• A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Santiago, Chile. AFP
    A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Santiago, Chile. AFP
  • A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at the Ultimo Trolley public beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. AP Photo
    A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at the Ultimo Trolley public beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. AP Photo
  • A woman waits for her dose of the Cuban Abdala Covid-19 vaccine In Havana, Cuba. AP Photo
    A woman waits for her dose of the Cuban Abdala Covid-19 vaccine In Havana, Cuba. AP Photo
  • A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination for Covid-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. AP Photo
    A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination for Covid-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. AP Photo
  • Containers with Covid-19 vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Janssen arrive in Bogota, Colombia. EPA
    Containers with Covid-19 vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Janssen arrive in Bogota, Colombia. EPA
  • Medical workers attend an intubated Covid-19 patient in the ICU at the General Hospital in La Paz, Bolivia. AP Photo
    Medical workers attend an intubated Covid-19 patient in the ICU at the General Hospital in La Paz, Bolivia. AP Photo
  • A paramedic carries a patient suspected of having Covid-19 in a wheelchair, outside the San Felipe Hospital, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. EPA
    A paramedic carries a patient suspected of having Covid-19 in a wheelchair, outside the San Felipe Hospital, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. EPA
  • Russia's Emergencies Ministry member sprays disinfectant while sanitizing the Kiyevsky railway station in Moscow, Russia. Reuters
    Russia's Emergencies Ministry member sprays disinfectant while sanitizing the Kiyevsky railway station in Moscow, Russia. Reuters
  • Hungary fans celebrate as they watch the match in Budapest. Reuters
    Hungary fans celebrate as they watch the match in Budapest. Reuters
  • A person sits alone in the Opera House cafe area at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
    A person sits alone in the Opera House cafe area at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images

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Coronavirus latest: Saudi Arabia says Hajj limits due to low global vaccination rates and variants

Only 60,000 vaccinated residents will be allowed into the holy sites this year

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June 25, 2021

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SAUDI RESULTS

Team Team Pederson (-40), Team Kyriacou (-39), Team De Roey (-39), Team Mehmet (-37), Team Pace (-36), Team Dimmock (-33)

Individual E. Pederson (-14), S. Kyriacou (-12), A van Dam (-12), L. Galmes (-12), C. Hull (-9), E. Givens (-8),

G. Hall (-8), Ursula Wikstrom (-7), Johanna Gustavsson (-7)

 

 

FA CUP FINAL

Chelsea 1
Hazard (22' pen)

Manchester United 0

Man of the match: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe

Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010

Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille

Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm

Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year

Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”

Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners

TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013 

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