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VERSAILLES: French President Emmanuel Macron (center) speaks during a special congress gathering both houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate) in the palace of Versailles, outside Paris yesterday. — AFP
Man charged with plotting to assassinate France’s president
Far-right extremist targets Muslims, Jews, blacks, gays VERSAILLES: French President Emmanuel Macron (center) speaks during a special congress gathering both houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate) in the palace of Versailles, outside Paris yesterday. — AFPPARIS: A man has been charged with plotting to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron at France's Bastille Day military parade which the French leader is set to attend with US...
MARAWI, Philippines: Smoke billows from burning houses as fighting between government troops and Islamist militants continues in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao yesterday. —AFP
Militants cling on to buildings in besieged Southern Philippine city
MARAWI, Philippines: Smoke billows from burning houses as fighting between government troops and Islamist militants continues in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao yesterday. —AFPMARAWI: Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern Philippine city after weeks of ferocious fighting that has left hundreds dead, officials said yesterday. The Philippine military has...
SRINAGAR: Kashmiri villagers bring a resident injured by Indian security personnel to the main hospital in Srinagar yesterday. —AFP
2 rebels killed in Kashmir firefight
SRINAGAR: Kashmiri villagers bring a resident injured by Indian security personnel to the main hospital in Srinagar yesterday. —AFPSRINAGAR: Two suspected rebels were killed and a civilian was critically wounded in a shootout with government forces in Indian Kashmir yesterday, police said, as tensions in the disputed territory ran high. A police officer was also critically wounded in a separate incident in the Indian-administered part of the...
FRANKFURT: Joachim Loew (R), head coach of the German national football team, the president of the German Football Federation Reinhard Grindel (C) and players of the team leave the plane after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, yesterday, one day after they won the 2017 Confederations Cup football tournament.—
Soaked Loew hails Germany’s rising Confed Cup stars
FRANKFURT: Joachim Loew (R), head coach of the German national football team, the president of the German Football Federation Reinhard Grindel (C) and players of the team leave the plane after arriving at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, yesterday, one day after they won the 2017 Confederations Cup football tournament.—SAINT PETERSBURG: Joachim Loew has hailed Germany’s next generation of stars after beating Chile 1-0 in...
BRISBANE: Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines reacts after his loss to Jeff Horn of Australia, during their WBO World Welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday. —AP
I’ll urge Pacquiao to quit, says trainer Roach
BRISBANE: Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines reacts after his loss to Jeff Horn of Australia, during their WBO World Welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday. —APBRISBANE: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer advised the Filipino legend to quit boxing yesterday after his sensational defeat to unheralded Australian Jeff Horn. While controversy raged over the scoring of Sunday’s World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout in...
ANTIGUA: West Indies’ captain Jason Holder (98) is surrounded by teammates after beating India by 11 runs in the fourth ODI cricket match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, Sunday. —AP
Holder inspires Windies to stunning 11-run win
ANTIGUA: West Indies’ captain Jason Holder (98) is surrounded by teammates after beating India by 11 runs in the fourth ODI cricket match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, Sunday. —APNORTH SOUND: West Indies captain Jason Holder led from the front with a five-wicket haul as his side snatched an 11-run win over India in the fourth one-day international in Antigua on Sunday. India came into the match at...
WIMBLEDON: Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves against Australia’s John Millman during their men’s singles first round match on the first day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London yesterday.— AP
Venus in tears over crash as Murray, Nadal stroll
WIMBLEDON: Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves against Australia’s John Millman during their men’s singles first round match on the first day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London yesterday.— APLONDON: Venus Williams wept at Wimbledon over the “devastation” of a fatal road accident for which she is facing legal action as Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal eased into the second round...
TEHRAN: Ali Kardor (L), Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Patrick Pouyanne (2-L), Chairman and CEO of French energy company Total, Ezzatollah Akbari (2-R), Managing Director of Petropars Group and CNPC International president Lyu Gongxun (R) sign an offshore gas field agreement in Tehran yesterday. — AFP
Iran's investment gold rush too slow to emerge?
Total signs gas deal with Iran TEHRAN: Ali Kardor (L), Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Patrick Pouyanne (2-L), Chairman and CEO of French energy company Total, Ezzatollah Akbari (2-R), Managing Director of Petropars Group and CNPC International president Lyu Gongxun (R) sign an offshore gas field agreement in Tehran yesterday. — AFPTEHRAN: When Iran signed its landmark deal with world powers in 2015, curbing its...
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GCC markets impacted by rift
KUWAIT: June was a month characterized by mixed performances. The MSCI All Country World Index ended the month up 0.28 percent while the MSCI Emerging Market Index also closed up 0.5 percent in June. In the US, equities reached new highs with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones each closing up 0.5 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively, for the month while the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 0.94 percent.In Europe, French President Macron was able to secure...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during the Bond Connect launching ceremony in Hong Kong. —AP
China opens up $10 trillion bond market
Beijing trying to internationalize the yuan HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during the Bond Connect launching ceremony in Hong Kong. —APSHANGHAI: China yesterday widened access to its $10 trillion bond market, which analysts said will boost Beijing's drive to internationalize the yuan and more deeply integrate its markets with the world financial system. The new window for foreign investors was opened via Hong...
NEW YORK: A Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPad. — AP
Facebook drone could one day provide global internet access
YUMA: A solar-powered drone backed by Facebook that could one day provide worldwide internet access has quietly completed a test flight in Arizona after an earlier attempt ended with a crash landing. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term plan for the drone, called Aquila, is to have it and others provide internet access to 4 billion people around the world who are currently in the dark. “When Aquila is ready, it will be a fleet of...
Models present creations by Iris Van Herpen during the 2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection in Paris yesterday. — AP/AFP photos
Art mixes with the aquatic for Paris Couture Week
Models present creations by Iris Van Herpen during the 2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection in Paris yesterday. — AP/AFP photosArt, color and aquatic musing defined yesterday's energetic installment of Paris Couture week - with fashion insiders dashing from fall-winter collections to celebrity-filled soirees. Here are some of the highlights. Schiaparelli's love of art turns diaphanous Elsa Schiaparelli has famously blurred the lines...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
S Korea sniffer dog searches for Paris bedbugs