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COVID slump not as bad as feared: IMF
WASHINGTON DC: The doors of the IMF headquarters building are closed in Washington, DC. - AFP NEW YORK: Amid a flood of government spending, the global downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic will not be as bad as originally feared, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said yesterday, but she warned that the crisis is far from over. "The picture today is less dire … allowing for a small upward revision to our global forecast for 2020," she said...
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Australia tips into record deficit as govt cuts tax, boosts jobs support
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at Admiralty House in Sydney in this February 28, 2020 file photo.-- Reuters SYDNEY: Australia pledged billions in tax cuts and measures to boost jobs yesterday to help pull the economy out of its historic COVID-19 slump in a budget that tips the country into its deepest deficit on record. Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative government has unleashed A$300 billion in emergency stimulus to...
People wearing face masks walk by Main Street on September 30, 2020 in Southampton, New York. - Beach umbrellas are in back garages as temperatures cool, but wealthy New Yorkers are staying in the Hamptons beyond summer, fearful of the pandemic and rising crime in the city. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
Amid COVID and crime spike, New Yorkers cocoon in plush Hamptons
NEW YORK: People wearing face masks walk by Main Street in Southampton, New York. Beach umbrellas are in back garages as temperatures cool, but wealthy New Yorkers are staying in the Hamptons beyond summer, fearful of the pandemic and rising crime in the city. -AFP NEW YORK: Beach umbrellas are back in garages as temperatures cool, but wealthy New Yorkers are staying in the Hamptons beyond summer, fearful of the pandemic and rising crime in the...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 27, 2018, dancers get ready prior to the opening of the annual gala at the Opera Garnier in Paris. - The Paris Opera has launched an unprecedented mission on the racial question, as some employees call for the end of practices such as blackface and to promote diversity, AFP reports on October 4, 2020. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Paris Opera ponders blackface as it tackles ballet's race problem
In this file photo dancers get ready prior to the opening of the annual gala at the Opera Garnier in Paris. The Paris Opera is looking at banning "blackface" in its ballets and operas after nearly a quarter of its staff called for a major shake-up of how it deals with race. The issue of racism and diversity has been seen simmering since the choreographer Benjamin Millepied of "Black Swan" fame denounced the ballet's "insidious racism" after...
Danielle Collins of the US celebrates after winning against  Tunisia's Ons Jabeur during their women's singles fourth round tennis match on Day 10 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 6, 2020. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Collins ends Jabeur's historic run
PARIS: Danielle Collins of the US celebrates after winning against Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur during their women’s singles fourth round tennis match on Day 10 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament yesterday. – AFP PARIS: Unseeded Danielle Collins battled past Tunisian Ons Jabeur 6-4 4-6 6-4 yesterday to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in her career. World number 57 Collins raised her level after the...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 23, 2020 Paris Saint-Germain's Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani celebrates after scoring a goal  during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Girondins de Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. - Manchester United were also on Monday night, a few hours before the transfer market closed, yet to secure the signing of Uruguayan international center-forward Edinson Cavani who left his former club, the Paris SG, this summer. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Premier League defies COVID crisis to flex financial muscle
Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani LONDON: The specter of empty stands and uncertainty over future broadcast and commercial contracts failed to halt the Premier League's arms race as clubs again splashed out more than £1 billion in the transfer window. English top-flight clubs committed to deals worth a reported £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion), the lowest spend for a summer transfer window since 2015. However, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic...
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Rabada shines as Delhi rout Bangalore to top IPL table
DUBAI: South African quick Kagiso Rabada claimed four wickets including Virat Kohli's key scalp to lead Delhi Capitals to the top of Indian Premier League table on Monday. Rabada returned figures of 4-28 and topped the IPL bowling chart with 12 wickets in five matches as Delhi outplayed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 59 runs in Dubai. Australia's Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 53 to guide Delhi to 196 for four, a total Rabada and company...
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on October 2, 2020 shows the Oracle logo (top) at the Oracle OpenWorld 2011 in San Francisco; and a Google logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, California on November 4, 2016. - A decade-old legal battle between Silicon Valley giants Oracle and Google over software rights moves to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case with enormous implications for copyright in the digital era. The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case which dates back to a lawsuit filed in 2010 by Oracle seeking billions from Google over its use of Java programming language in its Android mobile operating system. (Photos by KIMIHIRO HOSHINO and JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
Oracle-Google copyright case in US supreme court
This combination of file pictures shows the Oracle logo (top) in San Francisco and a Google logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, California.-AFP WASHINGTON: A decade-old legal battle between Silicon Valley giants Oracle and Google over software rights moves to the Supreme Court today, in a case with enormous implications for copyright in the digital era. The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case which dates back to a lawsuit filed in...
TOPSHOT - People protest against the results of a parliamentary vote in Bishkek on October 5, 2020. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)
Kyrgyzstan opposition claims power
BISHKEK: People protest against the results of a parliamentary vote on Monday. - AFP BISHKEK: Opposition groups said they had seized power in Kyrgyzstan yesterday after taking control of government buildings during post-election protests in the strategically important Central Asian state. President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said the country, which hosts a Russian air base and a large Canadian-controlled gold mine, was facing an attempted coup d'etat....
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) bump fists as they meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on October 6, 2020, ahead of the four Indo-Pacific nations' foreign ministers meeting. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / POOL / AFP)
In Tokyo, Pompeo seeks to shore up support among Asian allies
TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (right) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) bump fists as they meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo yesterday ahead of the four Indo-Pacific nations' foreign ministers meeting. -AFP TOKYO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Japan yesterday to rally support from Washington's closest allies in Asia, calling for deeper collaboration with Japan, India and Australia as a bulwark...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 31, 2020 Taliban prisoners walk with their belongings as they are in the process of being potentially released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, on the outskirts of Kabul. - Almost two decades after the United States launched what would become its longest-ever war with air strikes on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime, the hardline group are in a stronger position than ever. The invasion on October 7, 2001 quickly toppled the militants, who had harboured Al-Qaeda, the group behind the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in America just weeks earlier. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
Two decades after US invasion, Afghans fear return of Taleban
KABUL: In this file photo taken on July 31, 2020, Taleban prisoners walk with their belongings as they are in the process of being potentially released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, on the outskirts of Kabul. – AFP KABUL: Almost two decades after the United States launched air strikes against Afghanistan's ruling Taleban regime and started what would become America's longest-ever war, the hardline group are in a stronger position than ever. The...
TOPSHOT - Men pass an unexploded rocket in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city of Stepanakert on October 6, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
Pressure over Karabakh truce as clashes rage
STEPANAKERT: Men pass an unexploded rocket in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city yesterday. - AFP STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan: Battles raged between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region yesterday, with both sides vowing to pursue the conflict despite increasing international pressure for a ceasefire. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu landed in Azerbaijan for talks after Russia, the United...