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DHARAMSALA, India: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gets inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine by a health worker at a vaccination center yesterday. - AFP n

WHO: Don't waste hope of vaccines

DHARAMSALA, India: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gets inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine by a health worker at a vaccination center yesterday. - AFPGENEVA: Covax will distribute 14.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to 31 more countries next week, the WHO said Friday as it warned people not to waste, through complacency, the hope that vaccines bring. The Covax global vaccine-sharing facility shipped more than 20 million doses to 20...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken people raise their fists as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honor of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.-AFP n

After Floyd killing in US, no sweeping police reform but small, local steps

WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken people raise their fists as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honor of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.-AFPMINNEAPOLIS: George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer last year was a gut punch that sparked sometimes violent nationwide protests over brutality against people of color in America and a national reckoning over race relations. Nine months later, the US has not...

BEIJING: Wang Chen (center), vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.-AFP n

China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition

BEIJING: Wang Chen (center), vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.-AFPBEIJING: China moved Friday to grant itself veto powers over selecting Hong Kong's lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a "patriotic" government in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019....

DAKAR: Protesters fight against gendarmes near their barracks in the Colobane neighborhood in Dakar on Friday during clashes following the arrest of main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. - AFP n

4 dead in Senegal after opposition leader held

DAKAR: Protesters fight against gendarmes near their barracks in the Colobane neighborhood in Dakar on Friday during clashes following the arrest of main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. - AFPDAKAR: The Senegal government on Friday vowed to use "all means necessary" to return order after police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as the interior minister said four people had died. The clashes followed a...

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Amid virus, a 'shadow' pandemic for domestic abuse sufferers

PATERSON, United States: Gloria gestures as she describes the abuse she suffered while speaking during an interview at the shelter "Strengthen Our Sisters" in Paterson, New Jersey .-AFPPATERSON, United States: In New Jersey, at a timber farm turned shelter for women who have suffered domestic violence, Gloria's struggles, like those of many abuse victims, have worsened with the coronavirus pandemic. From Argentina to Singapore, virus-induced...

MIYAKO, Japan: In this picture a woman walks along an old sea wall as construction workers (behind) build a newer and higher one in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.-AFP n

The towering sea wall legacy of Japan's 2011 tsunami

MIYAKO, Japan: In this picture a woman walks along an old sea wall as construction workers (behind) build a newer and higher one in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.-AFPTARO, Japan: The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. A decade after the deadly waves unleashed by one of the most powerful...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden holds a roundtable meeting on Friday with Americans who will benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic relief checks that are a part of the American Rescue Plan. - AFP n

Biden plan grinds toward Senate approval

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden holds a roundtable meeting on Friday with Americans who will benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic relief checks that are a part of the American Rescue Plan. - AFPWASHINGTON: US Democrats were on track yesterday for a final vote on President Joe Biden's massive COVID-19 relief package after agreeing to scale back unemployment benefits, with passage increasingly likely in the evenly divided Senate. With the sun...

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Amid pandemic, Americans are saving more, especially the wealthy

NEW YORK: US currency is seen in a back pocket on March 4, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out millions of jobs in the United States, but it's had the unexpected effect of increasing savings rates among Americans, especially wealthy people stuck at home and forced to give up travel and entertainment. Along with the dramatic reduction in leisure spending, things like government stimulus checks, unemployment benefits and...

BEIRUT: Maya Ibrahimshah, the founder and president of the Lebanese NGO Beit al-Braka (house of blessings) organizes the stock of food to be distributed to the needy at the organization's headquarters on Feb 23, 2021. - AFP n

Lebanese dread end to subsidies as crisis bites

BEIRUT: Maya Ibrahimshah, the founder and president of the Lebanese NGO Beit al-Braka (house of blessings) organizes the stock of food to be distributed to the needy at the organization's headquarters on Feb 23, 2021. - AFPBEIRUT: To feed her family, Lebanese mother Sandra Al-Tawil sold her fridge and washing machine. Now she fears the cash-strapped state will scrap food subsidies, plunging them deeper into poverty. Lebanon is locked in its...

AHMEDABAD: Indian players and team officials pose with the trophy after winning the test series against England at the end of their fourth Test cricket match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera yesterday. - AFPn

India crush England in fourth Test

AHMEDABAD: Indian players and team officials pose with the trophy after winning the test series against England at the end of their fourth Test cricket match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera yesterday. - AFPAHMEDABAD: Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel took all 10 wickets yesterday as India crushed England inside three days to win the fourth Test and seal the series 3-1. After the latest emphatic innings and 25-run victory, India...

MANCHESTER: Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Wolverhamptom Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on March 2, 2021. – AFPn

Man City face Man Utd test on march towards history

MANCHESTER: Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Wolverhamptom Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on March 2, 2021. – AFPLONDON: Manchester City have history in their sights as the runaway leaders bid to take a huge step towards the Premier League title in tonight's showdown with fading challengers Manchester United....

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Federer ready for return after 'long, hard road'

Roger FedererPARIS: Roger Federer said Friday it had "been a long hard road" but he was "pumped up" to return to tennis next week, having been sidelined for over a year to recover from two knee surgeries. The 39-year-old hasn't played a match since a semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in January 2020. However, the 20-time Grand Slam title winner will be back in action at the Qatar Open in Doha next week."I'd like to thank...

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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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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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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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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

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Senior military officers discuss security issues