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Saudi sovereign fund to redevelop Jeddah waterfront in $4.8bn project

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia?s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will lead the redevelopment of Jeddah?s waterfront corniche in an 18 billion riyal ($4.8 billion) project that will include housing, shops, museums and a marina, the sovereign fund said on Wednesday. The project, to be built over 10 years, is part of economic reform plans that seek to move Saudi Arabia?s economy beyond dependence on oil exports by expanding industries such as tourism and entertainment. The PIF, which is the country?s main sove
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Momina Mustehsan makes it to BBC?s list of 100 influential women

Momina Mustehsan.  Pop sensation Momina Mustehsan has made it to BBC?s list of 100 inspirational women of 2017 from across the globe. ?The women on the list will be part of the 100 Women Challenge, tackling some of the biggest problems facing women around the world,? BBC reported. ?Coming together in four teams, the women will create innovate ways to tackle the glass ceiling, female illiteracy, street harassment and sexism in sports.? Mustehsan, a rising star in the world of music from Pakist
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Cricketer Imad Wasim refutes 'fan's' allegations

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/0e4c6d7c7fb5e0583878fbfd1b2c00f9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yNy8yMDE3IDY6MzU6MzggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT14WHdSV1EyeTFVUE1pRnVxaGtsQmVBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Cricketer Imad Wasim took to Twitter to refute all allegations of promising to marry a fan late Wednesday.  Pictures of the cricket
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War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace

Aung San Suu Kyi is facing international criticism for not doing more to stop what the UN says are mass killings, rapes and the burning of villages taking place in Rakhine state of Myanmar. Photo: Nikkei Asian Review   OSLO: Myanmar?s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest in a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates to disappoint many of those who once applauded her, and probably won?t be the last, a cautionary tale for the 2017 laureate who will be named next week. Suu Kyi is facing internat
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Hafiz Saeed, Haqqani are liabilities for Pakistan: Khawaja Asif

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a4dc436d7e36ec5699e9e79fb7f66ecb.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yNy8yMDE3IDY6NDY6NDUgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1lZG9NVFE3RFZuZFBUaUcxMDFvSFJRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said that Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Haqqanis are a liability for Pakistan
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Qureshi wants to replace Imran: Khursheed Shah

KARACHI: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi wants to replace party chief Imran Khan, in a statement issued on Wednesday. Shah remarked: ?Shah Mehmood Qureshi is not targeting my position rather he wants to sideline Imran Khan.? ?How can anyone ask for a bigger post than this party head?? Shah asked and shared ?When Bilawal announced to become a part of the National Assembly, I said that Bilawal should become the opposition leader.?
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Putin says Russia to destroy 'last chemical weapons'

source: The Atlantic MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that Russia would destroy its last chemical weapons, hailing the move as a "historic event" and accusing the United States of not following suit. "Today the last chemical ammunition from Russia's chemical weapon stockpile will be destroyed," Putin said in televised remarks. "This is truly a historic event, taking into account the huge amount we inherited from Soviet times that was enough - as experts believed - to des
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Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station project

source: NASA MOSCOW: Russia and the United States agreed Wednesday to cooperate on a NASA-led project to build the first lunar space station, part of a long-term project to send humans to Mars. The US space agency said earlier this year that it was exploring a programme called the Deep Space Gateway, a multi-stage project to push further into the solar system. The project envisages building a crew-tended spaceport in lunar orbit that would serve as a "gateway to deep space and the lunar surfac
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14 people shot dead at Mexican drug rehab centre

MEXICO CITY: Fourteen people were shot dead on Tuesday night at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Mexico as part of a territory fight between two criminal gangs, a spokesman for the state attorney general?s office said. The shooting took place in the Rosario neighborhood of the city of Chihuahua, the capital of the border state Chihuahua, and left 14 people dead and 8 injured, spokesman Carlos Huerta said on Wednesday. ?We have an ongoing preliminary investigation wherein we believe it
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Qatar, FIFA urged to protect 800,000 workers from desert heat

source: Doha News DUBAI: World Cup 2022 host Qatar must urgently introduce laws to protect the lives of up to 800,000 migrant construction labourers working in scorching temperatures, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The New York-based organisation also called on the Gulf state to investigate workers´ deaths and make those findings public. "The Qatari authorities' failure to put in place the most basic protection from the heat, their decision to ignore recommendations that they investigate w
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Sri Lanka calls monks who attacked Rohingya 'animals'

source: AFP COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government Wednesday slammed a group of radical Buddhist monks who attacked Rohingya refugees on the island as "animals", pledging action against police who failed to protect them. Rajitha Senaratne, a cabinet spokesman, said the government condemned Tuesday's storming of a UN safe house where 31 Rohingya refugees, including 16 children and seven women, had been given shelter. "As a Buddhist, I am ashamed at what happened," Senaratne told reporters. "Mother
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COAS inaugurates Nahakki tunnel in Mohmand Agency

Nahakki Tunnel on the Ghalanai-Mamad Gat Road. Photo: Twitter/Government of Pakistan GHALANAI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) inaugurated Ghalanai-Mohmand Gat road and Nahakki tunnel, Mohmand Agency, on Wednesday, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  In the first phase of the project, 14 kilometres of the 41-km road has been completed, while work on remaining portion is in progress. The completed project besides facilitating locals/in
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Searing summers becoming the new normal in Europe: study

PARIS: Climate change has made the record-breaking temperatures that roasted parts of Europe this summer at least 10 times more likely, scientists reported Wednesday. "We found clear evidence of human influence on this summer´s record warmth, both in the overall summer temperatures and in the heatwave dubbed 'Lucifer'," said study co-author Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, a senior researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. "Climate change made the summer of 2017 at least 10 times
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Shaheen-VI air exercise between Pakistan, China concludes

ISLAMABAD: The joint international air exercise Shaheen-VI conducted between the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and People?s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) concluded at Korla Air Base in China on Wednesday. During the three-week long exercise, the PAF and PLAAF contingents participated with modern fighter jets and support elements, said a statement released by PAF. A PAF delegation also witnessed the last day of joint manoeuvres and participated in the closing ceremony along with high-ranking Chi
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Pakistan team wins big at international Karate competition

The gold medalists include Erdemir Ali, Anael Ali, Khalid Aleem, Khadija Abdullah, and Muhammed Raid.Photo: Bushi Ban Pakistan Junior Karate Team   KARACHI: A team from Pakistan secured five gold medals and overall third position in an international Karate competition held in Sri Lanka.  The gold medalists include Erdemir Ali, Anael Ali, Khalid Aleem, Khadija Abdullah, and Muhammed Raid.  The team, Bushi Ban Pakistan Junior Karate Team, along with teams from seven other countries participated
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Indian envoy summoned over LoC violation by Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner to lodge a protest against unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC), said a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO). Indian forces had opened fire in the Nakyal sector of the LoC on Wednesday which killed a civilian and injured four others. The Indian diplomat was handed a letter protesting the firing across the LoC, with Pakistan also protesting Indian atrocities in Indian
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Afghanistan's only female governor replaced by man

Afghanistan´s only female provincial governor Masooma Muradi has been replaced by a man. Photo: AFP/file  KABUL: Afghanistan´s only female provincial governor has been replaced by a man, an official said Wednesday, in a blow to women politicians in the patriarchal country. Masooma Muradi had faced strong resistance from religious conservatives and political opponents since her appointment in 2015 as governor of Daikundi, a remote province in central Afghanistan. "I can confirm Ms Masooma Mur
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Chinese dominate eSports at Asian Indoor Games

ASHGABAT: China proved it had most of the best young eSports players by dominating the four events held at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Although video games were downgraded to an exhibition sport in the Turkmenistan capital after being a fully fledged medal sport for the previous decade, medals were presented to the winners of each of the four competitions - King of Fighters, Starcraft II, Hearthstone and Dota2. None of the medals counted on the official table, but in a telling
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Dar must resign after being formally charged, demands PTI

A high-level meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chaired by party Chairman Imran Khan took place on Wednesday. Photo: PTI Twitter   ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Wednesday demanded Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's resignation with immediate effect after being formally charged. In a high-level meeting of the party, chaired by party Chairman Imran Khan, the demand for an early election for a 'new mandate' was put forward. "The names of all individuals wanted by accountability court
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Priyanka Chopra among highest paid TV actresses

Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra has made it to the Forbes List of World's Highest-Paid TV Actresses in 2017 for the second consecutive time.  The Quantico-star secured the eight spot with an estimated earning of $10 million and is once again among the top 10 big earners of the small screen. Priyanka's description on the list reads, "Bollywood crossover star takes advantage of her worldwide appeal with revenue streams from both the US and India. In the US, she is best known for her star-turn on
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Satisfied over Ishaq Dar?s indictment: PTI?s Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry expressed satisfaction over the indictment of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar during a news conference on Wednesday. While addressing media in the federal capital, Fawad said Dar could not handle the current financial situation of the country and was of the opinion that Dar should step down from his position as a finance minister. Dar was indicted earlier in the day by the accountability court hearing the Supreme Court-directed corrupt
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Nepal names three-year-old as new 'living goddess'

Trishna Shakya will be anointed as the new Kumari in a ceremony on Thursday, when she will be taken from her family home to live in a palace in Kathmandu´s ancient Durbar Square. Photo: AFP  KATHMANDU: A three-year-old girl has been named the new Kumari of Nepal´s capital Kathmandu after her predecessor retired when she reached puberty, continuing an ancient tradition that sees young girls worshipped as "living goddesses". Trishna Shakya will be anointed as the new Kumari in a ceremony on Thu
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Stability of parliament under threat by PTI, MQM: Bilawal

LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday criticised the PTI and MQM-P over calls to change the leader of opposition in the lower house of parliament.  He said such moves will pose a danger to the stability of the parliament and is not a good omen for the supremacy of the lower house.  The PPP chairman also commended Khurseed Shah's role for the supremacy of the parliament and added that Shah has played an important role in defending the parliament from 'attacks'. Bilawal alleg
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Indian soldiers kill suspected militants on Myanmar border

NEW DELHI: Indian soldiers killed a large number of suspected militants in a gunfight along the country's restive border with Myanmar, the army said Wednesday. A statement posted by the army's eastern command on Twitter said its offensive had resulted in "heavy casualties" to insurgents on the Indian side of the border. "A column of Indian army, while operating along the Indo-Myanmar border, was fired upon," it said. Indian troops fired in retaliation, killing "a large number" of militants. N
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One martyred, three injured in Indian firing across LoC

RAWALPINDI: Indian troops once again resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Nikiyal Sector, killing one civilian and injuring four others. According to a statement by army's media wing, the Inter Services Public Relations, a civilian embraced martyrdom while four, including three women, were injured.  The Pakistan Army responded effectively, according to the statement, and inflicted casualties and heavy losses on the Indian posts from where the firing originated.
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