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A security forces personnel walks amidst wreckage of gas tankers after a fire accident at Islam Qala on the outskirts of Herat, in the border between Afghanistan and Iran on February 14, 2021. (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP)
100 fuel tankers gutted on Afghan-Iran border
HERAT: A security forces personnel walks amidst wreckage of gas tankers after a fire accident at Islam Qala on the outskirts of Herat, in the border between Afghanistan and Iran yesterday. - AFP ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan: At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a "catastrophe" at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said yesterday.The huge blaze, which broke out...
LOS ANGELES: High school student Jocelyn Hernandez has been distance learning at home since August 2020 in Los Angeles.n
Homeschooling taking off in US as pandemic shutters schools
LOS ANGELES: High school student Jocelyn Hernandez has been distance learning at home since August 2020 in Los Angeles.WASHINGTON: Faced with long school closures because of the coronavirus pandemic, many US parents have taken to homeschooling to ensure their children's education continues despite the massive disruptions of the past year. "It's all me: I make the lesson plan, execute the lesson plan, then do it again the next week," said...
YANGON, Myanmar: Protesters hold up signs supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) at a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFPn
Myanmar junta warns public not to hide fugitive protesters
YANGON, Myanmar: Protesters hold up signs supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) at a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFPYANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar's new military regime warned the public not to harbor fugitive political activists yesterday after issuing arrest warrants for veteran democracy campaigners supporting massive nationwide anti-coup protests. Much of the country has been in uproar since last week...
CHAMOLI, India: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) crew carry the body of a victim following rescue efforts from Tapovan tunnel in Chamoli yesterday.-AFP n
Bodies recovered from Indian flood disaster tunnel
CHAMOLI, India: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) crew carry the body of a victim following rescue efforts from Tapovan tunnel in Chamoli yesterday.-AFPINDIA: Rescuers yesterday pulled the first bodies from a blocked tunnel at a power complex in a northern Indian valley devastated by a flash flood a week ago, where 161 people remain missing. Scores were killed in Uttarakhand state when the deluge-thought to have been triggered by a chunk...
SOMA, Japan: This aerial picture taken from a Jiji Press chartered aircraft shows the landslide site on the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima prefecture yesterday after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's east coast.-AFP n
Over 100 injured in strong quake off Japan's Fukushima
SOMA, Japan: This aerial picture taken from a Jiji Press chartered aircraft shows the landslide site on the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima prefecture yesterday after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's east coast.-AFPTOKYO: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Fukushima in eastern Japan injured more than 100 people, authorities said yesterday, nearly a decade after the region suffered a devastating quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown....
Moscow: A social worker at Miloserdie (Mercy), one of Russia's best known charities, prepares free food parcels at the Martha and Mary Convent in central Moscow.-AFP n
Russia's rising poverty fuels political discontent
Moscow: A social worker at Miloserdie (Mercy), one of Russia's best known charities, prepares free food parcels at the Martha and Mary Convent in central Moscow.-AFPMOSCOW, Russia: Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, crowds have grown at the Martha and Mary Convent in central Moscow. The white-walled women's monastery houses one of Russia's best known charities that gives out free food parcels, among other projects. "Before the pandemic...
MELBOURNE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a return against Canada's Milos Raonic during their men's singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFPn
Djokovic defies injury to reach Australian Open last eight
MELBOURNE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a return against Canada's Milos Raonic during their men's singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFPMELBOURNE: Eight-time winner Novak Djokovic fought through what he had described as a tournament-ending injury to beat Milos Raonic and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on yesterday. Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams survived scares to go through...
DHAKA: West Indies' players pose with the Test tournament trophy after winning the second Test cricket match against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka yesterday. - AFPn
Windies sweep Bangladesh Test, India eye victory
DHAKA: West Indies' players pose with the Test tournament trophy after winning the second Test cricket match against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka yesterday. - AFPDHAKA/CHENNAI: Rahkeem Cornwall took centre stage as spinners picked up all 10 wickets in the West Indies's 17-run victory over Bangladesh in the second and final Test yesterday to complete a series whitewash. Cornwall took 4-105 while Kraigg...
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Champions League knockout stages begin under COVID cloud
PARIS: A giant banner reading "From L1 to the LDC (Champions League: we will support you until the final victory! Go Paris!" is displayed before the French L1 football match between Paris-Saint Germain (PSG) and Nice at The Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on Saturday. - AFPPARIS: This week the glamour of a tie between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain heralds the dawn of the Champions League knockout phase, but the world's most lucrative and...
LONDON: In this file photo, a man walks along the southern bank of the River Thames with the office towers of the City of London in the background in London. London's powerful financial services sector are losing market share in derivatives and equity brokerage to competition from Amsterdam in Europe and the United States, just over a month after Brexit came into force. - AFPnn
City of London pays early price of Brexit
LONDON: In this file photo, a man walks along the southern bank of the River Thames with the office towers of the City of London in the background in London. London's powerful financial services sector are losing market share in derivatives and equity brokerage to competition from Amsterdam in Europe and the United States, just over a month after Brexit came into force. - AFPLONDON: Europe's financial capital is feeling the cold of Brexit but UK...
In this picture, customs officials examine turmeric imported illegally into Sri Lanka at a warehouse in Colombo. An import ban in cash-strapped Sri Lanka is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of its curry-lovers, depriving them of vital turmeric supplies and encouraging budding smugglers to take their chances with the spice. - AFPn
Sri Lanka import ban takes the spice out of life
In this picture, customs officials examine turmeric imported illegally into Sri Lanka at a warehouse in Colombo. An import ban in cash-strapped Sri Lanka is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of its curry-lovers, depriving them of vital turmeric supplies and encouraging budding smugglers to take their chances with the spice. - AFPCOLOMBO: An import ban in cash-strapped Sri Lanka is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of its curry lovers, depriving...
Mining operations are encroaching on protected areas, causing deforestation and habitat loss. Image courtesy of Instituto Socioambiental.n
In Venezuelan Amazon, gold gives life, and takes it
Mining operations are encroaching on protected areas, causing deforestation and habitat loss. Image courtesy of Instituto Socioambiental.YAPACANA NATIONAL PARK, Venezuela: Delicately, Jose Valenzuela places a small quantity of gold powder on a digital scale. He sets it aside to pay for fuel in the Venezuelan Amazon, where the precious metal is the currency of choice. Valenzuela works as an assistant on the merchant boat of Olver Ramirez, with...
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
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