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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson bumps elbows with a staff member during his visit to the Tollgate Medical Centre in Becton, east London on July 24, 2020.. (Photo by Jeremy Selwyn / POOL / AFP)
Citing his own weight battle, Johnson urges UK to 'get fit'
LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson bumps elbows with a staff member during his visit to the Tollgate Medical Centre in Becton, east London. - AFP LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his own struggle with weight yesterday to urge the British to get fitter and tackle widespread obesity that could heighten coronavirus risks. New government measures to help people shed weight include banning TV and online adverts for junk food...
People line up to undergo COVID-19 coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing center in Dalian, in China's northeast Liaoning province on July 27, 2020. - China recorded 61 new coronavirus cases on July 27 -- the highest daily figure since April -- propelled by clusters in three separate regions that have sparked fears of a fresh wave. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
Second wave of coronavirus in Asia prompts fresh lockdowns
DALIAN: People line up to undergo COVID-19 coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing center in Dalian, in China's northeast Liaoning province yesterday. - AFP SYDNEY: Countries around Asia are confronting a second wave of coronavirus infections and are clamping down again to try to contain the disease, with Australia recording a record daily rise in cases and Vietnam locking down the city of Danang. Mainland China is battling the most aggressive...
A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit collects a swab sample of a resident at a free testing centre for the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad on July 27, 2020. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
By boat and on foot, India state hunts for plasma for patients
HYDERABAD: A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit collects a swab sample of a resident at a free testing centre for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hyderabad yesterday. - AFP GUWAHATI: When doctors in a flood-ravaged Indian state urgently sought plasma of a particular blood type for a COVID-19 patient this month, health officials sent a boat for a marooned donor who had recovered from the disease weeks ago. With coronavirus...
Members of a military band play their instruments during a UN Forces Participation Day event marking the anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice agreement, in Seoul on July 27, 2020. - North and South Korea marked 67 years since the armistice that brought hostilities to an end in the Korean War, in separate and contrasting ceremonies. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)
Guns and glory: The 2 Koreas mark armistice
SEOUL: Members of a military band play their instruments during a UN Forces Participation Day event marking the anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice agreement in Seoul yesterday. - AFP SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown surrounded by pistol-toting generals while in the South masked veterans were socially distanced as the two sides yesterday separately marked the armistice that ended Korean War hostilities. The...
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US envoy shaves off controversial moustache
SEOUL: This combination of images shows US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris after a group interview in Seoul; and a handout of a screen grab (right) of ambassador Harris after having his moustache shaved at a barbershop in Seoul. - AFP SEOUL: The most controversial moustache in South Korea has fallen victim to the razor's blade, with US ambassador Harry Harris visiting a traditional barbershop months after his facial hair became the object...
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French chef gives traditional ice cream a whipping
Ice cream maker David Wesmael, awarded "un des meilleurs ouvriers de France" (one of France's best craftsmen" poses at his workshop in Lille.—AFP photos He’s the new wizard of French ice cream who is sending a chill down the spine of traditionalists. David Wesmael has nothing against a scoop of well-made gelato or a cone of whipped ice cream. But the restless innovator is taking a blowtorch to the “archaic” conventions which he claims...
Norwegian artist Kjell Elvis (Kjell Henning Bj¯rnstad) performs in central Oslo in an attempt to beat the record of the world¥s longest Elvis Presley singing marathon on July 23, 2020 in Oslo. - His plan is to perform continuously for 50 hours, ending Saturday morning, 25 July. (Photo by Fredrik Hagen / NTB Scanpix / AFP) / Norway OUT
All Shook Up: Norwegian Elvis impersonator sets world record
Norwegian artist Kjell Elvis (Kjell Henning Bjørnstad) performs in central Oslo in an attempt to beat the record of the world´s longest Elvis Presley singing marathon in Oslo.—AFP photos A Norwegian Elvis Presley impersonator set a world record on Saturday by singing the legendary entertainer’s songs for more than 50 hours straight in an online competition. Kjell Henning Bjornestad, whose stage name is Kjell Elvis, sang non-stop for 50...
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Whittaker bounces back, beats Till
ABU DHABI: Robert Whittaker of New Zealand punches Darren Till of England in their middleweight championship fight during the UFC 251 event at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi's Yas Island yesterday. - AFP ABU DHABI: Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker bounced back to defeat Darren Till yesterday as UFC's first "Fight Island" drew to a successful close in Abu Dhabi. "My brain is on overload," Whittaker said after throwing everything at...
Repsol Honda Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez takes part in the third MotoGP free practice session of the Andalucia Grand Prix at the Jerez race track in Jerez de la Frontera on July 25, 2020. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
Marquez quits MotoGP; Quartararo grabs pole
ANDALUSIA: Repsol Honda Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez takes part in the third MotoGP free practice session of the Andalucia Grand Prix at the Jerez race track in Jerez de la Frontera on July 25, 2020. - AFP JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA: World champion Marc Marquez will not start the Andalucia MotoGP in Jerez after dropping out of qualifying yesterday four days after an operation on a broken arm. "I understood that it would be very difficult to ride...
England's Stuart Broad watches the ball after playing a shot on the second day of the third Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England on July 25, 2020. (Photo by Michael Steele / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. NO ASSOCIATION WITH DIRECT COMPETITOR OF SPONSOR, PARTNER, OR SUPPLIER OF THE ECB
Broad sparks West Indies collapse in Test decider
MANCHESTER: England’s Stuart Broad watches the ball after playing a shot on the second day of the third Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester. – AFP MANCHESTER: Stuart Broad sparked a top-order collapse after starring with the bat as England reduced the West Indies to 137-6 at stumps on the second day of the decisive third Test at Old Trafford Saturday. England had slumped to 280-8 after losing...
Salvatore and Gigino Aceto pose in their lemon tree farm, on July 2, 2020 in Amalfi. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Uphill struggle of Amalfi's lemon growers
AMALFI: Salvatore and Gigino Aceto pose in their lemon tree farm in Amalfi. -AFP AMALFI, Italy: Squeezed by foreign competition and a lack of local labor, Italy's Amalfi lemon growers persevere in their grueling work on the steep terraces rising from the Mediterranean. "My father always tells me that we might not have blood in our veins but lemon juice," laughs sixth-generation lemon farmer Salvatore Aceto, 56."It could be true," he smiles, from...
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Ukraine's snail farmers fear collapse over EU lockdowns
Yulia Koretska is surrounded by wooden boxes of snails in a green field under the blazing summer sun.  – AFP VOYNIVKA, Ukraine: When the first snail farm in Ukraine opened five years ago, local villagers couldn't hide their curiosity. Residents of Voynivka south of the capital Kiev would peek over the fence of the old dairy farm where manager Yulia Koretska kept the snails to ask if people really ate them."They called me the snail mother,"...
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