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US Consulate General Jeddah’s Marine Security Guard Detachment lowers the flag at the former location in Al-Hamra district for the last time after 65 years on Sept. 20. The flag was raised shortly thereafter at the new Consulate in Al-Mohammadiyah District. — Courtesy photo
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In this file photo taken on September 18, 2019 UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres attends a press briefing to mark the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN in New York. -AFP
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In this file photo taken on July 12, 2019, pedestrians walk past a branch of a Thomas Cook travel agent's shop in London. Thomas Cook's 178-year existence was hanging by a thread on Sunday after the iconic British travel firm struggled to find further private investment and is now relying on an unlikely government bailout. — AFP
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The video showing an Arab man beating his baby girl to get her to stand up received an angry outburst from many people. — Okaz photo
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Shoura Council in session. — SPA
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Shoura Council in session. — SPA
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An unbeaten half-century by skipper Quinton de Kock and paceman Beuran Hendrick's strong performance with the ball helped South Africa thrash India by nine wickets to draw their Twenty20 series 1-1 at Bangalore's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, on Sunday. — AFP
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Team Europe's player Roger Federer (L) shakes hands with Team World's player John Isner (R) after winning his match during the 2019 Laver Cup tennis tournament in Geneva, on September 22, 2019. — AFP
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Liverpool's English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (R) shoots to score the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London, on Sunday. — AFP
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Children jump in the waves at the beach in front of the skyline of Lower Manhattan in Long Branch, New Jersey, in this Sept. 17, 2019 file photo. — AFP
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A screengrab taken from the Instagram page of Nikita Gill shows examples of her poetry. Whether exploring the traditional Japanese form of haiku or expressing their deepest emotions, the one thing that the
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A suite of Facebook Portal products is seen on display during a media event held in San Francisco, California. Facebook on Wednesday unveiled second-generation Portal smart screens, touting them as a way to stay connected to loved ones at the leading social network. Facebook also pushed down costs to make new Portal, Portal Mini, and Portal TV devices more enticing to consumers at a starting price of $129. — AFP
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In this file photo taken on March 21, 2019, The sculpture of a gilded wooden fan entitled 'Ostrich Hunt' is displayed during the exhibition 'Tutankhamun,Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh' at La Villette in Paris. — AFP
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In this file photo Bob George, the Co-Founder and Director of the ARChive of Contemporary Music, points to a poster of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in New York City. The turntable needle drops and the reverbs of the obscure band The Motifs ring out, bouncing off mountains of records lining the musty warehouse housing America's largest pop music collection.The cavernous independent private music library, known as the ARChive of Contemporary Music, on a non-descript street in lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood claims more than three million recordings — mostly vinyl and some CDS and cassettes, not to mention a vast collection of memorabilia. — AFP
September 22, 2019
At vast New York warehouse, preserving records in the digital age