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Olympic cancellation spectre haunts Tokyo, one year before postponed Games
TOKYO: People wearing face masks walk past a countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. - AFP TOKYO: Japan heldsubdued celebrations yesterday to mark one year until the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with the coronavirus pandemic raising stark concerns about whether the Games will go ahead. In Tokyo, which should have been buzzing with thousands of athletes and fans by now, organisers will hold...
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Klopp delighted by trophy lift after Reds hit Chelsea for five
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's English midfielder Jordan Henderson (C) lifts the Premier League trophy during the presentation following the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on July 22, 2020. - AFP LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said having the opportunity to lift the Premier League trophy at Anfield meant the world to him despite having to do so in an empty...
Labourers plant saplings in a paddy field in Medak district of Telangana state on July 15, 2020. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
Virus prompts farm 'revolution' in India
AMRITSAR: Laborers plant saplings in a paddy field in Medak district of Telangana state. Across India's grain bowl states of Haryana and neighboring Punjab, thousands of farmers have been forced by the coronavirus to mechanize planting. - AFP RAIPUR JATTAN, India/SINGAPORE: For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had - every June he flooded his fields with water before hiring an army of...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 21, 2019 a worker checks an e-bike at a factory of Giant -- the world's biggest bicycle manufacturer -- in Taichung. - After (Photo by Sam YEH / AFP)
On yer bike: Cycling craze leaves retailers out-pedaled by demand
In this file photo, a worker checks an e-bike at a factory of Giant -- the world's biggest bicycle manufacturer -- in Taichung. - AFP PARIS: Bikes are booming across the globe as people seek to avoid crowded buses and trains for their daily commutes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic-or get back into shape after long months of lockdown. But with sales exploding in many countries, the current cycling craze has left manufacturers and...
French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire delivers a speech during a session of Questions to the government, on July 21, 2020 at the National Assembly in Paris. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
French economy to rebound to pre-crisis levels by 2022: Maire
PARIS: French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire delivers a speech during a session of Questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris. -AFP PARIS: The French economy is on course to rebound by 8 percent next year and should return to pre-crisis levels by 2022, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said yesterday. Le Maire told the National Assembly recent economic data had been "satisfying but too fragile" for now to...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 6, 2018 the logo of French headquarters of American multinational technology company Microsoft, is pictured outside in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, a Paris' suburb. - Microsoft said on July 22, 2020 that revenues climbed in the past quarter amid strong demand for cloud computing services from pandemic-hit businesses and consumers. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP)
Microsoft reports growth amid pandemic computing demands
PARIS: In this file photo, the logo of French headquarters of American multinational technology company Microsoft, is pictured outside in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, a Paris' suburb. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Wednesday reported rising revenues in the past quarter amid strong demand for cloud computing services from pandemic-hit businesses and consumers and big gains in its Xbox gaming operations. Profits in the quarter ending June 30 fell 15...
TOPSHOT - People attempt to talk to someone at the Chinese consulate in Houston on July 22, 2020. - US-Chinese tensions, already rising because of the coronavirus pandemic and crackdown in Hong Kong, ratcheted up another notch on Wednesday as the US ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston within 72 hours. China reacted angrily to the US move, which came a day after the unveiling of a US indictment of two Chinese nationals for allegedly hacking hundreds of companies worldwide. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP)
US-China tensions escalate
HOUSTON: People attempt to talk to someone at the Chinese consulate in Houston on July 22, 2020. US-Chinese tensions, already rising because of the coronavirus pandemic and crackdown in Hong Kong, ratcheted up another notch on Wednesday as the US ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston within 72 hours. _ AFP HOUSTON: US-Chinese relations, already tense over the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's crackdown in Hong Kong,...
TOPSHOT - A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on July 23, 2020. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)
China launches Mars probe in space race with America
WENCHANG: A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province yesterday. - AFP WENCHANG: China launched a rover to Mars yesterday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. The two countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are favorably...
Pigeons take flight over an empty place during a lockdown imposed by the authorities as a preventive measure against the surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases, in Srinagar on July 23, 2020. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Indian Kashmir locks down, pilgrimage off as virus cases surge
SRINAGAR: Pigeons take flight over an empty place during a lockdown imposed by the authorities as a preventive measure against the surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases. – AFP SRINAGAR: Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday imposed a strict lockdown for a week as authorities warned of rising coronavirus cases, one day after cancelling a major annual Hindu pilgrimage. India, which has recorded almost 1.2 million infections and is the world's...
Members of the Military Firefighter Brigate of Minas Gerais (CBMMG) wearing protective gear, demonstrate the use of an isolation stretcher, or bubble stretcher, to transport patients infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), at Pampulha Airport, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on July 22, 2020. - The equipment, which can be used to transport patients in aircrafts and ambulances, filters the air that the patient exhales in addition to isolating him. (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP)
Latin America cases soar; Global COVID infections pass 15 million
BELO HORIZONTE: Members of the Military Firefighter Brigate of Minas Gerais (CBMMG) wearing protective gear, demonstrate the use of an isolation stretcher, or bubble stretcher, to transport patients infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) at Pampulha Airport in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.- AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: The number of novel coronavirus infections around the world passed 15 million Wednesday, with Latin America and the...
CORRECTION - In this photo taken on July 21, 2020, Qamar Gul, 15, who shot with an AK-47 gun two Taliban fighters after they attacked her home, sits at the Governor's office in Feroz Koh in Ghor province. - An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government, officials said. (Photo by - / AFP) / ìThe erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by - has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [In this photo taken on July 21, 2020 ... at the Governor's office in Feroz Koh in Ghor Province] instead of [at an unknown place in Ghor province on July 22, 2020]. 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
Afghan girl who killed Taleban gunmen 'ready to fight again'
FEROZ KOH: In this photo, Qamar Gul, 15, who shot with an AK-47 gun two Taleban fighters after they attacked her home, sits at the Governor's office in Feroz Koh in Ghor province. - AFP GHAZNI: An Afghan girl who shot dead two Taleban fighters after they gunned down her parents said she was ready to confront any other insurgents who might try to attack her. Qamar Gul, 15, killed the militants when they stormed her home last week in a remote...
EL PASO, TX - JULY 21: Men unload a mobile morgue outside the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner on July 21, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. As coronavirus deaths surge past 4000 in Texas, overwhelmed hospitals are being forced to plan for extra refrigerated storage to hold deceased patients. Cengiz Yar/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Texas county stores the dead bodies in refrigerated trucks
TEXAS: Men unload a mobile morgue outside the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner in El Paso, Texas. As coronavirus deaths surge past 4000 in Texas, overwhelmed hospitals are being forced to plan for extra refrigerated storage to hold deceased patients. - AFP TEXAS: Texas has set one-day records for increases in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the state, forcing one county to store bodies in refrigerated trucks and prompting a...
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