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(FILES)(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows former US Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden(L) speaking about Covid-19, during a press event in Wilmington, Delaware on March 12, 2020, and US President Donald Trump speaking during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington, DC on August 19, 2020. - Former US vice president Joe Biden has opened up a 16-point national lead over President Donald Trump less than a month before the November 3 presidential election, according to a CNN poll published on October 6, 2020. The Democratic presidential candidate leads the Republican incumbent by 57 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, according to the nationwide CNN poll conducted by SSRS. (Photos by SAUL LOEB and Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Trump defies COVID, polls - but Biden keeps gaining
This combination of file pictures shows former US Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump defied the Covid-19 virus, disastrous opinion polls and new economic turmoil Tuesday in a stormy return from hospitalization, while surging challenger Joe Biden appealed for Americans to unite against the "forces of darkness." There have been few tougher days for...
Members of the Sudanese army stand as weapons that were collected from Sudanese citizens are destroyed in the Hajar al-Asal base, the Nile River State, 200 kilometres north of the capital Khartoum, on September 29, 2020. - Sudan is celebrating a landmark agreement to end decades of war, but the first step to turn promises on paper into peace is also one of the most explosive -- disarmament. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)
Gathering the guns: After Sudan's peace deal, hard task begins
Members of the Sudanese army stand as weapons that were collected from Sudanese citizens are destroyed at the Hajar al-Asal base in Nile River State on Sept 29, 2020. - AFP KHARTOUM: Sudan is celebrating a landmark agreement to end decades of war, but the first step to turn promises on paper into peace is also one of the most explosive - disarmament. Collecting weapons in a country left awash with guns after years of conflict in which hundreds...
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PM for a day: Teenager fills Finland's top job
HELSINKI: Sixteen-year-old Aava Murto took over the job of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin for one day yesterday for the "Girls Takeover" campaign. - AFP HELSINKI: Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin faced a quieter day than usual yesterday after handing power to a 16-year-old as part of a campaign to promote girls' rights. Aava Murto, from Vaasky in southern Finland, said she was having an "exciting day" as she faced media on the steps of...
A man in a QAnon vest unfurls a US Flag as demonstrators gather to protest a mandatory flu vaccine order for children and to protest government mandates when it comes to medical choices outside the John Joseph Moakley United States Federal Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts on October 5, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Facebook, Instagram ban QAnon conspiracy accounts
BOSTON: A man in a QAnon vest unfurls a US flag as demonstrators gather to protest a mandatory flu vaccine order for children and to protest government mandates when it comes to medical choices outside the John Joseph Moakley United States Federal Courthouse on Oct 5, 2020. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday announced a ban on all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy group, as the social network tries to clamp down on misinformation...
TOPSHOT - Magda Fyssa, the mother of murdered singer Pavlos Fyssas, reacts in court following for the verdict in the trial of suspected members of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn accused of the September 2013 murder of the anti-fascist rapper, in Athens on October 7, 2020. - Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organisation on October 7, 2020, with its leaders facing heavy sentences in one of the most important trials in the country's political history. The judgement came to a background of clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators on the sidelines of a large protest of some 15,000 people. (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP)
Greece's Golden Dawn branded a 'criminal group'
ATHENS: Magda Fyssa, the mother of murdered singer Pavlos Fyssas, reacts in court following the verdict in the trial of suspected members of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn yesterday. - AFP ATHENS: Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organization yesterday, its leaders facing heavy sentences in one of the most important trials in the country's political history. The judgment came as police and anti-fascist demonstrators clashed...
This picture taken on September 10, 2020 shows archaeologists from the Fine Arts Department in Ratchaburi looking at newly-discovered cave paintings in Khao Sam Roi Yot national park in the coastal Prachuap Kiri Khan province. - An antelope, a lonely figure, a family linking arms -- Kanniga shines her flashlight across a cave to reveal paintings believed to date back to the pre-historic era, a stunning discovery for Thailand's scrappy team of archaeologists. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Thailand-archaeolog-history, FOCUS by Dene-Hern CHEN
Cave raiders: Thai archaeologists hunt ancient artwork
This picture shows archaeologists looking at newly-discovered cave paintings in Khao Sam Roi Yot national park in the coastal Prachuap Kiri Khan province. An antelope, a lonely figure, a family linking arms-Kanniga Premjai shines her flashlight across a cave to reveal long-hidden paintings, a stunning discovery for Thailand's scrappy team of archaeologists. For months, Kanniga and her small team have combed Sam Roi Yot National Park, about four...
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T-Rex fossil sells for record-breaking $31.8 million
One of the most complete specimens of a T-Rex fossil in the world was sold for a record $31.8 million Tuesday by Christie's in New York, nearly quadrupling the previous highest price for a dinosaur at auction. The apex predator made mincemeat of Christie's opening price of between six and eight million dollars, showing off the lasting power of the T-Rex. It then shredded the previous record set by a specimen called Sue that was sold for $8.4...
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Sole survivor? Aramco to boost oil output
DUBAI/RIYADH: The slump in demand for crude during the coronavirus pandemic has forced oil companies to contemplate the possibility that the fossil fuel market has peaked and the time for a global energy transition has come. But Saudi Aramco plans to boost its production capacity so it can pump as much of Saudi Arabia's vast oil reserves when demand picks up - before a shift to cleaner energy makes crude all but worthless, industry sources and...
German Economy Minister, Peter Altmaier (L) and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson (On screen) address the media after a virtual meeting of the European energy ministers on October 6, 2020 in Berlin. (Photo by Michael Sohn / POOL / AFP)
Decline in German industrial output casts doubt on strength of recovery
BERLIN: German Economy Minister, Peter Altmaier (left) and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson (On screen) address the media after a virtual meeting of the European energy ministers on Tuesday.-AFP BERLIN: German industrial output edged down in August following three months of relatively strong increases, suggesting the recovery in Europe's largest economy from the coronavirus shock is starting to lose steam. Industrial output fell by...
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New Tesco boss sticks with strategy despite profit slide
LIVERPOOL: Dedicated parking bays for Tesco customers who ordered their shopping via the company's online "Click and collect" service, opting to collect their online purchases from a store, are pictured outside the entrance to a Tesco supermarket in Liverpool, north west England yesterday.-AFP LONDON: The new boss of Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer by sales, backed the strategy of his predecessor yesterday, despite a drop in first-half core...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 6, 2020 Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty (C) arrives at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai. - Chakraborty won bail in Mumbai on October 7, nearly a month after being arrested for allegedly buying drugs for her former actor boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, whose suicide sparked a media storm in India. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
Bollywood actress wins bail in ex-boyfriend suicide case
In this file photo Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty (center) arrives at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai.-AFP Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty won bail yesterday, nearly a month after being arrested for allegedly buying drugs for her ex-boyfriend actor Sushant Singh Rajput, whose suicide sparked a media storm in India. Rajput, 34, was found dead in June in his Mumbai apartment, triggering a national frenzy with television...
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The most elegant, thin and light Huawei MateBook X
KUWAIT: With numerous laptops available in the market, choosing the right one to buy is surely a daunting task. Selecting your next laptop depends on your needs and workload. Are you looking for a big-screen laptop or do you prefer a small and light one? Do you opt for one with regular features? On the other hand, do you go with one that comes packed with innovative smart features? This article here explains how the Most Elegant Thin & Light...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story