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Top women diplomats, defense officials join #metoo movement

(L) Sarah Sewall ? the US Under Secretary of State for Human Rights ? in New Delhi, India, January 13, 2016; (R) Wendy Chamberlin ? the Deputy Commissioner of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ? in Nairobi, Kenya, February 18, 2005. Combination picture created on November 29, 2017. AFP/Money Sharma and Simon Maina/Files WASHINGTON: More than 220 serving and former US diplomats, defence, and national security officials have added their names to the #metoo movement, releasing a
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PNS SAIF arrives in Shanghai on goodwill training mission

Pakistani naval ship SAIF arrived on a goodwill visit and to participate in joint naval exercise in a bid to boost defence cooperation with their Chinese counterpart-APP  SHANGHAI: Pakistani naval ship SAIF arrived at Wusong Naval Port here on Thursday on a goodwill visit and to participate in a joint naval exercise to further boost defence cooperation with their Chinese counterpart. The naval ship was welcomed by Pakistan?s Consul General in Shanghai, Naeem Khan, Senior Captain Wei Xiaodong o
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Amazon brings Alexa from home to office in a new AI push

Toni Reid ? the vice president of Alexa experience and Echo devices at Amazon ? speaks at the 2017 Business Insider Ignition: Future of Media conference in New York, US, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson  WASHINGTON: Amazon announced Thursday it is bringing its Alexa digital assistant to the workplace, expanding artificial intelligence (AI) efforts that have gained traction in the home market. "Alexa for Business brings the Alexa you know and love into the workplace to help all types o
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UK woman wrongly tweeted by Trump 'waiting' for apology

The masthead of Theresa Scrivener's @theresamay Twitter account in a screenshot taken on December 1, 2017. @theresamay/Handout via Geo.tv  LONDON: A British woman inundated with unwanted attention after US President Donald Trump sent her a scolding tweet intended for Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday she was waiting for an apology. Theresa Scrivener ? who used her middle name to set up the Twitter account @TheresaMay in 2009 ? has received scores of messages and phone calls after the o
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Cellular services suspended across Sindh?s major cities

KARACHI: Cellular services were suspended in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur on Friday, to ensure security on Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) being observed with traditional religious zeal countrywide. The authorisation to suspend mobile phone services was given by the Ministry of Interior on Thursday. Services will remain suspended from 8am to 8pm today. Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) being celebrated with religious fervour today The sacred day begins with offering of special prayers in mosques
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Merkel, Erdogan hold first phone call in months

LEFT: German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she is offered Christmas trees at the Chancellery on November 30, 2017. AFP/dpa/Silas Stein; RIGHT: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the Justice and Development (AK) Party's provincial heads meeting in Ankara, Turkey, November 17, 2017. AFP/Adem Altan/Files1 ISTANBUL: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday discussed bilateral relations in their first phone conversation since tensi
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US House leaders press scandal-hit congressman to resign

US Representative John Conyers speaks to a reporter at the end of a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 26, 2017, AFP/Getty Images North America/Alex Wong/Files  WASHINGTON: The top House leaders of both parties on Thursday called for Democratic lawmaker John Conyers ? the longest-serving member of Congress ? to resign over allegations of sexual harassment and of an attempted cover-up. Their calls came just hours after the 88-year-old Conyers was hospitalized after bec
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Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) being celebrated with religious fervour today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/d5d9a369c4b84c458343a1319d21afc0.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMzAvMjAxNyAzOjQxOjIzIFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9ZW9rR2NEbHpkSi8zdkZSRkFVb2UyUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: Eid Milad-un-Nabi ? the birthday of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) ? is being observed across the country with traditional religious zeal on Friday (today). The day started with 31- and 2
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Five facts about Mike Pompeo, expected to replace Tillerson

CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrives at the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, US, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files  The following are five facts about Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo, who, according to a senior administration official on Thursday, would replace Rex Tillerson as US secretary of state within weeks under a plan developed by the White House. Most hawkish voices on North Korea Pompeo, 53, regularly briefs President Donald Trump on intelligen
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UN extends Syria round to mid-December, presidency not yet on table

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference after meetings during the Intra Syria talks in Geneva, Switzerland November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse GENEVA: The United Nations said on Thursday that it was extending a round of Syria talks in Geneva until December 15 aimed at shaping a political solution to end the war, but that the presidency had not yet been discussed. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura said that the talks would focus in particular on a
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US attorney general Sessions evasive on Russia probe: congressmen

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol in Washington, US, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to answer questions on Thursday during a closed congressional hearing about whether President Donald Trump ever instructed him to hinder the Justice Department?s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Democratic lawmakers who atte
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Tiger dazzles in long-awaited return from injury

Tiger Woods hits from the sand on the 15th hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge golf tournament at Albany, New Providence, The Bahamas, November 30, 2017. USA TODAY Sports/Kyle Terada  Tiger Woods dazzled in his much-anticipated return from injury on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas where the former world number one flashed a fist pump and did not seem bothered by his troublesome back. Woods, competing for the first time after a nearly 10-month layoff dur
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OPEC, Russia agree oil cut extension to end of 2018

Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih (R) sits next to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as he addresses a news conference after an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader  VIENNA: OPEC and non-OPEC producers led by Russia agreed on Thursday to extend oil output cuts until the end of 2018 as they try to finish clearing a global glut of crude while signalling a possible early exit from the deal if the market overheats. Russia ? which, this year
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Grisham's 'Rooster Bar' climbs to top of US bestsellers

John Grisham?s latest legal thriller The Rooster Bar reclaimed the top spot on the US fiction bestsellers chart on Thursday. Data released by independent, online, and chain bookstores, book wholesalers, and independent distributors across the US was used to compile the list. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham 2. Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich 3. The People vs. Alex Cross by James Patterson 4. Origin by Dan Brown 5. The Midnight Line by Lee Child 6. E
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3.4-earthquake tremors felt in Balochistan's Sui, surroundings

File Photo SUI: Earthquake tremors were felt Thursday night here in the city as well as its surrounding areas, Geo News reported, citing PEMA office. The quake's intensity was recorded as 3.4 on the Richter scale, PEMA said, adding that the depth was measured at 37 kilometres. The epicentre of the earthquake was 10 kilometres north-east of Sui, PEMA added.
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Hundreds of pterosaur eggs reveal early life insights

Detail of pterosaur egg specimen ? showing eggs and bones ? are visible in this photo taken in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, November 21, 2016. Courtesy Alexander Kellner/Museu Naciaonal/UFRJ/Handout via REUTERS1 RIO DE JANEIRO: Scientists have peered inside the largest collection of fossilized pterosaur eggs ever found, using 3D scans to reveal new insights into these flying cousins of dinosaurs, researchers said Thursday. Pterosaurs were reptiles, and the first creatures ? after
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Matt Lauer apologizes after 'Today' firing as more women come forward

Host Matt Lauer pauses during a break while filming NBC's 'Today' show at Rockefeller Center in New York, US, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files  NEW YORK: Longtime Today show host Matt Lauer apologized for what he called his ?troubling flaws? in a statement read out on the NBC morning show on Thursday, a day after the network fired him for inappropriate sexual behaviour. As his 20 years as a fixture of US morning television came to an abrupt end, Lauer found himself among the growing r
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France stops large shipment of radioactive Belarus mushrooms

PARIS: France has stopped a large shipment of Belarus mushrooms contaminated with low-level radioactivity probably from Chernobyl and not linked to a radioactive cloud that appeared in southern Russia last month, officials said on Thursday. Earlier, Pierre-Franck Chevet ? the head of French nuclear regulator ASN ? told the French Senate that traces of caesium had been found on imported mushrooms from Russia but did not mention Belarus. A spokesman for French nuclear safety institute IRSN said
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Wall Street gains, Dow tops 24,000 as tax bill gains steam

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ? with a screen displaying the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it crosses 24,000 ? in New York, US, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK: The S&P closed at a record high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above the 24,000-point mark for the first time on Thursday as investors gained confidence that the Republican party?s push for a US tax overhaul would succeed. Republican Senator John McCain?s decision
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Trump considers plan to replace Tillerson with CIA chief: US officials

A combination photo of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo (L) on May 11, 2017, and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Yuri Gripas/Files  WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is considering a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose relationship has been strained by the top US diplomat?s softer line on North Korea and other differences, senior administration officials said on Thursday. Tillerson would be r
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Yemen Houthis claim ballistic missile hits Saudi target

Houthi fighters walk in Sanaa, Yemen, November 30, 2017. AFP/Mohammed Huwais DUBAI: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Thursday they fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia and hit a military target, in the second such attack this month, after threatening to retaliate over a crippling blockade. "We confirm the success of our ballistic missile trial, which hit its military target inside Saudi Arabia," the Houthi-run Al-Masira television channel said. A spokesman for the Saudi-led militar
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WhatsApp back online in Pakistan after mysterious global outage

A photo illustration shows a chain and a padlock in front of a displayed Whatsapp logo January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files  WhatsApp ? the web messaging app ? is back online after experiencing an unexplained outage Thursday night that was reported by various media outlets, as well as users from around the world. As per The Independent, the app "was not sending or receiving messages according to multiple users, many of whom have taken to social media to highlig
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What's wrong with a joke? Macron defends air-conditioning gag in Africa

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has a reputation for disarming hostile audiences with repartee and humour, but his latest verbal jousting on a trip to Africa has drawn criticism at home. In an interview broadcast late on Wednesday, Macron dismissed as ?ridiculous? suggestions he had offended Burkina Faso?s President Roch Marc Kabore when he quipped with students that Kabore had left the room to fix the air-conditioning. The exchange came during a boisterous 90-minute question-and-answ
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12th Rabi-ul-Awwal traffic plan issued for Karachi, Lahore

KARACHI: Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) celebrations have begun in Karachi with religious zeal and fervour, while authorities have finalised a comprehensive traffic plan on the occasion. The details of main processions on Eid Millad-un-Nabi (PBUH) are as follows: Procession of Dawat-e-Islami lead by Mr. Yousuf Saleem Attari Sahab at 02:30 pm Route: Shaheed Masjid Kharadar, Plastic Market, Denso Hall, Light House, Jamia Cloth, Saeed Manzil, Frere Chowk, Left turn Nasira School to Masjid-e-Gulzar-
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White House says Tillerson 'continues to lead the State Department'

WASHINGTON: The White House responded to speculation about Rex Tillerson's imminent departure as Secretary of State Thursday, saying he was still in the job and "there are no personnel announcements at this time." "Secretary Tillerson continues to lead the State Department and the entire cabinet is focused on completing this incredibly successful first year of President Trump's administration," press secretary Sarah Sanders added in a statement. Trump fuels Tillerson firing speculation US Pre
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