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KUWAIT: Owls perched on a man's and woman's arms during a meet-up of the Kuwait Owl Team, a local group dedicated to the protection and proliferation of owls, in Kuwait City on March 6, 2021. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
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KUWAIT: Owls perched on a man's and woman's arms during a meet-up of the Kuwait Owl Team, a local group dedicated to the protection and proliferation of owls, in Kuwait City on March 6, 2021. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
WASHINGTON: Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after getting injured in the second half against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on Friday in Washington, DC. - AFPn
Joel Embiid injures knee in return game, Lakers rally against Pacers
WASHINGTON: Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after getting injured in the second half against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on Friday in Washington, DC. - AFPLOS ANGELES: NBA MVP candidate Joel Embiid emerged from quarantine Friday only to exit in the third quarter with a left knee injury as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 127-101 in Washington. Embiid, who missed Sunday's All-Star Game because of...
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Brady eyes eighth Super Bowl after inking extension
Tom BradyNEW YORK: Tom Brady signed a contract extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Friday and immediately set his sights on an eighth Super Bowl crown. After media reports indicating Brady had agreed terms on a new deal with Tampa Bay, the 43-year-old quarterback confirmed the move on social media. "In pursuit of 8," Brady wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of him putting pen to paper on a new contract. "@buccaneers we're keeping the band...
LONDON: The television camera follows West Ham United's Scottish manager David Moyes as he leaves after the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Leeds United at The London Stadium, in east London on March 8, 2021. - AFPn
Moyes enjoys renaissance after wilderness years
LONDON: The television camera follows West Ham United's Scottish manager David Moyes as he leaves after the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Leeds United at The London Stadium, in east London on March 8, 2021. - AFPLONDON: West Ham boss David Moyes returns to Manchester United tonight with his reputation restored after a long period in the wilderness following his Old Trafford nightmare. Moyes has West Ham flying...
PIRAEUS: Arsenal's Spanish manager Mikel Arteta claps during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first-leg football match between Olympiacos FC and Arsenal FC at the Karaiskakis Stadium, in Piraeus, near Athens on Thursday. - AFPn
Arteta fears 'special' Spurs attack in London derby
PIRAEUS: Arsenal's Spanish manager Mikel Arteta claps during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first-leg football match between Olympiacos FC and Arsenal FC at the Karaiskakis Stadium, in Piraeus, near Athens on Thursday. - AFPLONDON: Mikel Arteta has warned his Arsenal players they will face one of the most "special" attacks in Europe when they take on Tottenham in tonight's north London derby. Tottenham have scored 102 goals in all...
MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer leaves the pitch at the end of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg football match between Manchester United and AC Milan at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Thursday. - AFPn
Solskjaer unsure about De Gea's return after Spain trip
MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer leaves the pitch at the end of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg football match between Manchester United and AC Milan at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Thursday. - AFPLONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says David de Gea is "touch and go" for Manchester United's Premier League clash with West Ham tonight after returning to England following the birth...
In this file photo, lorries enter the Port of Dover, southeast England following Britain's departure from the European Union. Exports of British goods to the European Union collapsed by a record 41 percent in January after the nation finalized its divorce from the bloc, official data showed on Friday.-AFPn
Barrier to sell: Post-Brexit deal slashes British exports to EU
In this file photo, lorries enter the Port of Dover, southeast England following Britain's departure from the European Union. Exports of British goods to the European Union collapsed by a record 41 percent in January after the nation finalized its divorce from the bloc, official data showed on Friday.-AFPLONDON: The financial toll of Brexit is clear for exporters like cookware maker Neil Currie: He is buried in new paperwork, has lost orders and...
LAGOS: A tuc tuc taxi passes a giant advertising screen showing US dollar, British pound and euro foreign currency exchange rates on a road in Lagos, Nigeria. - AFPnn
Africa set for growth with rising poverty, debt in 2021: Forecast
LAGOS: A tuc tuc taxi passes a giant advertising screen showing US dollar, British pound and euro foreign currency exchange rates on a road in Lagos, Nigeria. - AFPABIDJAN: Africa's economy should return to growth in aggregate across the continent in 2021 after a coronavirus recession, the African Development Bank said Friday, while warning that poverty and public debt would continue to rise. The 2.1-percent contraction of the pan-African...
CANBERRA:  In this file photo taken on May 29, 2019 Australian Finance Minister senator Mathias Cormann signs a document during an oath-taking ceremony at Government House in Canberra. - AFPn
Australia's Cormann voted OECD head to dismay of green groups
CANBERRA: In this file photo taken on May 29, 2019 Australian Finance Minister senator Mathias Cormann signs a document during an oath-taking ceremony at Government House in Canberra. - AFPPARIS: Former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann was elected Friday as the new head of the influential Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, sources told AFP, in a choice that dismayed environmental campaigners. The 50-year-old...
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Vast 'Indian Land' sign draws visitors to Desert X art festival
US artist Nicholas Galanin's piece "Never Forget" is on display during the media preview day of the Desert X exhibit in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, California, on March 11, 2021. - AFPThe giant, white letters standing astride a California mountainscape look a lot like the Hollywood sign, but their message could hardly be more different - this is "INDIAN LAND". The monumental work is part of Desert X, which Friday became one of the...
This undated handout image obtained March 10, 2021 courtesy of Christie's shows a digital art collage by Beeple in New York. - AFP n
Mystery buyer of $69m digital artwork known as 'Metakovan'
This undated handout image obtained March 10, 2021 courtesy of Christie's shows a digital art collage by Beeple in New York. - AFPThe buyer of a landmark work by the digital artist Beeple, which sold for $69.3 million, is a leading collector of new technologies who operates under the pseudonym Metakovan, the auction house Christie's announced Friday. The sale of "Everydays: the First 5,000 Days", a virtual mosaic created by Mike Winkelmann - the...
Artisans Rahul Dattatrey Gorey (left) and Kalamuddeen Ansari stitch new recycled rubber bags. n
Fighting discrimination in India, one purse at a time
Artisans Rahul Dattatrey Gorey (left) and Kalamuddeen Ansari stitch new recycled rubber bags.The sound of men punching holes into colorful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India's largest slum - an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalized community seeking to reclaim its identity. "Chamar Studio" owes its name, derived from the Sanskrit word for 'skin' and long used locally as a slur, to leather craftsmen...