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Trump hails 'fantastic job' on Asia tour, but ends it abruptly

Donald Trump said he had done ?a really fantastic job? on a five-nation tour of Asia in which he had made a lot of friends, but he ended it abruptly Tuesday by skipping most of a Philippine summit. Photo: AFP file  MANILA: Donald Trump said he had done ?a really fantastic job? on a five-nation tour of Asia in which he had made a lot of friends, but he ended it abruptly Tuesday by skipping most of a Philippine summit. The US president, who began his journey in Japan 12 days ago, said his trip ha
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US approves first pill with digital tracking device

WASHINGTON: US regulators have approved the first pill that contains a digital tracking sensor to alert doctors and caregivers as to whether a patient is taking a medication as scheduled. The pill, called Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor), is designed for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. A patient ingests the pill, and a sensor inside the pill activates when it reaches the stomach fluids, sending a m
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In pictures: When Bachchans attend family weddings

Amitabh Bachchan is known to be quite social media savvy and frequently shares snippets from his daily life with fans. Recently, the Agneepath actor attended a family wedding with his wife, Jaya Bachchan, daughter, Shweta, son Abhishek Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and granddaughter Aaradhya. The social media was flooded with the pictures from the extravagant affair. Here are a few pictures from the wedding: *Pictures courtesy: Amitabh Bachchan 
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Twitter cheers Shahzeb Khanzada for calling out Mustafa Kamal's sexist remarks

Social media has erupted in cheers for anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada for calling out on sexist remarks by Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal. On the current affairs talk show Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Ke Saath on Geo News on Monday, Kamal was discussing his rift with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar. During their conversation, the PSP chairman described Sattar's recent behaviour as "auraton kee tara rona dhona, chooriyan torna, cheel ki tarah chillana"
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Eating variety of nuts linked to lower heart disease risk

WASHINGTON: People who regularly snack on a variety of nuts may face a lower risk of heart disease than people who don't, said the largest study of its kind, which was released this week. Eating five weekly servings of walnuts, peanuts or other kinds of tree nuts was linked to a 14 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and a 20 percent lower risk of fatal complications due to hardened arteries, said the report Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Walnuts appeare
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Rare flying foxes shot in ´horrific´ Australia attack

Dozens of rare grey-headed flying foxes have been shot in remote bushland near Australia?s eastern coast. Photo: AFP file  SYDNEY: Dozens of rare grey-headed flying foxes have been shot in remote bushland near Australia?s eastern coast, authorities said Tuesday as locals told of a ?horrific scene? when the carcasses were discovered. The alleged killings followed a spate of animal mutilations in Victoria state involving native species including the kangaroo, wallaby and koala. The flying fox, A
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Art project transforms historic Indian fishing dock

Indian fishermen unload their morning catch as sari-clad women carrying buckets on their heads walk past street art that has transformed one of Mumbai?s oldest fishing docks into an exhibition space. Photo: AFP file  MUMBAI: Indian fishermen unload their morning catch as sari-clad women carrying buckets on their heads walk past street art that has transformed one of Mumbai?s oldest fishing docks into an exhibition space. Thirty artists from around the world have given the bustling 142-year-old
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PTI demands justice for victims of Baldia factory fire

PTI, in a show of solidarity with the families of the factory workers who lost their lives in the Baldia factory inferno, demanded justice for the victims on Tuesday. Photo: Geo News  KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in a show of solidarity with the families of the factory workers, who lost their lives in the Baldia factory inferno, demanded justice for the victims on Tuesday.   Five years have passed since the Baldia Town incident that devoured lives of over 250 labourers but just
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Entire set of rare quintuplets die in Kenya

NAIROBI: A Kenyan mother who gave birth to extremely rare naturally-conceived quintuplets has lost all five babies, according to a hospital in the south west of the country. The mother, Jacintah Akinyi, 30 -- who did not know she was carrying five babies -- went into labour on Sunday and gave birth to two babies at home, who both died, before being transferred to the Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital. Nurse Manager Florence Ogero said a third baby died that night, due to being underweight a
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Russia could target any foreign media under new law: MP

MOSCOW: Russia would be able to list any foreign media outlet as a "foreign agent" under new measures expected to be approved Wednesday, a lawmaker said, as Moscow responds to US pressure on the Kremlin-backed RT channel. The move comes as Washington fights what it calls a barrage of "fake news" from Russian media and online outlets aimed at interfering in US domestic politics. Parliament is set to approve a set of amendments to an existing media bill Wednesday, meaning they could go into forc
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Pakistan is bound to rise, says COAS

COAS had visited the Strike Corps at Mangla on November 14, 2017. Photo: courtesy ISPR MANGLA: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa remarked that Pakistan has come a long way in responding to challenges and the country is bound to rise while interacting with Mangla Corps troops on Tuesday.  According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), General Qamar Javed Bajwa said: "We have come a long way in responding to the challenges and with God's will Pakistan is bound to rise." COAS sp
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Rosogolla originates from West Bengal, rules Indian ministry

India has awarded a ?geographical indications? tag to rosogolla, the king of Indian sweets. Photo: Shutterstock Images  KOLKATA: India has awarded a ?geographical indications? tag to rosogolla, the king of Indian sweets, after a years-long battle between two neighboring states over the ownership rights. Luscious rosogolla, or sweet cheese balls dripping with sugar syrup, have long been a favorite dessert across the Indian subcontinent and among the diaspora. But two eastern states, West Benga
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Archaeologists find Greco-Roman mummy in Egypt

A Russian archaeological team has discovered a well-preserved mummy from the Greco-Roman period in a wooden coffin south of Cairo. Photo: AFP file CAIRO: A Russian archaeological team has discovered a well-preserved mummy from the Greco-Roman period in a wooden coffin south of Cairo, Egypt?s antiquities ministry said Tuesday. The discovery was made near New Fayoum city, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Egyptian capital, the ministry said in a statement. The team ?found inside the co
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Commuters continue to face hardship as Islamabad protest enters ninth day

ISLAMABAD: Commuters in the twin cities continued to face hardship as protestors blocked the Faizabad Interchange for the ninth day.  The protestors, activists and supporters of religious parties, want the government to punish those responsible for changing the wording of the oath regarding the finality of Prophethood taken by lawmakers.  The government had immediately fixed the 'clerical error' by passing another amendment. As a result of the protests, containers have been placed by the aut
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Consensus, cooperation is the way forward: Shehbaz on CCI meeting

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz remarked that decisions taken during the Council of Common Interests (CCI) meeting, held on Monday, shows that consensus and cooperation is the way forward for a stronger Pakistan. In a tweet on Tuesday, the CM also mentioned that working together can help resolve the ?most intricate of issues.? Shehbaz wrote: ?During CCI meeting, all provincial & federal govts agreed on redrawing constituencies & holding elections on time. The larger lesson: it
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Kulsoom to receive third chemotherapy treatment next week: sources

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz will receive her third chemotherapy treatment next week, sources told Geo News. Photo: Geo News file   LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz will receive her third chemotherapy treatment next week, sources told Geo News.  She is undergoing chemotherapy in London after being diagnosed with lymphoma ? a cancer of the lymph nodes.  Kulsoom's health has improved after the second chemotherapy treatment,
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UN dismisses Saudi conditions to reopen Yemen port

GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday dismissed a Saudi demand that tighter inspections be put in place at Yemen´s rebel-held Hodeida port before a devastating blockade is lifted. The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen shut down the country's land, sea and air borders a week ago in response to a missile attack by the Iran-backed Houthis that was intercepted near Riyadh. The UN has warned that an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Yemen was worsening each day that aid shipmen
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Indian forces resort to unprovoked firing across LoC: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Indian forces on Tuesday evening resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC), according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The latest incident of cross-border firing took place in the Chirikot sector of the area.  Indian firing targetted a village in the area, added the ISPR.  Earlier last week, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa had also visited the Chirikot sector along the LoC.  During the visit, Abbasi 
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Salman Khan comes out in support of Bhansali's Padmavati

Bollywood megastar Salman Khan is the latest to come out in support of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, saying that the director will never show anyone in a bad light. The actor has said that the final decision should be taken by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). "I want to say that you have the Censor Board, they will take a decision. Sanjay (Leela Bhansali) makes very beautiful and excellent films," Salman said during an interview with CNN-News18. Salman, who has worked with
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Pakistani students win silver at iGEM 2017

geo_embedgallery BOSTON: Students from Pakistan were awarded with a silver medal for their project at the iGEM [International Genetically Engineered Machine] 2017, which was held at Boston?s Hynes Convention Centre Monday afternoon. The team includes Muhammad Dawood, Ushma Farooq, Hassan Raza, Hassnain Qasim, Ayesha Khan and Babar Nawaz.  The students belong to differen
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Daesh car bomb kills 10 in Yemen govt bastion

ADEN: Daesh claimed responsibility for a car bombing that security sources said killed 10 people, including civilians, at a security post in Yemen's government bastion of Aden on Tuesday. The militant group claimed the attack in the southern port city via the encrypted messaging app Telegram, adding that a Yemeni suicide bomber had detonated the vehicle. Aden's security chief told AFP: "Eight members of the security forces and two civilians were killed in a car bombing in the central district
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Govt firmly believes in finality of Prophethood: Sardar Yousaf

Federal Minister of Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousaf on Tuesday reiterated that the government firmly believes in the finality of Prophethood. Photo: Geo News file   ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousaf on Tuesday reiterated that the government firmly believes in the finality of Prophethood.  "All Muslims are firm believers in the finality of Prophethood, and we have no ambiguity over the clause," Yousaf stressed.  While addressing a joint press conf
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No one wants elections to be delayed: Murad

MIRPUR SAKRO: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah remarked that no one wants the upcoming general elections 2018 to be delayed while addressing an event in Mirpur Sakro on Tuesday. Reacting to political rivals, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, who is demanding snap elections, he remarked that ?PTI?s job is to deceive people.? He also said that he shared reservations regarding census in his meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Speaking about the development projects in Thatta, he said that t
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In Morocco, a blue tourist town is turning green

Huddling against a hillside in northern Morocco is a tourist town famed for the striking blue of its buildings, and now the mayor is mixing in another colour ? green. Photo: AFP   CHEFCHAOUEN: Huddling against a hillside in northern Morocco is a tourist town famed for the striking blue of its buildings, and now the mayor is mixing in another colour ? green. Chefchaouen ? known locally as Chaouen ? wants to become a model for sustainable development at a time when the northwest African kingdom
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Elections will be held on time, says PM Abbasi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday quashed the ongoing rumours about the possibility of an early election. Photo: Geo News file  QUETTA: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday quashed the ongoing rumours about the possibility of an early election. ?The government will complete its duration in June 2018 and elections will be held two months later,? Abbasi said while addressing a press conference in Quetta. ?This is how democracy works,? he said, ?Government runs as per the co
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