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ICC urges higher pay to stop women leaving cricket

England Women pose with the ICC World Cup 2017 trophy  NEW DELHI: A top ICC official has urged cricket bodies around the world to follow Australia´s lead and dramatically raise wages for women´s players to stop them dropping out of the sport. Clare Connor, the former England captain who now heads the International Cricket Council´s women´s committee, told AFP that other countries must match Australia´s eight-fold increase in wages. "We are all going to think very seriously of how well our play
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Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani stars in new ?Saturday Night Live? promo

Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani is all set to host ?Saturday Night Live? this week, and the new promo for the upcoming episode has us waiting with bated breath. Set to the tune of P!nk?s ?So What? (who also happens to be his musical guest this week), the promo shows ?The Big Sick? actor get lost on his way to the studio. "This is happening," Nanjiani tweeted, ahead of the October 14 episode of t
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England can't win Ashes without Stokes: Waugh

Ben Stokes SYDNEY: Test great Steve Waugh says England can´t win the Ashes without Ben Stokes and the bad boy allrounder would have been dumped immediately if he was Australian. England vice-captain Stokes was arrested last month in Britain on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm and suspended from internationals until further notice following an apparent fight outside a nightclub. He was included in their Ashes squad but the England and Wales Cricket Board last week said he would not trav
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Panama president declares national holiday to celebrate World Cup berth

PANAMA CITY: Panama president Juan Carlos Varela has declared a national holiday in celebration at the central American country´s first ever qualification for the World Cup. "It´s a historic day for the country. [Thursday] will be a national holiday for public and private sector workers," Varela said on Twitter on Wednesday. Panama came from behind to beat Costa Rica 2-1 on Tuesday and book a ticket to Russia 2018. The victory left them third in the CONCACAF area qualification behind Mexico
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Protesting teachers to surround Imran?s residence on Oct 17 as talks fail

PESHAWAR: The negotiations between the protesting ad hoc teachers and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government failed, following which the teachers announced to surround the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan on October 17. Over 600 ad hoc KP and FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) teachers continued protests, demanding they be made permanent employees after their extended contract ends on October 31. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaiz Khattak met with the
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Weinstein allegations swell as film industry faces scrutiny

Harvey Weinstein. Photo: AFP  The avalanche of assault accusations against Harvey Weinstein grew Wednesday as more actresses came forward with explosive charges against the movie mogul, whose lurid behavior has opened a Pandora's Box of Hollywood harassment and hypocrisy. The new claims landed as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Cannes film festival organisation declared the abusive behavior repugnant, but also as film figures warned that such actions have gone vir
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Battle with Thor kicks off three-movie arc for Marvel's Hulk

LOS ANGELES: Marvel?s big green Hulk may not be getting his own standalone movie but actor Mark Ruffalo, who plays the current iteration of the superhero, said the character will get a mini arc within three upcoming Marvel movies. Hulk, the muscle-bound, larger-than-life green alter-ego of scientist Bruce Banner, appears in the upcoming ?Thor: Ragnarok,? out in US theaters on November 3, as a gladiator trapped on a futuristic planet and forced to fight Thor. The Hulk will also appear in 2018?s
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Pakistan ready to work with US for achieving peace in region: Ahsan Iqbal

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal addressing event at Johns Hopkins University Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has reaffirmed Pakistan?s readiness to work with the United States as a partner for achieving peace and security in the region. ?Pakistan desires a broader and comprehensive partnership with the United States, beyond security and particularly in the education sector,? he said while addressing a gathering of students, academicians, think tank analysts, and media persons at an exclusive event
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Pakistan?s Sania Nishtar to head WHO?s commission on noncommunicable diseases

Dr Sania Nishtar. Photo: File  UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the establishment of a high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which will be led by Pakistan's Dr Sania Nishtar, to identify innovative ways to eradicate the world?s biggest causes of death, according to a statement. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: ?We urgently need new approaches and action on a dramatically different scale if we are to stop people dyi
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British Daesh recruiter ?White Widow? killed in drone strike in Syria

Sally Jones Daesh recruiter Sally Jones, considered Britain?s most-wanted woman, has reportedly been killed in a US drone strike in Syria. Once a punk rocker, Jones, dubbed ?White Widow?, had fled to Syria with her son in 2013 before becoming a recruiter for the Daesh group. Now she is believed dead after US spy chiefs reportedly told their counterparts at MI6 that the militant was killed by a predator drone close to the border between Syria and Iraq in June. Sally Jones was a punk musician
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Ishaq Dar reaches court, corruption reference hearing under way

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar arriving in court Oct 12, 2017. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar reached the accountability court on Thursday which resumed hearing of the Supreme Court-directed National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference against him. The accountability court had summoned two witnesses of the prosecution ? Shahid Aziz and Tariq Javed ? to record their statements pertaining to the case today. Almost 200 policemen have been stationed in and around the judicial
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Barcelona prepared to make new offer for Liverpool's Coutinho

Barcelona are ready to mount a new bid for Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho in January, the club said on Wednesday. The Catalan side made multiple attempts at signing the Brazilian earlier in the year but according to reports, the Premier League club were holding out for 200 million euros ($237 million) and kept the midfielder. Barcelona CEO Oscar Grau said the club have a record predicted revenue of 897 million euros for the 2017-18 season, up 189 million on the previous year. ?We are r
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Woman thought to have committed suicide was murdered by family, police say

KARACHI: A woman ? whose body was found hanging by a noose in the metropolis' Liaquatabad a few days ago ? was murdered, Geo News said Thursday morning, refuting earlier media reports that she had died by suicide. Sana, 27, was an officer of Sindh Police's Special Security Unit (SSU) and had married a man of her own free will some months back. Her body was found on October 8 with a rope around her neck in the city's Liaquatabad No. 10 area, authorities said. Law enforcement agencies on Thursda
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Trump to name White House aide to homeland security post

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (R) walks with Kirstjen Nielsen ? the chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security ? on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, before his departure with President Donald Trump to Yuma, Arizona, August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files  WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen ? who, as the top aide to his White House chief of staff, has sought to instil order in Trump?s team ? to lead the US Department of Ho
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Helicopters pluck 42 people, 5 dogs and cat from brink of California wildfire

Helicopter pilot Pete Gavitte peered through his night vision goggles late Sunday as he approached a fast-growing wildfire near the California wine country town of Napa and instantly knew there was trouble ahead. ?We saw that it was actually really large, looked like a nuke had gone off or something,? said Gavitte, an 18-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol. As sirens blared from his helicopter, residents were grabbing their belongings and jumping into their cars to head down Atlas
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Liverpool clash just another game for Mourinho

Manchester United will approach Saturday?s high-profile Premier League meeting with bitter rivals Liverpool as they would any other match, manager Jose Mourinho has said. United have made a strong start to the season and are second in the table behind Manchester City on goal difference. They have scored 21 goals and let in only two to sit on 19 points. Ahead of a tricky test against seventh-placed Liverpool, who have struggled to plug leaks in defence but have shown plenty of attacking intent,
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At least 21 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires

Firefighters facing a resurgence of high winds on Wednesday struggled to halt wildfires that have killed at least 21 people, destroyed 3,500 structures and left hundreds missing in chaotic evacuations across northern California?s wine country. Nearly two dozen blazes spanning eight counties have charred around 170,000 acres (68,797 hectares). Flames erupted on Sunday night when gale force winds toppled power lines across the region, possibly igniting one of the deadliest wildfire outbreaks in C
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Locals warned to stay away as Japanese volcano erupts

Mount Shinmoedake in southern Japan erupted for the first time in six years Wednesday, shooting a plume of ash several hundred metres into the air and sparking warnings to local residents. People were ordered to stay away from the volcano after it rumbled to life at 5:34 am (2034 GMT Tuesday) as Japan's Meteorological Agency said air blasts caused by the eruption could shatter windows. "The ash plume reached a height of 300 metres (1,000 feet) when the volcano erupted," an agency official told
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In Brexit poker, clock narrows transition options

An EU flag is waved near the Houses of Parliament in central London, Britain September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files  BRUSSELS: Nerves are fraying in the Brexit talks, negotiators are trying to work out if the other side is bluffing about walking away, and a ticking clock is fast narrowing British options come March 2019. British Chancellor Philip Hammond echoed recent EU assertions when he said that a transition period to some new relationship was a ?wasting asset?, the value of whic
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House panel to publicly release Russia Facebook ads

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg delivers a speech during a visit to Paris, France, on January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files  WASHINGTON: The leaders of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee?s Russia investigation said Wednesday they intend to publicly release thousands of politically divisive Facebook ads purchased by Russia during last year?s presidential election. Representatives Mike Conaway and Adam Schiff told reporters after meeting with Face
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For some kids, bullying may not leave lasting mental scars

Children who are bullied during their pre-teen years may experience mental health issues like anxiety and depression, but a study of twins suggests that some victims may not experience lasting psychological problems. Researchers examined data on about 11,000 twins born in England and Wales from 1994 to 1996. The youth completed assessments on their exposure to bullying when they were 11 and 14 years old, and they had mental health evaluations when they were 11 and 16 years old. At age 11, kids
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US spacewalkers install 'new eyes' at space station

Two US astronauts installed a high-definition video camera at the International Space Station Tuesday and made more progress on repairs to the lab's robotic arm, NASA said. NASA spokesman Rob Navias described the camera equipment as offering "new eyes" to the orbiting outpost, as live video showed astronaut Randy Bresnik in sharp detail, floating in his white spacesuit. The previous camera had aged, and was tinting images pink. Another camera outside the ISS, nicknamed "Old Yeller" because of
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Wall Street ticks higher to record close; eyes on earnings, Fed

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  NEW YORK: Major stock indexes edged up to post record closing highs on Wednesday with sector moves in the S&P 500 showing preference toward so-called defensive stocks. While Wall Street reaction was muted to minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve policy meeting, a report that a market-friendly candidate was being pushed as successor to Janet Yellen at the helm
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Puerto Rico toll hits 44 as governor asks Congress for more aid

The death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has risen to 44 three weeks after the storm ripped through the island, Governor Ricardo Rossello said Wednesday. In a statement in which he also asked Congress for more financial assistance, Rossello updated the toll released on Tuesday after another person died due to a fractured skull. "There are also four deaths confirmed to be related to leptospirosis," he added, referring to a rare bacterial disease contracted through the urine of infecte
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US Treasury criticizes IMF views on Trump tax plan

US President Donald Trump (L) arrives with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prior to signing financial services executive orders at the Treasury Department in Washington, US, April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files WASHINGTON: A senior US Treasury official on Wednesday criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its views on the Trump administration?s tax proposals and said the institution should keep out of the US fiscal policy debate. The IMF has deleted its earlier forecasts
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