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LIVERPOOL: (L-R) G7 foreign ministers, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell pose in a socially distanced manner for a group photograph ahead of bilateral talks at the G7 meeting. -  AFPn
Britain calls for Western unity against Russia, China threats
LIVERPOOL: (L-R) G7 foreign ministers, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell pose...
SINGHU, India: Farmers cheer as they prepare to leave the protest site at the Delhi-Haryana state border in Singhu yesterday, as Indian farmers formally ended year-long mass protests after Prime Minister Narendra Modi abandoned his push for agricultural reforms. - AFPnnnn
Indian farmers head home after year-long protest
SINGHU, India: Farmers cheer as they prepare to leave the protest site at the Delhi-Haryana state border in Singhu yesterday, as Indian farmers formally ended year-long mass protests after Prime Minister Narendra Modi abandoned his push for agricultural reforms. - AFPNEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian farmers packed their belongings and dismantled tent cities on the outskirts of Delhi yesterday as they headed home following a year-long protest...
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Xmas, lies and videotape: Is it curtains for Boris?
Boris JohnsonLONDON: At the British general election in December 2019, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson campaigned on a pledge to "Get Brexit Done"-and won by a landslide. But just two years on, Johnson's once seemingly unassailable position is looking shaky after a series of scandals have left his credibility in tatters. In opinion polls and even among members of his ruling Conservative party, there is open talk that he should quit-or be forced...
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. - AFPnnn
Macron hails Scholz; Europe's new power couple meets
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. - AFPPARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron hailed a "convergence of views" with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday as the German leader met his key EU and NATO allies. On only the second day since taking over from his long-standing predecessor Angela Merkel, Scholz plunged into talks with Macron in Paris then European Commission...
A technical drawing is seen on screen as Systems Engineers Christopher Murray (right) works at his console at the Webb Mission Office ahead of the James Web Space Telescope's launch at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. - AFP Photosn
Webb telescope aims to answer astronomy's 'biggest questions'
A technical drawing is seen on screen as Systems Engineers Christopher Murray (right) works at his console at the Webb Mission Office ahead of the James Web Space Telescope's launch at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. - AFP PhotosIt's been three decades in the making: the largest and most powerful telescope ever to be launched into space is finally ready to take up its orbit and beam back new clues to the...
WOLFSBURG: Lille's Canadian forward Jonathan David (left) scores past Wolfsburg's Belgian goalkeeper Koen Casteels during the UEFA Champions League group G football match VfL Wolfsburg v Lille LOSC in Wolfsburg. - AFP nn
Lille's Champions League run gives French football a lift
WOLFSBURG: Lille's Canadian forward Jonathan David (left) scores past Wolfsburg's Belgian goalkeeper Koen Casteels during the UEFA Champions League group G football match VfL Wolfsburg v Lille LOSC in Wolfsburg. - AFPPARIS: With French football reeling this season due to repeated incidents of crowd violence, Lille's achievement in reaching the Champions League last 16 comes as a much-needed bright spot. While an all-star Paris Saint-Germain...
BRISBANE: England's Ollie Robinson (right) reaches for the ball during day four of the first Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday. - AFP n
Ruthless Australia crush England in first Ashes Test
BRISBANE: England's Ollie Robinson (right) reaches for the ball during day four of the first Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday. - AFPBRISBANE: A ruthless Australia crushed England by nine wickets to win the first Ashes Test in style just after lunch on day four at the Gabba yesterday. Needing just 20 runs after bowling England out for 297 in their second innings - with Nathan Lyon taking...
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Ons Jabeur in Kuwait for Arab Tennis Masters Tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The Arab Tennis Masters Tournament will be wrapped up today at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex in the presence of President of Arab and Kuwait Tennis Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah, board members of ATF and KTF along with diplomats and sports figures.Meanwhile the Masters title will be contested by Malik Jaziri and Syrian Mohamad Naqo in one semi-final and...
QUEENS, US: The price of gasoline is displayed at a gas station in Queens, New York on Friday.-AFPn
'So high!'- Sticker shock at US gas pumps as inflation bites
QUEENS, US: The price of gasoline is displayed at a gas station in Queens, New York on Friday.-AFPWASHINGTON: Standing with the pump in her hand, Telila Scott was stunned to see the price of gas in Washington-a sentiment many are feeling as costs rise across the United States. "This is outrageous," said Scott, who is currently unemployed. "I'll pay $20 to try to fill my tank back up, but it still doesn't fill it." Data released Friday showed an...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: CFO Jessica Uhl and Chairman of the Board Sir Andrew Mackenzie (right) attend the shareholders' meeting in Rotterdam, about the move of the oil giant to the United Kingdom, Friday.-AFPnn
Shell shareholders back move to UK
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: CFO Jessica Uhl and Chairman of the Board Sir Andrew Mackenzie (right) attend the shareholders' meeting in Rotterdam, about the move of the oil giant to the United Kingdom, Friday.-AFPROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Shell shareholders on Friday overwhelmingly backed plans to switch the oil giant's headquarters from the Netherlands to Britain after a century and drop Royal Dutch from the name. Chairman Andrew Mackenzie hailed the...
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US economy's wild ride in 2021: High prices, fast growth
ALHAMBRA, US: People wait in line to order at Philippe's, a downtown Los Angeles restaurant in business since 1908 famed for its "French Dipped Sandwich", in Los Angeles, California on Friday.-AFPWASHINGTON: Millions of Americans have returned to jobs lost during the pandemic, but price spikes this year have complicated the US economic recovery. The severity of the inflation was confirmed Friday when the Labor Department reported a 6.8 percent...
BUFFALO: Starbucks employees wait for results of a vote count, on Thursday in Buffalo, New York. - AFPn
Starbucks union vote a victory for Gen Z workers
BUFFALO: Starbucks employees wait for results of a vote count, on Thursday in Buffalo, New York. - AFPBUFFALO: The Starbucks employees who led a landmark fight to form a union are overwhelmingly in their 20s and show a zeal to improve working conditions at the coffee chain. They won their bid to create the first union in one of the Starbucks' company-owned US cafes, despite heavy pressure from management to defeat the effort."This generation,...