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KUWAIT: President of Kuwait Tennis Federation Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah (center) speaks during a meeting with Kuwait's national team players.n

Kuwait Tennis Federation hails training resumption

KUWAIT: President of Kuwait Tennis Federation Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah (center) speaks during a meeting with Kuwait's national team players.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: President of Kuwait Tennis Federation Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah met Kuwait's national team players in the presence of Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait General Manager Martijn Belgraver and Head Coach Nuno Marques at the Kuwait Tennis Federation's...

MELBOURNE: A cleaner wipes down the net after a player's practise session in Melbourne on January 25, 2021, with players allowed to train while serving quarantine for two weeks ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. - AFPn

COVID-infected tennis star slams 'pitiful' quarantine

MELBOURNE: A cleaner wipes down the net after a player's practise session in Melbourne on January 25, 2021, with players allowed to train while serving quarantine for two weeks ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. - AFPMELBOURNE: A Spanish tennis player who attracted criticism for hitting out at coronavirus quarantine rules and then testing positive has complained she is being forced to endure "pitiful" conditions ahead of the...

TOKYO: A pedestrian walks past a traffic sign next to an official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner hanging on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on January 22, 2021. - AFPn

Sports face vaccine dilemma ahead of Olympics, Euros

TOKYO: A pedestrian walks past a traffic sign next to an official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner hanging on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on January 22, 2021. - AFPPARIS: As Olympic organizers deny reports that the Tokyo Games this summer will be postponed again, they, and other sports bodies, are wrestling with the issue of vaccinating participants for COVID-19 at international events. On Monday, Denis Masseglia, the president of...

KUWAIT: Vehicles pass by a bridge under construction in Kuwait yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn

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KUWAIT: Vehicles pass by a bridge under construction in Kuwait yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, speaks with AFP outside of their headquarters in Washington, DC. The global economy is expected to see a strong rebound this year but the coronavirus crisis is causing severe damage, Gopinath said yesterday.-AFPn

Pandemic to slash $22 trillion off global GDP 2020-25: IMF

WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, speaks with AFP outside of their headquarters in Washington, DC. The global economy is expected to see a strong rebound this year but the coronavirus crisis is causing severe damage, Gopinath said yesterday.-AFPWASHINGTON: The global economy is expected to see a strong rebound this year but the coronavirus crisis is causing severe damage,...

In this file photo taken on December 1, 2020 US Secretary of the Treasury nominee Janet Yellen looks on during an event to name President-elect Joe Biden's economic team at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - AFPn

US Senate confirms Yellen as first female Treasury secretary

In this file photo taken on December 1, 2020 US Secretary of the Treasury nominee Janet Yellen looks on during an event to name President-elect Joe Biden's economic team at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - AFPWASHINGTON: The US Senate on Monday voted by a wide margin to confirm Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Treasury Department, giving her a key role in Congress negotiations over a huge Covid-19 economic relief package....

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Amazon to expand tech hub in Boston with 3,000 new jobs

WASHINGTON: Amazon announced plans yesterday to expand its technology hub in the Boston area, creating some 3,000 jobs in the next few years. The Boston hub will add teams working on the Alexa digital assistant, robotics, Amazon Pharmacy and the giant's web services unit.The company, which already employs some 3,700 people in the Boston area, has leased a new 17-story office tower which is part of the Boston Seaport project. Set for completion in...

LONDON: Britain's unemployment rate hit 5.0 percent at the end of 2020, the highest level for more than four-and-a-half years, as coronavirus lockdowns destroyed jobs, official data showed yesterday.nn

UK jobless rate hits 5.0% on virus fallout

LONDON: Britain's unemployment rate hit 5.0 percent at the end of 2020, the highest level for more than four-and-a-half years, as coronavirus lockdowns destroyed jobs, official data showed yesterday.LONDON: Britain's unemployment rate hit 5.0 percent at the end of 2020, the highest level for more than four-and-a-half years, as coronavirus lockdowns destroyed jobs, official data showed yesterday. The rate for the three months to the end of...

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on the Groene Hilledijk on Monday, after a second wave of riots in the Netherlands following the introduction of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend. - AFP n

Second night of Netherlands violence

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on the Groene Hilledijk on Monday, after a second wave of riots in the Netherlands following the introduction of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend. - AFPTHE HAGUE, Netherlands: The Netherlands has been hit by a second night of riots, as coronavirus curfew frustrations boiled over, even as US President Joe Biden said herd immunity could be achieved this year. With global...

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow yesterday.-AFP n

Amid new hopes, Moscow, Tehran call for 'rescue' of Iran nuclear deal

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow yesterday.-AFPMOSCOW: Moscow and Tehran called for the rescue of the Iran nuclear deal yesterday as their top diplomats held their first talks since Joe Biden's election raised hopes of Washington returning to the agreement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said ahead of the talks in Moscow that "one of the most pressing topics...

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng: A worker builds a wood coffin at the Enzo Wood Designs manufacturing facility in Johannesburg, South Africa.-AFP n

South Africa turns to temporary morgues as COVID deaths soar

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng: A worker builds a wood coffin at the Enzo Wood Designs manufacturing facility in Johannesburg, South Africa.-AFPJOHANNESBURG: The cold hits you first. Then comes the smell. Inside a refrigerated shipping container are 17 plastic-wrapped corpses, each bearing a yellow label reading "highly contagious." The 12-metre (40-foot) steel box has been installed at Johannesburg morgue to help it cope with a rising tide of COVID...

HANOI: This handout photo taken yesterday shows Vietnam's President and Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong addressing the opening session of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi.-AFP n

Secretive Vietnam congress begins under cloud of 'repression'

HANOI: This handout photo taken yesterday shows Vietnam's President and Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong addressing the opening session of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi.-AFPHANOI: Vietnam's secretive, twice-a-decade political transition kicked off yesterday, with the Communist Party poised to select its future leaders who will have to contend with an...

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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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