On 4 December 1992, Israeli history professor Yair Hirschfeld and top Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei (aka Abu Alaa) secretly met at the Cavendish…
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It is the economic goal of most forward-looking countries: to bring more money in from the outside. This is no surprise. Foreign direct investment …
The arrest and court appearances of the former governor of the Bank of Lebanon (BOL) in recent days have made headlines around the world. Riad…
Magda El-Sabahi almost never was. She was almost never born, and once born, she almost never made it to his first birthday. Born into the…
Former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris faced off in a highly anticipated presidential debate on Tuesday night, in what was…
To judge by Donald Trump’s bruising encounter with Kamala Harris in their televised debate on Tuesday, the former US president must be wishing he was…
Classrooms in the rubble of Gaza, Egypt air show and Sikh martial arts
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China's Ba Yi Aerobatics Team releases smoke while performing manoeuvres during the first Egypt International Airshow at Alamein International Airport in Alamein in northern Egypt on September 4, 2024.
Narinder Nanu / AFP
A Sikh youth performs a 'Gatka', an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on September 4, 2024.
Bashar Taleb / AFP
Children attend a class at a tent amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024.
Nhac Nguyen / AFP
Workers stand on scaffolding at sunset in Hanoi on September 4, 2024.
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Afghan workers scatter fresh grapes for drying at a field on the outskirts of Guzara district, Herat province, on September 5, 2024.
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People in period clothing attends the second day of the Goodwood Revival meeting 2024, north of Chichester in southern England on September 7, 2024.
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France and Hong Kong face off during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on September 7, 2024.
Philip Fong / AFP
A 120-metre giant Buddha statue northeast of Tokyo receives an annual "soot removal" by veteran cleaners on September 9, 2024.
AFP
The photo taken on September 9, 2024, shows a villager drying sorghum at a village in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality
AFP
The photo taken on September 9, 2024, shows visitors watching the Hukou waterfall on the Yellow River in Linfen, in northern China's Shanxi province.
As freshmen at New York University’s film school, some chums and I had an unusual greeting. “We live on rice gruel!” we would say if we saw one…
In today's interconnected world, the role of major technology companies in the national security of the United States is coming under increasing…
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