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LONDON: Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette scores his team's third goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Arsenal at The London Stadium yesterday. - AFP n

Arsenal denies West Ham in 6-goal thriller

LONDON: Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette scores his team's third goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Arsenal at The London Stadium yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Arsenal came from 3-0 down to claim a 3-3 draw at West Ham yesterday, but a share of the points from a thrilling encounter did little for either side's hopes of a top-four Premier League finish. A blistering start from the Hammers had...

WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo taken on February 22, 2021 US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, hold a moment of silence during a candelight ceremony in honor of those who lost their lives to Coronavirus on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFPn

Calls grow for a national monument honoring America's COVID-19 dead

WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo taken on February 22, 2021 US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, hold a moment of silence during a candelight ceremony in honor of those who lost their lives to Coronavirus on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFPNEW YORK: Will the United States soon have a national monument commemorating the victims of COVID-19? Calls...

TUNIS: Tunisian police detain a protester during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Tunis.-AFPn

Young Tunisian activists under police watch

TUNIS: Tunisian police detain a protester during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Tunis.-AFPTUNIS: Hamza Nasri, a young Tunisian activist, hit the streets as part of anti-government protests in recent months. Now he says he is under police watch and afraid for his friends. "I've moved house three times in recent months. I've stopped going to see certain friends so I don't put them in danger," the 27-year-old told AFP. Tunisia won...

SYDNEY: Residents walk amid heavy rain in Penrith suburb yesterday, as Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast. -AFP n

Evacuations ordered as Sydney's biggest dam overflows after rain

SYDNEY: Residents walk amid heavy rain in Penrith suburb yesterday, as Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast. -AFPSYDNEY: Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades yesterday after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders...

YANGON: Mourners hold up the three finger salute during the funeral of teenage protester Aung Kaung Htet in Yangon yesterday a day after he was killed by security forces at a demonstration against the military coup.-AFP n

Protester shot dead in central Myanmar, 2 Australians in custody

YANGON: Mourners hold up the three finger salute during the funeral of teenage protester Aung Kaung Htet in Yangon yesterday a day after he was killed by security forces at a demonstration against the military coup.-AFPYANGON: Security forces in Myanmar shot dead an anti-coup protester Sunday, as the Australian government confirmed it is assisting two nationals who were detained after trying to leave Yangon. Myanmar has been in turmoil since...

BRAZZAVILLE, Commune de Brazzaville : Republic of Congo incumbent president Denis Sassou-Nguesso, candidate for the presidential election waves at his supporters, at the end of his last campaign rally in Brazzaville.-AFP n

Internet blackout as Congo votes, with Nguesso set to win

BRAZZAVILLE, Commune de Brazzaville : Republic of Congo incumbent president Denis Sassou-Nguesso, candidate for the presidential election waves at his supporters, at the end of his last campaign rally in Brazzaville.-AFPBRAZZAVILLE, Congo: The Republic of Congo voted yesterday in a presidential election boycotted by the main opposition and attacked by critics as tilted towards veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. Access to the internet and...

MIAMI BEACH: In this file photo taken on March 17, 2021 people watch a drag show at a club on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Throngs of revelers flocking to Miami Beach, Florida for spring break have become so uncontrollable that authorities imposed a curfew Saturday.-AFPn

Miami Beach declares state of emergency

MIAMI BEACH: In this file photo taken on March 17, 2021 people watch a drag show at a club on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Throngs of revelers flocking to Miami Beach, Florida for spring break have become so uncontrollable that authorities imposed a curfew Saturday.-AFPMIAMI BEACH: Throngs of revelers flocking to Miami Beach in Florida for spring break have become so uncontrollable that authorities declared a state of emergency Saturday and...

JEDDAH: A view of a damaged silo at the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah. - AFPn

Saudi Aramco's 2020 profits slump on lower crude prices

JEDDAH: A view of a damaged silo at the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah. - AFPRIYADH: Energy giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday posted a 44.4 percent slump in 2020 net profit due to lower crude prices, as the coronavirus pandemic weighed heavily on global demand. Aramco, Saudi Arabia's cash cow, has revealed consecutive falls in profits since it began disclosing earnings in 2019. That has piled pressure on government...

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China crackdown cuts Big Tech down to size

SHANGHAI: Tighter regulations, billions in lost overseas share value and government pledges to get even tougher-Chinese tech giants are reeling under what looks like a sustained Big Brother assault on innovation and enterprise. But there's a reason why the escalating crackdown is largely drawing shrugs from Chinese consumers: it is widely seen as necessary. Concern is rising in China over chaotic online lending and accusations of powerful...

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Congested ports and supply chain woes hit US factories, stores

Many US factories have had to shut their doors and consumers are feeling the crunch.NEW YORK: The cold snap that gripped the United States in February not only caused chaos in Texas and the southwest, it also triggered a shortage in plastics that has disrupted a supply chain already under strain from a lack of microchips and growing congestion at ports as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.So factories have had to shut their doors and...

MOTERA: India's captain Virat Kohli holds the trophy after winning the Twenty20 series against England at the end of their fifth and final Twenty20 international cricket match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on Saturday. – AFPn

Match-winner Kohli to stay as T20 opener after India success

MOTERA: India's captain Virat Kohli holds the trophy after winning the Twenty20 series against England at the end of their fifth and final Twenty20 international cricket match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on Saturday. – AFPAHMEDABAD: Skipper Virat Kohli said he will continue to open the batting in Twenty20 cricket after his unbeaten 80 set up India's series-clinching win over England. Kohli was promoted up the order to partner Rohit...

VIGO: Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema celebrates with Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior after scoring a goal during the Spanish League football match between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo on Saturday. - AFPn

Zidane mystified by France continuing to exclude Benzema

VIGO: Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema celebrates with Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior after scoring a goal during the Spanish League football match between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo on Saturday. - AFPMADRID: Zinedine Zidane admitted he is still baffled by Karim Benzema's exclusion from the French national team after the striker starred again in Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over Celta Vigo...

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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

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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

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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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