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England 'potential' excites Stokes after SA series win

LONDON: Ben Stokes said it was "scary" to think of what England might achieve after rounding off a successful first-season as captain with a dominant display against South Africa (SA). England needed just 25 minutes at the Oval to complete a nine-wicket win over the Proteas in barely more than two days' actual playing time that secured a 2-1 series victory.It also meant England had won six out of seven Tests under a new leadership duo of Stokes...

LONDON: Chelsea’s Spanish assistant coach Bruno Saltor (center) leads a training session on the eve of the UEFA Champions League group E football match between England’s Chelsea and Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg at the team’s training ground in London on September 13, 2022. – AFP

Chelsea-Liverpool, United-Leeds postponed over police shortage

LONDON: Liverpool's visit to Chelsea and Manchester United's clash with Leeds on Sunday have been postponed due to policing pressures ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the Premier League announced on Monday. Seven Premier League games will go ahead this weekend, with Brighton's match against Crystal Palace having previously been postponed due to a planned rail strike. Despite the strike since being cancelled, the match remains off....

BELFAST, United Kingdom: Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort greet wellwishers as they arrive at Hillsborough Castle in Belfast on September 13, 2022, during his visit to Northern Ireland. – AFP

Charles III in historic visit to N Ireland

LONDON: Charles III on Tuesday made his maiden visit to Northern Ireland as king, as he tours all four nations of the United Kingdom before the state funeral of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The 73-year-old head of state's jet touched down in Belfast from Edinburgh, where the late queen's coffin was brought after her death last week aged 96.The casket will be flown on Tuesday evening to London, where huge crowds are expected to pay their...

SAO GONCALO, Brazil: Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration against Brazilian former President (2003-2010) and presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside the premises where he is attending a meeting with Evangelical leaders, in Sao Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. - AFP

Brazil's Bolsonaro has 'every chance' of re-election: Analyst

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro-who is trailing in pre-election polls but has seen the gap between him and left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrow-has "every chance" of being re-elected, according to a political analyst.The poll disparity between the two frontrunners ahead of October's presidential election has shrunk by 10 points in the last four months. Bolsonaro trailed Lula by 21 points at the end of May,...

PICHA, Portugal: File photo shows ambulances lead the way during the evacuation of Picha, as a wildfire approaches the village near Pedrogao Grande. The verdict in trial of suspects accused of responsibility for 2017 deadly fires in Pedrogao Grande takes place in Leiria on September 13, 2022. - AFPn

Portugal awaits verdict in homicide trial, 5 years after worst wildfire

LEIRIA, Portugal: Five years after Portugal's deadliest wildfire, which claimed 63 lives, the country was due on Tuesday to hear the verdict in the trial of 11 people accused of negligent homicide over the tragedy. The fires broke out in the central Leiria region during a heatwave in June 2017 and burned for five days, destroying 240 square kilometres (90 square miles) of hillsides covered with pine and eucalyptus trees.Many of the victims...

MEXICO CITY: (Left to right) US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard talks after offering a press conference at the Economy Secretary headquarters in Mexico City, on September 12, 2022. – AFP

US invites Mexico onboard ambitious semiconductor plan

MEXICO CITY: The United States on Monday invited Mexico to join a multibillion dollar push to boost semiconductor manufacturing to compete with China, during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for high-level economic talks. Officials set aside trade tensions over Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's energy policies and focused instead on the potential benefits from cooperation in microchips and other technology.The Chips...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (second left) walks through the UNESCO World Heritage archeological site of Mohenjo Daro damaged by flood waters in Sindh province. – AFP

World in 'wrong direction' as climate impacts worsen: UN

PARIS: Humanity is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic. The UN's World Meteorological Organization and its Environment Programme warned catastrophes will become commonplace should the world economy fail to decarbonise in line with what science says is needed to prevent the worst impacts...

A Paddington Bear teddy bear is pictured with floral tributes in Green Park, near Buckingham Palace.

Paddington tributes to queen prove too much to 'bear'

To bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, Sarah Fowles came to Buckingham Palace with not just flowers but a teddy bear too: Paddington in his red hat and his blue duffel coat. The beloved children's book character is omnipresent among the thousands of bouquets outside the palace, thanks largely to a video of the queen drinking tea with the bear for her Platinum Jubilee. So numerous have they become that the Royal Parks-which oversees Green Park...

KUWAIT: Cats pose for a kerb-side picture in Mubarakiya Street. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayat.

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Jesse Armstrong (center, holding trophy) and cast and crew of 'Succession' accept the Outstanding Drama Series award onstage during the 74th Primetime Emmys at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.- AFP photos

'Succession' and 'Squid Game' big winners at television's Emmys

Dysfunctional family saga "Succession" on Monday took top honors for best drama at the Emmys, television's biggest night of the year, as "Squid Game" made history when Lee Jung-jae was named best actor, a first for a non-English-language performer. The South Korean social satire about misfits and criminals competing for cash in twisted versions of schoolyard games had also been in the running for the top prize, but the Netflix hit was bested by...

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Authorities move to speed up deportation of illegals

KUWAIT: The government has given clear instructions to detain all iqama violators and deport them immediately, as is evident by the ongoing surprise campaigns the ministry of interior is conducting in densely populated areas. The foreign ministry, in coordination with the interior ministry, has contacted embassies in Kuwait and requested the appointment of a liaison officer at each embassy to obtain identification papers to facilitate the...

EDINBURGH: Britain's King Charles III, flanked by Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward walk behind the procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile on Sept 12, 2022. - AFP

King Charles leads queen's coffin march

EDINBURGH: On foot and flanked by his three siblings, King Charles III on Monday led a somber procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II's body through hushed Edinburgh streets packed with mourners. The queen's oak coffin had on Sunday been driven to the Scottish capital from the Balmoral estate where she died last week aged 96, and held overnight at the royal residence of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.After a regimental band played "God Save The...

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