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An Armoured Personnel carrier (APC) of Russian peacekeeping forces is stationed above the demarcation line near the village of Charektar on November 25, 2020, as Azerbaijan said its forces had entered the Kalbajar district, the second of three to be handed back by Armenia as part of a deal that ended weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP)
Azerbaijan moves into Kalbajar district
CHAREKTAR, Azerbaijan: An armored personnel carrier (APC) of Russian peacekeeping forces is stationed above the demarcation line near this village yesterday as Azerbaijan forces entered the Kalbajar district. - AFP CHEREKTAR, Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani soldiers and military trucks rolled into the district of Kalbajar yesterday, reclaiming the second of three regions Armenia is handing back under a deal that ended weeks of fighting. Images released...
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World scrambles for vaccine deals as COVID infections near 60 million
LONDON: People wearing a face mask because of the coronavirus pandemic walk in London's China Town yesterday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the "escape route" from the coronavirus was in sight as he announced that tough restrictions in England would not be extended beyond December 2. - AFP PARIS/BERLIN: Countries around the world are scrambling to finalize vaccine deals as the global number of coronavirus infections approached 60...
Pro-democracy protesters take part in an anti-government rally outside the headquarters of the Siam Commercial Bank in Bangkok on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)
Thai protesters rally as leaders summoned over defamation
BANGKOK: Pro-democracy protesters take part in an anti-government rally outside the headquarters of the Siam Commercial Bank in Bangkok yesterday. - AFP BANGKOK: Thai pro-democracy protesters gathered in Bangkok yesterday as police summoned 12 of their leaders to answer charges of royal defamation, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years. At least a thousand demonstrators-many brandishing the yellow toy ducks that have become a...
Women walk through a road during a rain shower as cyclone Nivar approaches, in Beruwala, some 58 kms from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on November 25, 2020. - The cyclone's centre was expected to pass some 175 kilometres northeast of Sri Lanka's northern tip early on November 25. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP)
Homes evacuated as cyclone threatens India
COLOMBO: Women walk through a road during a rain shower as cyclone Nivar approaches, in Beruwala, some 58 km from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo yesterday. - AFP PUDUCHERRY, India: Several thousand people in south-eastern India fled their homes yesterday, out of the path of a cyclone due to slam coastal areas after midnight, bringing with it heavy rain. Nivar, classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, was expected to pack winds of 120...
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (R) speaks and gesticulates during a session of questions at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on November 25, 2020. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
German vote to pick Merkel successor set for Sept 26, 2021
BERLIN: German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (right) speaks and gesticulates during a session of questions at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin yesterday.-AFP BERLIN: The German government yesterday agreed on September 26 next year for the general election to choose a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a government spokeswoman said. Merkel has said she will not stand for a fifth term and will retire from...
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Lame-duck Trump pardons turkey
WASHINGTON: First Lady Melania Trump looks on as US President Donald Trump gives the National Thanksgiving turkey "Corn" a presidential pardon in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump emerged from self-imposed isolation on Tuesday to show that at least one thing in Washington would run according to tradition: The pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey. In the Rose Garden, Trump stuck to the script...
TOPSHOT - Maryam Al Balushi feeds her pets in her home Oman's capital Muscat on November 20, 2020. - Despite complaints from neighbours and mounting expense, she has accumulated 480 cats and 12 dogs, describing her pets as a mood-lifter and better companions than her fellow humans. (Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP)
Mus-cats: Omani woman juggles 500 felines
Maryam Al-Balushi feeds her pets in her home Oman's capital Muscat.-AFP photos More than a dozen cats and dogs vie for Maryam Al-Balushi's attention as she hands out treats on a bed in her home in Oman's capital Muscat. Despite complaints from neighbors and mounting expense, she has accumulated 480 cats and 12 dogs, describing her pets as a mood-lifter and better companions than her fellow humans. "I find that animals, especially cats and dogs,...
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Leaf-cutter ant first insect found with biomineral body armor
This handout picture shows an Acromyrmex echinatior worker ( in the background) extending her mandibles over an Atta cephalotes soldier (in the foreground), the largest worker caste within the leaf-cutter ant colonies. -AFP A well-known leaf-cutting ant grows its own body armor using biominerals, a protective power previously unknown in the insect world, scientists have discovered in research published Tuesday showing this makes the ants almost...
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Grammy nominations 2021: Snubs, quirks and twists
In this file photo singer Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, California. - AFP photos The short lists for the 63nd annual Grammy awards that celebrate music's best feature an eclectic mix of pop powerhouses, feisty chart-toppers and little-known underdogs. And, as usual, there was a laundry list of eyebrow-raising snubs and a bunch of straight up oddball nods. Here's...
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Kuwait Shooting Tournament kicks off
Eng Mohammad Al-Ghurba By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sport Club Assistant Secretary Eng Mohammad Al-Ghurba said official training for HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Annual Shooting Tournament will start from 4:00 pm today as the championship kicks off in full swing and continue until Saturday.The organizing committee of the tournament held its final preparatory meeting on Sunday with tournament...
This picture taken on November 6, 2020 shows Harmony Anne-Marie Ilunga (L), 22, who moved to Hong Kong as a child refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and other models getting ready in the backstage area before the 'Harmony IV' fashion show in Hong Kong, which aims to celebrate the city's diversity. - As a young black woman modelling in Hong Kong, Harmony Anne-Marie Ilunga rarely saw anyone who looked like her in the magazines. Now the 22-year-old is trying to change that -- one model at a time. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY HONG KONG-LIFESTYLE-FASHION-RACISM,FOCUS BY ROSE TROUP BUCHANAN
Congolese model challenges China's love for 'tall, light and skinny'
Harmony Anne-Marie Ilunga (left) and other models getting ready in the backstage area before the 'Harmony IV' fashion show. As a young black woman modeling in Hong Kong, Harmony Anne-Marie Ilunga rarely saw anyone who looked like her in the magazines. Now the 22-year-old is trying to change that, one model at a time. While the Black Lives Matter movement fuels debate and change in the fashion worlds of the United States and parts of Europe,...
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Kuwait to get COVID vaccine by end of 2020
KUWAIT: The health ministry announced yesterday the arrival of the BNT162 COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this year, while usage will be subject to approval of local regulatory authorities. In a statement, Assistant Undersecretary for Medicines and Medical Supplies Dr Abdullah Al-Bader said an agreement was reached with Pfizer and BioNTech, which developed the vaccine, to supply the vaccine to Kuwait.Based on the ministry's request, the vaccine...
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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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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