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KUWAIT: Kuwait's Liberation Tower seen through the curtains. - Photo by John Christopher
TAMPA, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 23: Chris Godwin #14 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores on a 13-yard pass during the fourth quarter in the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Raymond James Stadium on November 23, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP
Rams use air assault to sink Buccaneers
TAMPA: Chris Godwin #14 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores on a 13-yard pass during the fourth quarter in the game against the Los Angeles Rams on November 23, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Jared Goff passed for three touchdowns and 376 yards as the Los Angeles Rams showed their offensive versatility on Monday with a 27-24 victory over Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Goff completed 39 of 51 passes including a combined 23...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2020 Chennaiyin FC captain Lucian Goian (L) shoots the ball during the final match between Chennaiyin FC and ATK FC at the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament, in Goa. - An influx of footballers to India from Australia has highlighted changing fortunes as the Indian Super League flourishes and the A-League hits lean times during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP) / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE-----nTO GO WITH'FBL-ASIA-IND-AUS-ISL',FOCUS
'A-League stagnated': Footballers leaving Australia; Indian Super League flourishes
GOA: In this file photo, Chennaiyin FC captain Lucian Goian (left) shoots the ball during the final match between Chennaiyin FC and ATK FC at the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament, in Goa. An influx of footballers to India from Australia has highlighted changing fortunes as the Indian Super League flourishes and the A-League hits lean times during the coronavirus pandemic. - AFP NEW DELHI: An influx of footballers to India from...
Austria's Dominic Thiem (R) consoles Serbia's Novak Djokovic (L) after his victory in their men's singles semi-final match on day seven of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on November 21, 2020. - Thiem won the match 7-5, 6-7, 7-6 (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)
Is tennis Big-Three era drawing to a close?
LONDON: Austria's Dominic Thiem consoles Serbia's Novak Djokovic (left) after his victory in their men's singles semi-final match on day seven of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on November 21, 2020. Thiem won the match 7-5, 6-7, 7-6.- AFP LONDON: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been absent from the title match at the ATP Finals for the past two years, replaced by younger rivals seeking...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 15, 2017 Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends the 32nd Annual Group of 30 (G30) International Banking Seminar in Washington, DC. - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to head the US Treasury, a financial source with knowledge of the incoming administration's decision said November 23, 2020.nIf confirmed by the Senate, the 74-year-old would make history as the first female head of the department, and be tasked with steering the world's largest economy as it struggles with mass layoffs and a sharp growth slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Biden to name Yellen as US Treasury chief
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends the 32nd Annual Group of 30 (G30) International Banking Seminar in Washington, DC. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to head the US Treasury.-AFP WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden was poised to nominate former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to head the US Treasury, a choice that, if confirmed by the Senate, would make her the first...
SAN DIEGO, CA - NOVEMBER 16: Business owners and local leaders participate in a rally at the County Administration Building on November 16, 2020 in San Diego, California. Business owners gathered to protest against new COVID-19 regulations as purple tier restrictions take effect. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images/AFP
$169bn for 29,000 lives? Study calculates cost of US shutdowns
SAN DIEGO, CA: Business owners and local leaders participate in a rally at the County Administration Building in San Diego, California. Business owners gathered to protest against new COVID-19 regulations as purple tier restrictions take effect. - AFP WASHINGTON: There's little doubt that government-ordered business shutdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19 damaged the US economy, but the exact cost has not been clear. Researchers from HEC Paris...
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'Alone in the dark': S Korea's small industry reels from new virus curbs
A man walks in an empty shopping district in Seoul yesterday. - Reuters SEOUL: A new round of social distancing rules took effect yesterday in the South Korean capital of Seoul, dealing a blow to small business owners despite brighter hopes for economic recovery after earlier success in battling the coronavirus. The measures range from closures of nightclubs and karaoke bars and curbs on eating in cafes and restaurants to fewer nighttime public...
A picture taken from the West Bank town of Abu Dis, separated from Jerusalem by Israel's controversial barrier, shows the Dome of the Rock (top) in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound and the Jewish cemetary of Mount of Olives (R), on November 23, 2020. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
Wars and peace: Israel courts Arab world
ABU DIS: A picture taken from this West Bank town separated from Jerusalem by Israel's controversial barrier shows the Dome of the Rock (top) in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the Jewish cemetery of Mount of Olives (right) on Monday. - AFP JERUSALEM: Speculation is mounting that Israel and Saudi Arabia may be about to normalize ties after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held secret talks in the kingdom. If a deal is done,...
Children play in a street in Gondar, Ethiopia, on November 23, 2020. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
Ethiopia's Tigray forces claim victory; global alarm grows
GONDAR, Ethiopia: Children play on a street on Monday. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: Tigrayan forces said yesterday they had destroyed an Ethiopian army division in battles to control the northern region where a three-week-old war has killed hundreds and spread global alarm. The leader of Ethiopia's dissident Tigray region has said that his people are "ready to die" defending their homeland, rejecting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ultimatum that they...
An illustration picture taken on November 19, 2020, shows a vial with Covid-19 Vaccine sticker, a syringe and an earth globe. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
COVID-19 vaccines offer hope; World leaders plan for future
An illustration picture shows a vial with COVID-19 vaccine sticker, a syringe and a globe. - AFP PARIS: France is expected to loosen its coronavirus restrictions as the boss of a major airline said proof of vaccination will likely become the only way people can fly in a post-pandemic world. Hopes over COVID-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 25, 2020 protestors face off with police outside the County Courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. - The 17-year-old right-wing extremist charged with shooting two people dead at a Black Lives Matter protest in the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin earlier this year was released after posting $2 million bail, one of his lawyers tweeted on November 20, 2020. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
Social media fueling real-world violence
KENOSHA, Wisconsin: In this file photo taken on Aug 25, 2020 protestors face off with police outside the county courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake. - AFP NEW YORK: On August 25, Hannah Gittings watched in horror as her friend Anthony Huber was fatally shot during a demonstration in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to protest the police killing of a Black man at the hands of police. The events turned violent when an extreme...
-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2020 --nnA woman carries a child past flames after a major fire broke out in the Moria migrants camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on September 9, 2020. - Thousands of asylum seekers were left homeless on on September 9 after a fire gutted Greece's largest migrant camp on Lesbos, plunging the island into crisis and provoking an outpouring of sympathy from around Europe and calls for reform of the refugee system. The blaze, which began hours after 35 people tested positive for coronavirus at the Moria camp, sent thousands fleeing for safety into surrounding olive groves -- but nobody was seriously hurt. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Migrants who fled Greek camp blaze face harsh winter
LESBOS, Greece: In this Sept 9, 2020 file photo, a woman carries a child past flames after a major fire broke out in the Moria migrant camp on this Greek Aegean island. - AFP LESBOS: The new camp for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos was supposed to be a temporary solution for the thousands who escaped a fire that destroyed the infamous Moria camp over two months ago. Now however, many of them will have to stay on through the winter in...
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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