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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 17, 2006 An artist's rendition shows the three new planets to be added to the solar system if astronomers meeting in the Czech capital approve a new planetary definition, the conference organizer said 16 August 2006. - The dwarf planet Ceres -- long believed to be a barren space rock -- is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed on August 10, 2020. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has its own gravity, enabling the NASA Dawn spacecraft to capture high-resolution images of its surface. (Photo by - / AFP)
Dwarf planet Ceres is an 'ocean world'
IN SPACE: In this file photo, an artist's rendition shows the three new planets to be added to the solar system. The dwarf planet Ceres-long believed to be a barren space rock-is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed on August 10, 2020. - AFP PARIS: The dwarf planet Ceres-long believed to be a barren space rock-is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its...
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Russia develops vaccine; global cases top 20m
MOSCOW: This handout picture released yesterday shows a vaccine against the coronavirus disease developed by Russia's Gamaleya research institute. - AFP PARIS/MOSCOW: Russia has developed the first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday. "This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered" in Russia, he said during a televised...
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Lebanon govt resigns over blast fallout
BAABDA, Lebanon: Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab (right) submits his resignation to President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace on Monday. - AFP BEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government's resignation Monday under a barrage of pressure over the catastrophic Beirut port explosion six days earlier that has reignited angry street protests. "I announce the resignation of the government," Diab said at the end of a...
Election campaign posters are picture as Egyptians go to vote on August 11, 2020 for a new senate in an upper house election seen unlikely to revive political life under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule.ele - The two-day vote for 200 of the Senate's 300 seats will be largely contested by candidates who back Sisi, who has quietened most opposition within and outside the legislature. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Egypt holds low-key Senate elections
CAIRO: Election campaign posters are pictured as Egyptians go to vote for a new senate in an upper house in an election seen unlikely to revive political life under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's rule.- AFP CAIRO: Egyptians went to vote yesterday for a new Senate in an upper house election seen unlikely to revive vibrant political life under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's rule. The two-day vote for 200 of the Senate's 300 seats will be...
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Man shot outside the White House; Trump evacuated from conference
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, member of the coronavirus task force Scott Atlas, and US President Donald Trump leave after a briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP WASHINGTON: US Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who was apparently armed outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said, after being briefly whisked away...
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Lebanon's leaders warned in July about explosives at port
BEIRUT: Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut's port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources. Just over two weeks later, the industrial chemicals went up in a massive blast that obliterated most of the port and swathes of the capital, killed at least 163...
Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya holds a press conference the day after Belarus' presidential election in Minsk on August 10, 2020. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)
Belarus election challenger flees to Lithuania
MINSK: Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya holds a press conference the day after Belarus' presidential election in Minsk. _ AFP MINSK: The main challenger in Belarus's disputed presidential election had fled to Lithuania yesterday after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters left a protester dead. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has claimed victory over authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in...
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India investigates 'terrorist' deaths
KARACHI: A supporter of Pakistani Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) holds a placard during a rally to show their solidarity with people of Indian-administered Kashmir. - AFP SRINAGAR: The Indian army said Monday it is investigating the deaths of three accused militants in a military operation, after a family said they were migrant workers who had gone missing. The army originally said the three dead from the July 18 operation were...
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Deadly explosion destroys decimates Beirut's culture and art scene
This combination of pictures created on August 10, 2020 shows (left) a night view of the Sursock Museum, once a private home built in 1912 and became a host to an impressive permanent art collection as photographed in the neighborhood of Ashrafiyeh in Lebanon's capital Beirut on October 7, 2015; and (right) a handout image obtained from the museum and taken on August 5, 2020, showing its damaged facade with empty windows after their stained...
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 08: Kyle Tucker #30 of the Houston Astros slides into second base with a double beating the throw to Chad Pinder #18 of the Oakland Athletics in the top of the ninth inning at RingCentral Coliseum on August 08, 2020 in Oakland, California. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images/AFP
Benches clear as A's sweep Astros
OAKLAND: Kyle Tucker #30 of the Houston Astros slides into second base with a double beating the throw to Chad Pinder #18 of the Oakland Athletics in the top of the ninth inning at Ring Central Coliseum in Oakland, California. - AFP Oakland tattooed rookie Cristian Javier for three early home runs and Jesus Luzardo recorded his first major league win by pitching into the sixth inning Sunday as the host Athletics completed a three-game sweep of...
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 09: Collin Morikawa of the United States celebrates with the Wanamaker Trophy and girlfriend Katherine Zhu after winning the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park on August 09, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Tom Pennington/Getty Images/AFP
Collin Morikawa takes first major at PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO: Morikawa of the United States celebrates with the Wanamaker Trophy and girlfriend Katherine Zhu after winning the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Collin Morikawa claimed his first major championship on Sunday, delivering an magical eagle on the 16th hole in a bogey-free round of 64 at the 2020 PGA Championship. The 23-year-old American, who turned pro just 14 months ago,...
Winner Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen holds up the trophy on the podium during the presentation for the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone on August 9, 2020 in Northampton. - The race commemorates the 70th anniversary of the inaugural world championship race, held at Silverstone in 1950. (Photo by Frank Augstein / POOL / AFP)
Verstappen claims 70th Anniversary GP win as 'sleeping' Mercedes wilt
SILVERSTONE: Winner Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen holds up the trophy on the podium during the presentation for the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone in Northampton. The race commemorates the 70th anniversary of the inaugural world championship race, held at Silverstone in 1950. – AFP SILVERSTONE: Max Verstappen delivered Red Bull's first victory at Silverstone since 2012 on Sunday when he made the most of a superior...
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