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Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar arrives for a training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona on July 17, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

PSG need a Neymar says coach

Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar arrives for a training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona on July 17, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENENEW YORK: Paris Saint Germain need to sign a player of the calibre of Neymar or Kylian Mbappe in their quest to win the Champions League, according to their coach Unai Emery. In an interview published in French sports daily L'Equipe yesterday Emery named...

FILE - In this June 15, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, grimaces as he tries on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in a Los Angeles courtroom. Simpson, the former football star, TV pitchman and now Nevada prison inmate, will have a lot going for him when he appears before state parole board members Thursday, July 20, 2017, seeking his release after more than eight years for an ill-fated bid to retrieve sports memorabilia. (AP Photo/Sam Mircovich, Pool, file)

From sports star to inmate: Simpson to plead for parole

FILE - In this June 15, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, grimaces as he tries on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in a Los Angeles courtroom. Simpson, the former football star, TV pitchman and now Nevada prison inmate, will have a lot going for him when he appears before state parole board members Thursday, July 20, 2017, seeking his release after more...

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Kuwait downgrades ties with Iran

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday expelled Iranian diplomats and closed some embassy missions after the state's top court convicted a "terror" cell of links to the Islamic republic, the foreign ministry said. The action was taken after a cassation court ruling last month said "Iranian sides helped and supported the cell members," the ministry said in a statement. A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP around 15...

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Trump says regrets hiring attorney general

This file photo taken on May 15, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump with Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) during the 36th Annual National Peace Officersí Memorial Service at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.US President Donald Trump said July 19, 2017 he never would have hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he had known the top law official would recuse himself from a probe into Russia's alleged election meddling. In an interview with...

(FILES)This file photo taken on June 30, 2017 shows China's President Xi Jinping inspecting People's Liberation Army soldiers at a barracks in Hong Kong. A sudden leadership change in one of China's biggest cities has highlighted President Xi Jinping's ambition to consolidate his grip on power at an upcoming major political gathering, analysts say. Former Xi aide Chen Miner was named Communist Party chief in Chongqing last weekend, abruptly replacing a politician who was once widely regarded as a contender for promotion to China's top political body. / AFP / DALE DE LA REY

Chinese leadership shake-up signals Xi power play

This file photo taken on June 30, 2017 shows China's President Xi Jinping inspecting People's Liberation Army soldiers at a barracks in Hong Kong. A sudden leadership change in one of China's biggest cities has highlighted President Xi Jinping's ambition to consolidate his grip on power at an upcoming major political gathering, analysts say. Former Xi aide Chen Miner was named Communist Party chief in Chongqing last weekend, abruptly replacing a...

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EU's Barnier urges clarity in Brexit talks

The EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, and British Secretary of State David Davis address the media after a week of negotiations at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday July 20, 2017. UK's chief Brexit negotiator says week of talks with EU has given "us a lot to be positive about"(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)BRUSSELS: The EU's Brexit negotiator called on Britain yesterday to give more clarity on key issues including its exit...

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox delivers a speech at Manchester Town Hall in Manchester, Britain September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Anthony Devlin

Fox says UK-EU trade deal 'easiest in human history'

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox delivers a speech at Manchester Town Hall in Manchester, Britain September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Anthony DevlinLONDON/GENEVA: British trade minister Liam Fox said yesterday a bespoke trade deal between Britain and the European Union should be "one of the easiest in human history" to reach - although his country could manage without one if necessary. Sterling slipped back below $1.30 on concern about the Brexit...

TOPSHOT - Israeli security forces stand guard in front of Palestinian Muslim worshippers praying outside Lions Gate, a main entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 19, 2017, as the latter protest against new Israeli security measures implemented at the holy site following an attack that killed two Israeli policemen. / AFP / Ahmad GHARABLI

Netanyahu: Metal detectors crucial for Jerusalem site

TOPSHOT - Israeli security forces stand guard in front of Palestinian Muslim worshippers praying outside Lions Gate, a main entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 19, 2017, as the latter protest against new Israeli security measures implemented at the holy site following an attack that killed two Israeli policemen. / AFP / Ahmad GHARABLIJERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's public security minister said yesterday that metal...

FILE- In this June 19, 2017, file photo, Ram Nath Kovind, center, waves to media upon arrival at the airport in New Delhi, India. Kovind, 71, a Hindu nationalist leader has been elected India's new president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, file)

India gets new president from bottom of Hindu caste system

FILE- In this June 19, 2017, file photo, Ram Nath Kovind, center, waves to media upon arrival at the airport in New Delhi, India. Kovind, 71, a Hindu nationalist leader has been elected India's new president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, file)NEW DELHI: Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's new president yesterday, the second time since independence a head of state has been chosen from the bottom of the Hindu caste...

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Sen. John McCain diagnosed with brain tumor after clot is removed

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 10, 2017 shows Senator John McCain (R-AZ) during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the nomination for General John Kelly, USMC (Ret.) to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Veteran US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has been diagnosed with brain cancer, his...

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Thai court charges disgraced jet-set monk with rape, fraud

This handout taken by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on July 20, 2017 shows Buddhist monk Wiraphon Sukphon speaking to DSI officials in Bangkok. A Thai court was set to charge the disgraced ex-monk with raping an under-age girl, fraud and money laundering after he was extradited from the United States. BANGKOK: A Thai court charged a disgraced former monk yesterday with the rape of an underage girl, fraud and money laundering,...

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 03, 2015 shows the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on the banks of the river Main in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. The European Central Bank held its key interest rates and a mass bond purchase programme unchanged Thursday, July 20, 2017, sending a calming message to financial markets looking for hints its easy money policy will soon end. / AFP / DANIEL ROLAND

ECB holds steady as markets await hints

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 03, 2015 shows the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on the banks of the river Main in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. The European Central Bank held its key interest rates and a mass bond purchase programme unchanged Thursday, July 20, 2017, sending a calming message to financial markets looking for hints its easy money policy will soon end. / AFP / DANIEL ROLANDFRANKFURT AM MAIN:...

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