UAE aid to Pakistan, free COVID testing, UAE-Israel ties, US defiance, India parliament, Lebanon government, issues in Europe, here are the top news in pictures today

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35,000 FREE COVID-19 TESTS FOR DUBAI SCHOOL STAFF: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in cooperation with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and the COVID-19 Command and Control Center (CCC), has conducted approximately 35,000 COVID-19 tests for teachers and administrative staff working in Dubai private schools. The tests, which were conducted free of charge, are part of the precautionary measures implemented by the Government of Dubai to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the community, DHA said. The tests also reflect the Government's efforts to ensure the safety of students and staff across private schools in Dubai. Image Credit: WAM

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UAE HELPS FLOOD-HIT PAKISTAN: The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has sent Dh4 million in urgent aid to those affected by floods in southern Pakistan. The Khalifa Foundation's relief team distributed supplies including medicines, tents, blankets and baby formula to some 75,000 people in the southern regions of Sindh. Image Credit: AFP

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CONSOLIDATING UAE-ISRAEL TIES: Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has reviewed prospects for consolidating cooperation between the UAE and Israel with Meir Ben-Shabbat, National Security Adviser and Head of the Israeli National Security Council, who is leading the Israeli delegation currently visiting the country. This came during a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on Wednesday, wherein the two sides discussed ways of promoting peace and stability in the region and deliberated the latest regional developments of concern, with Gargash reiterating that the UAE-Israeli peace accord is a positive step toward advancing prospects for peace in the region. Image Credit: WAM

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SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS REMOVED: Facebook and Twitter say they have removed accounts and pages that were part of a Russian influence operation. Facebook said the campaign was linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency. The operation centred around PeaceData, which claimed to be a non-profit news website in English and Arabic. Facebook and Twitter said the campaign had achieved very limited success. Image Credit: AFP

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NANCY PELOSI GOES MASK-LESS: Nancy Pelosi, the influential US Democrat, was pictured without a face mask in a San Francisco hair salon. Fox News showed the House of Representatives speaker, who often reprimands US President Donald Trump for not wearing a mask, breaking the face mask rule herself. Image Credit: Screngrab

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CHARLIE HEBDO KILLING TRIAL: Fourteen people are to go on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo more than five years ago. They are accused of helping the militant extremist attackers who killed 12 people in and around Charlie Hebdo's offices in January 2015. Image Credit: AFP

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COMRADE DUCH DIES: Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, a former senior figure of the Khmer Rouge who ran the notorious Tuol Sleng prison where thousands of people were tortured and murdered in the late 1970s, has died. As many as two million people are believed to have died under the Khmer Rouge, a Maoist regime that controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Image Credit: AFP

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TRUMP VISITS KENOSHA: US President Donald Trump has visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, to back law enforcement after the police shooting of a black man sparked civil strife. Kenosha saw days of violence after police shot Jacob Blake in the back and left him paralysed on 23 August. Image Credit: AFP

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$4 BILLION IN JUST HOURS: In just a few hours, Zoom Video Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan got $4.2 billion richer. Shares of his virtual-meeting company surged as much as 26% to $410 in late US trading as it reported a jump in quarterly revenue and suggested the explosive growth will continue. Should the stock maintain such a gain on Tuesday, Yuan's fortune would surpass $20 billion. Image Credit: AFP

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EUROPEAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER: European shares opened higher on Wednesday after losing for four straight sessions, with media and entertainment stocks bouncing back from steep losses in the prior session. | Traders at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany. For illustrative purposes only. Image Credit: Reuters

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$5.5 BILLION PARTNERSHIP: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic investment with accounts and entities owned and/or advised by Apollo Global Management Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively "Apollo") (NYSE: APO), one of the world's largest alternative investment managers, and a group of institutional investors, for an underlying real estate portfolio valued at $5.5 billion. https://gn24.ae/a6aa5d29ac97000 Image Credit: Supplied

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LEBANON CRISIS CABINET: Lebanon's prime minister designate was to kick off talks Wednesday on forming a crisis government within two weeks to begin enacting desperately needed reforms in the disaster-hit country. | Designated Prime Minister Mustapha Adib, wears a face mask as he arrives at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon. Image Credit: Reuters

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FRENCH LEADER IN IRAQI: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for an official visit following a two-day trip to Lebanon, Iraqi television reported. Macron is the first head of state to visit the Iraqi capital since Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq's former intelligence chief, formed a new government in May. Image Credit: Reuters

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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL: The Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday with strict safety measures in place for the industry's first international competition since the coronavirus hit. Image Credit: AFP

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GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS CASES: More than 25.75 million people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus (COVID-19) globally and 855,590 have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Wednesday. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. Image Credit: AFP

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US-WHO VACCINE ISSUE: The United States will stay away from international efforts to develop and distribute COVID-19 vaccine due to its association with the World Health Organization (WHO), the White House has said. The decision not to participate in the "COVAX" initiative marks further deterioration of the Donald Trump administration's relations with the UN health agency. Image Credit: Reuters

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NO QUESTION HOUR, INDIA PARLIAMENT: There will be no question hour and private members' business in both Houses of Indian Parliament in the monsoon session amid coronavirus pandemic, according to official bulletins by Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled to begin from September 14 and is slated to conclude on October 1, without any day off. Image Credit: Supplied

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ARREST IN SUSHANT CASE: A man was arrested from Mumbai who had a connection with Rhea Chakraborty's associate Samuel Miranda, who has been booked by the CBI in a case related to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, according to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). "Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested one Abdul Basit Parihar from Bandra, Mumbai. He had a connection with Samuel Miranda. Miranda is accused of procuring drugs on instructions of Showik Chakraborty (Rhea Chakraborty's brother)," the NCB said. Image Credit: IANS

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OUTLET MALLS COMING TO INDIA: Village Groupe is bringing Outlet Malls of international standards to India and re-defining the shopping experience. Outlet Malls are often on the top of the tour agenda for Indian families vacationing in Europe or North America, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, international vacations are not on the agenda for a few years for most Indian tourists. Outlets first appeared in the eastern United States in the 1930s. Image Credit: Village Groupe

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END OF A DYNASTY? Congressman Joe Kennedy, long seen as a rising star, crashed to defeat in his bid for a US Senate seat, the first time the storied American political dynasty lost a state election in Massachusetts. Incumbent Senator Ed Markey, a political veteran who re-cast himself as the fiery liberal in the race, harnessed the state's progressive energy to handily turn back a primary challenge from Joseph Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F. Kennedy Image Credit: Reuters

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NEW JAPAN PM: Japan's ruling party will vote on September 14 on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's replacement, an official confirmed Wednesday, as powerful chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga consolidated his frontrunner status in the race. Image Credit: Reuters

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KOSOVO AND SERBIA TALKS: The United States hopes to foster a breakthrough in talks between Balkan war foes Kosovo and Serbia as leaders of the two countries meet at the White House Thursday and Friday. More than two decades after their bloody ethnic conflict, Serbia refuses to recognize the independence that its former province Kosovo declared in 2008. | Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti (L) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (R) Image Credit: Reuters

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VIRUS PLUNGES AUSTRALIA INTO RECESSION: Australia tumbled into its first recession for almost three decades with its pandemic-crippled economy shrinking a record seven percent in the second quarter, official data shows. With vast swathes of the domestic and global economy shut down to contain the deadly disease, business activity suffered a catastrophic drop - despite authorities providing billions of dollars in support - not even witnessed during the global financial crisis. Image Credit: AP

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