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    Baseball fans stand for the US and Canadian national anthems before a game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays in Arlington, Texas. Despite rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, Rangers opened their Globe Life Field stadium in Arlington to a full-capacity crowd of more than 38,000. Reuters
  • A paramilitary stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station at South 24 Parganas, about 70 kilometres from Kolkata, during the West Bengal state legislative elections. AFP
    A paramilitary stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station at South 24 Parganas, about 70 kilometres from Kolkata, during the West Bengal state legislative elections. AFP
  • A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man in New Delhi, India. Reuters
    A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man in New Delhi, India. Reuters
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    Relatives mourn after several people died when a ferry sank in the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after a collision with a cargo ship. Reuters
  • Migratory birds flock above wetlands near the Yalu River in Dandong, in the north-eastern Chinese province of Liaoning. AFP
    Migratory birds flock above wetlands near the Yalu River in Dandong, in the north-eastern Chinese province of Liaoning. AFP
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    A taxi driver chats with friends beside his cab on a street in Kolkata, India. AFP
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    The Grand Canal of Venice is deserted. Restrictions are in place across Italy to curb the spread of Covid-19. AFP
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    A woman holds a child on the balcony of an old apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam. AFP
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    A child in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan plays with a Hula Hoop at a centre run by Unicef and the EU’s Children on the Move project. The centre offers activities and counselling to boys and girls who were displaced from elsewhere in the country by conflict. EPA
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    Geelong Cats player Gryan Miers seen in action during the 2021 AFL Round 03 football match against the Hawthorn Hawks, held at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia. Getty
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    A man hangs a banner in Villa El Salvador, Lima, before a political rally. His mask depicts the economist and Peruvian presidential candidate Hernando de Soto, of the Avanza Pais party. Reuters

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From a baseball stadium at full capacity to a flock of migratory birds - these are today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

The National

April 06, 2021

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Company Profile

Founders: Tamara Hachem and Yazid Erman
Based: Dubai
Launched: September 2019
Sector: health technology
Stage: seed
Investors: Oman Technology Fund, angel investor and grants from Sharjah's Sheraa and Ma'an Abu Dhabi

The candidates

Dr Ayham Ammora, scientist and business executive

Ali Azeem, business leader

Tony Booth, professor of education

Lord Browne, former BP chief executive

Dr Mohamed El-Erian, economist

Professor Wyn Evans, astrophysicist

Dr Mark Mann, scientist

Gina MIller, anti-Brexit campaigner

Lord Smith, former Cabinet minister

Sandi Toksvig, broadcaster

 

The biog

Born: Kuwait in 1986
Family: She is the youngest of seven siblings
Time in the UAE: 10 years
Hobbies: audiobooks and fitness: she works out every day, enjoying kickboxing and basketball

Scoreline

Al Wasl 1 (Caio Canedo 90 1')

Al Ain 2 (Ismail Ahmed 3', Marcus Berg 50')

Red cards: Ismail Ahmed (Al Ain) 77'

Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

The biog

Name: Dr Lalia Al Helaly 

Education: PhD in Sociology from Cairo

Favourite authors: Elif Shafaq and Nizar Qabbani.

Favourite music: classical Arabic music such as Um Khalthoum and Abdul Wahab,

She loves the beach and advises her clients to go for meditation.

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Zimbabwe v UAE, ODI series

All matches at the Harare Sports Club

  • 1st ODI, Wednesday, April 10
  • 2nd ODI, Friday, April 12
  • 3rd ODI, Sunday, April 14
  • 4th ODI, Sunday, April 16

Squads:

  • UAE: Mohammed Naveed (captain), Rohan Mustafa, Ashfaq Ahmed, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammed Usman, CP Rizwan, Chirag Suri, Mohammed Boota, Ghulam Shabber, Sultan Ahmed, Imran Haider, Amir Hayat, Zahoor Khan, Qadeer Ahmed
  • Zimbabwe: Peter Moor (captain), Solomon Mire, Brian Chari, Regis Chakabva, Sean Williams, Timycen Maruma, Sikandar Raza, Donald Tiripano, Kyle Jarvis, Tendai Chatara, Chris Mpofu, Craig Ervine, Brandon Mavuta, Ainsley Ndlovu, Tony Munyonga, Elton Chigumbura
South Africa squad

: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Theunis de Bruyn, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen (wkt), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Duanne Olivier, Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada.

German intelligence warnings
  • 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
  • 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
  • 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250 

Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

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Name: Kumulus Water
 
Started: 2021
 
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
 
Based: Tunisia 
 
Sector: Water technology 
 
Number of staff: 22 
 
Investment raised: $4 million 
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