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ABIDJAN: In this file photograph taken on May 12, 2016, raw cashew nuts are checked at a warehouse ahead of being prepared for sale. — AFP
Africa cashew farmers not reaping benefits
ABIDJAN: In this file photograph taken on May 12, 2016, raw cashew nuts are checked at a warehouse ahead of being prepared for sale. — AFPABIDJAN: The three million African farmers who supply most of the world’s cashew nuts aren’t cashing in on the booming demand due to a lack of processing facilities, a UN body said on Friday. World production and trade in raw cashew nuts have more than doubled since 2000 with African producers, led by...
LOS ANGELES: Immigrant families and their supporters attend a rally at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, California, demanding President Joe Biden move forward with his plan to grant legal status to the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants. — AFP
Biden drops promise for quick expansion in refugee admissions
LOS ANGELES: Immigrant families and their supporters attend a rally at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, California, demanding President Joe Biden move forward with his plan to grant legal status to the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants. — AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday he was scrapping his pledge for a rapid expansion in the number of refugees allowed into the United States, but seemed to...
HAVANA: Picture released by Cuban News Agency (ACN) of Cuban First Secretary of the Communist Party Raul Castro attending the opening session of the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party at the Convention Palace in Havana Friday. — AFP
Cuba changes guard, seeks ‘respectful’ talks with US
HAVANA: Picture released by Cuban News Agency (ACN) of Cuban First Secretary of the Communist Party Raul Castro attending the opening session of the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party at the Convention Palace in Havana Friday. — AFPHAVANA:  The all-powerful Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) opened a historic congress Friday to rubber-stamp the transfer of power to a new generation as outgoing leader Raul Castro committed it to...
PHILADELPHIA: Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts during a game against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — AFP
Embiid dominates as Sixers beat Clippers
PHILADELPHIA: Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts during a game against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — AFPLOS ANGELES: Joel Embiid scored 36 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the NBA East-leading Philadelphia 76ers snapped the Los Angeles Clippers’ seven-game winning streak with a 106-103 win on Friday.Embiid became the first Philadelphia player since 2006 to score 35-plus points...
SEVILLE: Atletico Madrid’s Argentine coach Diego Simeone (2L) walks on the sideline during the Spanish League football match between Real Betis and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville on April 11, 2021. — AFP
Atletico Madrid need Eibar win to resuscitate title challenge
SEVILLE: Atletico Madrid’s Argentine coach Diego Simeone (2L) walks on the sideline during the Spanish League football match between Real Betis and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville on April 11, 2021. — AFPMADRID: Time is running out for Atletico Madrid to reboot their La Liga title challenge, even as they still sit top of the table with eight games left to play. Atletico remain in pole position, one point...
LIVERPOOL: Tottenham Hotspur’s English striker Harry Kane holds his foot before leaving the pitch injured during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on Friday. — AFP
Injury clouds Kane double as Spurs draw
LIVERPOOL: Tottenham Hotspur’s English striker Harry Kane holds his foot before leaving the pitch injured during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on Friday. — AFPLIVERPOOL: England forward Harry Kane suffered a worrying ankle injury ahead of next week’s League Cup final after scoring twice in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-2 draw away to Everton in...
MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (center) congratulates Manchester United’s Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (right) after the UEFA Europa league quarter final, second leg football match against Granada at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester England, on April 15, 2021. — AFP
Giving up on title race is not in Man Utd’s DNA: Solskjaer
MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (center) congratulates Manchester United’s Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (right) after the UEFA Europa league quarter final, second leg football match against Granada at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester England, on April 15, 2021. — AFPLONDON: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says giving up on the Premier League title is “not in our DNA” even...
OSAKA: Russia’s Anna Shcherbakova competes in the women’s free skating during the ISU World Team Trophy figure skating event in Osaka yesterday. — AFP
Shcherbakova hails Japan virus measures after World Trophy win
OSAKA: Russia’s Anna Shcherbakova competes in the women’s free skating during the ISU World Team Trophy figure skating event in Osaka yesterday. — AFPOSAKA: World figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova helped Russia win the World Team Trophy in Osaka yesterday - then gave Japan’s antivirus measures the thumbs up ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Shcherbakova topped the women’s free program with a score of 160.58 to lead Russia to its...
CENTURION: Pakistan players and support staff celebrate their series victory after the fourth Twenty20 international cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday. — AFP
Pakistan complete sweep against South Africa
CENTURION: Pakistan players and support staff celebrate their series victory after the fourth Twenty20 international cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday. — AFPCENTURION: Pakistan completed a clean sweep of four trophies in four series against South Africa but had anxious moments before scrambling to a three-wicket win with one ball to spare in the fourth and final Twenty20 international at...
In this picture Hassan Ali Kasi, a qari or professional reciter of the Quran, practices yoga as part of his training regime in Islamabad. — AFP photos
Livin' on a prayer: Champion Pakistan Quran reader in full voice
In this picture Hassan Ali Kasi, a qari or professional reciter of the Quran, practices yoga as part of his training regime in Islamabad. — AFP photosTo master the art of Quran recitation, 21-year-old Hassan Ali Kasi had to follow a strict regime of yoga, hours of rehearsing vocal scales-and a total ban on biryani. His dedication is paying off, and he was recently named champion of an international online qari competition hosted by...
A worker at the Bin Salman farm, fills a distiller with freshly picked Damascena (Damask) roses.
Saudi Arabia's city of roses blooms in Ramadan
A worker at the Bin Salman farm tosses freshly picked Damascena (Damask) roses in the air, used to produce rose water and oil, in the western Saudi city of Taif. — AFP photosEvery spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the kingdom’s vast desert landscape a vivid and fragrant pink. In April, they are harvested for the essential oil used to cleanse the outer walls of the sacred Kaaba, the cubic structure in...
In this file photo taken on April 6, 1974 Swedish band representing Sweden with the song “Waterloo” (from left to right, up) Bjorn Ulvaeus, music producer, writer and manager Stig Anderson, Swedish record producer, composer Sven-Olof Walldoff and Benny Andersson, (from left to right, down) Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida) and Agnetha Faltskog, hold the trophy as they celebrate on stage after winning the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Grand Final in Brighton. — AFP photos
ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus urges reforms to pay songwriters their due
In this file photo Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (ABBA) pose on the red carpet upon arrival for the world premiere of the film “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” in London.The COVID-19 pandemic’s rampage through the music world has laid bare the industry’s flaws, shining a bright light on “the plight of songwriters,” says ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus. The renowned artist behind the disco pop group’s megahits like “Dancing Queen” and...
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding