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‘Top Gun’ helmet and ‘Alien’ spaceship in Hollywood props auction
Items up for auction at the Prop Store Auction in late August are on display at the Prop Store in Valencia, California on Wednesday include the helmet worn by actor Tom Cruise in the movie "Top Gun", estimated at $50,000 70,000 USD.—AFPItems up for auction at the Prop Store Auction in late August are on display at the Prop Store including the 11-foot Nostromo, the principal filming model miniature space craft from Ridley Scott's science...
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Handmade ties from southern Italy with a British twist
Maurizio Marinella (left) and his son Alessandro work in the "E. Marinella" shirt and tie makers family business shop in Naples.—AFP photos Film star Marcello Mastroianni, John F. Kennedy, even Prince Charles—all have donned handmade ties from one shop in Naples so famed for its artisanal finery some devotees boast thousands. The painstaking needlework cannot be rushed, despite demand for E. Marinella ties usually far outstripping...
Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (L) has this shot saved during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium in London on July 15, 2020. (Photo by Shaun Botterill / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 to end 'record bid'
LONDON: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (left) has this shot saved during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium in London on July 15, 2020. - AFP LONDON: Arsenal ended Liverpool's bid to set a new Premier League points record with a 2-1 win over the champions, while Manchester City pushed Bournemouth closer to relegation with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp's side...
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Marquez chases 7th MotoGP title as Rossi hopes to prolong career
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA: Repsol Honda Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez rides during the MotoGP test of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera on July 15, 2020. - AFP PARIS: The MotoGP world championship finally gets underway at Jerez on Sunday, behind closed doors and more than four months late, with Marc Marquez going for a seventh top-class title to match Valentino Rossi who is "99 percent" certain this will not be...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 15, 2020 a man rides a bicycle past the headquarters of the World Bank Group as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank hold their Spring Meetings virtually due to the outbreak of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, in Washington, DC. - Despite some signs of recovery, the global economy faces continued challenges, including the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19, and governments should keep their support programs in place, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said July 16, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
IMF: Economy 'not out of the woods yet'
WASHINGTON, DC: A man rides a bicycle past the headquarters of the World Bank Group as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank hold their Spring Meetings virtually due to the outbreak of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, in Washington, DC. - AFP WASHINGTON: Despite some signs of recovery, the global economy faces continued challenges, including the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19, and governments should keep their support...
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Thai finance minister resigns amid economic team shake-up
BANGKOK: Thailand's Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana wearing a protective face mask gestures as he attends a press conference at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.-AFP BANGKOK: Thai Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana resigned yesterday in a move that adds uncertainty to policy-making as Southeast Asia's worst-performing economy struggles to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Two other ministers and economic policy...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 10, 2019, the Twitter logo is seen on a phone in this photo illustration in Washington, DC. - The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin in the hope of doubling their money. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP)
Twitter hit by major hack targeting high-profile users
In this file photo, the Twitter logo is seen on a phone in this photo illustration in Washington, DC. The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin in the hope of doubling their money. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter is investigating a massive hack in which high-profile users from Elon Musk to Joe Biden had their accounts...
Attendees sit around a cauldron during a state ceremony to honour the 28,400 victims of the coronavirus crisis as well as those public servants who have been fighting on the front line against the pandemic in Spain, on July 16, 2020, at the Royal Palace in Madrid. (Photo by Juanjo Martin / POOL / AFP)
Resurgent coronavirus stalks globe
MADRID: Attendees sit around a cauldron during a state ceremony to honor the 28,400 victims of the coronavirus crisis as well as those public servants who have been fighting on the front line against the pandemic in Spain yesterday at the Royal Palace in Madrid. - AFP WASHINGTON: Coronavirus infections were surging across the globe yesterday, forcing several countries to put the brakes on reopening or impose new restrictions on their weary...
Archimandrite Abdullah Yulio (L), parish priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic church in Ramallah, stands by as Palestinians pray together during a protest against Jewish settlements and Israel's planned annexation of parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in the town of Asira Shamaliya near the West Bank city of Nablus on July 10, 2020. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
Virus lockdown another burden for cash-strapped Palestinians
ASIRAH ASH SHAMALIYAH: Archimandrite Abdullah Yulio (left), parish priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic church in Ramallah, stands by as Palestinians pray together during a protest against Jewish settlements and Israel's planned annexation of parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. - AFP RAMALLAH: For Palestinians already hit financially by the coronavirus pandemic, a new round of restrictions has added to their woes as infections in the...
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Egypt sexual predator case reignites a '#MeToo' debate
CAIRO: Egypt has seen a strong resurgence of the #MeToo movement after dozens of women made shocking claims of sexual abuse and assault by a member of the country's wealthy elite. Amid a campaign unprecedented in its intensity in the deeply conservative country, state and religious authorities have started to take a firmer stand. The latest outpouring of anger, on the Instagram account "Assault Police", centers on allegations against Ahmed...
A balloon carrying a banner with portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L), the late leader Kim Il Sung (C) and Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, is caught on a tree after being launched by activists in Hongcheon on June 23, 2020. - Balloons carrying half a million anti-Pyongyang leaflets were launched near the border towards North Korea, a defector-led activist group said on June 23, with the issue raising tensions on the peninsula. (Photo by STR / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
South Korean prosecutors open probe into Kim Jong Un's sister
A balloon carrying a banner with portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left), the late leader Kim Il Sung (center) and Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, is caught on a tree after being launched by activists in Hongcheon on June 23, 2020. -- AFP SEOUL: Seoul prosecutors have opened an unprecedented probe into North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister over Pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison office last month, officials said yesterday....
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Trump immigrant visa move tears Indian families apart
Sindhu Sudhakar became stranded after flying to India in March to see her ailing mother-in-law.-- AFP MUMBAI: Every night in Bangalore, Parvez Shaikh's 18-month-old son wakes up in tears, calling for his mother who is in the United States-one among hundreds of families staring at an uncertain future after President Donald Trump froze most immigrant visas. The 33-year-old management consultant and his two children were visiting family in the...
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Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah and other officials take a group photo after the 54th session of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights. – KUNA photos
Kuwait promotes human rights, calls for exchange of expertise