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Orlando, FL - SEPTEMBER 5: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics shoots the ball against the Toronto Raptors during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on September 5, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at The Field House. 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
Raptors outlast Celtics to stay alive in NBA playoffs
MIAMI: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics shoots the ball against the Toronto Raptors during the Eastern Conference Semifinals. - AFP MIAMI: With their season on the brink and title repeat hopes in jeopardy, the Toronto Raptors outfought Boston for a dramatic series-tying 125-122 double-overtime triumph Wednesday in the NBA playoffs. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 33 points and Norman Powell added 23 off the bench in an emotional thriller that...
Mask-clad passengers stand along the train platform at a station in Qatar's capital on September 1, 2020, as the Gulf country resumes bus and rail services for the first time since March with reduced capacity due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Virus cases top 2m in wider Mideast
DOHA: Mask-clad passengers stand along the train platform at a station in Qatar's capital. Coronavirus cases in the wider Middle East from Morocco to Pakistan have topped two million, the World Health Organization said yesterday. -- AFP CAIRO: Coronavirus cases in the wider Middle East from Morocco to Pakistan have topped two million, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The caseload for the 21 countries has more than doubled since July...
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Fear and poverty in Turkey as pandemic hits Erdogan's base
ISTANBUL: People shop at the Spice Market also known as the Egyptian Bazaar as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday.—Reuters ISTANBUL: Huseyin Goksoy, a tailor who was so stressed about going hungry during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic that he was briefly bedridden with a hernia, is increasingly worried about his future as Turkey strains to curb poverty. He is not alone. Though a...
Firefighters cut defensive lines and light backfires to protect structures behind a CalFire fire station during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires in the Berry Creek area of unincorporated Butte County, California on September 9, 2020. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires and ignited new blazes, as hundreds were evacuated by helicopter and tens of thousands were plunged into darkness by power outages across the western United States. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
US towns destroyed as firefighters battle wildfires under orange skies
Firefighters cut defensive lines and light backfires to protect structures behind a CalFire fire station during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires in the Berry Creek area of unincorporated Butte County, California. - AFP CLOVIS, US: Entire communities have been razed by wildfires raging in the western United States, with officials warning of potential mass deaths under apocalyptic orange skies. At least six people were...
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Myanmar army tries to discredit confessions of Rohingya abuses
In this file photo, Rohingya refugees walk through a shallow canal after crossing the Naf River in Palongkhali near Ukhia, as they flee violence in Myanmar to reach Bangladesh. – AFP MYANMAR: Myanmar's military has sought to undermine the confessions of two soldiers who said they were ordered to "exterminate" Rohingya Muslims before taking part in the massacre of scores of men, women and children. NGO Fortify Rights and the New York Times on...
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Trump revels in Nobel Peace Prize nomination for 2021
US President Donald Trump reveled in his nomination by a right-wing Norwegian politician for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.-AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump reveled Wednesday in his nomination by a right-wing Norwegian politician for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. "Thank you!" he said in one of a flurry of tweets and retweets celebrating the nomination, which cited Trump's role in brokering an agreement to normalize relations between Israel...
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'Illegal thoughts': How some exiled critics of Thai king are fuelling revolt
BANGKOK: A still image from a video shows images of historian Somsak Jeamteerasakul and former diplomat Pavin Chachavalpongpun projected onto a giant screen at a Thammasat university during in demonstration in Bangkok, yesterday.—AFP BANGKOK: At a university campus demonstration in Bangkok on Aug 10, the images of two men were projected onto a giant screen against a shimmering golden background as protesters mockingly chanted "Long live the...
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US election: Two candidates, two polar opposite campaigns
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are displaying radically different styles as they court American voters. WASHINGTON: The cat-and-mouse campaigning by Donald Trump and Joe Biden has led the president and his Democratic challenger to the same locations, sometimes on the same day, while displaying radically different styles as they court American voters. As the candidates criss-cross the battleground states likely to determine the outcome of the...
Yukio Edano (L), head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), and Kenta Izumi (R), policy chief of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), raise their hands following a vote for the leadership of a new main opposition party in Tokyo on September 10, 2020. - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his shock decision to step down on August 28 due to ill health. His ruling LDP will hold an election on September 14 for the party leadership, with a parliamentary vote for prime minister possibly two days later with opposition candidates expecting to stand. (Photo by David MAREUIL / POOL / AFP)
Suga is favorite as opposition picks new leader
TOKYO: Yukio Edano (left), head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), and Kenta Izumi (right), policy chief of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), raise their hands following a vote for the leadership of a new main opposition party in Tokyo yesterday. – AFP TOKYO: Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga is the voters' favorite to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to a poll published by the daily...
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Bell rings on virus-era reality at hundreds of Italian schools
ROME: Italian Education Minister Lucia Azzolina said that more than 5,000 extra classrooms had been created. - AFP ROME: Millions of Italian pupils head back to the classroom next week after six months at home, confronting a new reality of outdoor lessons, coronavirus "isolation rooms" and even a possible ban on singing. While some in the north of the country already returned this week, the majority of Italy's around eight million school pupils...
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Kuwait reports 800+ COVID-19 cases for third straight day
KUWAIT: Kuwait announced registering 838 new COVID-19 infection cases yesterday, marking the third straight day in which the country recorded over 800 new cases in a single day. The new cases raise the total number of infections Kuwait has registered since the outbreak of the disease to 92,082, while total deaths reached 552 after four patients passed away in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health announced. The ministry had announced...
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Friday Market reopens today
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Friday Market in Rai will finally reopen today after it was closed almost six months ago to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Officials at the market said they will strictly observe the health ministry's directives. The Friday Market initially reopened on July 9, but the Municipality sealed it later in the evening due to crowding and lack of social distancing.On March 13, the Municipality closed the market as...
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
MoI: No one above the law
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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Zionist strike
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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA
Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn