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Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Fabinho slides in to tackle Crystal Palace's Dutch defender Patrick van Aanholt during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on June 24, 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. /
Liverpool on brink of Premier League title, Man Utd make top four move
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Fabinho slides in to tackle Crystal Palace's Dutch defender Patrick van Aanholt during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on June 24, 2020. – AFP LONDON: Liverpool are on the brink of clinching the Premier League title after the leaders powered to a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace, while Anthony Martial hit a...
A sign in a store advertises 5G wireless at the Americana at Brand shopping, dining and entertainment mall complex in Glendale, California on June 23, 2020. - California is currently in Phase 3 of reopening following the mid-March lockdown to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Italy's 5G stumbles after a shining start
GLENDALE: A sign in a store advertises 5G wireless at the Americana at Brand shopping, dining and entertainment mall complex in Glendale. - AFP ROME: Italy's 5G project, launched to great fanfare in October 2018 with frequencies going for top dollar at auction, has since fallen victim to sky-high costs and red tape. The next generation wireless network technology will not only be faster and capable of handling more connected devices than the...
The children of a fruit juice vendor play next to her cart in Bangkok on June 25, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
COVID sinks global economy
BANGKOK: The children of a fruit juice vendor play next to her cart in Bangkok yesterday.- AFP WASHINGTON: The global coronavirus pandemic has sparked an economic "crisis like no other," sending world GDP plunging 4.9 percent this year and wiping out $12 trillion over two years, the IMF said Wednesday. Worldwide business shutdowns destroyed hundreds of millions of jobs, and major economies in Europe face double-digit collapses in the worst...
HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK - JUNE 24: Golden retrievers Buddy and Barley greet customers at the Six Harbors Brewing Company on June 24, 2020 in Huntington, New York. Long Island begins Phase 3 of reopening, allowing restaurants to seat inside at 50 percent capacity and nail salons to open by appointment only. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP
Stocks sell off as coronavirus surge knocks recovery hopes
NEW YORK: Golden retrievers Buddy and Barley greet customers at the Six Harbors Brewing Company in Huntington, New York. Long Island begins Phase 3 of reopening, allowing restaurants to seat inside at 50 percent capacity and nail salons to open by appointment only. – AFP SINGAPORE: Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in eight sessions, bonds rose and the US dollar was firm yesterday as surging US coronavirus cases and an International...
The Israeli settlement of Beit El is pictured behind a Mosque in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on June 16, 2020. - Israel intends to annex West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley, as proposed by US President Donald Trump, with initial steps slated to begin from July 1. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
Israel wages war of semantics
RAMALLAH: The Israeli settlement of Beit El is pictured behind a Mosque in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.-ذ AFP JERUSALEM: To the United Nations, "Area C" is Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. But Israel, which aims to annex parts of the territory, is waging a war of semantics over its status. Pro-Israel NGOs and more recently a government agency are using email and social media to take aim at foreign media about their...
Activists of Gujarat's Karni Sena organisation shout slogans during an anti-China demonstration at a commercial area in Ahmedabad on June 24, 2020. - China and India have agreed to reduce tensions a week after their deadliest clashes in over 50 years on the disputed Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
India reinforces flashpoint area as China holds ground: Sources
AHMEDABAD: Activists of Gujarat's Karni Sena organisation shout slogans during an anti-China demonstration at a commercial area in Ahmedabad on June 24, 2020. China and India have agreed to reduce tensions a week after their deadliest clashes in over 50 years on the disputed Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. – AFP LEH: Indian fighter jets roared over a flashpoint Himalayan region Wednesday as part of...
People leave a Costco outlet with a trolley full of toilet paper and cleaning products as fears of a second wave of COVID-19 have sparked a rush on some supermarket items in Melbourne on June 24, 2020. - Major supermarkets in the state of Victoria have reimposed buying limits on toilet paper and other essentials after a renewed escalation in demand sparked fears of a return to scenes of panic-buying seen early in the pandemic. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)
Australia to deploy 1,000 troops to Melbourne virus outbreak
MELBOURNE: People leave a Costco outlet with a trolley full of toilet paper and cleaning products as fears of a second wave of COVID-19 have sparked a rush on some supermarket items in Melbourne. – AFP MELBOURNE: Australia's military announced yesterday it would send 1,000 troops to Melbourne in an effort to help contain the country's only significant coronavirus outbreak over fears of a second wave. Victoria state has seen a spike in COVID-19...
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South Korea, US mark 70th anniversary of Korean War
CHEORWON: Korean War veterans salute before a monument during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War at the Baengmagoji War Memorial in Cheorwon, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating north and south Korea. – AFP SEOUL: South Korea and the United States yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to defending "the hard-fought peace" on the divided peninsula as the allies marked the 70th anniversary of the...
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WHO warns of oxygen shortage as COVID cases set to top 10 million
GENEVA: The world faces a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of worldwide cases of coronavirus infection nears the 10 million mark, the World Health Organization head said on Wednesday. "Many countries are now experiencing difficulties obtaining oxygen concentrators," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference. "Demand is currently outstripping supply." The new coronavirus has hit 9.3 million people and...
ST. PAUL, MN - JUNE 24: People chant during a demonstration on June 24, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Protestors gathered outside of Governor Tim Walzs mansion to demand a stricter reform of police legislation in the state of Minnesota. The city of St. Paul continues protests and gatherings to honor the death of George Floyd and other Black men and women who have been killed by officers of the Minnesota Police Department. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP
Calls for reparations gain steam amid US racial injustice
ST PAUL: People chant during a demonstration on June 24, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. Protestors gathered outside of Governor Tim Walzs mansion to demand a stricter reform of police legislation in the state of Minnesota. - AFP WASHINGTON: When California State Assemblywoman Shirley Weber introduced a bill last year to study reparations for African Americans, she was worried people wouldn't accept that racial inequality and injustice were still...
This picture taken on June 21, 2020, shows a partial view of the Sheikh Jaber Causeway in Kuwait City. - The causeway project, which includes two paths over the Kuwait Bay, is the world’s biggest maritime causeway project.nUndertaken by Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW), the construction began in 2013 and was officially inaugurated in May 2019. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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This picture taken on June 21, 2020, shows a partial view of the Sheikh Jaber Causeway in Kuwait City. - The causeway project, which includes two paths over the Kuwait Bay, is the world’s biggest maritime causeway project. Undertaken by Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW), the construction began in 2013 and was officially inaugurated in May 2019. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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Kuwait confirms two COVID-19 deaths, 909 cases
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health yesterday reported two deaths and 909 more cases of COVID-19, raising the count to 339 and 42,788 respectively. The latest infections include 479 Kuwaiti citizens, while the remaining cases are of several other nationalities, the ministry's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his daily briefing.Earlier yesterday, the Ministry of Health said that 558 more coronavirus patients had recovered in the past 24...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
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Group photo of Zain interns. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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