towers lit up Monday with the flags of Kuwait and China to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kuwaiti-Chinese diplomatic relations. - KUNAn

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KUWAIT: Kuwait Towers lit up Monday with the flags of Kuwait and China to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kuwaiti-Chinese diplomatic relations. - KUNA

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Kuwait reports 13 deaths, 1,288 new COVID cases

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday reported 1,288 new coronavirus infections, taking total cases to 221,743, the health ministry said. The ministry's spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said 13 more people died due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,246.He said 9,367 virus tests were conducted in this period, taking total PCR tests to 1,985,656. Sanad added 1,202 people recovered from the disease, as total recoveries in the country...

An Israeli Bedouin casts his ballot yesterday in the Bedouin town of Rahat on the fourth national election in two years. - AFPnn

Israelis vote to decide Netanyahu's fate

An Israeli Bedouin casts his ballot yesterday in the Bedouin town of Rahat on the fourth national election in two years. - AFPJERUSALEM: Israelis were voting yesterday in their fourth election in less than two years, with the nation deeply split on whether veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should remain in power. Election workers in full COVID protective gear staffed polling stations for voters currently in quarantine-but thanks to a...

BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg give a press conference ahead of a Nato Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday.-AFPn

Blinken meets NATO allies, but no decision on Afghan pullout

BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg give a press conference ahead of a Nato Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday.-AFPBRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged yesterday to share Washington's "initial thinking" on a looming Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, as he meets NATO allies on his first official European trip. America's top diplomat adopted a positive tone...

MANDALAY: Family members grieve over the body of teenage bystander Tun Tun Aung at a cemetery in Mandalay yesterday, a day after he was shot dead in front of his home by security forces during a crackdown on demonstrations against the military coup. - AFPn

Myanmar military brass hit with new US, EU sanctions over coup

MANDALAY: Family members grieve over the body of teenage bystander Tun Tun Aung at a cemetery in Mandalay yesterday, a day after he was shot dead in front of his home by security forces during a crackdown on demonstrations against the military coup. - AFPYANGON: The European Union and the United States slapped sanctions Monday on top police and military commanders linked to last month's coup in Myanmar, as pro-democracy demonstrators went back...

HIRONO: In this picture taken on February 28, 2021, Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay runner Yumiko Nishimoto poses for a photo in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture. - AFPn

Fukushima hopes Olympic torch will shine light on recovery

HIRONO: In this picture taken on February 28, 2021, Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay runner Yumiko Nishimoto poses for a photo in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture. - AFPFUKUSHIMA: When the Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicks off in Fukushima tomorrow, runners are hoping it will show the world the area is no "nuclear wasteland", a decade after the 2011 disaster. The pandemic might have overshadowed a Games once billed as the "Recovery Olympics" after the...

MUNICH: In this file photo taken on December 16, 2020 Bayern Munich's German midfielder Jamal Musiala plays the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Vfl Wolfsburg in Munich. - AFPn

Germany seek redemption as Loew starts swansong

MUNICH: In this file photo taken on December 16, 2020 Bayern Munich's German midfielder Jamal Musiala plays the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Vfl Wolfsburg in Munich. - AFPBERLIN: Germany will seek redemption for November's humiliating thrashing against Spain as Joachim Loew's squad look to get the fans back behind them by winning their first three World Cup qualifiers. Germany host...

BERLIN: In this file photo taken on March 21, 2021 Leverkusen's Dutch head coach Peter Bosz reacts during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen in Berlin. - AFPn

Leverkusen fire Bosz after slump, Wolf takes charge

BERLIN: In this file photo taken on March 21, 2021 Leverkusen's Dutch head coach Peter Bosz reacts during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen in Berlin. - AFPBERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen yesterday sacked head coach Peter Bosz and brought in Hannes Wolf in a bid to stop their slide down the Bundesliga table after having been top in December. Bosz, 57, has been replaced by former Germany...

CENTURY CITY: In this file photo taken on May 18, 2013 former NBA player Elgin Baylor speaks onstage at the 28th Anniversary Sports Spectacular Gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California. - AFPn

Lakers legend Baylor dies aged 86: Team

CENTURY CITY: In this file photo taken on May 18, 2013 former NBA player Elgin Baylor speaks onstage at the 28th Anniversary Sports Spectacular Gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Lakers legend Elgin Baylor, widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to win a championship after playing and losing in eight NBA Finals, died on Monday, the franchise announced. He was 86. The...

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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

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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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