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PINGTUNG, Taiwan: Taiwan military soldiers fire the 155 mm Howitzer during a live fire anti-landing drill in the Pingtung county, southern Taiwan on August 9, 2022.- AFP

China preparing invasion: Taiwan

FENGGANG TOWNSHIP: Taiwan held an artillery drill Tuesday simulating defence against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games. China launched its largest-ever air and sea exercises around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a tour by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in decades.Taiwan lives under...

NAIROBI, Kenya: A Kenya Police Officer pushes a man trying to gain access to a polling station while monitoring the entrance following some tensions between voters and police officers during Kenya's general election at Huruma Lions in the informal settlement of Huruma in Nairobi, Kenya. - AFP

Hope for change, prayers for peace as Kenya votes

KISUMU, Kenya: From Nairobi slums to Rift Valley towns, Kenyans voiced cautious hope for change and a peaceful future, flocking to polling stations well before voting opened across the nation on Tuesday. None were in any doubt about the high stakes involved in this year's presidential poll as the East African country of 50 million people struggles with inflation, corruption and an unemployment crisis.In Kibera, one of the largest slums in Kenya's...

SEOUL, South Korea: Pedestrians walk past debris outside shops at the historic Namseong Market in the Gangnam district of Seoul on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead. – AFP

Record-breaking rainfall, flooding in Seoul kill seven, many missing

SEOUL: Subway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said Tuesday. Authorities warned there was more rain to come even as emergency workers struggled to clear the hulks of flooded cars, which AFP reporters saw strewn across major intersections throughout the city.Dramatic images shared on...

Indonesian youths present self-styled fashion creations at a pedestrian crossing turned catwalk, part of a gathering in recent weeks dubbed ‘Citayam Fashion Week’ in Jakarta. – AFP photos

Indonesian teens take to the catwalk at Jakarta crosswalk

A pedestrian crossing turned viral catwalk has become a site for Jakarta's young fashionistas to express themselves, while attracting the disapproval of police in the traffic-clogged Indonesian capital. The informal downtown gathering has drawn sartorial adventurists from across the suburbs of the metropolis, including from Citayam, leading it to be dubbed "Citayam Fashion Week". And with their poses and struts all being shared on TikTok and...

Beyonce's new album 'Renaissance' is seen on a music streaming app on a smartphone with a picture of the singer in the background. - AFP

Beyonce tops US songs chart for first time in over a decade

After releasing her much-anticipated album "Renaissance," Beyonce has scored the number one spot on the top US songs chart for the first time in well over a decade. Her lead single "Break My Soul" is the 40-year-old's first solo song to hit the top of Billboard's Hot 100 since 2008's "Single Ladies," the industry tracker said Monday.Her seventh solo studio album also opened at number one on Billboard's top albums chart, the entertainment outlet...

Photo shows ‘Skanda on a Peacock’ - a 10th century Cambodian statue. US authorities on August 8, 2022 returned to Cambodia 30 Khmer works of art stolen near the famous temples of Angkor, among them the sandstone statue ‘Skanda on a Peacock’. – AFP

US returns 30 stolen antique artworks to Cambodia

The United States on Monday returned 30 stolen works of art and antiquities to Cambodia that had been looted from the southeast Asian nation, including from an ancient Khmer city, and illegally trafficked around the world for decades. Manhattan federal prosecutor Damian Williams officially handed over the looted antiquities to Cambodia's ambassador to the United States, Keo Chhea, in front of press. "We celebrate the return of Cambodia's cultural...

Princia Flora Plisson (right), also known as Cool Fawa, a rap artist and the most popular Central African woman on Instagram visits her mother, Cecile Yoharam, and her brother, Bachir Plisson in Bangui. - AFP photos

War, poverty, no internet: The trials of a CAR rapper

Clad in a fluorescent jumpsuit and high-top sneakers, Cool Fawa grabs the microphone and fires up the audience. The rapper and hip-hop singer launches confidently into her best-known song, "Valide" ("Validated"), and the swaying crowd sings to the chorus. Her gig is a bar in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic -- arguably one of the toughest countries in the world for a female rapper to seek stardom.In the music business, talent...

Girls arrive in a secret school at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. Hundreds of thousands of girls and young women have been deprived of the chance of education since the Taliban returned to power a year ago, but their thirst for learning has not lessened. Since seizing power a year ago, the Taleban have imposed harsh restrictions on girls and women to comply with their austere vision of Islam—effectively squeezing them out of public life. – AFP photos

Inside Afghan secret schools, where girls defy the Taleban

Nafeesa has discovered a great place to hide her schoolbooks from the prying eyes of her disapproving Taleban brother - the kitchen, where Afghan men rarely venture. Hundreds of thousands of girls and young women like Nafeesa have been deprived of the chance of education since the Taleban returned to power a year ago, but their thirst for learning has not lessened."Boys have nothing to do in the kitchen, so I keep my books there," said Nafeesa,...

BIRMINGHAM: Fireworks erupt over the Alexander Stadium during the closing ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 8, 2022. - AFP

Ozzy Osbourne closes Commonwealth Games

BIRMINGHAM: Legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne brought the curtain down on the Commonwealth Games in spectacular style on Monday as dominant Australia celebrated finishing top of the medals table yet again. Athletes swarmed Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for a closing party that also featured UB40, Dexys and a tribute to Peaky Blinders, the global hit TV show about the city's most notorious gang.Birmingham-born Osbourne, known as the...

NEW YORK: In this file photo taken on April 25, 2022, Kevin Durant, #7 of the Brooklyn Nets, reacts during Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. - AFP

After Durant ultimatum, NBA Nets owner backs Nash, Marks

NEW YORK: Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai backed head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks on Monday after reports of a them-or-me ultimatum from NBA superstar Kevin Durant. After a report from The Athletic detailed Durant meeting Tsai in London and saying he won't stay with the team as long as Nash and Marks remain in their jobs, Tsai made his position clear in a Twitter posting. "Our front office and coaching staff have my support,"...

PASADENA: Real Madrid's players pose ahead of their international friendly football match against Juventus at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on July 30, 2022. - AFP

Real Madrid motivated ahead of Frankfurt Super Cup clash

HELSINKI: Real Madrid are determined not to be knocked off their perch at the summit of European football this season as they prepare to start their campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup in Helsinki on Wednesday. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, who is the only manager to win the Champions League four times, said his side's 1-0 victory over Liverpool in last season's final made him "feel like no one should ever take your...

KUWAIT: An aerial view of Kuwait Towers with the Arabian Gulf waters seen in the background. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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