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Istanbul :  The Champions League group stage will see a clash of two of the richest clubs after Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City were drawn together on Thursday. Both are yet to win Europe’s top prize. PSG was knocked out in the semifinals last season by City, which went on to lose the final to Chelsea. Also in Group A are Leipzig and Club Brugge. There are other heavyweight pairings this season because of the way the seedings worked out, reports AP. Six-time winner Bayern Munich and five-time champion Barcelona are in Group E with Benfica and Dynamo Kyiv. Group…

Neom:  Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, today received a phone call today from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the telephone conversation, they reviewed areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries and opportunities of promoting them in various sectors, in addition to political developments in the regional and international arenas and efforts made in their regard to enhance security and stability, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

Bahrain : The Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) has updated the Kingdom of Bahrain’s entry procedures at Bahrain International Airport, following approval by the Government Executive Committee in response to recommendations made by the National Medical Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). From midnight on Sunday, 29 August 2021, the quarantine period will be reduced to 5 days for all unvaccinated passengers aged 6-12 entering the Kingdom of Bahrain from non-red list countries. All prior precautionary measures will still be in effect. All passengers arriving from non-red list countries, who are under the age of 12, are to quarantine for 5…

The United States and allies urged Afghans to leave Kabul airport on Thursday, citing the threat of an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants, as Western troops hurry to evacuate as many people as possible before an Aug. 31 deadline. Pressure to complete the evacuations of tens of thousands of foreigners, and Afghans who helped Western countries during the 20-year war against the Taliban, has intensified. U.S. and allied troops have to to switch their focus in the coming hours or days to the logistics of their own withdrawal. In an alert issued on Wednesday evening, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid…

Michigan : A man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer over the state’s Covid-19 restrictions. Ty Garbin was part of a group of more than a dozen men accused of involvement in the plot. He was sentenced on Wednesday and also ordered to pay a $2,500 (£1,820) fine. Ms Whitmer introduced restrictions last year to prevent the spread of Covid. Many of the curbs have been lifted. The defendants, some of which are members of an antigovernmental paramilitary group in Michigan, considered storming the state Capitol in Lansing.…

India : Vilified by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party for its high COVID-19 cases, Kerala’s apparent poor record may actually hold crucial lessons for the country in containing the outbreak as authorities brace for a possible third wave of infections. The opposition-ruled, densely populated southern state is currently reporting the most number of coronavirus cases in the country and accounts for the second-highest national tally – unflattering headline numbers that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized upon as a reflection of bungled local leadership. It shows the state’s containment measures have helped to catch infections early, allowing authorities…

Germany : The race to decide on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successor has formed up as essentially the most suspenseful since her rise to energy 16 years in the past, signaling a doubtlessly turbulent new political period in Europe’s high economic system. With a month to go till the September 26 vote, Merkel’s conservative CDU-CSU bloc and their present junior companions in authorities, the Social Democrats, are working neck-and-neck, with the ecologist Greens shut behind. That leaves broad open the query of who will steer the EU’s most populous nation after the extensively trusted Merkel retires from politics. With the…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday will search to reset the tone of U.S.-Israeli relations of their first White Home assembly and discover frequent floor on Iran regardless of variations on find out how to cope with its nuclear program. In talks overshadowed by the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the 2 leaders will attempt to flip the web page on years of tensions between Bennett’s predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was near former President Donald Trump, and the final Democratic administration led by Barack Obama with Biden as his vp. In what’s been deliberate…

IOWA CITY  :  As a prominent reporter and anchor at one of Iowa’s biggest local television stations, Sonya Heitshusen was known for doggedly investigating injustices and holding the powerful accountable. A year after WHO-TV in Des Moines abruptly let her go, she is turning those skills on her former employer with a lawsuit challenging what she calls a widespread practice of removing older, female staffers from the air because of their looks, AP reports. Heitshusen filed an age and gender discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against WHO-TV’s parent company, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., which calls itself “America’s largest local television and media…

London :  Harry Kane has been pursuing a route out of Tottenham for months, reports AP. There was the interview when he floated his transfer value being 100 million pounds ($137 million) and the desire to play for a title-winning club. Then there was the hope the north London club would accept an unofficial agreement that he could leave if a suitable offer came in for him. But a satisfactory bid never arrived from Manchester City — Kane’s most likely destination — even if Tottenham had been willing to sell the striker who was top scorer and assist-maker in the…