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Switzerland edge closer towards qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup

Switzerland took a giant step towards qualifying for Russia 2018 on Thursday but needed a controversial penalty to earn a 1-0 win against stubborn Northern Ireland in the first leg of their World Cup play-off. Vladimir Petkovic's team dominated the match at Windsor Park in Belfast but squandered a succession of chances as Michael O'Neill's team held them at bay in a backs-to-the-wall performance. The key moment came with just over half an hour to go, when Xherdan Shaqiri's volley from range wa
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Amid Lebanon crisis, France's Macron flies to Riyadh to see crown prince

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives French President Emmanuel Macron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9, 2017. AFP/Handout via Saudi Royal Palace/Bandar Al-Jaloud DUBAI/RIYADH: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Riyadh on Thursday for hastily scheduled talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, notably over Lebanon and Yemen. Macron ? who flew in from a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ? had earlier decline
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Virat Kohli, Ronaldo highest-paid athletes on Instagram: Forbes

Indian cricket team's skipper Virat Kohli, who recently topped ICC rankings for both ODI and T20I, also finds himself on top of the list of the highest-paid athletes on Instagram, according to Forbes. Kohli is currently the most marketable athlete in India and the face of cricket all around the world. According to Forbes, Kohli's brand value exceeds Barcelona star Lionel Messi, Pro golfer Rory McIlroy and NBA's Stephen Curry. Kohli who has over 16 million Instagram followers, earns a staggerin
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Republican US Senate candidate Moore hit by sexual misconduct allegations

Republican candidate Roy Moore greets supporters at the RSA Activity center in Montgomery, Alabama, US, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry/Files1 A woman has accused Roy Moore ? the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Alabama ? of initiating a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 years old, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, prompting the Republican Senate leader to call on Moore to step aside if the story turns out to be true. Moore ? the state's former chief judge who
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Senate plan would delay corporate tax rate cut until 2019

Tax documents are seen prior to a House Ways and Means Committee markup of the Republican Tax Reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein WASHINGTON: The US Senate Republican tax cut plan being unveiled on Thursday would delay until 2019 a reduction in the corporate tax rate and fully repeal the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes, two key differences with a House tax plan. President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans w
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AT&T ready to fight US on Time Warner deal: CEO

The AT&T logo is seen on a store in Golden, Colorado, US, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: AT&T Inc will not sell cable network CNN to win antitrust approval of its proposed $85.4-billion purchase of media company Time Warner Inc and will fight the government in court if a negotiated settlement is not reached, the wireless company?s chief executive said on Thursday. Justice Department staff recommended that AT&T sell either its DirecTV unit or Time War
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At least three dead as nine-storey building collapses in Russia

A nine-storey residential building partially collapsed in Izhevsk, Russia, following a suspected gas explosion. Photo: AFP MOSCOW: At least three people were killed and three others injured when a corner section of a nine-storey residential building collapsed in the provincial city of Izhevsk, Russian authorities said Thursday. "At 7:00 pm (1600 GMT) Moscow time, there were three dead and three injured," emergencies ministry representative Pyotr Fomin said in televised remarks. "One child is
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Tech pulls Wall Street lower, investors worry about tax cuts

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Wall Street dropped on Thursday, weighed down by losses in Apple and other technology stocks as investors turned their attention to a US Senate Republican plan that could delay corporate tax rate cuts expected by investors. The S&P 500 has risen about 21 percent since the election of President Donald Trump a year ago, fueled by his promises to cut corporate taxes and
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Varun Dhawan's stalker threatens to commit suicide

Varun Dhawan. Photo: India Today It is no secret that Varun Dhawan has a huge fan following.  The Badrinath Ki Dulhania actor recently was the center of some unwanted attention from a female fan, reported India Today. Varun was so disturbed by the event that he had to file a police complaint. It all started when the beloved Bollywood actor began receiving innumerable WhatsApp messages from a female fan. He blocked the number after the messages did not stop.  That was the end of it, or so he
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Farooq Sattar to leave Pakistan: sources

KARACHI: Farooq Sattar has decided to leave the country, sources told Geo News late Thursday, shortly after he announced to leave Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and quit politics. Farooq Sattar quits MQM-Pakistan, politics Engineered politics can never work, says MQM-P leader Sattar quit the party and politics hours after Rabita Committee expressed its confidence in his leadership following a high-level huddle on Thursday. The decision comes a day after the MQM-P
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Eurek-baa: Scientists find sheep can recognize human faces

A picture taken from undated video shows a sheep approaching a photo of Barack Obama during a Cambridge University experiment, in Cambridge, Britain. Photo: Reuters LONDON: Sheep have been trained to recognize the faces of celebrities, including former US President Barack Obama, by University of Cambridge scientists who hope it may help with understanding neurodegenerative diseases. In a specially equipped pen, sheep were shown pictures of people on two computer screens, on one side would be an
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Founder of web browser Opera says worried about online privacy

Co-Founder and CEO of Vivaldi, Jon Von Tetzchner, poses for a photo during the Web Summit, Europe's biggest tech conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, November 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters  LISBON: People should worry about online data collection by technology companies because it gives them unparalleled insight into users lives, the creator of one of the biggest web browsers, Opera, said on Thursday. Jon von Tetzchner said the situation was already comparable to George Orwell?s dystopian novel ?1984?, s
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Religious parties announce restoration of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

LAHORE: A decision has been made to restore Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a coalition of religio-political parties of Pakistan. The decision was made at a meeting of top leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl and Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen. Speaking to media along with leaders from other parties, Sirajul Haq said they have decided in principle to restore the MMA, of which a formal announcement would be made next month in Karachi. He said a consensus on restoration of the MMA was achie
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Pakistan's 'human owl' teenager can turn his head 180 degrees

An unbelievably flexible boy from Karachi can turn his head 180 degrees to look directly behind him. Muhammad Sameer, Pakistan's 'human owl' teenager, uses his hands to help rotate his head back over his shoulders, reported the Daily Mail. The 14-year-old hopes that his unbelievable flexibility will land him a part in a Hollywood movie. The teenager, who trains constantly to keep up his elasticity, said: 'I would have been six or seven when I saw an actor in a Hollywood horror movie turning h
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Chehlum security: Cellular services to be suspended in Karachi

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday issued a notification suspending mobile phone services on account of Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA) in Karachi. The ban will be effective from 10am till 10pm on Friday to maintain law and order, the notification said. As part of strict security measures for the Chehlum of martyrs of Karbala, pillion riding has been banned in Karachi for Nov 9 and 10. The ban has been imposed on pillion riding in Karachi under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (
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Chinese 'love' Trump´s Mandarin-speaking granddaughter

BEIJING: While media coverage of Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday focused on trade and North Korea, it was the wide-eyed crooning of the US leader's granddaughter that stole Chinese citizens´ hearts. In a video that Trump showed Xi during their stroll through the historic Forbidden City Wednesday, his granddaughter, Arabella Kushner, greets "Grandpa Xi and Grandma Peng (Liyuan)" with several Mandarin ballads and a recitation of ancient Chinese poetry. China´s Xinh
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Farooq Sattar addresses press conference following MQM-P's high-level meeting

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's Head Farooqi Sattar is addressing a press conference following party's high-level meeting.  MQM-P's meeting was chaired by Rabita Committee Deputy Convener Kanwar Naveed Jamil, as Sattar decided to skip it.  After the meeting, MQM-P members including Kamran Tessori, Nasreen Jalil, Wasim Akhtar had reached Sattar's residence to "pacify him". "Sattar bhai is upset," Tessori told the media, adding" we have come here to pacify him".  However, sources
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Details of amount paid to national cricketers submitted in Senate

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Thursday submitted a written reply in the Senate detailing the amount paid to players of national cricket team during the last four years. In its reply, the ministry said Misbah-ul-Haq was paid Rs71.4 million match fees during the last four years, while Sarfraz Ahmed got Rs69.1 million. Similarly, Younis Khan was paid Rs59.8 million, Yasir Shah Rs52.6 million, Mohammad Hafeez Rs97.3 million and Mohammad Irfan Rs36.2 million, a
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Controversial IVF scheme gives India's vanishing Parsis hope

This picture taken on August 17, 2017 shows an elderly Indian Parsi couple holding hands while entering a Fire Temple during Navroze, the Parsi New Year, in Mumbai. Photo: AFP MUMBAI: A government-funded IVF programme that aims to help save India's shrinking Parsi community from extinction is delivering bundles of joy and controversy. Some 120 children have been born through the "Jiyo Parsi" fertility initiative since it was launched four years ago in a bid to help reverse a dramatic decline in
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Nine children drown as boat capsizes in DR Congo lake: official

This file photo shows fishing boats on Lake Lake Tanganyika. Photo: AFP LUMBUMBASHI: Nine children died and another was missing after a canoe capsized on Lake Tanganyika in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. a local official said Thursday. The motorised boat left the town of Kalemie and was heading for the port of Wimbi when it sank on Wednesday. "Of the 21 passengers aboard, nine were killed, all of them children," provincial official Joseph Lumona told AFP, "Another child is
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10th Pakistan Expo kicks off in Karachi

Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah and Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah pictured at the event. Photo: Correspondent  KARACHI: Commerce Minister Pervez Malik on Thursday said that the government has started reviewing existing trade agreements and amendments will be brought to benefit local manufacturing. ?The existing Free Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Agreements are being reviewed. The changes will be made in the interest of the country,? he said at the in
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NAB submits report on Sharifs' references to monitoring SC judge: sources

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday submitted a progress report of references against the Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to the monitoring judge appointed by the Supreme Court, sources told Geo News. The Supreme Court appointed a judge to monitor proceedings of the references filed against the Sharif family in the light of its verdict in the Panama case. The appointment was made in order to avoid any negligence and casualness often demonstrated by diff
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Japanese whalers head to Antarctic

TOKYO: Japanese whaling vessels left port Thursday for an annual hunting voyage in the Antarctic, this time to kill 333 minke whales, despite international calls to stop the practice. The fisheries agency said a group of five ships, headed by the 8,145-tonne mother ship Nisshin Maru, will conduct the hunt until March to study whale behaviour and biology. The voyage has been carried out since 2015 "to devise more precise calculation methods for a sustainable catch limit for Antarctic minke whal
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Turkish daredevil jumps from Istanbul's Galata Tower in modern first

Turkish extreme sports athlete Cengiz Kocak gestures after performing a base jump off Galata Tower in Istanbul. Photo: AFP ISTANBUL: Turkey's best known base jumper on Thursday successfully leapt from the iconic Galata Tower in Istanbul, following in the footsteps of a legendary Ottoman aviator almost four centuries ago. Cengiz Kocak, 44, landed safely and his parachute rapidly activated after he jumped from the 36-metre (118 foot) high balcony of the tower. The adventurer, who has completed
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Turkey detains more than 160 Daesh suspects in Ankara

ISTANBUL: Turkish police have detained 165 people over suspected links to Daesh in Ankara and have arrest warrants for a total of 245 suspects in the capital and surrounding province, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Thursday. It said 1,500 police officers took part in the operation across Ankara province, raiding 250 addresses. No further details were immediately available. Private broadcaster CNNTurk said police in the northwestern city of Bursa also detained 27 suspects including some
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