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ACCRA: Sarah Lotus Asare (second left), a volunteer who works with disadvantaged teenage girls, interacts with a girl in a boxing gym in James Town, Accra, Ghana.-AFPn

In Ghana, fears over pandemic rise in teenage pregnancies

ACCRA: Sarah Lotus Asare (second left), a volunteer who works with disadvantaged teenage girls, interacts with a girl in a boxing gym in James Town, Accra, Ghana.-AFPACCRA, Ghana: Gifty Nuako has just turned 18, an age when a young person stands on the threshold of life. Instead, her future looks bleak. Last December, she became pregnant-"a mistake," she says in a whisper. She wanted to have an abortion, but her boyfriend's family refused.Today,...

HAVANA: In this file photo taken on April 19, 2018 outgoing Cuban President Raul Castro (right) raises the arm of Cuba's new President Miguel Diaz-Canel after he was formally named by the National Assembly, in Havana. - AFPn

New era beckons for Cuba, without a Castro in power

HAVANA: In this file photo taken on April 19, 2018 outgoing Cuban President Raul Castro (right) raises the arm of Cuba's new President Miguel Diaz-Canel after he was formally named by the National Assembly, in Havana. - AFPHAVANA: Cuba will emerge from the April congress of its all-powerful Communist Party without a Castro at the helm for the first time in over 60 years. And while the country is unlikely to abandon its military, socialist...

BARCELONA: Colombian nurse Sofia Malagon, 60, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, reads during an interview at her home in Barcelona. - AFPn n

In Spain, a victory for euthanasia campaigners

BARCELONA: Colombian nurse Sofia Malagon, 60, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, reads during an interview at her home in Barcelona. - AFPA POBRA DO CARAMINAL, Spain: In 1998 Ramona Maneiro helped her friend Ramon Sampedro, paralyzed from the neck down following an accident, to die, a tale told in the Oscar-winning Spanish film "The Sea Inside". Now over two decades later she will celebrate the expected passage today of a bill allowing...

KABUL: Women who lost their husband or relatives in the ongoing war in Afghanistan with the Taleban stitch military uniforms at a factory in Kabul.-AFPn

Afghan factory offers lifeline to war widows

KABUL: Women who lost their husband or relatives in the ongoing war in Afghanistan with the Taleban stitch military uniforms at a factory in Kabul.-AFPKABUL: Dozens of women widowed by the Afghan war have been given a lifeline by the army, stitching military uniforms indistinguishable from the ones their husbands died in. Around 120 women are employed by the defense ministry to make uniforms for servicemen and prisoners at a factory in Kabul....

RIYADH: GCC foreign ministers attend the 147th session of the GCC ministerial council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia yesterday. – KUNAn

GCC ministers condemn Houthi attacks, affirm unity

RIYADH: GCC foreign ministers attend the 147th session of the GCC ministerial council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia yesterday. – KUNARIYADH: The GCC ministerial council, at end of its 147th session yesterday, affirmed commitment to the final statement of the latest GCC summit declarations -- alluding to the resolutions of the summit that was hosted by the Saudi town of Al-Ula on January 5. In the highlights of the meeting statement, the GCC foreign...

AUCKLAND: Italy's Luna Rossa (right) competes against Team New Zealand during day six of the America's Cup in Auckland yesterday. - AFPn

Hakas, foghorns as Kiwis win America's Cup

AUCKLAND: Italy's Luna Rossa (right) competes against Team New Zealand during day six of the America's Cup in Auckland yesterday. - AFPAUCKLAND: Team New Zealand sailed out from Auckland harbor yesterday to the sounds of a Maori haka and returned to an almighty roar as they once again clinched the America's Cup. Even the sound of foghorns blaring from hundreds of boats could not drown out the cheers from tens of thousands of Kiwi fans...

Sakhir: AlphaTauri's Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda drives during the third day of the Formula One (F1) pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit in the city of Sakhir on March 14, 2021. - AFPn

Japanese rookie Tsunoda vows to attack in F1 debut

Sakhir: AlphaTauri's Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda drives during the third day of the Formula One (F1) pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit in the city of Sakhir on March 14, 2021. - AFPTOKYO: Japanese Formula One rookie Yuki Tsunoda plans to throw caution to the wind when he makes his race debut next week in Bahrain, vowing to "give everything" in the season-opener. New AlphaTauri recruit Tsunoda outperformed his hero Lewis...

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers calls a play during the third quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. - AFPn

LeBron adds Red Sox, race team to empire

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers calls a play during the third quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. - AFPLOS ANGELES: LeBron James has added ownership stakes in baseball's Boston Red Sox and a US stock car race team to England football champions Liverpool in his sports empire, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The superstar playmaker for the NBA champion Los...

NICE: In this file photo taken on June 22, 2016 Sweden's forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic grimaces during the Euro 2016 group E football match between Sweden and Belgium at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. - AFPn

Ibrahimovic back in Sweden squad

NICE: In this file photo taken on June 22, 2016 Sweden's forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic grimaces during the Euro 2016 group E football match between Sweden and Belgium at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. - AFPSTOCKHOLM: Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to Sweden's squad after an almost five-year hiatus to play in World Cup qualifiers at the end of March, head coach Janne Andersson said on Tuesday. The player, known for his not-so-humble ways, also...

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Ovechkin bags 718th goal, sixth on all-time NHL list

Alex OvechkinWASHINGTON: Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin moved up to sixth place in the NHL's all-time goalscoring list on Tuesday, netting his 718th career goal in a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders. The 35-year-old Russian ace passed Phil Esposito in the scoring rankings after bagging his 12th goal of the season on a power play with 4:36 left in the second period.Ovechkin's 718th career goal came in his 1,177th regular season game...

BENGHAZI: Libyans watch a driver put his drifting skills to the test during a competition in the coastal city of Benghazi, on March 12, 2021. - AFPn

Libyan drift drivers burn rubber for 'unity and peace'

BENGHAZI: Libyans watch a driver put his drifting skills to the test during a competition in the coastal city of Benghazi, on March 12, 2021. - AFPBENGHAZI: Burning rubber in eastern Libya's Benghazi, drivers from across the country took part in a drifting championship this month, a rare unifying event as the country seeks to end years of conflict. "We have excellent drivers," said Marwan al-Manfi, a spectator from the eastern city of Tobruk....

The IEA's five-year projections estimates global demand for oil will rise each year to reach 104 million barrels a day (mb/d) by 2026, a gain of four percent from the level in 2019.n

Oil demand to reach record by 2026: IEA

The IEA's five-year projections estimates global demand for oil will rise each year to reach 104 million barrels a day (mb/d) by 2026, a gain of four percent from the level in 2019.PARIS: Global oil demand will return to pre-pandemic levels in two years and reach record heights by 2026 unless governments take swift action to meet climate goals, the International Energy Agency said yesterday. Oil markets and the world economy are recovering from...

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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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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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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

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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

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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP

Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt