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UPS expects to hire about 95,000 workers for holiday season

source: UPS Twitter WASHINGTON: US package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday it expected to hire about 95,000 seasonal employees for the upcoming, crucial peak holiday season. These employees would support the expected increase in package volume that will begin in November and continue through January, UPS said. Peak season begins on Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in November, and runs through early January when there is a large wave of returns.
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Amazon reviewing website after algorithm suggests bomb-making ingredients

Amazon.com said it was reviewing its website after an investigation found that it could help users buy the ingredients to make a bomb. Photo: File  LONDON: Amazon.com said on Wednesday it was reviewing its website after an investigation found that it could help users buy the ingredients to make a bomb using its ?Frequently bought together? and ?Customers who bought this also bought? features. Britain?s Channel 4 News found the online retailer?s algorithm was suggesting items that could be boug
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Trump made decision on Iran nuclear deal but does not reveal it

UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had made his decision on whether or not the United States will remain in a 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers, but he declined to reveal it. ?I have decided,? Trump told reporters when asked if he had made up his mind after having criticized the accord under which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions. Responding to Trump?s comments, a senior Iranian official told R
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Massive traffic jam at Karachi's II Chundrigar Road troubles citizens

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/836c59966bcebc9fa7df002b05f7394a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8yMC8yMDE3IDM6MDI6MzggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1UbFQ4TlovVnpzWkxrV2pDcm1LZEhRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Citizens witnessed a massive traffic jam on Karachi's II Chundrigar Road as long queues of vehicles were formed on Wednesday
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World Bank to continue working with Pakistan: CEO

NEW YORK: CEO World Bank Kristalina Georgieva expressed the commitment to continue to work with Pakistan and appreciated the progress made by Pakistan in stabilising the macroeconomic framework. Georgieva had called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in New York on Wednesday, according to press release. The CEO also expressed the commitment to continue supporting further reforms in Pakistan. She also appreciated the role of Pakistan in the Indus Water Treaty. The CEO termed Pakistan's rol
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Bilawal to address rally in Sahiwal

Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a political rally in Karachi. Photo: File   SAHIWAL: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will address a political rally in Sahiwal today (Wednesday). Bilawal, who is accompanied by Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah, is scheduled to address party workers at the Zafar Ali Stadium later today.  The political rally comes at a time when the domestic political scenario is fast-changing.
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Noor dissolves marriage with singer Wali Hamid

Noor, who married for the fourth time in 2013, approached the court seeking Khula (cancellation of marriage). Photo: File  LAHORE: A family court accepted Pakistani film actress Noor?s petition to part ways with her fourth husband Wali Hamid Ali Khan on Wednesday. Noor, who married for the fourth time in 2013, approached the court seeking Khula (cancellation of marriage). Khan opposed the petition but the actress remained firm that she wanted to dissolve her marriage contract, following which
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LHC dismisses contempt petition against Maryam

Maryam Nawaz. Photo: File  LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed on Tuesday a contempt of court petition against former premier Nawaz Sharif?s daughter Maryam Nawaz. A citizen, Sadruddin, had submitted a petition in the LHC stating that Maryam, during her recent speeches while campaigning for the NA-120 by-election in Lahore, had criticised the Supreme Court?s July 28 judgment in the Panama Papers case. Hearing the case on Tuesday, Justice Shahid Kareem had reserved his decision on t
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COAS confirms death sentence of four terrorists tried by military courts

Armed forces personnel transport militants in Lower Dir. Photo: File Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed on Wednesday the death sentences awarded to four "hardcore" terrorists involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, according to the army's media wing. The Inter Services Public Relations said in a statement that the suspects are accused of abducting/slaughtering of soldiers and attacking law enforcement agencies and armed forces personnel.  "On the whole, they wer
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Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico

Workers remove fallen tree branches from a road in the Guadeloupe island which was hit by Hurricane Maria, September 19, 2017/REUTERS  Hurricane Maria has made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The hurricane is about 35 miles (55 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (250 km per hour), the NHC said, adding that it is moving in a north-westerly direction at 10 mph (17 km/h). Hurricane
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Obama begins lucrative turn as Wall Street speaker

Former US president Barack Obama, pictured in this file photo from May 9, will deliver a paid speech on health care at a Wall Street event next week/AFP NEW YORK: Barack Obama has begun cashing in on his time in the White House with paid Wall Street speeches less than a year after leaving office, a practice which drew stinging rebukes for Hillary Clinton during last year's presidential campaign. The former US president will appear Monday before a who's who of the US health care industry at a co
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Afghan envoy calls on COAS, discusses bilateral security issues

RAWALPINDI: Afghanistan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal, called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday. The meeting took place at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.  According to a tweet by the Afghan envoy, a "host of issues, including steps for peace and stability for both nations" were discussed. He also shared a picture of his earlier call-on on the army chief. In that meeting, held on August 2 this year, the two discussed matters of mutual interest, e
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Two more arrests in Wales over London Underground bombing

Officers stand behind police cordon after an explosion on the London Underground/REUTERS  LONDON: Two men were arrested on Wednesday over last week´s London Underground terror attack in which 30 people were injured, bringing the total number of people in custody to five, police said. The men, aged 48 and 30, were arrested under anti-terrorism legislation in Newport in Wales, police said in a statement, after a 25-year-old man was arrested in the same city on Tuesday. "This continues to be a fa
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Army official files FIR against PPP lawmaker for alleged assault

Pakistan Peoples Party MPA Tariq Masood Arain. Photo: File KARACHI: Police have registered a case against Pakistan Peoples Party MPA Tariq Masood Arain and his 12 armed guards over charges of attempted murder, SSP South said on Wednesday.  According to the registered first information report (FIR), the provincial lawmaker's guards allegedly assaulted the security squad of Corps Commander Karachi Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza's family in Defence. The FIR, registered on a complaint of Havaldaar Fahi
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Search underway for family ?paid to release dengue mosquito? in Peshawar hospital

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has taken notice of a CCTV footage showing a family four releasing dengue mosquito from a shopping bag in a ward of the Hayatabad Medical Complex. According to hospital administration, the family on Monday was spotted by the CCTV team releasing the mosquitoes and was ordered to hand over the bag. On being questioned by the hospital, the family said that they were promised with a monetary reward by ?someone in their village? if they agreed to r
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Pakistan XI play UK Media XI in Miranshah on Sep 21: DG ISPR

RAWALPINDI: A cricket match will be held between Pakistan XI and UK Media XI in Miranshah, a town in the North Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, on Thursday, September 21, DG ISPR said. In a tweet posted today, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said the match will be telecast live from Miranshah. "Cricket in NWA. Pak XI plays UK Media XI on 21 Sep 17. Live telecast from Miranshah. Peace & prosperity is our destiny #PeacefulPakistan." The UK te
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Trump administration red tape tangles up visas for skilled foreigners

International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the US Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put its travel ban into effect later in the week pending further judicial review, June 26, 2017/REUTERS WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed
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Pakistan fined $1.6b as Turkish RPP firm wins arbitration case

ISLAMABAD: The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an arm of the World Bank which offers arbitration and conciliation services for governments and private foreign investors' disputes, has given its decision in favour of Turkish firm Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim and imposed a fine of $1.6 billion on Pakistan, sources informed Geo News on Wednesday. Karkey had registered a claim with the ICSID against Pakistan in 2013 for violation of their contract of as many
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Chandio lambastes Imran, says ?Shaukat Khanum his only feat?

Senior PPP leader Maula Bux Chandio addressing a press conference in Hyderabad HYDERABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Maula Bux Chandio on Wednesday lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan for ?hurling abuses and personal attacks? on PPP leaders during the PTI chief?s address in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here, Chandio said that Imran is trying to hide his disappointment by criticising PPP leaders Asif Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari a
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military

YANGON: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation. Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday rights abuses in Rakhine State, where conflict that began last month has forced 421,000 Rohingya Muslims to seek refuge in Bangladesh, and said violators would be punished. However, in her first address to the Buddhi
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Kirkuk shaping up as flashpoint ahead of Kurdistan independence vote

Kurds people attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq September 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters  KIRKUK: Visitors to Kirkuk in northern Iraq are greeted by an imposing statue of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter with a gun slung over his shoulder, a reminder of tensions building in the hotly-contested city ahead of a referendum on Kurdish independence. Erected in July, the statue has come to symbolise how the Kurds want to cement their hold
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Cricket-mad Afghan fans flock to T20 despite violence

Thousands of cricket-mad fans have been travelling across the war-torn country to watch the domestic T20 competition that ends Friday/AFP  KABUL: Afghan soldier Ehsanullah waves a national flag as he dances half-naked in the stands of Kabul´s main cricket ground -- one of thousands of fans defying rising insecurity for the rare opportunity to see their favourite game live. The 23-year-old took time off from fighting Taliban insurgents in volatile Kandahar province to attend the Shpageeza Crick
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Diageo says Indian highway liquor ban to hurt sales

The museum room is seen at the Diageo Cardhu distillery in Scotland March 21, 2014. Photo: Reuters   Diageo, the maker of Johnnie Walker whiskey and Smirnoff vodka, expects its first-half sales growth to suffer from the timing of Chinese New Year and a ban on selling alcohol near Indian highways, the British company said on Wednesday. India?s top court banned liquor outlets within 500 metres of national and state highways in April, in a move that was expected to hit revenue for liquor makers s
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Nisar criticises government's failure to condemn recent US drone strike

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that it is surprising that Pakistan did not even issue a formal condemnatory statement against the US drone attack in in Kurram Agency on September 15. A suspected US drone strike killed three and injured two in Kurram Agency of the Federal Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Friday. Kurram Agency Political Agent Baseer Khan Wazir told Geo.tv that the drone strike took place in Pakistani territory, six kilometres fro
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Major earthquakes of the past 30 years

View of buildings flattened by a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017/AFP HONG KONG: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing at least 140 people on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. Here are some of the most significant earthquakes of the last 30 years. Sept 7, 2017: A quake strikes the southern part of Mexico, killing 96 people. Seismological authorities measured the quake at 8.2, surpassing the 8.1-quake that killed 10,000 people in Mexico City
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