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Woods hopes to be a winner in another comeback

Tiger Woods makes another return to competitive golf this week and despite 10 months on the sidelines recovering from a fourth back surgery, the 14-time major winner?s goal remains the same -- to win. While Woods?s famous competitive fires continue to rage the former world number one conceded he may have to temper his expectations at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. He takes on an elite 18-player field that includes eight of the top 10 in the current world rankings. ?I just really wan

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Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

British fashion designer Stella McCartney and world-record breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur launch a report on the importance of a climate-friendly textile industry. Photo courtesy of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.  LONDON: The fashion industry urgently needs to reform its wasteful, polluting ways, British designer Stella McCartney and record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur said on Tuesday. With global clothing sales doubling since 2000, people now wear each item far fewer times, the Ellen Ma

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Young at the double as Man United win at Watford

Ashley Young struck twice against his old club as Manchester United cured their recent travel sickness with a 4-2 victory at Watford to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to five points on Tuesday. United, beaten in their last two away Premier League games and at Basel last week in Europe, began slowly but Young, without a goal for 18 months, struck twice in six minutes midway through the first half before Anthony Martial scored a third before the break to knock the stuffin

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Wall Street, dollar rise on policy bets; sterling swings

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  NEW YORK: Wall Street closed at a record high and the dollar rose on Tuesday as sentiment was buoyed by progress on US tax reform, strong economic data, and comments by the nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve. The British pound briefly rallied more than 1 percent from its lows after The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Britain and the European Union had

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Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' aimed at people 'starving for the truth'

Director Steven Spielberg pauses while speaking on-stage at the 9th Governors Awards Show, held in Los Angeles, California, US, November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files  LOS ANGELES: Steven Spielberg?s new movie The Post may be set in 1971 but its theme about press freedom is all about today. Spielberg rushed to get the movie filmed and released within a year. It is about the battle by newspapers to publish the leaked Pentagon Papers detailing the US government?s misleading portrayal o

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FCC's Pai, addressing net neutrality rules, calls Twitter biased

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai testifies before a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files WASHINGTON: Ajit Pai ? the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ? accused social media company Twitter Inc of being politically biased on Tuesday as he defended his plan to roll back rules intended to ensure a free and open internet. Pai ? a

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Large iceberg breaks free from glacier in southern Chile

File SANTIAGO: A large iceberg broke off the Grey glacier in southern Chile, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that the cause of the rupture was unclear. Chile?s CONAF forestry service shared photos on social media of the enormous block of blue-white ice, which measured 350 meters (1,148 feet) long by 380 meters (1,247 feet) wide, as it floated free in waters of a glacial lagoon near the southern tip of the South American continent. Park officials at Chile?s Torres del Paine National Park, h

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Man charged in New York truck attack pleads not guilty

Sayfullo Saipov ? the suspect in the New York City truck attack ? is seen in this handout photo released on November 1, 2017. St. Charles County Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS/Files NEW YORK: The Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people by speeding a rental truck down a New York City bike path in October pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and other criminal charges. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, entered his plea before US District Judge Vernon Broderick in Manhattan. David Pa

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Misfiring Tottenham slump to defeat at Leicester

Tottenham Hotspur?s slump continued as Leicester City beat them 2-1 on Tuesday with Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez on target to avenge last season?s home mauling by the Londoners at the King Power stadium. Thrashed 6-1 by Mauricio Pochettino?s side in May, Leicester produced a performance more like that which took them to the Premier League title in 2015-16, leaving Spurs reeling after a third defeat in their last five league games. Vardy put the hosts ahead after 13 minutes, cleverly lobbing a

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Tesla Truck gets DHL order as shippers test Semi

Tesla's new electric semi truck is unveiled during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, US, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage/Files  SEATTLE: Deutsche Post AG?s DHL and Fortigo Freight Services Inc, one of Canada?s largest fleet management companies, said on Tuesday they had pre-ordered Tesla Inc?s electric truck unveiled earlier this month to test on limited routes. High-profile logistics and transportation customers like fleet operator J.B. Hunt and retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc

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North Korea fires ballistic missile close to Japan

File North Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed close to Japan on Wednesday, the first test by Pyongyang since a missile fired over its neighbour in mid-September, officials said. North Korea launched the missile a week after President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a US list of countries that Washington says support terrorism. The designation allows the United States to impose more sanctions, although some experts said it risked inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Japan?s

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Pak behaviour towards Taliban unchanged despite Trump statement, says US general

John Nicholson ? a US Army General and the commander of the US forces in Afghanistan ? speaks during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 20, 2017. AFP/Shah Marai/Files WASHINGTON: The top US general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan?s support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. US officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan?s reluctance to act against group

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CEJ, ICRC announce winners of Humanitarian Reporting Award 2017

KARACHI: The Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday announced winners of the "Humanitarian Reporting Award 2017." Hundreds of entries, comprising news stories written or produced between Nov 1 and Nov 9, were submitted from across Pakistan in contest for the award, read a press statement. The winners and runners-up for the awards, focused on humanitarian journalism produced in three categories, are as follows: Mainstream Broa

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PM allows export of surplus sugar

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday allowed the export of 1.5 million metric tons of sugar. Photo: Geo News file  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday allowed the export of 1.5 million metric tons of sugar. Abbasi, chairing a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC), made the decision in view of the commodity?s surplus availability. The ECC allowed the export of sugar after taking into account the recommendations of the recent Counci

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PM Abbasi, King Salman discuss bilateral ties, regional issues

RIYADH: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia discussed bilateral relations as well as the regional and international issues of mutual interest, as they met here Monday during the former?s one-day visit to the Kingdom. The prime minister was accompanied by Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar. During the visit,

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Bangladesh to turn island into temporary home for 100,000 Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh approved a $280 million project on Tuesday to develop an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to temporarily house 100,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar. Photo: Reuters file    DHAKA: Bangladesh approved a $280 million project on Tuesday to develop an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to temporarily house 100,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar.  The decision came just days after Bangladesh seale

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Diabetes, obesity behind 800,000 cancers worldwide: study

Nearly six percent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012 -- some 800,000 cases -- were caused by diabetes and excess weight, according to a study published Tuesday. Among the 12 types of cancer examined, the percentage of cases chalked up to these factors was as high as a third, researchers reported in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a leading medical journal. Cancers stemming from diabetes and obesity combined was almost twice as common among women than men, they found. And of

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At least 11 dead as floods and landslide hit Indonesia

JAKARTA: At least 11 people have died in severe floods and landslides in the east of Indonesia´s main island of Java, an official said Tuesday. A landslide killed nine people at Pacitan in East Java province and two people died in floods triggered by heavy rain in the same area. Thousands of homes were flooded and 4,000 people forced to evacuate them, said a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency. The extreme weather will continue to hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Bal

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University of Oxford plans first bonds issue

The University of Oxford is to issue its first ever bond in an effort to raise £250 million ($332 million, 279 million euros) on financial markets. Photo: AFP file  LONDON: The University of Oxford is to issue its first ever bond in an effort to raise £250 million ($332 million, 279 million euros) on financial markets, it said on Tuesday. It is the latest British university to do so as the higher education sector comes under pressure from government cuts and seeks to benefit from very low-int

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Turkey opposition accuses Erdogan family of offshore transfers

Turkey?s main opposition party leader on Tuesday claimed he had documents to prove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s family sent millions of dollars to a company in a tax haven. Photo: AFP file  ANKARA: Turkey?s main opposition party leader on Tuesday claimed he had documents to prove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s family sent millions of dollars to a company in a tax haven. Republican People?s Party (CHP) chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu alleged members of the president?s family, including his brothe

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Roadside bomb kills eight in Afghanistan - local official

KANDAHAR: A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed at least eight civilians including three women and a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, a local official said. The victims of the blast in Kandahar´s Maroof district "were going from Maroof district center to their village when a newly planted Taliban bomb hit their car," said Zia Durani, a spokesman for Kandahar police. The southern province of Kandahar has long been a Taliban stronghold. Durani provided no evidence to

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Tourists, authorities feel the heat as Bali volcano keeps airport closed

KARANGASEM: Indonesia kept the airport on Bali closed on Tuesday as ash from an erupting volcano swept the holiday island, leaving thousands of tourists stranded as authorities tried to persuade villagers living nearby to leave their homes. A total of 443 flights, both domestic and international, were affected by the closure of the airport, about 60 km (37 miles) from Mount Agung which is spewing smoke and ash high into the sky. ?Aircraft flight channels are covered with volcanic ash,? the tr

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Two men kill child over dispute with his parents in Peshawar

Photo: The site minute PESHAWAR: Two men, identified as Ghulam Rasool and Razzaq, confessed before a court to killing an eight-year-old child over dispute with his parents, according to the police. About two weeks ago, the child, identified as Habib, had gone missing after the two men had kidnapped him when he was returning from his school near Sango Landi Bala, said the police. The suspects confessed to killing the child after kidnapping him and then burying him in a graveyard. The suspec

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Vending machine offers 24-hour food and clothing for UK homeless

The machines will be unveiled across the UK if the pilot in Nottingham is successful. Photo: Action Hunger LONDON: The world?s first vending machine for the homeless will start giving out free food and clothes as charities in Britain gear up for a cold winter amid record levels of homelessness. A new charity, Action Hunger, plans to stock the machine in Nottingham with excess produce donated by supermarkets, such as fresh fruit and sandwiches, as well as essentials it has bought, like socks, to

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UAE accuses Qatar of being behind ?war crimes? complaint

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday accused Gulf rival Qatar of being behind a call for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of war crimes by the UAE in Yemen. Photo: AFP file  ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday accused Gulf rival Qatar of being behind a call for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of war crimes by the UAE in Yemen. A group calling itself the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK said on Monday it was taking the

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