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LIVERPOOL: Brighton's Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sanchez makes a save during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Wednesday. - AFPn

Brighton deal huge blow to Liverpool's league title hopes

LIVERPOOL: Brighton's Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sanchez makes a save during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Wednesday. - AFPLIVERPOOL: Brighton condemned Liverpool to their second straight Premier League home defeat on Wednesday, winning 1-0 to leave the champions with a mountain to climb if they are going to retain their title. Jurgen Klopp's...

GREEN BAY: In this file photo Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up prior to their NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on January 24, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. - AFPn

Brady eyes improbable new chapter at Super Bowl

GREEN BAY: In this file photo Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up prior to their NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on January 24, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. - AFPLOS ANGELES: If it is true that there are no second acts in American lives, Tom Brady clearly didn't get the memo. The greatest quarterback in NFL history is poised to add another improbable chapter to his two-decade career on Sunday...

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) building in Washington, DC.-AFPn

IMF warns of 'uneven' Mideast recovery

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) building in Washington, DC.-AFPDUBAI: Economic recovery in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to accelerate this year following a double whammy shock, but growth will be uneven due to unbalanced access to the coronavirus vaccine, the IMF said.The region-which includes all Arab countries and Iran-suffered one of its worst economic performances last year due to lower oil prices and...

LONDON: Logos are pictured on unleaded and diesel fuel pumps at a Shell petrol station in Etlham, southeast London. Royal Dutch Shell dived into a net loss of $21.7 billion in 2020, the oil giant announced yesterday as the coronavirus pandemic slashed global energy demand. - AFPn

Oil giant Shell follows rivals, announces huge annual loss

LONDON: Logos are pictured on unleaded and diesel fuel pumps at a Shell petrol station in Etlham, southeast London. Royal Dutch Shell dived into a net loss of $21.7 billion in 2020, the oil giant announced yesterday as the coronavirus pandemic slashed global energy demand. - AFPLONDON: Royal Dutch Shell yesterday became the latest oil major to reveal huge annual losses as the coronavirus pandemic slashed energy demand and prices in 2020. Shell...

YANGON: People shop for Lunar New Year goodies in Chinatown in Yangon on Wednesday.-AFPn

Back to 'basket case'? Myanmar economy is at risk after coup

YANGON: People shop for Lunar New Year goodies in Chinatown in Yangon on Wednesday.-AFPBANGKOK: Foreign investors flocked to Myanmar as it began its democratic transition a decade ago, but this week's military coup is likely to accelerate a trend of Western withdrawal-and China's expansion. Myanmar's untapped potential was up for grabs in 2011, when generals in charge of a 49-year junta loosened their iron grip, paving the way for democratic...

RIYADH: People register before receiving a dose of vaccine against the COVID-19 disease at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center in the Saudi capital Riyadh. - AFPn

Gulf ramps up virus measures as cases jump

RIYADH: People register before receiving a dose of vaccine against the COVID-19 disease at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center in the Saudi capital Riyadh. - AFPDUBAI: The wealthy monarchies of the Gulf are intensifying coronavirus containment measures as cases jump, compounding the economic woes caused by slumping oil revenues which are the region's lifeblood. Gulf economies have struggled as the coronavirus sapped global...

BEIRUT: Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut, yesterday.-AFPn

Lebanese Hezbollah critic shot dead

BEIRUT: Protesters hold pictures of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, during a rally in front of the Justice Palace in the capital Beirut, yesterday.-AFPBEIRUT: A prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual known for his opposition to the Shiite movement Hezbollah was found dead in his car in the country's south yesterday, a security official said. Lokman Slim, 58, had long been a leading secular voice in the...

ANTWERP: National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) member Favzin Hashemi (left), Lawyer Rik Van Reusel (center) and Lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier speak to the press following the trial of four people, including a Belgian couple of Iranian heritage and an Iranian diplomat at the Antwerp criminal court yesterday.-AFPn

Iranian diplomat given 20 years for Paris bomb plot

ANTWERP: National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) member Favzin Hashemi (left), Lawyer Rik Van Reusel (center) and Lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier speak to the press following the trial of four people, including a Belgian couple of Iranian heritage and an Iranian diplomat at the Antwerp criminal court yesterday.-AFPANTWERP: A Belgian court convicted an Iranian diplomat yesterday for plotting a thwarted 2018 bombing of an opposition rally...

SOWETO: A medical worker gestures as she addresses some of the first South African Oxford vaccine trialist waiting ahead of the clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa.—AFPn

Ahead of African vaccination drives, skepticism takes hold

SOWETO: A medical worker gestures as she addresses some of the first South African Oxford vaccine trialist waiting ahead of the clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa.—AFPDAKAR: Conspiracy theories, mistrust and patchy communication have contributed to a flourishing of skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines in African countries, experts say, posing potential...

(FILES) In this file photo Russian army RS-24 Yars ballistic missile system moves through Red Square during a military parade, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow on June 24, 2020. US President Joe Biden's administration on February 3, 2021 extended the Nn

US extends New START nuclear treaty with Russia as rifts rise

(FILES) In this file photo Russian army RS-24 Yars ballistic missile system moves through Red Square during a military parade, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow on June 24, 2020. - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's administration Wednesday extended the New START nuclear treaty with Russia by five years, saying it hoped to prevent an arms race despite rising tensions with...

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Melania didn't 'care,' but Jill Biden wants to show she does

WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo First lady Jill Biden's necklace spells "Mama" as she takes a tour of Whitman-Walker Health hospital in Washington, DC. The backdrop of flowers, teapot and US flag said it all: Jill Biden will be no Melania Trump as America's new first lady. - AFPWASHINGTON: The backdrop of flowers, teapot and US flag said it all: Jill Biden will be no Melania Trump as America's new first lady. Where Donald Trump's ex-model...

WUHAN: Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus leave after visiting the Jiangxinyuan community center in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province yesterday. - AFPn

Experts discussed virus lab theory with Chinese scientists: WHO leader

WUHAN: Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus leave after visiting the Jiangxinyuan community center in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: World Health Organization inspectors had "very frank" discussions with Chinese scientists about the source of the pandemic, including theories it leaked from a laboratory, the head of the probe in Wuhan told AFP...

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