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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 28, 2020, pedestrians wear face masks as they walk past HSBC signage outside a branch of the bank in Hong Kong. - Shares in Hong Kong banking giant HSBC plunged to a 25-year low September 21, 2020 on fears it could be added to a Chinese list of firms deemed a threat to national security and following news it had been accused of allowing fraudulent activity to go unpunished. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

HSBC and StanChart shares nosedive

HONG KONG: Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk past HSBC signage outside a branch of the bank in Hong Kong. - AFP HONG KONG/LONDON: HSBC's shares in Hong Kong and Standard Chartered's in London fell yesterday to their lowest since at least 1998 after media reports that they and other banks, including Barclays and Deutsche Bank, moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over nearly two decades despite red flags about the origins of the...

A farmer rests as he sells vegetables at an open house used as a market in a village on the outskirts of Hyderabad on September 18, 2020. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)

India's street vendors 'shattered' as coronavirus wrecks livelihoods

HYDERBAD: A farmer rests as he sells vegetables at an open house used as a market in a village on the outskirts of Hyderabad.-AFP NEW DELHI: A stack of unsold shawls is an unsettling sight for street vendor K Kunjalata Devi, reminding her of the daily struggle to feed her family as COVID-19 threatens the livelihoods of millions of informal traders across India. India - one of the countries worst-hit by the coronavirus - has eased most lockdown...

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask waits to enter a pharmacy displaying a Spanish flag with a black ribbon, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

Spain faces unusual crisis: How to spend billions in crisis funds

MADRID: The Spanish economy slumped 18.5 percent in the second quarter, a contraction exceeded in Europe only by Britain. MADRID: After securing a generous portion of European Union recovery funds for the coronavirus crisis, Spain faces an unlikely problem-how to make use of all the money, government sources told Reuters. "This is not a crisis of dough (money), it is a crisis of ideas," one of the sources said, referring to concrete investment...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 20: Shaquill Griffin #26 of the Seattle Seahawks jumps over N'Keal Harry #15 of the New England Patriots during the second half at CenturyLink Field on September 20, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Abbie Parr/Getty Images/AFP

Seahawks outlast Patriots 35-30

SEATTLE: Shaquill Griffin #26 of the Seattle Seahawks jumps over N'Keal Harry #15 of the New England Patriots during the second half at CenturyLink Field on September 20, 2020. - AFP NEW YORK: Russell Wilson threw five touchdown passes and the Seattle Seahawks made a defensive stand at the goal line on the game's final play to defeat the visiting New England Patriots 35-30 on Sunday night. Cam Newton nearly rallied the Patriots from a 12-point...

Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a backhand to Norway's Casper Ruud during their semi final match of the Men's Italian Open at Foro Italico in Rome on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Riccardo Antimiani / various sources / AFP)

Top seeds Djokovic, Halep cruise into Italian Open finals

ROME: Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a backhand to Norway's Casper Ruud during their semi final match of the Men's Italian Open at Foro Italico in Rome on September 20, 2020. - AFP ROME: Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep both advanced to the finals of the Italian Open on Sunday as fans returned to the stands at the Foro Italico for the first time. World number one Djokovic beat Norway's Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 and will play Argentine Diego...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 20: PJ Dozier #35 of the Denver Nuggets and Jerami Grant #9 of the Denver Nuggets defend LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the fourth quarter in Game Two of the Western Conference Finals during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on September 20, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 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. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Davis' buzzer-beating 3 lifts Lakers over Denver Nuggets

FLORIDA: PJ Dozier #35 of the Denver Nuggets and Jerami Grant #9 of the Denver Nuggets defend LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the fourth quarter in Game Two of the Western Conference Finals on September 20, 2020. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Anthony Davis drained a three-pointer as time expired to seal the Los Angeles Lakers' 105-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets Sunday for a 2-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference finals. "People talk...

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Ousted and outspoken: The lady taking on The Lady in Myanmar

This photo taken on September 8, 2020 shows Thet Thet Khine (C), chairman of the People's Pioneer Party (PPP), giving out campaign literature to vendors during the launch of the party's campaign ahead of the upcoming general election in Yangon. Booted from Aung San Suu Kyi's "chaotic and autocratic" party, female MP Thet Thet Khine is now taking on Myanmar's national heroine in the upcoming election, claiming the country needs to work with, not...

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Thai protesters plaque removed after calls for royal reform

BANGKOK: An art professor from the Silpakorn University makes a stencil over an empty space in Bangkok yesterday, where a commemorative plaque had been placed by pro-democracy protest leaders. A plaque installed by activists in Bangkok declaring Thailand "belongs to the people" had been removed, after a weekend show of force by protesters calling for the royal family to stay out of the kingdom's politics. - AFP BANGKOK: A plaque installed on the...

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 20, 2020, to make a statement on the nomination for replacement of recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. - US presidential hopeful Joe Biden urged Senate lawmakers to not vote on filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death until after the election in November. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Biden calls Trump's US Supreme Court push 'abuse of power'

PHILADELPHIA: Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to make a statement on the nomination for replacement of recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. - AFP PHILADELPHIA: White House hopeful Joe Biden on Sunday branded Donald Trump's moves to fill a Supreme Court vacancy less than two months before the US presidential...

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Hundreds of whales stranded in Australia

A handout photo taken and released yesterday shows whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. – AFP SYDNEY: At least twenty-five whales have died and scientists are trying to rescue 250 more that are stranded in a remote bay on the Australian island of Tasmania, officials said yesterday. Tasmania's environment department said the whales had become stuck on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbor, on the...

A woman hustles with law enforcement officers as they block the road during a demonstration called by opposition movement for an end to the regime of authoritarian leader in Minsk on September 20, 2020. - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet state for 26 years, claimed to have defeated opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya with 80 percent of the vote in the August 9, elections. (Photo by - / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by STRINGER has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [source : AFP] instead of [source : TUT.BY]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.î

Tens of thousands defy police crackdown to protest in Belarus

MINSK: A woman hustles with law enforcement officers as they block the road during a demonstration called by opposition movement for an end to the regime of authoritarian leader in Minsk. - AFP MINSK: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk Sunday, defying a heavy security presence that included water cannon and armoured vehicles. More than 100 people were arrested on the sidelines of that...

Tourists have their pictures taken at the Taj Mahal in Agra on September 21, 2020. - The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors on September 21 in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture even as India looks set to overtake the US as the global leader in coronavirus infections. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

'Don't touch the marble': Visiting the Taj Mahal

AGRA: Tourists have their pictures taken at the Taj Mahal in Agra yesterday. The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture even as India looks set to overtake the US as the global leader in coronavirus infections. - AFP AGRA, India: From Princess Diana to President Trump, everyone wants to visit the Taj Mahal, but in the middle of a global pandemic the bucket-list experience is just a little less special. As India's...

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