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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Power: 398hp from 5,250rpm
Torque: 580Nm at 1,900-4,800rpm
Transmission: Eight-speed auto
Fuel economy, combined: 6.5L/100km
On sale: December
Price: From Dh330,000 (estimate)
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On Women's Day
While you're here
Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

ICC Academy, November 22-28

UAE fixtures
Nov 22, v Malaysia
Nov 23, v Hong Kong
Nov 25, v Bhutan
Nov 26, v Kuwait
Nov 28, v Nepal

ICC T20I rankings
14. Nepal
17. UAE
25. Hong Kong
34. Kuwait
35. Malaysia
44. Bhutan 

UAE squad
Chaya Mughal (captain), Natasha Cherriath, Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Mahika Gaur, Priyanjali Jain, Suraksha Kotte, Vaishnave Mahesh, Judit Peter, Esha Rohit, Theertha Satish, Chamani Seneviratne, Khushi Sharma, Subha Venkataraman

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