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Royalists wait for the start of a ceremony to commemorate the birthday of the late Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on December 5, 2020. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
'Rubber duck revolution' takes off in Thailand
BANGKOK: Royalists wait for the start of a ceremony to commemorate the birthday of the late Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sanam Luang in Bangkok yesterday. - AFP BANGKOK: Bangkok has been gripped by a rubber duck frenzy since pro-democracy protesters used giant inflatables to shield themselves from water cannon spray last month. When police mounted a crackdown on a November rally, deploying tear gas and water cannon outside parliament, footage...
Iraqi demonstrators lift national flags as they gather in Habboubi Square in the southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province, on December 4, 2020, to express anger after followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr clashed with young protesters lately. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
Iraqis renew protest after violence
NASIRIYAH, Iraq: Iraqi demonstrators lift national flags as they gather in Habboubi Square in the southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province, on Friday, to express anger after followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr clashed with young protesters lately. - AFP NASIRIYAH, Iraq: Protesters hit the streets in several Iraqi cities on Friday, one week after clashes between supporters of a controversial Shiite cleric and anti-government...
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Kuwait Football League roundup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: In an important match between Jahra and Sulaibkhat to improve their status in the ranking phase of the Kuwait Football League, both teams failed to score, and came out with one point each in the 10th round of the league. Activities during most of the match were at midfield though Jahra had much ball possession. Jahra ended with 11 points while Sulaibkhat grabbed 5 points.In another match, Kuwait had control in their...
Kobe's midfielder Takuya Yasui (L) is tackled by Suwon's midfielder Han Suk-Jong during the AFC Champions League group G football match between Japan's Vissel Kobe and Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings on December 4, 2020 at the Khalifa International Stadium in the Qatari capital of Doha. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Suwon grab last-16 spot; ACL heads to knockouts
DOHA: Kobe's midfielder Takuya Yasui (left) is tackled by Suwon's midfielder Han Suk-Jong during the AFC Champions League group G football match between Japan's Vissel Kobe and Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings on December 4, 2020. - AFP DOHA: Suwon Samsung Bluewings grabbed the last available round-of-16 spot in the Asian Champions League with a 2-0 win over Vissel Kobe in the competition's final group stage game on Friday. The South Koreans...
Marseille's Argentine forward Dario Benedetto (C) scores a goal during the French Ligue 1 football match between Nimes Olympique and Olympique de Marseille on December 4, 2020, at the Costieres stadium in Nimes, Southern France. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP)
Ligue 1: 5th straight win as Marseille thump Nimes 2-0
GARD: Marseille's Argentine forward Dario Benedetto (center) scores a goal during the French Ligue 1 football match between Nimes Olympique and Olympique de Marseille on December 4, 2020. - AFP NIMES: Marseille's 2-0 away win at Nimes on Friday saw them climb second top of Ligue 1 with a game in hand on all their closest rivals. Paris Saint-Germain are top on 25 points with Marseille a point behind and four clubs, Lille, Lyon, Monaco and...
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Mosul market revives trade legacy
MOSUL: An Iraqi salesman sits at a shop at the "Al-Bursa" wholesale market in the northern city of Mosul. -- AFP MOSUL: Mountains of kitchen supplies, back-to-back butchers: the historic wholesale market in Iraq's Mosul is battling the odds-from extremists to epidemic-to revive the city's reputation as a trading hub. The northern city was a commercial hub for centuries, strategically located along transport routes linking Baghdad to the south,...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 1, 2019 Ringo Starr performs during the Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band concert at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California. - Aged 80, the former Beatles still tours with his All Starr Band, AFP reports on December 5, 2020. (Photo by KEVIN WINTER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Beatles survivors Macca and Ringo still making music
In this file photo taken on September 1, 2019 Ringo Starr performs during the Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band concert at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Forty years after John Lennon died at the hands of an evangelical Christian assassin, surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still making music, now on their own. Sir Paul may be 78 years old but he is bringing out his 18th solo album "McCartney III" on December...
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'Que pasa, New York?': John Lennon and the city that set him free
Photographer Allan Tannenbaum poses with his photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in his SoHo studio in New York City.-AFP photos On December 8, 1980 the filigree gates of New York's Dakota residence across from Central Park went down in history as the spot John Lennon was shot dead. But for nearly a decade prior to his shock murder, the former Beatle's adopted hometown was where he rediscovered life. The New York Lennon moved to in 1971 was...
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US job gains and recovery stall in November as COVID-19 cases rise
US employers added a disappointing 245,000 new jobs in November, the Labor Department reported Friday, and 10.7 million workers remain unemployed. WASHINGTON: The US economy showed more signs that its recovery is stalling as hiring slowed amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, ramping up pressure on politicians to agree on a new relief package to help struggling businesses and families.Employers added a disappointing 245,000 new jobs in November, the...
This picture taken on November 8, 2020 shows a customer trying on a bracelet at the Makmur Gold shop in Kota Bharu in Malaysia's Kelantan state. - Demand for the safe-haven commodity has soared in Malaysia during the coronavirus pandemic and it is not only professional investors who are cashing in, but small businesses too. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-Malaysia-economy-gold, FOCUS by Patrick Lee
Goldsmiths mold a profit out of virus in Malaysia
A customer trying on a bracelet at the Makmur Gold shop in Kota Bharu in Malaysia's Kelantan state. Demand for the safe-haven commodity has soared in Malaysia during the coronavirus pandemic and it is not only professional investors who are cashing in, but small businesses too. - AFP KOTA BHARU, Malaysia: In a backroom workshop in Malaysia, goldsmiths with blowtorches and chisels sit at wooden desks as they melt and mold the precious metal into...
A woman passes by a google themed barrier in front of a google data center on November 30, 2020 in Fredericia, Denmark. (Photo by Frank Cilius / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Backlash at Google over firing of Black researcher
A woman passes by a Google themed barrier in front of a Foogle data center in Fredericia, Denmark. -AFP SAN FRANCISCO: More than 1,400 Google employees on Friday demanded that the tech giant explain why it dismissed a Black artificial intelligence ethics researcher. Timnit Gebru tweeted early in the week that Google told her a resignation she had not proffered was accepted, after she sent a message to an internal group lamenting the "silencing...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 12, 2020 shows a section of the original Eiffel Tower's stairs, displayed in front of the Artcurial auction house in Paris. - The section of the Eiffel Tower's spiral staircase was sold on December 1, 2020 for 274,475 euros (including costs) and joined a private European collection, the auction house Artcurial announced. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Eiffel Tower steps fetch 274,000 euros at auction
These file photos show a section of the original Eiffel Tower's stairs, displayed in front of the Artcurial auction house in Paris. - AFP photos A 14-step chunk of the Eiffel Tower's spiral staircase was sold for 274,475 euros ($328,427) in Paris on Tuesday, nearly 10 times the guide price, auction house Artcurial said. The nearly-three-metre-high artefact was part of the original 1889 staircase that connected the second and third floors of the...
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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
Fears of Middle East war grow
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests