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WATFORD: Shoppers walk outside the Intu Watford Shopping Centre in Watford, Hertfordshire on Friday. British shopping center giant Intu, already hit hard before the coronavirus lockdown, warned Friday that it was on the brink of collapse after talks failed to restructure its finances. – AFP
UK shopping mall giant Intu collapses
WATFORD: Shoppers walk outside the Intu Watford Shopping Centre in Watford, Hertfordshire on Friday. British shopping center giant Intu, already hit hard before the coronavirus lockdown, warned Friday that it was on the brink of collapse after talks failed to restructure its finances. – AFP WATFORD: British shopping mall giant Intu, already struggling before the coronavirus lockdown in a tough retail climate, on Friday said it was going into...
NEW YORK: A looted and boarded up Microsoft store is seen after a night of protest over the death of an African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in Manhattan in New York City. Microsoft said on Friday it will close its stores around the world except for four locations that will be transformed into “experience centers,” moving its retail operations online. – AFP
Zimbabwe suspends stock exchange, mobile payments
NEW YORK: A looted and boarded up Microsoft store is seen after a night of protest over the death of an African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in Manhattan in New York City. Microsoft said on Friday it will close its stores around the world except for four locations that will be transformed into “experience centers,” moving its retail operations online. – AFP HARARE: Zimbabwe on Friday suspended trade on the stock exchange and...
MANYARA, Tanzania: Tanzanian small-scale miner Saniniu Kuryan Laizer poses with two of the biggest tanzanite stones as a millionaire during a ceremony for his historic discovery on June 24, 2020. — AFP
Miner becomes millionaire over tanzanite find
MANYARA, Tanzania: Tanzanian small-scale miner Saniniu Kuryan Laizer poses with two of the biggest tanzanite stones as a millionaire during a ceremony for his historic discovery on June 24, 2020. — AFP DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest of the country’s precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the government. Saniniu Kuryan Laizer, 52,...
CALIFORNIA: A giant digital sign is seen at Facebook’s corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California. —AFP
Facebook ramps up efforts to curb ‘hateful content’
CALIFORNIA: A giant digital sign is seen at Facebook’s corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California. —AFP WASHINGTON: Facebook said it would ban a “wider category of hateful content” in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to growing protests over its handling of inflammatory posts. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook also would add tags to posts that are “newsworthy” but violate platform...
NEW DELHI: This photograph taken on June 25, 2020 shows cardboard beds installed inside the campus hall of spiritual organization Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), which is being converted into a coronavirus care center. — AFP
India tops 500,000 cases, turns to cardboard beds
NEW DELHI: This photograph taken on June 25, 2020 shows cardboard beds installed inside the campus hall of spiritual organization Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), which is being converted into a coronavirus care center. — AFP NEW DELHI: India now has more than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to government figures released yesterday that showed a record daily leap of 18,500 new infections. Authorities said a total of 15,685...
LOS ANGELES: An aerial view of people in cars lined up to be tested for COVID-19 in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California. —AFP
US, Europe battle fresh virus surges
LOS ANGELES: An aerial view of people in cars lined up to be tested for COVID-19 in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California. —AFP WASHINGTON: The United States and Europe battled a resurgence of coronavirus cases Friday, with Texas ordering bars to close and warnings mounting worldwide over lifting lockdowns too soon. Britons were told to avoid packed beaches while a major Australian city faced...
NEW DELHI: Anti-China protesters display placards urging citizens to boycott Chinese goods during a demonstration in New Delhi. — AFP
New Delhi association bans Chinese guests
NEW DELHI: Anti-China protesters display placards urging citizens to boycott Chinese goods during a demonstration in New Delhi. — AFP NEW DELHI: One of Delhi’s main hotel associations said that its members are barring Chinese guests, as calls for a boycott of Chinese goods gather pace following a border clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers. The June 15 battle was the first time troops have died in combat along the Asian giants’ Himalayan...
Soldiers of the French Army patrols the village Gorom Gorom in Armoured Personnel Carriers during the Barkhane operation in northern Burkina Faso. — AFP
Jihadist bloodshed brings Burkina Faso to its knees
Soldiers of the French Army patrols the village Gorom Gorom in Armoured Personnel Carriers during the Barkhane operation in northern Burkina Faso. — AFP OUAGADOUGOU: Little more than five years ago, Burkina Faso was on the up, priding itself as a favored tourist destination for well-heeled Europeans. Today, the country seems to be visibly sinking, battered by a jihadist revolt that has swept in from neighboring Mali, rolled into Niger and cast...
HONG KONG: People are detained as pro-democracy protesters gather in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong. — AFP
US restricts visas in latest move on Hong Kong
HONG KONG: People are detained as pro-democracy protesters gather in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong. — AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration said Friday it was restricting US visas for a number of Chinese officials for infringing on the autonomy of Hong Kong, announcing action as Congress seeks tougher sanctions. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would curb visas for unspecified current and...
GLASGOW: Police attend the scene of a fatal stabbing incident at the Park Inn Hotel in central Glasgow on June 26, 2020. —AFP
Six injured in Glasgow stabbing, suspect killed
GLASGOW: Police attend the scene of a fatal stabbing incident at the Park Inn Hotel in central Glasgow on June 26, 2020. —AFP GLASGOW: Scottish police on Friday shot dead the suspect in a multiple stabbing at a Glasgow hotel housing asylum seekers that wounded six people, including an officer. Police Scotland said the incident at the Park Inn hotel in the city’s centre was not being treated as terror-related and urged people to avoid...
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act during an event at the Lancaster Recreation Center on June 25, 2020. — AFP
Low-key Biden strategy vexes adrift Trump
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act during an event at the Lancaster Recreation Center on June 25, 2020. — AFP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s bungled coronavirus response and crackdowns on protesters have thrust Joe Biden into the driver’s seat of the US presidential election, but the Democratic challenger must decide...
NEW DELHI: A housekeeping employee of the Suryaa hotel cleans a room in New Delhi. — AFP
Hotels, ashram repurposed for virus surge
NEW DELHI: A housekeeping employee of the Suryaa hotel cleans a room in New Delhi. — AFP NEW DELHI: Staff at the luxury Suryaa hotel used to wear bright saris as they welcomed guests. Now they must don medical suits and handle gurneys as New Delhi desperately prepares for a predicted surge in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks. The pandemic is still raging in India with more than half a million cases. The capital, home to 25 million people,...
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