• US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a Covid-19 vaccination facility at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. AFP
    US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a Covid-19 vaccination facility at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. AFP
  • A police officer holds up a stop sign as a car approaches in an almost-deserted street in Jordan's capital Amman, during a coronavirus lockdown. AFP
    A police officer holds up a stop sign as a car approaches in an almost-deserted street in Jordan's capital Amman, during a coronavirus lockdown. AFP
  • A girl who is infected with Covid-19 receives oxygen in a quarantine ward at a hospital in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
    A girl who is infected with Covid-19 receives oxygen in a quarantine ward at a hospital in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
  • A medical worker measures the temperature of travellers, using a thermal camera, at the arrival hall of Tindouf Airport, in south-west Algeria. AFP
    A medical worker measures the temperature of travellers, using a thermal camera, at the arrival hall of Tindouf Airport, in south-west Algeria. AFP
  • A municipal worker disinfects a classroom before pupils return to school, in Cankaya district, in Turkey's capital Ankara. AFP
    A municipal worker disinfects a classroom before pupils return to school, in Cankaya district, in Turkey's capital Ankara. AFP
  • An airport worker puts Covax labels on Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines being unloaded at Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The country has received 504,000 doses from Covax, which provides inoculations for poorer countries. AFP
    An airport worker puts Covax labels on Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines being unloaded at Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The country has received 504,000 doses from Covax, which provides inoculations for poorer countries. AFP
  • Women wearing flamenco dresses protest in Seville, Spain, to highlight the difficulties the flamenco fashion sector is facing over coronavirus restrictions. AFP
    Women wearing flamenco dresses protest in Seville, Spain, to highlight the difficulties the flamenco fashion sector is facing over coronavirus restrictions. AFP
  • A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a resident at Solar das Acacias nursing home, in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
    A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a resident at Solar das Acacias nursing home, in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
  • Buddhists pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom for a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, following the spread of Covid-19, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Reuters
    Buddhists pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom for a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, following the spread of Covid-19, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Reuters
  • Steam rises from a vent outside the US Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, US. Reuters
    Steam rises from a vent outside the US Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, US. Reuters

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Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015

- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France

BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES

Saturday, May 16 (kick-offs UAE time)

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke (4.30pm) 
RB Leipzig v Freiburg (4.30pm) 
Hoffenheim v Hertha Berlin (4.30pm) 
Fortuna Dusseldorf v Paderborn  (4.30pm) 
Augsburg v Wolfsburg (4.30pm) 
Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Monchengladbach (7.30pm)

Sunday, May 17

Cologne v Mainz (4.30pm),
Union Berlin v Bayern Munich (7pm)

Monday, May 18

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen (9.30pm)

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