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Rio’s iconic Copacabana Palace celebrates 100 years of glamour
A picture taken on Sept 2, 2021 shows a work of Brazilian artist Jaider Esbell during the press day ahead of the opening of the 34th Biennale of Sao Paulo at Ibirapuera park in Sao Paulo. — AFP photos

Sao Paulo art fest gives voice to resistance in times of darkness
Unemployment has soared in Brazil due to the coronavirus pandemic.— AFP

Brazil economy contracts 0.1% in Q2
Partial view of the Monument to the Bandeiras -representing settling expeditions in which indigenous people were killed and enslaved in the colonial times-, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 16, 2020. - Following US antiracist protests, which prompted the removal of monuments with figures related to slavery and colonialism, Erica Malunguinho, the first transgender representative in Sao Paulo's Legislative Assembly, proposed the creation of a commission to revise monuments, names of avenues, schools and public buildings of the highest populated state in Brazil. (Photo by FERNANDO MARRON / AFP)

Brazil's Black rights movement grapples with 'hostile official'
TABATINGA, Brazil: An indigenous girl of the Ticuna ethnic group receives medical assistance at a health post in Umariacu village in Amazonas state on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic. — AFP

WHO warns world in ‘new and dangerous phase’ of pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO: Health professionals check a patient infected with COVID-19 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Public Hospital in Marica, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. —AFP

Overworked, underpaid Brazil nurses risk lives to care for patients
MANAUS: Aerial view of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery where COVID-19 victims are buried daily, in the neighbourhood of Taruma, in Manaus, Brazil during the novel coronavirus pandemic. — AFP

Record deaths in Brazil and Mexico spur defense efforts
NUEVA ESPERANZA: A worker digs the grave to bury the coffin of a suspected COVID-19 victim at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery, one of the largest in Latin America, in the southern outskirts of Lima. — AFP

Brazil death toll tops 30,000
PORTO ALEGRE: Handout picture released by Brazil’s Gremio football club player Everton Soares (Cebolinha) undergoing tests before a training session at Arena do Gremio in Porto Alegre, Brazil on May 6, 2020. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has urged football clubs to begin league competition as soon as possible. —AFP

Brazil leader wants football season back despite pandemic
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New Chief of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Mubarak Homoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Cabinet OKs draft residency law, new National Guard chief
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RIYADH: Representative of HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, attends the OIC and the Arab League summit on Nov 11, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait urges truce, protection of civilians in Gaza, Lebanon
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KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Yousef Saud Al-Sabah receives Secretary of Defense Industries of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Prof Dr Haluk Gorgun. During the meeting, cooperation and topics of common interest were touched discussed. – KUNA
Turkey’s Secretary of Defense Industries visits Kuwait
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RIYADH: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, on the sidelines of the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh. – KUNA photos
Extraordinary summit seeks unified Arab-Islamic stance as Mideast boils
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COVENTRY: A woman walks through University Square past Coventry University's Alan Berry Building at the beginning of the new academic year in this Sept 23, 2020 file photo. - AFP
UK univs face crunch amid visa curbs