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French chef Mory Sacko poses during a session photo in Paris on Jan 20, 2021. - AFP

Africa with a twist: Paris chef Sacko wins Michelin star

French chef Mory Sacko poses during a session photo in Paris on Jan 20, 2021. - AFPIt took Mory Sacko just weeks to break into the illustrious circle of Michelin laureates with his audacious menu of African cuisine, refined with a smattering of French and Japanese twists. The tall 28-year old was already a star on French culinary TV show Top Chef when the Guide Michelin awarded his restaurant "Mosuke" a star this week, the first in France for a...

Youths enjoy the evening at the Berlin Cafe in Madrid on Jan 17, 2021. - AFP photos

Theatre, cinema, concerts thrive in Madrid despite virus

Youths enjoy the evening at the Berlin Cafe in Madrid on Jan 17, 2021. - AFP photosWith entertainment venues shuttered across much of Europe, Spain stands out as a cultural oasis where people still go to the theatre and cinema or watch concerts despite soaring infection rates. "Having the chance to be here with you is a huge blessing and with all my heart I applaud the great efforts being made in this country to defend culture," Mexican tenor...

Brazilian musician Leandro Aparecido Ferreira, known as MC Fioti, poses at a recording studio in Sao Paulo on Jan 20, 2021. - AFP nn

Brazilian singer's YouTube hit joins virus fight

Brazilian musician Leandro Aparecido Ferreira, known as MC Fioti, poses at a recording studio in Sao Paulo on Jan 20, 2021. - AFPSinger MC Fioti, the first Brazilian to garner 1.5 billion views on YouTube, has re-cast the tune from that video - to try to go viral against COVID. Brazil has lost approximately 213,000 lives to the coronavirus, a toll second only to the United States, and the music-maker is hoping the song - will help push his...

WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden speaks during an event on economic crisis in the State Dining Room of the White House on Friday in Washington, DC. - AFPn

Biden undoes Trump migration orders

WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden speaks during an event on economic crisis in the State Dining Room of the White House on Friday in Washington, DC. - AFPNEW YORK: Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden undid some of Donald Trump's most controversial immigration policies and sparked cautious hope that millions living in the shadows could one day get legal status in the US. Scribbled signatures from his pen on Wednesday lifted an...

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Trump impeachment trial to begin only in second week of February

WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo taken on February 06, 2020, US President Donald Trump holds up a newspaper that displays a headline "Acquitted," as he arrives to speak at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. – AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump's US Senate trial will begin in the second week of February, days after a fresh impeachment case against the former president is transmitted by the House, Senate Majority Leader...

HERAT: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (center) arrives with the government delegation during a visit in Herat province on Friday.-AFPn

Biden administration to review US-Taleban withdrawal deal

HERAT: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (center) arrives with the government delegation during a visit in Herat province on Friday.-AFPWASHINGTON: The Biden administration said it will review a landmark US deal with the Taleban, focusing on whether the insurgent group has reduced attacks in Afghanistan, in keeping with its side of the agreement. Washington struck a deal with the Taleban in Qatar last year, to begin withdrawing its troops in return...

PUNE: Uddhav Thackeray (left), the chief minister of India's Maharashtra state, speaks as the Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla watches during a press conference in Pune on Friday.-AFP

Inside the world's biggest vaccine factory, India's Serum Institute

PUNE: Uddhav Thackeray (left), the chief minister of India's Maharashtra state, speaks as the Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla watches during a press conference in Pune on Friday.-AFPPUNE: The tiny clinking vials supervised by silent PPE-wearing technicians belie the excitement inside the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, a major player in the fight against coronavirus. The firm, founded in 1966 in...

WASHINGTON, DC: US President Joe Biden (third right)and First Lady Jill Biden (second right), with Vice President Kamala Harris (second left) and her husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, watch the virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service hosted by the Washington National Cathedral, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday.—AFPnn

Biden White House atmosphere is transformed

WASHINGTON, DC: US President Joe Biden (third right)and First Lady Jill Biden (second right), with Vice President Kamala Harris (second left) and her husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, watch the virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service hosted by the Washington National Cathedral, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday.—AFPWASHINGTON: Camped out in bare offices, President Joe Biden's new White House...

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Sri Lankan minister tests positive after endorsing sorcery

Pavithra WanniarachchiCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka's health minister, who publicly endorsed sorcery and magic potions to stop surging coronavirus infections in the island, has tested positive and will self-isolate, officials said yesterday. Pavithra Wanniarachchi had publicly consumed and endorsed a magic potion, later revealed to contain honey and nutmeg, manufactured by a sorcerer who claimed it worked as a life-long inoculation against the virus. She...

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Dead whale, one of Med's largest, found off Italy

A photo shows the carcass of a huge dead whale (left) in the port of the Sorrento, south of Naples, as it's being towed away by the Italian Coast Guards towards the port of Naples, were the cause of death will be studied.-AFPThe carcass of a huge whale has been recovered from the waters off southern Italy, the coastguard said Wednesday, calling it "probably one of the largest" ever found in the Mediterranean. The dead mammal was spotted in the...

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah is seen during the tour. - Defense Ministry photos

Defense Minister visits Kuwait Air Force bases

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah is seen during the tour. - Defense Ministry photosKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah yesterday visited the Nawaf Al-Ahmad Air Base and Ali Al-Salem Air Base, as part of an inspection tour of Kuwait Air Force. Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Saleh Al-Sabah, Deputy Chief of the...

Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah

Kuwait FM attends Asia Cooperation Dialogue meeting

Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-SabahKUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah headed yesterday as Kuwait's delegation to the 17th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) virtual ministerial meeting, a gathering aimed at bolstering ties on all possible domains among member states.During the meeting, overseen by Turkey, Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad affirmed that Kuwait was eager to bolster economic...

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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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