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WASHINGTON: National Guard troops are seen on the lawn of the US Capitol building on Friday. - AFP n

Trump to leave town before inauguration

WASHINGTON: National Guard troops are seen on the lawn of the US Capitol building on Friday. - AFPWASHINGTON: By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, his scandal-tainted predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House a last time earlier that morning, an official said Friday. Trump will be the first president in a century and a half to snub the inauguration of his...

KUWAIT: A view of the Jaber Causeway taken near the Free Trade Zone. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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KUWAIT: A view of the Jaber Causeway taken near the Free Trade Zone. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

The health crisis which forced this year's Consumer Electronics Show online has spawned innovations for fighting the COVID pandemicn

Zapping COVID: Tech sector takes aim at virus with new gadgetry

The health crisis which forced this year's Consumer Electronics Show online has spawned innovations for fighting the COVID pandemicWASHINGTON: From virus-zapping drones to smart masks to disease-predicting wearables, the tech sector is showcasing ways to detect and mitigate the coronavirus outbreak. The health crisis which forced this week's 2021 Consumer Electronics Show online has also spawned innovations for fighting the pandemic.Drone maker...

PARIS: The merger of France's PSA and US-Italian rival Fiat Chrysler becomes official yesterday, creating Stellantis, the world's fourth-biggest automaker by volume. n

Stellantis is born as Peugeot, Fiat complete merger

PARIS: The merger of France's PSA and US-Italian rival Fiat Chrysler becomes official yesterday, creating Stellantis, the world's fourth-biggest automaker by volume.PARIS: The merger of France's PSA and US-Italian rival Fiat Chrysler becomes official yesterday, creating Stellantis, the world's fourth-biggest automaker by volume. The long-awaited 50/50 tie-up, which was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, is seen as crucial for the two groups to...

In this file photo South Korean film director Bong Joon Ho poses with his engraved awards as he attends the 92nd Oscars Governors Ball at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California.-AFP n

"Parasite" director to head Venice film festival jury

In this file photo South Korean film director Bong Joon Ho poses with his engraved awards as he attends the 92nd Oscars Governors Ball at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California.-AFPSouth Korean director Bong Joon-ho, whose "Parasite" movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture last year, was named Friday as jury president of the 2021 Venice Film Festival. "I'm ready to admire and applaud all the great films selected by the...

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Covid kills men's fashion buzz in Milan

A screen shows screenings schedule of the Fall/Winter 2021 Men's fashion collections by the Italian Chamber of Italian Fashion (Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana ) on Friday in downtown Milan, on the opening day of a four-day so-called "phygital fashion week".-AFP photosA year after the last Covid-free catwalk shows in Milan, men's fashion week began on Friday, but without the buzz of its traditional audience of buyers, bloggers, celebrities...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Club players celebrate with the championship trophy.n

stc celebrates with Crown Prince Cup champions

KUWAIT: Kuwait Club players celebrate with the championship trophy.KUWAIT: stc, the official sponsor of the initiatives organized by the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) including premier championships, celebrated the final match of the most exclusive championship in Kuwait. stc attended the closing ceremony of the Crown Prince Cup at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,...

LIVERPOOL: This combination of file pictures created on January 15, 2021, shows Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane (left) celebrating scoring his team's first goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on October 17, 2020 and Manchester United's English forward Marcus Rashford (right) celebrating after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group H first-leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Manchester United at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on October 20, 2020. - AFPn

Man Utd face acid test of Premier League title credentials at Liverpool

LIVERPOOL: This combination of file pictures created on January 15, 2021, shows Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane (left) celebrating scoring his team's first goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on October 17, 2020 and Manchester United's English forward Marcus Rashford (right) celebrating after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League...

RAMALLAH: A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) on Friday, shows Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (right) handing the elections decree to the chairman of the central election committee Hanna Nasser, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. – AFPn

Abbas announces Palestinian elections

RAMALLAH: A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) on Friday, shows Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (right) handing the elections decree to the chairman of the central election committee Hanna Nasser, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. – AFPRAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday announced dates for the first Palestinian elections in more than 15 years, setting...

LOS ANGELES: Candy Boyd, owner of the Boyd Funeral home, speaks during an interview next to an empty casket and cabinets built for expanded storage capacity of embalmed bodies awaiting burial due to the surge of COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles. - AFPn

Coffin stored in break room as LA funeral home overwhelmed

LOS ANGELES: Candy Boyd, owner of the Boyd Funeral home, speaks during an interview next to an empty casket and cabinets built for expanded storage capacity of embalmed bodies awaiting burial due to the surge of COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles. - AFPLOS ANGELES: A corpse in the break room. Embalmed bodies in the garage. Boyd Funeral Home, a small family business in Los Angeles, is so overflowing with COVID-19 victims it has begun turning away...

MUMBAI: Nurses from the Rajawadi Hospital make the victory sign gesture as they pose in front of antelevision broadcasting a live address by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccination drive in Mumbai yesterday. — AFPn

Flowers, hope and consent forms for India's huge vaccine rollout

MUMBAI: Nurses from the Rajawadi Hospital make the victory sign gesture as they pose in front of atelevision broadcasting a live address by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccination drive in Mumbai yesterday. — AFPNEW DELHI: Hospitals were decked out with flowers and one politician planted a tree as India began yesterday its colossal coronavirus vaccine drive, desperately hoping to end a...

MAMUJU: Rescuers move the body of a victim that was trapped in a collapsed building in Mamuju yesterday.-AFPn

Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake

MAMUJU: Rescuers move the body of a victim that was trapped in a collapsed building in Mamuju yesterday.-AFPMAMUJU, Indonesia: Rescuers scrambled to find buried survivors yesterday after a powerful earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island killed dozens, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings, as monsoon rains lashed the disaster-struck region. At least 46 people died after the 6.2-magnitude quake...

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