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Saudi activist Hathloul jailed for nearly 6 yrs
Loujain Al-Hathloul RIYADH: A Saudi court yesterday handed prominent activist Loujain Al-Hathloul a prison term of five years and eight months for terrorism-related crimes, but a suspended sentence will allow her release within months, her family said. Hathloul, 31, was arrested in May 2018 with about a dozen other women activists just weeks before the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers, a reform they had long campaigned...
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Former officials sentenced for embezzlement
KUWAIT: The criminal court issued an arrest warrant for two former undersecretaries of the ministry of health and three employees of the ministry of awqaf and Islamic affairs for embezzling public funds. The two ex-ministers were sentenced to seven years in prison, ordered to return €4.8 million, fined €9.6 million, dismissed from their jobs and prohibited from holding any public office position in the future.As for the employees from the...
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 27: Luke Kennard #5 looks up as Terance Mann #14 of the Los Angeles Clippers gets a loose ball against Josh Green #8 and Boban Marjanovic #51 of the Dallas Mavericks in the second half at Staples Center on December 27, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The Mavericks won 124-73. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. John McCoy/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Mavericks thrash Clippers; Hornets hand Nets first loss of NBA season
LOS ANGELES: Luke Kennard #5 looks up as Terance Mann #14 of the Los Angeles Clippers gets a loose ball against Josh Green #8 and Boban Marjanovic #51 of the Dallas Mavericks in the second half at Staples Center on December 27, 2020. - AFP LOS ANGELES: The Dallas Mavericks powered to an NBA-record 50-point halftime lead on the way to a 124-73 demolition of the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. The Mavs, taking full advantage of the...
TOPSHOT - Australia's wicketkeeper Tim Paine (R) runs out India's batsman Ajinkya Rahane (L) on the third day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and India at the MCG in Melbourne on December 28, 2020. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--
India rip through Australia batting, targeting victory
MELBOURNE: Australia's wicketkeeper Tim Paine (right) runs out India's batsman Ajinkya Rahane on the third day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and India at the MCG in Melbourne yesterday.- AFP MELBOURNE: A depleted Indian attack ripped through Australia's top order to leave the world's number one team with a slender two-run lead and in deep trouble yesterday after day three of the second Test. At stumps in Melbourne, Australia...
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Hong Kong florist helps prisoners send Xmas gifts
Photos show florist Elise Ip making a gift as part of the free "Send Flowers With You" project - which allows relatives and friends to receive gifts ordered by prisoners following last year's massive pro-democracy protests, at her studio in Hong Kong. - AFP photos Samantha burst into tears when she opened the box from florist Elise Ip on Christmas Day. It was a surprise gift from her boyfriend, in custody for joining last year's Hong Kong...
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Anime epic 'Demon Slayer' ousts Ghibli classic as Japan's top-grossing film
An anime epic in which a teenager hunts down and beheads demons on Monday became Japan's top-grossing film of all time, its production company said, ending the near two-decade reign of Studio Ghibli's "Spirited Away". "Demon Slayer", based on the hit manga series, has chalked up 32.5 billion yen ($314 million) in box-office sales since its October release, a spokeswoman for anime producer Aniplex said.The story of Tanjiro, whose life transforms...
WILMINGTON, DE - DECEMBER 26: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is followed by Secret Service agents as he departs after Mass the day after Christmas from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church on December 26, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is calling on Americans to limit travel and family gatherings during the holidays due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Trauma of 2020 may haunt Biden
WILMINGTON, Delaware: US President-elect Joe Biden is followed by Secret Service agents as he departs after Mass the day after Christmas from St Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church on December 26, 2020. - AFP WASHINGTON: COVID and a traumatic presidential election left the US reeling in 2020, but even with Donald Trump gone and Joe Biden promising to heal the nation there'll be no quick return to normal in 2021. For many in the world's...
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Poles losing faith in once mighty Catholic Church
Some Poles are even beginning to question the legacy of the late Polish pope John Paul II. - AFP WARSAW: Once all powerful in Poland, the Catholic Church has been under severe pressure this year-from a series of abuse scandals and a perceived association with the country's right-wing government. Negative media reports and documentaries have hurt its image, as has criticism from the Vatican itself.Some Poles are even beginning to question the...
A convoy of buses carries Rohingya refugees being relocated to a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, in Ukhia on December 28, 2020. (Photo by - / AFP)
Bangladesh begins moving more Rohingya to flood-prone island
A convoy of buses carries Rohingya refugees being relocated to a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, in Ukhia yesterday.-AFP COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Bangladesh yesterday started moving a second group of Rohingya refugees to a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal despite opposition from rights activists. More than 1,600 of the Muslim minority from Myanmar were taken to Bhashan Char earlier this month, and...
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Investigators name Nashville bomber, say he died in blast
NASHVILLE: An image grab made on Dec 25, 2020 from footage of a security camera and released by Nashville police shows the moment a bomb was set off that ripped through the southern US city's downtown on Christmas morning. - AFP WASHINGTON: The man suspected of setting off a bomb in Nashville that ripped through the southern US city's downtown on Christmas morning was named by authorities on Sunday as they confirmed he died in the blast. "We've...
A health care worker receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Tor Verrgata hospital in Rome on December 28, 2020. - Italy will receive 470.000 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 per week, starting from the 28th of December. Most EU countries launch their vaccination campaigns in a bid to defeat Covid-19, as the growing spread of a new coronavirus variant intensifies fears the pandemic could wreak further devastation. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Joy, hope as staff at Italy's virus epicenter gets first jabs
ROME: A healthcare worker receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Tor Verrgata hospital in Rome yesterday.-AFP CREMONA, Italy: Less than a year ago, doctors in northern Italy were so overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients that they were carrying out triage in hastily erected tents. The hospital at Cremona was at the heart of the unfolding tragedy. On Sunday, its nurses carried out the first vaccinations against the disease that has...
Family members of a group of Hong Kong democracy activists, who tried to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan last August, hold a press conference in Hong Kong on December 28, 2020, the first day of their trial across the border in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
China trial of 'Hong Kong 12' begins as US decries 'tyranny'
HONG KONG: Family members of a group of Hong Kong democracy activists, who tried to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan last August, hold a press conference in Hong Kong yesterday, the first day of their trial across the border in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. - AFP SHENZHEN, China: The trial in China of a group of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who tried to escape the city by speedboat for sanctuary in Taiwan opened yesterday, as the United...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
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