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Finding Nemo may become even harder: climate study

Warming ocean waters pose a risk for sea anemones, which provide shelter to orange-fin anemonefish, more commonly known as clownfish  PARIS: The clownfish, the colourful swimmer propelled to fame by the 2003 film "Finding Nemo", is under threat from warming ocean waters wreaking havoc with sea anemones -- the structures which serve as its home, a study has found. Closely related to corals, sea anemones are invertebrate marine creatures that live in symbiosis with algae, which provide them wit

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Double suicide attack near Damascus police HQ: state TV

DAMASCUS: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the main police headquarters building in Syria´s capital Damascus on Wednesday, state television said. There were no immediate details on casualties in the attack, which was the second such incident this month after attackers targeted a police station in the Midan district of the city on October 2.

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Twitter takes a dig at Kamran Akmal as he welcomes baby girl

Kamran Akmal holding his newborn baby girl. Photo: Kamran Akmal twitter  The former wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal and his wife recently welcomed a baby girl. Akmal took to social media to share his joy with his fans, with a picture of his newborn and kids. Calling it a blessing, Akmal wrote, ?Alhamdulliah, I?m blessed with a baby girl again. Allah has open the doors of his rehmat again on me. Feeling blessed!? But someone couldn't resist getting savage.  Fe

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Spain PM threatens to suspend Catalonia's autonomy

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has threatened to suspend Catalonia's regional autonomy. Photo: AFP  MADRID: Spain threatened on Wednesday to suspend Catalonia´s autonomy if it follows through on its threat to break away as an independent country. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent Catalan secession following a banned referendum in the region, which remains deeply divided over independence. He held an emergency cabinet meeting after Catalonia´

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Eminem sears 'racist' Trump at award show

With a hoodie over his head and visceral anger in his voice, Eminem rapped freestyle from inside a parking ramp as an entourage stood guard behind him.  MIAMI: Eminem savaged US President Donald Trump as a racist and warned fans not to support the US president as the rap superstar appeared at the BET Hip Hop Awards broadcast Tuesday. Eminem, the top-selling rapper of all time, made a rare and unexpected appearance in a recorded video aired during hip-hop´s premier awards show. With a hoodie

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Pakistan has to ensure viable balance between economy, security: COAS

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday said Pakistan has to continuously ensure a viable balance between economy and security "We have to continuously ensure a viable balance between economy and security. Only then will we arrive at a future that ensures sustained peace and happiness for our people," said Gen Bajwa.  He added that countries such as Pakistan do not have the luxury of reviewing the balance between guns and butter. "We live in one of the most volatil

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Kangana's sister lashes out at Farhan, Sonam for siding with Hrithik

Photo: File It seems like the Kangana-Hrithik feud isn't dying down anytime soon. After Hrithik recently appeared in an interview where he spoke exclusively to refute all of Kangana?s accusations, a few celebrities have come forward to express their support for former. Kangana?s sister, Rangoli, didn?t shy away from lashing out at Farhan Akhtar after he expressed his opinion on the controversy, reports Business of Cinema. In a lengthy letter on Facebook, Farhan said that people shou

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´Plan B´: Seven ways to engineer the climate

BERLIN: Dismissed a decade ago as far-fetched and dangerous, schemes to tame global warming by engineering the climate have migrated from the margins of policy debate towards centre stage. "Plan A" remains tackling the problem at its source. But efforts to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions have fallen woefully short and cannot, most scientists agree, avert catastrophic climate change on their own. Here is a "Plan B" menu of geoengineering solutions that can be broken down into two categ

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Sindh govt approves extension of Rangers' special powers in Karachi

Pakistan Rangers Sindh. Photo: File KARACHI: The provincial government on Wednesday approved the extension of Rangers' special powers in Karachi for another 90 days. After the request is approved by the Ministry of Interior, the paramilitary force ? requisitioned under Article 147 of the Constitution and operating under clause 1 of subsection 3 of section 4 of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 ? will be able to prevent the commission of terrorist acts and scheduled offences in notified areas. The par

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PM Abbasi involved in Rs200 bn LNG corruption scam, alleges Sheikh Rasheed

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/396136b14ab8344eb9e784e1ae962d54.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMTEvMjAxNyAxMjoyNjowMCBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUY0THNNWVdnRHdmK1RyKzFwdUFsRGc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: President of Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rasheed on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is invol

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IMF, World Bank refused to accept Dar as credible finance minister: Sheikh Rasheed

President of Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rashid. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: President of Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rasheed on Wednesday said that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank refused to accept Ishaq Dar as a credible finance minister. ?These people are involved in embezzling billions of the Pakistani taxpayers? money,? Rasheed lashed out at the ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League ? Nawaz (PML-N). ?If the Hudaibiya Papers Mill was the mother of corruption crimes, the Liquifie

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Black model who appeared in Dove ad says it was not racist

LONDON: A black model who appeared in a Dove advert denounced as racist by many social media users has defended the clip, saying that far from belittling black women it celebrated ethnic diversity. Lola Ogunyemi unwittingly found herself at the center of an international furor over a 3-second video posted on Dove?s US Facebook page which showed her removing her t-shirt to reveal a white woman, who then took hers off to reveal an Asian woman. ?I don?t feel it was racist,? she said in an interv

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Game of Drones: US poised to boost unmanned aircraft exports

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Creech Air Force Base May 19, 2016/REUTERS WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is nearing completion of new ?Buy American? rules to make it easier to sell US-made military drones overseas and compete against fast-growing Chinese and Israeli rivals, senior US officials said. While President Donald Trump?s aides work on relaxing domestic regulations on drone sales to select allies, Washington will also seek to renegotiate a 1987 missile-contr

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Thailand prepares to bid farewell to 'the people's king'

BANGKOK: Thailand is putting the finishing touches this month to a lavish five-day funeral ceremony in a final goodbye to its late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who helped shape the Southeast Asian nation for decades after World War Two. Many of the hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners are expected to camp for days near Bangkok?s Grand Palace to capture a good view of the ceremonies, which will be guarded by 78,000 police officers and culminate in the cremation on Oct. 26. ?October is a sa

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PTI slams Fazl, Achakzai for dilly-dallying on KP-FATA merger

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi criticised on Tuesday Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman for refusing to acknowledge the Parliament?s supremacy in deciding on the merger of Khyber Pakhthunkwa and FATA. Qureshi asked whether Fazl thinks a jirga is more important and should decide on the merger or the Parliament. Govt decides to merge Fata with KP Cabinet set to give approval to merger as govt takes allies into confidence Speaking to the med

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Karachi scorches for fourth consecutive day

KARACHI: The mercury soared to 40 degrees Celsius in the city on Wednesday, as the continuing heat wave entered its fourth day. The Met Dept said the weather will be extremely hot today as the temperature will remain 40 to 42 degree Celsius. According to the department, the temperature will likely drop after Saturday and the weather will turn slightly pleasant afterwards. Based on records from the past 30 years, the temperature in Karachi averages up to 36 degrees Celsius in the month of Octo

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NAB pastes summons for Hasan, Hussain on Sharif family?s Lahore residences

Hussain Nawaz (left) and Hasan Nawaz. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) pasted on Wednesday the summons for Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz on the main gate of the Sharif family's residences at Jati Umra and Model Town in Lahore. Sources in NAB Rawalpindi said that the action was taken in light of the accountability court's decision in the Avenfield property case which directed the initiation of the process to declare the former prime minister's sons proclaimed off

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India reassures Aussies after rock thrown at team bus

NEW DELHI: India´s sports minister Wednesday sought to reassure Australian cricketers about their safety after a rock shattered a window on the bus taking them to their hotel following a series-levelling win in the second Twenty20 international. The incident in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati was the second in two months, after Cricket Australia said in September that the team´s bus window was broken by a "small rock or stone" in Bangladesh after a Test match. "Pretty scary having a r

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Wildfires kill 17 in California wine country

A hill is being silhouetted by flames during the Nuns Fire in Kenwood, California, US, October 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters  SANTA ROSA: Firefighters battling wildfires in California?s wine country face the prospect of new outbreaks when dry, windy conditions return on Wednesday to an area where at least 17 people have been killed and 2,000 homes and businesses destroyed in blazes. Gusts of up to 50 mph (80 kph) and 10 per cent humidity are forecast for later on Wednesday and into Thursday for the

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Najam Sethi urges fans to ?have faith? in the young Test team

PCB chairman Najam Sethi  Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has asked fans to be patient and ?have faith? in the young Test side, which played and lost its first series after the retirement of the legendary duo of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan. In the absence of Misbah and Younis, Pakistan team ? comprised of mostly young players led by Sarfraz Ahmed in his first Test series as captain, lost both the matches against Sri Lanka, ending its unbeaten streak in the UAE since 2009.

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India's top court says sex with child is always rape

*** with a minor amounts to rape even if the couple are married, India's top court ruled on Wednesday, closing a legal loophole that had allowed some perpetrators to escape punishment. The age of consent and thus the legal age for girls to marry in India is 18, but millions of children are made to do so when they are much younger, particularly in poor rural areas. India's rape laws specifically exclude married couples, which historically meant that even non-consensual *** with a minor could no

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Blast at Tupras refinery in Turkey kills four, production unaffected

ISTANBUL: An explosion in a storage tank at a Tupras refinery in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Wednesday killed four people but had no impact on production, the company said. Tupras said in a statement that the explosion occurred following maintenance work on Wednesday morning. Television footage showed black smoke rising from the site of the blast.

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Visually impaired people hold protest, block roads in Lahore

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e66a090ae7e0e64a1a7a800a848a53fe.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMTEvMjAxNyA5OjI2OjAzIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9UW9LcFV2WnBnM3NxVTgxVGVzMkhFZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] LAHORE: Dozens of visually impaired people blocked the Ferozepur Road in the Punjab capital to demand rights to vocation and job secu

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Decision on Imran, Tareen disqualification case to come in a week, predicts Fawad Chaudhry

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf representative Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that Supreme Court?s decision on the disqualification case of Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen will come in a week time. Speaking to journalists outside Supreme Court, Chaudhry said that ?the decision on the cases will come within a week time and both the cases will go in a trash bin.? Chaudhry said that a technical point is under consideratio

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Saad Rafique calls Sheikh Rasheed 'political joker'

Khawaja Saad Rafique addressing the media Oct 11. Photo: Geo News  RAWALPINDI: Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Wednesday that he does not take 'political joker' Sheikh Rasheed seriously.  Addressing a press conference, Rafique said in response to a question that conspiracies by political and non-political forces, wherein an elected prime minister is removed in such a controversial way, creates an uncertain political situation which has a negative effect on the economy. 

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