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YANGON: A protester uses a fire extinguisher as others holding homemade shields run during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFP tn

Ten dead as Myanmar forces fire at protesters

YANGON: A protester uses a fire extinguisher as others holding homemade shields run during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFPYANGON: At least 10 people were killed when Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters yesterday as multiple rallies across the country descended into chaos. Myanmar has been in uproar since February 1 when the military launched a coup and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu...

Santa Maria Chimalhuacan, Mexico: Children attend a computer science class at the Escalerillas neighborhood in Chimalhuacan, Mexico state, Mexico.-AFP n

Pandemic propels poor Mexican school students into digital age

Santa Maria Chimalhuacan, Mexico: Children attend a computer science class at the Escalerillas neighborhood in Chimalhuacan, Mexico state, Mexico.-AFPSANTA MARIA CHIMALHUACAN, Mexico: The coronavirus pandemic closed their school, but it also thrust a group of disadvantaged Mexican children living next to a giant garbage dump into the digital world. A project teaching the students how to use computers and the internet has given them hope of a...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Relatives and mourners perform funeral prayers over the coffin of one of the three female media workers shot to death in two separate attacks, in Jalalabad yesterday.-AFP n

'Nobody is safe anymore': Afghans in shock after media workers killed

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Relatives and mourners perform funeral prayers over the coffin of one of the three female media workers shot to death in two separate attacks, in Jalalabad yesterday.-AFPJALALABAD, Afghanistan: Outrage rippled through Afghanistan yesterday as funerals were held for three female media workers gunned down in the eastern city of Jalalabad, with insurgent violence increasing as peace talks stall. Journalists, activists and...

BAGHDAD: A giant billboard bears portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Baghdad yesterday ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.-AFP n

Pope says will make Iraq trip despite rocket attack

BAGHDAD: A giant billboard bears portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Baghdad yesterday ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.-AFPVATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said yesterday he still expected to make his historic visit to Iraq in two days time, after a rocket attack on a military base hosting US-led coalition troops. "The day after tomorrow, God willing, I will go to Iraq for a three-day pilgrimage. For a long time I...

PARIS: Leader of French leftist La France Insoumis (LFI) parliamentary group Jean-Luc Melenchon (left) and LFI Member of Parliament Clementine Autain (right) read a publication of French daily Liberation with a front page pertaining to the conviction on corruption charges of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a session of questions to the Government at the French National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday.-AFPn

Defiant Sarkozy on offensive after conviction

PARIS: Leader of French leftist La France Insoumis (LFI) parliamentary group Jean-Luc Melenchon (left) and LFI Member of Parliament Clementine Autain (right) read a publication of French daily Liberation with a front page pertaining to the conviction on corruption charges of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a session of questions to the Government at the French National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday.-AFPPARIS: France's former...

ABUJA: The first batch of Oxford/AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine doses are offloaded from a plane during its arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja.-AFP nn

Africa virus fight boosted as jabs reach Nigeria, Angola

ABUJA: The first batch of Oxford/AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine doses are offloaded from a plane during its arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja.-AFPABUJA, Nigeria: Millions of coronavirus shots from the global Covax scheme have arrived in Nigeria, Angola and Kenya, as African countries ramp up their vaccine rollouts. Richer countries have surged ahead with vaccinations but many poorer countries are still awaiting...

WELLINGTON: Australian players celebrate their win during the third Twenty20 cricket match between New Zealand and Australia in Wellington yesterday. - AFPn

Agar shines as Australia down Black Caps

WELLINGTON: Australian players celebrate their win during the third Twenty20 cricket match between New Zealand and Australia in Wellington yesterday. - AFPWELLINGTON: Spinner Ashton Agar produced the best bowling performance in Australia's Twenty20 international history in a 64-run win over New Zealand in Wellington yesterday. Agar's match-turning six for 30, including three in one over, derailed a New Zealand fightback as Australia avoided a...

AHMEDABAD: England's team captain Joe Root (center) walks past head coach Chris Silverwood (left) during a practice session ahead of the fourth Test cricket match between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera yesterday. - AFPn

Kohli says 'too much noise' about Test spin pitches

AHMEDABAD: England's team captain Joe Root (center) walks past head coach Chris Silverwood (left) during a practice session ahead of the fourth Test cricket match between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera yesterday. - AFPAHMEDABAD: India skipper Virat Kohli yesterday fuelled controversy over spin pitches that have dominated the Test series against England, saying criticism was "unfair." "There is always too much noise and...

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Popovich slams Texas 'ignorant' mask decision

Gregg PopovichLOS ANGELES: San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Tuesday his team would ignore Texas' decision to lift a state-wide mask mandate, branding the move by Governor Greg Abbott as "ignorant." Abbott announced Tuesday he was ending the state's mask mandate in a bid to open up Texas "100 percent," despite fears from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention it could lead to a resurgence of COVID-19.Speaking on the...

BRACKLEY: A handout photograph released by Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team on Tuesday shows British driver Lewis Hamilton (center) and Finish driver Valtteri Bottas (right) posing with the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance car during a launch event in Brackley, central England. - AFPn

Hamilton says eighth F1 title not sole factor in his future

BRACKLEY: A handout photograph released by Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team on Tuesday shows British driver Lewis Hamilton (center) and Finish driver Valtteri Bottas (right) posing with the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance car during a launch event in Brackley, central England. - AFPLONDON: Lewis Hamilton said Tuesday that winning a record-breaking eighth world championship in 2021 would not be the determining factor in whether he quits after the...

LONDON: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak poses with the Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street before presenting the government's annual budget to Parliament in London yesterday.-AFPn

Britain slashes 2021 growth in pandemic-fighting budget

LONDON: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak poses with the Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street before presenting the government's annual budget to Parliament in London yesterday.-AFPLONDON: Britain yesterday sharply cut the growth forecast of its virus-ravaged economy, warning the pandemic was still causing "profound damage" in an annual budget centered on safeguarding businesses and jobs. Finance minister Rishi Sunak said...

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How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth its name

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker "Bluetooth" over beers. At the end of the 1990s, Sven Mattisson, a Swedish engineer working at telecom group Ericsson, and Jim Kardach, an American employed by Intel, were among those developing the revolutionary technology.In 1998, at the dawn of the...

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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

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