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Students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), wearing graduation gowns and and masks, display slogans that authorities say are now illegal under a new security law, at a protest in memory of the pro-democracy demonstrations at CUHK a year ago during graduation festivities at the campus in the Shatin area of Hong Kong on November 19, 2020. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP)
Graduating HK students display banned pro-democracy slogans
HONG KONG: Students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), wearing graduation gowns and masks, display slogans that authorities say are now illegal under a new security law, at a protest in memory of the pro-democracy demonstrations at CUHK a year ago during graduation festivities at the campus in the Shatin area of Hong Kong yesterday.-AFP HONG KONG: Dozens of graduating Hong Kong students displayed slogans yesterday that authorities...
People walk below a giant screen showing news coverage of China's President Xi Jinping's speech via a virtual meeting to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Malaysia, outside a shopping mall in Beijing on November 19, 2020. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Xi touts China's huge economy as base of free trade in APEC speech
BEIJING: People walk below a giant screen showing news coverage of China's President Xi Jinping's speech via a virtual meeting to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Malaysia, outside a shopping mall in Beijing yesterday. - AFP KUALA LUMPUR: President Xi Jinping hailed China as the pivot point for global free trade yesterday, vowing to keep its "super-sized" economy open for business and warning against protectionism as the...
BRISTOL, CT - NOVEMBER 18: NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver is seen on stage for a group photo with the 2020 NAB Draft Prospects on November 18, 2020 in Bristol, Connecticut at ESPN Headquarters. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP
T-Wolves take Edwards first in NBA draft, France's Hayes seventh overall
BRISTOL: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is seen on stage for a virtual group photo with the 2020 NAB Draft Prospects on Wednesday in Bristol, Connecticut at ESPN Headquarters. - AFP LOS ANGELES: The Minnesota Timberwolves made University of Georgia standout Anthony Edwards the first overall selection in the pandemic-delayed 2020 NBA draft on Wednesday. The Timberwolves, who finished 19-45 in the coronavirus-disrupted 2020 season, opted for...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 01, 2020 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looks on before Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. - NFL team owners on November 10, 2020 backed a contingency plan which could see this season's playoffs expanded to 16 teams if disruption from coronavirus prevents the regular season schedule from being completed. (Photo by Maddie Meyer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
NFL bumps up COVID-19 protocols for remainder of the season
MIAMI: In this file photo taken on February 01, 2020 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looks on before Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. - AFP LOS ANGELES: The National Football League has stepped up its pandemic protocols with tougher restrictions going into effect tomorrow to try and mitigate the spread of coronavirus on the same day the Las Vegas Raiders found...
Belgium's forward Romelu Lukaku fights for the ball with Denmark's midfielder Pierre Hojbjerg during UEFA Nations League football match between Belgium and Denmark at the Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven on November 18, 2020. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)
Belgium, Italy into Nations League finals as Foden stars in England win
LEUVEN: Belgium's forward Romelu Lukaku fights for the ball with Denmark's midfielder Pierre Hojbjerg during UEFA Nations League football match between Belgium and Denmark at the Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven on Wednesday. - AFP PARIS: Romelu Lukaku helped fire Belgium into the UEFA Nations League finals by scoring twice in a 4-2 win over Denmark on Wednesday, while Italy also secured a place in the last four with victory away to Bosnia and...
(FILES) In this file photo illustration taken on October 01, 2019, shows the logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google displayed on a tablet in Lille France. - Facebook and Google have extended their bans on political ads in the US amid misinformation circulated aimed at bolstering claims by President Donald Trump of fraud in his loss to Joe Biden. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)
Google redesigns Pay app, opens waitlist for bank accounts with Citi
The logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google displayed on a tablet in Lille France. - AFP OAKLAND, Calif/LONDON: Alphabet Inc's Google relaunched its US payments app, introducing paid promotions to the service and opening a waitlist for bank accounts being launched next year with Citigroup Inc and 10 other institutions. The new Google Pay app, like its predecessor which will be discontinued eventually, enables contactless payments in stores and...
(L to R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures towards Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani as he speaks during a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Photo by menahem kahana / AFP)
Bahrain FM in Israel on first official visit
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures towards Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdellatif Al Zayani as he speaks during a press conference after their trilateral meeting yesterday. – AFP JERUSALEM: Bahrain's foreign minister arrived in Israel yesterday on the first official visit from the Gulf kingdom, which normalized relations with the Jewish state in September. The minister, Abdellatif Al-Zayani, was welcomed at Tel...
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Iraq and Saudi reopen border after 30 years
A handout picture shows the Arar border crossing between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. - AFP BAGHDAD: Iraq and Saudi Arabia yesterday reopened their land border for the first time in 30 years, with closer trade ties between the two countries irking allies of Riyadh's rival, Tehran. Top officials including Iraq's interior minister and the head of its border commission travelled from Baghdad to formally open the Arar crossing. They met up with a...
(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019 in Afghanistan. - The US will cut its troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 in January, the lowest level in nearly two decades of war, as outgoing President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to end conflicts abroad, the Pentagon announced on November 17, 2020. Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said around 2,000 troops would be pulled from the country by January 15, and 500 more would come back from Iraq, leaving 2,500 in each country. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP)
US to cut troop levels in Iraq, Afghanistan
In this file photo, US President Donald Trump speaks to US troops during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit at Bagram Air Field on Nov 28, 2019 in Afghanistan. – AFP WASHINGTON: The US will slash troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years of war after President Donald Trump pledged to end conflicts abroad, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Rejecting concerns that precipitous drawdowns could give up all the US...
The first female Palestinian taxi driver in the Gaza Strip, Nayla Abu Jubbah, 39, sits at her vehicle as she works in Gaza City on November 17, 2020. - Jubbah launched a small revolution this week by becoming the first female taxi driver in the deeply conservative Gaza Strip. In the coastal Palestinian territory women have the same legal rights as men to drive a vehicle, but in practice the trade of taxi driver has been exclusively male -- until now (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Meet Gaza's first woman taxi driver
GAZA: The first female Palestinian taxi driver in the Gaza Strip, Nayla Abu Jubbah, sits in her vehicle in Gaza City on Tuesday. - AFP Gaza City: Palestinian mother-of-five Nayla Abu Jubbah launched a small revolution this week by becoming the first female taxi driver in the deeply conservative Gaza Strip. In the impoverished Palestinian territory, women have the same legal rights as men to drive a vehicle, but in practice the trade of taxi...
A Turkish-backed Syrian fighter of the Sultan Murad Turkoman brigade performs during a military show in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's northern Aleppo province on November 17, 2020. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
Israel hits Iran targets in Syria
A Turkish-backed Syrian fighter of the Sultan Murad Turkoman brigade performs during a military show in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's northern Aleppo province on Tuesday. - AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes struck Syria yesterday, hitting Iranian targets and killing 11 Syrian and foreign fighters in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after explosive devices were found near one of its bases on...
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US and Europe plan vaccination schemes; 2nd virus wave builds
PARIS: This picture taken yesterday shows a syringe and a bottle reading "Vaccine Covid-19". - AFP WASHINGTON: Plans for vaccination programs began taking shape in Europe and the United States following recent breakthroughs, as surging coronavirus caseloads prompted grueling new restrictions, with Austria taking the unpopular step Tuesday of closing schools and shops. Global hopes of vanquishing the coronavirus pandemic were high after US...
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