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MINNEAPOLIS: A demonstrator holds a portrait of George Floyd outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - AFPn

First jurors selected for George Floyd murder trial

MINNEAPOLIS: A demonstrator holds a portrait of George Floyd outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - AFPMINNEAPOLIS, US: The first jurors were selected on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, an African-American man whose death laid bare racial wounds in the United States and sparked "Black Lives Matter" protests across the globe. Former...

YANGON: Railway staff gather by the train tracks as security forces arrived at the Mahlwagone Railway Station to arrest workers involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), in protest over the military coup, in Yangon yesterday.-AFPn

Myanmar security forces target railway workers

YANGON: Railway staff gather by the train tracks as security forces arrived at the Mahlwagone Railway Station to arrest workers involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), in protest over the military coup, in Yangon yesterday.-AFPYANGON: Hundreds of soldiers and police swooped on a railway station in Yangon yesterday seeking to arrest workers on strike to protest against the military coup in Myanmar. The country has been in turmoil since...

This file photo taken on June 10, 2019 shows the moon in the sky above Mandalay city in central Myanmar. Russia and China on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint construction of a lunar space station, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said in a statement. - AFPn

Planetary pact: China, Russia to launch lunar space station

This file photo taken on June 10, 2019 shows the moon in the sky above Mandalay city in central Myanmar. Russia and China on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint construction of a lunar space station, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said in a statement. - AFPMOSCOW: Russia and China unveiled plans for a joint lunar space station, as Moscow seeks to recapture the glory of its space pioneering days of Soviet times, and...

ATLANTA: Adam Silver Commissioner of the NBA looks on during the second half in the 70th NBA All-Star Game at State Farm Arena on March 07, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. - AFPn

US sport inching back to normalcy

ATLANTA: Adam Silver Commissioner of the NBA looks on during the second half in the 70th NBA All-Star Game at State Farm Arena on March 07, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. - AFPLOS ANGELES: One year after COVID-19 sent sport across North America grinding to a halt, professional leagues and tours are inching back towards normalcy after absorbing a multi-billion-dollar financial hit. Twelve months ago on March 11, NBA commissioner Adam Silver sent...

AHMEDABAD: England's captain Joe Root plays a shot on the third day of the fourth Test cricket match between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on March 6, 2021. - AFPn

England must take India humiliation 'on the chin'

AHMEDABAD: England's captain Joe Root plays a shot on the third day of the fourth Test cricket match between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on March 6, 2021. - AFPAHMEDABAD: England must take their Test mauling by India "on the chin" and not just blame the conditions, according to captain Joe Root. Root also staunchly defended the rotation policy that has seen mass team changes between the six Tests in Sri Lanka and...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer congratulates Manchester United's Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes as he is substituted during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on March 7, 2021. - AFPn

Man Utd face AC Milan in Europa League battle of recovering giants

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer congratulates Manchester United's Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes as he is substituted during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on March 7, 2021. - AFPLONDON: Manchester United and AC Milan meet in the Europa League last 16 tonight in a battle of European...

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Cavani 'proud' to wear Man Utd shirt after father's talk of exit

Edinson CavaniLONDON: Edinson Cavani said he was proud to wear the Manchester United shirt after his father claimed the Uruguay striker was unhappy in England and wanted to finish his career in South America. Luis Cavani told media in Argentina on Tuesday that the 34-year-old star was eyeing a possible move to Boca Juniors later this year. "(Edinson) today does not feel comfortable where he is," Luis Cavani told Argentine television channel TyC...

NEW YORK: US airlines are set to receive another round of support from Washington as the industry continues to await the first tangible signs of real recovery from the coronavirus downturnn

A cloudy, but improving, outlook for US airlines

NEW YORK: US airlines are set to receive another round of support from Washington as the industry continues to await the first tangible signs of real recovery from the coronavirus downturnNEW YORK: US airlines are set to receive another round of support from Washington as the industry continues to await the first tangible signs of real recovery from the coronavirus downturn. President Joe Biden's new $1.9 trillion economic relief package...

SAN FRANCISCO: Gap clothing is displayed at a Gap store in San Francisco, California. - AFPn

A year after crash, markets boom but bust fears loom

SAN FRANCISCO: Gap clothing is displayed at a Gap store in San Francisco, California. - AFPPARIS: A year ago, stock markets went into free-fall as the scale of the coronavirus crisis became apparent and countries desperately locked down to try to halt the pandemic. A year on, they have more than recouped the lost ground, some of them even driven to record highs by a tidal wave of cheap stimulus money and the hope that vaccination programs will...

The collapse of British finance firm Greensill has sparked panic and threatened 50,000 jobs, in particular at the sprawling steel empire of Indian-British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta. --AFPnn

Demise of financier Greensill sparks global jobs panic

The collapse of British finance firm Greensill has sparked panic and threatened 50,000 jobs, in particular at the sprawling steel empire of Indian-British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta. - AFPLONDON: The collapse of British finance firm Greensill has sparked panic and threatened 50,000 jobs, in particular at the sprawling steel empire of Indian-British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta. Greensill specialized in short-term corporate loans via a complex and...

HONG KONG: A Cathay Pacific airlines passenger plane preparing to take off from the international airport in Hong Kong. Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said yesterday it suffered a $2.8 billion loss in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hammered its business. - AFPn

Cathay Pacific posts record loss, warns of long recovery

HONG KONG: A Cathay Pacific airlines passenger plane preparing to take off from the international airport in Hong Kong. Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said yesterday it suffered a $2.8 billion loss in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hammered its business. - AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said yesterday it suffered a record $2.8 billion loss last year as the coronavirus pandemic wiped out demand for travel-and the airline...

A pigeon flies in the sky above the Egyptian capital's twin city of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) in the background. -AFP photosn

Passion for pigeons persists in Arab world

A pigeon flies in the sky above the Egyptian capital's twin city of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) in the background. -AFP photosAtop his humble wooden dovecote overlooking the majestic Giza pyramids, Abdel-Rahman Gamal released 20 homing pigeons sending them soaring up into the Cairo sky reddened by the setting sun. "It's a lovely hobby that keeps you busy while you're at home and keeps you on the straight and narrow," said Gamal,...

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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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