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SAINT-DENIS: France’s forward Kylian Mbappe (right) reacts as Greece’s midfielder Manolis Siopis falls during the UEFA Euro 2024 group B qualification football match between France and Greece on June 19, 2023. – AFP

England demolish N Macedonia 7-0

PARIS: Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick as England demolished North Macedonia 7-0 in Euro 2024 qualifying on Monday, while Kylian Mbappe's re-taken penalty gave France a narrow victory over Greece. Harry Kane swept England ahead at Old Trafford before Saka stole the show with two superb finishes either side of Marcus Rashford's goal. Saka completed his treble early in the second half, Kalvin Phillips added another and Kane then struck again from...

LIVERPOOL: Nottingham Forest fans display a banner to mark the 34th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield in this file photo. – AFP

Man Utd fan fined, banned for mocking Hillsborough tragedy

LONDON: A Manchester United fan was fined and banned from football in the UK for four years on Monday, for wearing a replica shirt mocking the Hillsborough disaster. Police received a number of complaints about James White’s shirt with the figure “97” and the words “Not Enough” on the back at the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium earlier this month. It referred to the 97 fans of United’s arch rivals Liverpool who were victims of a crush...

SAINT-DENIS: A security member stands at the entrance of the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics (Cojo) headquarters on June 20, 2023. – AFP

Olympics organizers in turmoil after police raid headquarters

PARIS: Police raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday just over a year before the opening ceremony of the quadrennial sporting showpiece. Raids were carried out at the headquarters of the committee, which is known as Cojo, and at the offices of Solideo, the body in charge of the Olympic construction sites. Prosecutors (PNF) confirmed to AFP that they had authorized the raids in connection to two separate ongoing...

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Kuwait athletes win first medal in Berlin Games

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s athletes Hajar Al-Rashidi and Rawan Al-Balhan won the first medal for Kuwait in the doubles Bocce competitions of the Berlin 2023 Games, winning the bronze medal by defeating Germany and Australia. Deputy Director General of Public Authority for Sport Bashar Abdallah congratulated both players and praised the outstanding presence of the delegation during the opening ceremony. Bashar conveyed the greetings of Director General of...

Rowdy is carried up steps after catching a rat in the Adams Morgan neighborhood.

Washington recruits dogs and cats in war on rodents

On a hot June night, revelers descend on Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood, a nightlife and dining hotspot in the US capital. But they aren't the only ones profiting from the good weather. Also out in number are the city's rapidly growing population of rats, which prowl the alleys behind the restaurants, bars and clubs, feasting on leftovers tossed out in the trash. The rodents' merrymaking comes to a swift halt amid a flurry of barks,...

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Music gives hope to African asylum seekers in Cyprus

Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his arduous quest for asylum — even if just for the length of a song. Kamara, 29, reached the capital of Cyprus five years ago from The Gambia. Like some new migrants to the Mediterranean island, he arrived with nothing. Initially living with around a dozen people crammed into a tent at a park, he recalled: “It was...

This photo taken on June 15, 2023 shows experts from New Zealand's national museum Te Papa; head of repatriation Te Arikirangi Mamaku-Ironside (center), repatriation programme manager Te Herekiekie Herewini (right) and repatriation researcher Susan Thorpe. - AFP photos

New Zealand brings stolen, traded indigenous remains home

Snatched by grave robbers or traded by settlers as macabre curiosities, the remains of New Zealand’s Indigenous people are slowly being brought home after centuries overseas. After British explorer Captain James Cook arrived in New Zealand in 1769, some European settlers developed a grim fascination with the remains of indigenous Maori people and Morioris, who are native to the Chatham Islands. To colonial traders, the biggest trophies to be...

This picture shows the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) in the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles, west of Paris, on June 19, 2023. - AFP photos

Versailles reopening Marie-Antoinette's private rooms

The chateau of Versailles will reopen the private rooms of Queen Marie-Antoinette as part of its ongoing 400th anniversary celebrations. The restored apartments will reopen to the public on June 27, featuring 100 sq m of luxurious living space where France's last queen played with her children and received friends. It is the final part of a restoration of the Queen's Hamlet and Trianon, a series of cottages and getaways built away from the main...

KUWAIT: HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah and members of his Cabinet during their swearing-in ceremony on June 19, 2023. – KUNA

Deputy Amir calls on govt to promote social justice

By B Izzak & KUNAKUWAIT: HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah called Monday on the new government to address shortcomings, enforce a state of law and achieve social justice amongst Kuwaiti people. “As you seek to achieve comprehensive development for our beloved nation, you should enforce a state of law and institutions, promote justice and quality and place the interest of Kuwait at the forefront and...

JENIN: Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of three men killed during a Zionist military raid in the occupied West Bank on June 19, 2023. – AFP

Zionists deploy helicopters, kill 5 Palestinians

JENIN: Zionist forces in the occupied West Bank killed five Palestinians including a militant on Monday, in a raid that saw eight Zionist security personnel wounded and rare helicopter fire. Palestinian authorities reported “intense gunfire” by Zionist forces in what the army described as “routine activity” in which an armored vehicle was said to have been hit by a “dramatic” explosion. The Palestinian health ministry said five people...

BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on June 19, 2023. – AFP

China, US see progress but close no gaps

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Monday he saw headway in the strained relationship with the United States on a rare visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but the rival powers remained at odds over their core disputes. In a symbolic sign of lowering the temperature after soaring tensions, President Xi received Blinken in the vast Great Hall of the People and said the two powers had “made progress and reached agreement” on...

ABU DHABI: This handout picture released on June 19, 2023 shows the newly reopened Qatari embassy.— AFP

UAE, Qatar reopen embassies after years of tensions

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates and Qatar announced on Monday the reopening of their respective diplomatic missions, six years after the Gulf rivals severed ties during a regional blockade that sent tensions soaring. The two resource-rich monarchies restored official relations in Jan 2021, after the end of the nearly four-year diplomatic and transport blockade that isolated tiny Qatar.“The United Arab Emirates and the State of Qatar announced...

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