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This picture taken on July 22, 2020 shows a view of a cemetery undergoing demolition amidst ongoing roadworks at the historic City of the Dead necropolis of Egypt's capital Cairo. - Egyptian mother-of-three Menna was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a Cairo 7th century Islamic necropolis. Her parents and grandparents had made their home among the graves of the City of the Dead, where burial chambers provide shelter for thousands like her who are unable to afford prohibitively high rents in the capital. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Egypt highway uproots homes in City of Dead
CAIRO: This picture taken on July 22, 2020 shows a view of a cemetery undergoing demolition amidst ongoing roadworks in the historic City of the Dead necropolis of Egypt's capital. - AFP CAIRO: Egyptian mother-of-three Menna said she was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a sprawling cemetery. "The earthmover suddenly hit the wall and we found...
TOPSHOT - A demonstrator with a Brazilian flag is seen beside crosses during a tribute to COVID-19 victims organized by the Rio de Paz NGO at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 08, 2020. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
Brazil tops 100,000 virus deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO: A demonstrator with a Brazilian flag is seen besides crosses during a tribute to COVID-19 victims organized by the Rio de Paz NGO at Copacabana beach on Saturday. - AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil became the second country to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths Saturday as US President Donald Trump signed executive actions extending economic help in the world's worst-hit nation. The US leader's orders followed...
A picture taken on August 9, 2020, shows graffiti on the wall of a bridge overlooking the port of Beirut, the site of the explosion which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / european afp / AFP)
'Execute them': Lebanese protesters demand revenge after deadly blast
BEIRUT: A picture shows graffiti on the wall of a bridge overlooking the port of Beirut - the site of the explosion which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital. - AFP BEIRUT: Mock gallows nooses tied to brooms: Lebanese protesters on Saturday clamored for bloody revenge against a leadership they blame for the massive blast that engulfed their capital. "There is hatred and there is blood between us and our authorities,"...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2020. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / POOL / AFP)
Amid Germany troop pullout, US seeks friendly faces to east
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. - AFP WASHINGTON: As President Donald Trump orders US troops out of Germany and faces a tough re-election battle, his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, is heading to friendly climes in Central and Eastern Europe. Pompeo on Tuesday opens a five-day trip that will terminate in close ally Poland, which is eager to welcome some of the US...
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Taiwan airlines offer 'flights to nowhere'
TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Flight attendants take part in a 'fly to nowhere' event for children at China Airlines' campus on Saturday. - AFP TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing "flights to nowhere" on their passenger jets - including flight attendant lessons for children. At the headquarters of Taiwan's China Airlines in Taoyuan on Saturday, 50 children took a morning...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 13, 2017, President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, Jr., speaks during Liberty University's commencement ceremony in Lynchburg, Virginia. - Falwell, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, has taken an indefinite leave of absence as president of the evangelical university amid a furor over an Instagram picture of him and a young woman, both with pants partly unzipped. He himself had posted the controversial picture showing him standing on a private yacht with one hand around the waist of a young woman -- later said to be his wife's assistant -- and the other holding an unidentified dark beverage. Both sport broad smiles and have their zippers a few inches down, baring their midriffs. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Head of US Christian college steps aside in flap over photo
LYNCHBURG: In this file photo, President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr, speaks during Liberty University's commencement ceremony in Lynchburg, Virginia. - AFP WASHINGTON: Jerry Falwell Jr. has taken an indefinite leave of absence as president of a prominent US evangelical university amid a furor over an Instagram picture of him and a young woman, both with pants partly unzipped. The 58-year-old Falwell, whose father was one of the...
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) shout slogans during a protest to draw attention to their plight of underpayment and lack of protection from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, in New Delhi on August 9, 2020. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)
India women on the frontline strike for pay and protection
NEW DELHI: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) shout slogans during a protest to draw attention to their plight of underpayment and lack of protection from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of female health workers on the frontline of India's battle against the coronavirus have gone on strike to demand better pay and protection. With India now registering the world's third highest pandemic...
TOPSHOT - Officials inspect the wreckage of an Air India Express jet at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, on August 8, 2020. - Fierce rain and winds lashed a plane carrying 190 people before it crash-landed and tore in two at an airport in southern India, killing at least 18 people and injuring scores more, officials said on August 8. (Photo by Arunchandra BOSE / AFP)
Rescuers shaken by 'blood, death' of India jet crash
KARIPUR, India: Officials inspect the wreckage of an Air India Express jet at Calicut International Airport yesterday. - AFP KOZHIKODE, India: Indian authorities had practiced for years for a jet overshooting the "table-top" runway at Kozhikode airport, but local resident Fazal Puthiyakath was not prepared for the "blood and death" of the real thing. The 32-year-old businessman and his neighbors were first on the scene after an Air India Express...
PITTSBURGH: JaCoby Jones #21 of the Detroit Tigers scores in front of John Ryan Murphy #18 of the Pittsburgh Pirates during the tenth inning at PNC Park on August 7, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. —AFP
Tigers beat Pirates in 30-run affair, Senzatela guides Rockies past Mariners
PITTSBURGH: JaCoby Jones #21 of the Detroit Tigers scores in front of John Ryan Murphy #18 of the Pittsburgh Pirates during the tenth inning at PNC Park on August 7, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. —AFP PITTSBURGH: Niko Goodrum drove in five runs, including a two-run double in a four-run 11th inning, and the Detroit Tigers captured a wild 17-13 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday in the Tigers’ first game since Sunday....
MANCHESTER: Pakistan’s Asad Shafiq (L) plays a shot on the third day of the first Test cricket match between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England. — AFP
Woakes hails ‘miracle man’ Stokes as England fight back
MANCHESTER: Pakistan’s Asad Shafiq (L) plays a shot on the third day of the first Test cricket match between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England. — AFP MANCHESTER: Chris Woakes said it was no surprise to see fellow all-rounder Ben Stokes drag England back into the first Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Friday as “we know he is capable of miracles”. Stokes who didn’t bowl in the third Test...
ORLANDO: Markelle Fultz #20 of the Orlando Magic drives to the basket during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on August 7, 2020 at The HP Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. — AFP
Nets, Magic fill out East playoff field
ORLANDO: Markelle Fultz #20 of the Orlando Magic drives to the basket during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on August 7, 2020 at The HP Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. — AFP PHILADELPHIA: Tobias Harris scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Orlando Magic 108-101 Friday near Orlando, but the Magic ended up the day’s big winner nonetheless.Despite the...
In this file photo, festival goers cheer during a concert at the EXIT festival near Novi Sad. — AFP photos
Serbia musicians battle the coronavirus blues
In this file photo, festival goers cheer during a concert at the EXIT festival near Novi Sad. — AFP photos In a studio embedded deep inside an old Belgrade printing factory turned artists’ space, the rock group Dingospo Dali rehearses for a show they are not sure will come to pass. Like musicians around the world, the group’s plans have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has silenced the concert scene in Serbia and thrown...
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