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Global measles deaths fall, but elimination goals far off: WHO

Annual deaths from measles dropped below 100,000 worldwide last year for the first time, to 90,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international agencies said on Thursday. Reporting an 84 percent drop in 16 years, to 90,000 deaths in 2016 from more than 550,000 in 2000, the Measles and Rubella Initiative (M&RI) said more children getting vaccinations was the main reason for the decline. The report warned, though, that the world is still far from eliminating measles. Coverage

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PM Abbasi pays tribute to Kashmir's struggle on Black day, reiterates Pak support

File Photo Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi paid tribute to sacrifices of the Kashmiri people on occasion of Black Day ? commemorated on October 27 ? in a message Thursday night, saying Pakistan intends to stand by the marginalised community's side. In his message, the Premier reiterated Pakistan's unwavering moral, political, and diplomatic support for the Kashmiris. "Indian army forcefully took control of Jammu & Kashmir on October 27, 1947," PM Abbasi noted. Kashmiri people are not

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Microsoft tops forecasts with 16% profit growth

Microsoft on Thursday delivered stronger-than-expected earnings for the past quarter, lifted by gains in cloud computing and other business services. For its first fiscal quarter to September 30, the tech giant said profit was up 16 percent from a year ago to $6.6 billion. Revenue meanwhile rose 12 percent to $24.5 billion for the one-time tech sector leader which has shifted its focus away from consumer software to a range of enterprise services. Shares in Microsoft jumped 3.2 percent to $81

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Amazon sales surge after Whole Foods acquisition, busy Prime Day

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said its sales surged over the summer and profit trounced expectations, as shoppers jumped at ?Prime Day? promotions on its website and bought groceries at its newly acquired chain of Whole Foods Market stores. Shares rose more than 7 percent in after-hours trade. Amazon is winning business from older, big box rivals by delivering virtually any product to customers at a low cost, and at times faster than it takes to buy goods from a physical store. It acquired Whole

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Prince show opens in London with Paisley Park treasures

BACKGROUND: A press preview of the 'My Name Is Prince' exhibition at the O2 Arena, London, October 26, 2017. AFP/Tolga Akmen; SUPERIMPOSED: Prince during a performance. Image Courtesy: Rolling Stoneย  LONDON: An exhibition showcasing the life of pop legend Prince opens here on Saturday, unveiling previously unseen treasures from his legendary Paisley Park studio complex. "My Name Is Prince" will see hundreds of items go on display at The O2 entertainment complex, the first official retrospecti

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Who's got the bigger nuke? Russia conducts ballistic missile tests

An image ? obtained as a screenshot from the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ? shows an intercontinental ballistic missile being fired from a cosmodrome, Plesetsk testing ground, Russia, October 26, 2017. Geo.tv via Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/Youtubeย  MOSCOW: Russia conducted several ballistic missile tests on Thursday from "land, air, and sea" as part of its strategic nuclear programme, the Defence Ministry announced. A "Topol" intercon

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For tweets sake! Man Utd face giantkillers City after draw delay

Image Courtesy: English Football League (EFL) Twitter account LONDON: Championship side Bristol City's reward for eliminating three Premier League teams in this season's League Cup is a home quarter-final with holders Manchester United. City ? who thrashed Crystal Palace 4-1 on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 1989 ? learnt about their dream draw two hours later than planned due to a glitch at Twitter Headquarters where the event was being held. "The EFL has rece

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Tiny Singapore has world's most powerful passport: ranking

Tiny Singapore now has the world's most powerful passport, according to a new ranking, with its citizens able to travel to the greatest number of countries visa-free. Passport Index, which keeps track of how useable such documents are, said the city-state grabbed the top spot after Paraguay removed restrictions for Singaporeans. That means the approximately 3.4 million holders of Singaporean passports can now travel to 159 countries either without a visa at all, or can have one issued on arriv

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Brazil president says 'truth won' after escaping corruption trial

Brazilian President Michel Temer attends the award ceremony of the Order of Aeronautical Merit at an air base in Brasilia, Brazil, October 23, 2017. AFP/Evaristo Saย  BRASรLIA: Brazilian President Michel Temer on Thursday said "the truth won" in a congressional vote sparing him from going on trial on corruption charges. "Brazil is always stronger than any challenge and it is even stronger now that its institutions have been put to the test in such dramatic fashion these last months," Temer sai

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US border agents detain Mexican girl being rushed to hospital

US border patrol agents on horseback patrol along the US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, California, US. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Filesย  A 10-year-old Mexican girl with cerebral palsy living illegally in Texas was in federal custody on Thursday after the ambulance rushing her to surgery had to pass through a US Border Patrol checkpoint, a family attorney and government officials said. Rosa Maria Hernandez was being transported from a medical centre in Laredo ? on the border with Mexico where th

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Catalan companies face boycott over independence push

Calls for a boycott of Catalan food, cars and other goods, to punish the region for its separatist push, are worrying businesses who fear the economy will suffer. "You have to hit them where it hurts the most: the wallet," a Twitter user wrote under the hashtag #boycottcatalanproducts. "We Spaniards who do not want Spain to be broken up... we can take action by adopting dissuasive steps of an economic nature," reads a Facebook page calling for consumers to snub Catalan products. Appeals for a

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Swiss great Martina Hingis announces retirement from tennis

Swiss great Martina Hingis has announced she will retire from tennis at the end of this week?s WTA Finals, where the 37-year-old multiple grand slam champion is playing in the doubles tournament alongside Taiwan?s Chan Yung-jan. ?Looking back now, it?s hard to believe that almost exactly 23 years ago I made my professional debut,? Hingis said on Facebook on Thursday. ?The years that followed have been some of the most rewarding years of my life, both personally and professionally, but I believ

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Brent oil hits 27-month high on Saudi talk of extending supply cuts

A pumpjack is seen at an oil field supply yard in Denver, Colorado, US, February 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files NEW YORK: Brent crude closed at a 27-month high on Thursday as the market focused more on comments from Saudi Arabia about ending a global supply glut instead of an unexpected increase in US crude inventories and high US production and exports. Brent futures gained 86 cents (or 1.5 percent) to settle at $59.30 a barrel ? its highest close since July 3, 2015. US West Texas Interm

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Apple, General Motors join group lobbying for immigrant 'Dreamers'

An Apple logo is seen at a store in Los Angeles, California, US, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files Apple Inc, General Motors Co, and Best Buy Co Inc, among others, have joined a coalition of top companies lobbying the US Congress for young, illegal immigrants to have a path to permanent residency, the group said on Thursday. The Coalition for the American Dream counts more than 60 businesses and organizations as members, according to a Thursday press release announcing the group?s l

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PTI triumphs with significant margin in NA-4 by-election: unofficial results

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)?the ruling party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province?has defeated its opponents in the by-election on the key NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) seat.ย ย  Unofficial and unverified results from all 269 polling stations showed the PTI had won the contest by a significant margin, securing 45,631 votes.ย  The Awami National Party (ANP) was in second place with 24,830 votes, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) received 24,790 votes. Leaders of the PTI had already declared

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U.S. sanctions North Koreans over forced labor, other alleged abuses

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps with military officers at the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in an unknown location in North Korea in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERSย  WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on seven North Korean individuals and three entities over what it called serious human rights abuses, including forced labour and hunting down of asylum seekers. ?T

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Norway searches for Russian helicopter missing in Arctic sea

Ship "Polarsyssel" at Barentsburg, Svalbard, September 28, 2016. AFP/NTB Scanpix/Jan-Morten Bjoernbakk/Filesย  OSLO/MOSCOW: Norwegian rescuers searched in vain on Thursday for a Russian helicopter missing at sea with eight people aboard off the coast of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. ?We have two helicopters and several small boats searching the area,? Tore Hongsetย ? the leader of the rescue coordination centre ? told Reuters. Snow and big waves hampered the search after nightfall. Russ

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Explosion kills three UN peacekeepers in northern Mali

An armoured personnel carrier of The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is parked in Timbuktu, September 19, 2016. AFP/Sebastien Rieussec/Filesย  ABIDJAN: Three United Nations soldiers were killed and two others wounded by an explosive device as they were escorting a convoy in northern Mali on Thursday, the peacekeeping mission in the West African nation said. More than 80 members of the UN mission ? known as MINUSMA ? have been killed since 2013

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Hasan, Malik star as Pakistan upstage Sri Lanka in first T20I

Malik hit four boundaries in his 31-ball 42 not out. ? ICCย  ABU DHABI: Medium pacer Hasan Ali finished with a career best bowling to once again anchor Pakistan's convincing seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Hasan, who took 14 wickets in Pakistan's preceding 5-0 whitewash of the one-day series, took 3-23 in 3.3 overs as Pakistan skittled Sri Lanka out for a paltry 102 in 18.3 overs. Only Seekkuge Prasanna (23 not out) and debutant Sadeera Samara

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Catalonia's leader rules out snap election, crisis deepens

MADRID/BARCELONA: Catalonia?s leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to split from Spain, sharpening a political crisis that could spill into direct confrontation. Puigdemont had been expected to announce an election to head off moves by Madrid to take direct control of the autonomous region in the next few days. But, speaking in the courtyard of the regional government headquarters in Ba

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Trader killed by wife, daughter in Sukkur

The trader, identified as Abdul Rauf Khokhar, was murdered on October 21. Photo: Geo News screen grabย  SUKKUR: The police revealed on Thursday that a trader?s wife, daughter and nephew were involved in his murder. The trader, identified as Abdul Rauf Khokhar, was murdered on October 21 and the family had claimed that Khokhar was shot during a robbery. However, conflicting statements of the family members aroused the suspicion of the police. After investigating his family it was revealed that

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Eight die after consuming poisonous milk in Muzaffargarh

MUZAFFARGARH: As many as eight people have died after reportedly consuming poisonous milk in Wahlot area between Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh, Geo News reported on Thursday. The Deputy Commissioner Saif Anwar also shared that additional nine people are currently seeking treatment in the same case; seven have been admitted to Nishtar Hospital Multan while two are being treated in Dera Ghazi Khan'sย  District Headquarter Hospital.ย  The case was reported after 13 members of a family reported feelin

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Second phase of Pakistan Motor Rally concludes in South Waziristan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/8369ff922478c86207298dc9321e59dc.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjYvMjAxNyA1OjQ3OjExIFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9c2NxUEFZNURHWG5DYXlCT3p0YkRUdz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] RAWALPINDI: The second of phase of Pakistan Motor Rally, organised by the Pakistan Army to commemorate 70th year of the country's ind

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Maula Jatt 2 producers, actors served legal notices

The producers and cast of Maula Jatt 2, a sequel to the Pakistani cult classic, have been served with legal notices, Geo News reported Thursday. The upcoming movie stars Pakistan?s heartthrobs Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi along with Mahira Khan and Humaima Malik. Maula Jatt?s producer Sarwar Bhatti claimed that the sequel producers can?t use the name of the movie, music and characters without getting prior approval from him. The sequel is said to be directed and written by Bilal Lashari

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Saudi Arabia to invest $1 billion in Virgin Galactic

Saudi Arabia?s Public Investment Fund on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment in British billionaire Richard Branson?s company Virgin Galactic. Photo:AFP file. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia?s Public Investment Fund on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment in British billionaire Richard Branson?s space tourism company Virgin Galactic. The announcement on the sidelines of an investment summit in Riyadh comes nearly a month after the Virgin Group founder said he would invest in the kingdom?s Red

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