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CORRECTION - Stella Moris (L), the partner Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, arrives with his father John Shipton (R) and Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, at the Old Bailey court in central London on September 7, 2020, for Assange's extradition hearing. - A London hearing resumes on Monday to decide if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States to face trial over the publication of secrets relating to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The 49-year-old Australian, who is currently being held on remand at a high-security jail, faces 18 counts from US prosecutors that could see him jailed for up to 175 years. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) / CORRECTING SPELLINGnìThe erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Tolga Akmen has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Stella Morris] instead of [Stella Moris]. 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

Assange extradition hearing resumes in London

LONDON: Stella Moris (left), the partner Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, arrives with his father John Shipton (right) and Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, at the Old Bailey court in central London for Assange's extradition hearing. - AFP LONDON: Supporters of Julian Assange yesterday protested outside a London courtroom, calling for the WikiLeaks founder not to be extradited to the United States for leaking secrets about the...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Serena Williams of the United States serves during her Women‚Äôs Singles third round match against Sloane Stephens of the United States on Day Six of the 2020 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 05, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Serena battles into US Open last 16

NEW YORK: Serena Williams battled into the US Open last 16 Saturday as the tournament endured fresh controversy after New York health officials ordered the women's top doubles pairing be withdrawn over coronavirus restrictions. Williams, chasing a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, came from a set down to oust 2017 champion Sloane Stephens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, in what she called an "intense" encounter on Arthur Ashe Stadium."In that first set I...

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Hometown left deflated but still hopeful after Messi snub

BUENOS AIRES: View of the front pages of newspapers showing the news of Argentine Barcelona player Lionel Messi, at a kiosk in Buenos Aires on September 5, 2020. - AFP ROSARIO: Rosario had dared to dream but was left disappointed after the Argentine city's most celebrated son Lionel Messi announced he was staying at Barcelona. When Messi told the Spanish giants last week he wanted to quit the club, some back in his home town and at Newell's Old...

SEATTLE, WA - SEPTEMBER 05: Leody Taveras #65 of the Texas Rangers safely steals second base ahead of the throw to Ty France #23 of the Seattle Mariners in the fifth inning at T-Mobile Park on September 5, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Trout blasts club-record 300th HR in Angels victory

SEATTLE: Leody Taveras #65 of the Texas Rangers safely steals second base ahead of the throw to Ty France #23 of the Seattle Mariners in the fifth inning at T-Mobile Park on September 5, 2020. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Jo Adell's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 10-9 win against the Houston Astros in the opener of their doubleheader on Saturday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif. The Astros (21-17) had rallied for...

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Multiple stabbings in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM: A police officer stands near to a small forensics tent as he mans a cordon at the junction of Church Street and Barwick Street, following a major stabbing incident in the centre of Birmingham, central England yesterday. - AFP BIRMINGHAM: British police yesterday declared a "major incident" after several people were stabbed in the centre of the country's second city, Birmingham. Violence broke out at about 12:30 am in and around the...

School children sit together in a classroom while mask-clad and distanced apart from each other, new COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic school precautions, with Iranian national flags on the desk of each, on the first day of schools re-opening, at Nojavan school in the capital Tehran on September 5, 2020. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran new school year begins amid concerns and criticism

TEHRAN: School children sit together in a classroom while mask-clad and distanced apart from each other (new COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic school precautions) with Iranian national flags on the first day of schools re-opening at Nojavan school. - AFP TEHRAN: The school year in Iran began on Saturday after a near six-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, with parents voicing concerns despite authorities pledging to enforce health...

Belarus opposition supporters hold signs as they attend a rally to protest against the August 9 disputed presidential elections results in Minsk on September 5, 2020. - Unprecedented protests demanding the resignation of the Belarusian president erupted in the wake of August 9, 2020, elections that opposition forces claim was rigged in his favour. (Photo by - / TUT.BY / AFP)

Belarus protesters keep pressure on Lukashenko with new march

MINSK: Belarus opposition supporters hold signs as they attend a rally to protest against the August 9 disputed presidential elections results in Minsk. – AFP MINSK: Belarusian protesters yesterday prepared a new mass demonstration against strongman Alexander Lukashenko who has refused to quit after a disputed re-election and turned to Russia for help. Unprecedented protests broke out in the ex-Soviet country after Lukashenko, who has ruled...

Women walk in heavy rain as Typhoon Haishen hits Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture on September 6, 2020. - Typhoon Haishen began to lash southern Japan on September 6, with officials warning it could bring record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power line poles and flip cars. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Powerful typhoon slams Japan with violent winds, rain

KAGOSHIMA: Women walk in heavy rain as Typhoon Haishen hits Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture yesterday. - AFP KAGOSHIMA: A powerful typhoon began to lash southern Japan yesterday, with officials warning it could bring record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power line poles and flip cars. Typhoon Haishen, categorized as "large" and "extremely strong", has prompted evacuation advisories for more than three million residents, particularly...

TOPSHOT - A soldier stands next to supporters of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) as they celebrate during a gathering at the start of two days of talks aimed at validating the terms of reference for a transitional government in Mali, on September 5, 2020, in Bamako. - Mali's military junta began talks with opposition groups on September 5 on its promised transition to civilian rule after mounting pressure from neighbours to yield power in the weeks since it overthrew the nation's leader. The West African country has long been plagued by chronic instability, a simmering jihadist revolt, ethnic violence and endemic corruption, prompting a clique of rebel colonels to detain the president last month. (Photo by MICHELE CATTANI / AFP)

Mali ill-equipped army in spotlight after coup

BAMAKO: A soldier stands next to supporters of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) as they celebrate during a gathering at the start of two days of talks aimed at validating the terms of reference for a transitional government in Mali. - AFP BAMAKO: Mali's army, which staged last month's coup in the war-torn nation, is taking on a role in politics despite being hamstrung by a crippling lack of resources. The August 18...

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'It hurts to breathe,' black man shot by white police says

KENOSHA: Jacob Blake delivers a message from a hospital bed in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 5, 2020. – AFP WASHINGTON: Jacob Blake, the young black man shot in the back multiple times by a white police officer in Wisconsin, said "it hurts to breathe" and that he was in constant pain in a video message from his hospital bed. Despite his injuries, which will likely leave him paralyzed from the waist down, Blake told his supporters "there's a...

Ranj Abderrahman Cohen, an Iraqi Kurdish Jewish man, walks next to a ruined Jewish synagogue in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on July 5, 2020. - Jews were historically Iraq's second-largest religious sect, comprising 40 percent of Baghdad's population according to a 1917 census. But since the creation of Israel in 1948, regional tensions skyrocketed and anti-Semitic campaigns took hold, pushing most of Iraq's Jews to flee. Today, Iraqis have fond memories of Jewish friends and neighbours, including 82-year-old Farhadi, whose father owned a shop in a Jewish-majority district of Arbil. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)

Iraq's Jews fled long ago, heritage struggles on

ARBIL: Ranj Abderrahman Cohen, an Iraqi Kurdish Jewish man, walks next to a ruined Jewish synagogue in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. - AFP ARBIL: Growing up in Iraq, Omar Farhadi would heat up dinner for his Jewish neighbors when they rested on the Sabbath. Few are left, and their heritage risks fading away too. Across Iraq, Jewish roots run deep: Abraham was born in Ur in the southern plains, and the...

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MoH refutes reports of fake COVID test results

KUWAIT: The health ministry has categorically denied that it sent text messages containing results of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests without conducting the tests actually on persons. Reports circulating on social media networks in this regard are totally untrue, the ministry said in a press release on Friday.When the health authorities conduct a COVID-19 test on a person, they register their personal data, including the ID card number and phone...

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