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Northern China smog cuts life expectancy by 3 years versus south: study

A man wearing a respiratory protection mask walks toward an office building during the smog after a red alert was issued for heavy air pollution in Beijing's central business district, China, December 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters File  SHANGHAI: Air pollution caused by coal-fired winter heating has slashed life expectancy in northern China by more than three years compared with the south, according to a new study, underlining the urgency of Beijing?s efforts to tackle smog. Researchers with the En
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World XI arrive in local style

Pakistan saw a return of international cricket as the World XI played their first match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. The World XI team arrived inside the Gaddafi Stadium riding traditional rickshaws and received a thunderous welcome from the local crowd. geo_embedgallery It was all fun and games even when one of the rickshaws stopped working and needed a little
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Monster "fatberg" found in east London sewer

One of the biggest "fatbergs" ever seen in Britain, a ball of fat as long as three soccer pitches, is seen after it was found blocking a Victorian-era, east London sewer, in an image handed out by Thames Water, September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters  LONDON: One of the biggest ?fatbergs? ever seen in Britain - a ball of fat as long as three soccer pitches - has been found blocking a Victorian-era, east London sewer. ?It?s a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove,? said
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Jaguar converts its iconic 1960 E-type into an electric car

The modified E-type Zero. ? Jaguar Land Rover After having committed to electrifying all of its cars from 2020 onward, Jaguar has unveiled a new all-electric automobile, inspired its sleek E-type from the 1960s. Once lauded as "the most beautiful car in the world" by Enzo Ferrari, the new E-type Zero keeps the classic Jaguar styling while introducing a bespoke electric powertrain that produces up to 220kW of power, according to The Verge. The modified E-type Zero. ? Jaguar Land Rover The mod
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Christian community has lent huge support to Nawaz: Maryam

Maryam Nawaz addressed the minorities wing convention in NA-120. Photo: Geo News LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday said the Christian community has lent huge support to her father and the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N).  "My Christian brothers and sisters are as zealous in their support as other Pakistanis," she said while addressing the minorities wing convention in NA-120 in Lahore.  The former prime minister's daughter, who is campaigning in the NA-120 constituency on behalf of her mo
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WhatsApp testing new feature which allows users to delete sent texts

Photo: courtesy WhatsApp Ever regretted sending a text on Whatsapp? Well, now you will have the option of deleting a sent text. WhatsApp is testing a new feature, ?Delete for Everyone?, which will allow users to delete their sent messages. However, the message can only be deleted if the receiver has not read it. The messaging app is testing the feature both on iOS and Android, according to famous WhatsApp leaker WABetaInfo. WhatsApp just released its picture-in-picture
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North Korea warns US of 'greatest pain', rejects sanctions

North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations Han Tae Song attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters  GENEVA: North Korea on Tuesday rejected a UN Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions and said the United States would soon face the ?greatest pain? it had ever experienced. The Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country?s sixth and most powerful nucl
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Slideshow: Pakistan vs World XI first T20

International cricket returned to Pakistan as the national team faced the World XI in the T20 match of the Independence Cup on Tuesday.  The World XI have won the toss and elected to bowl first.  Here are some of the highlights from the match.  International World XI players Imran Tahir (C) and Hashim Amla (L) sit in an auto-rickshaw as they acknowledge the crowd at the main entrance of the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on September 12, 2017 - AFP  International World XI cricketers Ben
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Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar´s Rakhine state wait for aid in the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf. -AFP COX'S BAZAAR: International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence. Beijing´s intervention appears aimed at heading off any attempt to censure Myanmar at the cou
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Cabinet to approve new bill for FATA: sources

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government on Tuesday decided to approve a new bill to make the country's laws applicable to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, sources informed Geo News. The new bill, which will be approved in place of the Tribal Areas Rewaj Bill, 2017, will abolish the Frontier Crimes Regulation and extend the jurisdiction of the Peshawar High Court and Supreme Court to the region.
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Weather to remain hot, dry in Lahore

LAHORE: The weather in Lahore is expected to stay hot and dry over the next two days, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. On Tuesday, the city's temperature was recorded to be 34 degree Celsius, however, the highest temperature was recorded at 37 degree Celsius. Photo: courtesy Pakistan Meteorological Department. The Met department informed that the temperature will continue to be around 36 degree Celsius to 37 degree Celsius over the next two days. Pakistan, for the first
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Cabinet to approve new bill for FATA: sources

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government on Tuesday decided to approve a new bill to make the country's laws applicable to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, sources informed Geo News. The new bill, which will be approved in place of the Tribal Areas Rewaj Bill, 2017, will abolish the Frontier Crimes Regulation and extend the jurisdiction of the Peshawar High Court and Supreme Court to the region.
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Police hunt elder who allegedly ordered couple´s electrocution

KARACHI: Police were Tuesday hunting a tribal elder who allegedly ordered a teenage couple to be electrocuted by their families as punishment for eloping. The couple fell foul of their families after eloping last month. But police said the man´s family persuaded them to return home so they could be married. A tribal jirga (council) then ordered the couple´s execution after the families had put their case to the influential group of elders. The couple were tied to a wooden bed and electrocuted
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Japan trials driverless cars in bid to keep rural elderly on the move

Japan is starting to experiment with self-driving buses in rural communities such as Nishikata, 115 km (71 miles) north of the capital, Tokyo, where elderly residents struggle with fewer bus and taxi services as the population ages and shrinks. Photo: Reuters  NISHIKATA: As the annual rice harvest begins this month in the Japanese town of Nishikata, the combines that usually putter along the sleepy roads lining its rice fields are giving way to a vehicle residents have never before seen, a driv
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Pakistan must change interior, foreign policies: Hasil Bizenjo

Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Hasil Khan Bizenjo. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Hasil Khan Bizenjo on Tuesday said that Pakistan should change its interior and foreign policies. Bizenjo expressed his opinion during a session of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security which met to discuss the provocative statement of the US president against Pakistan. PTI's chief whip in the National Assembly, Shireen Mazari, said that 'some secret policies a
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High court issues stay order in BoK MD dismissal case

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court issued a stay order against the dismissal of Bank of Khyber managing director on Tuesday. The bench, comprising judges Rooh-ul-Amin Khan and Younis Thaheem, also summoned a reply from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government over the matter. Managing Director BoK Shams-ul-Qayyum submitted a petition to the court following his dismissal. He stated that his dismissal was illegal and against the Constitution. On September 7, the provincial finance department had issued a n
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In pictures: Getting ready for the World XI

After winning the Champions Trophy earlier this year, Pakistan will face a star-studded World XI team for the first of three T20 matches at the Gaddafi Stadium tonight, in a history-making event which sees the return of high-profile international cricket to the country after a wait of eight years. The World XI, led by South African skipper Faf du Plessis, reached Lahore on Monday morning amid tight security, with West Indian spinner Samuel Badree joining the team earlier today and completing th
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Ayatollah Khamenei calls Myanmar?s Suu Kyi a ?cruel woman?

Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi a ?cruel woman? over a lack of inaction against violence against the ethnic Rohingya Muslims in the country, Iranian media reported. ?This is a political issue because the party that has been carrying out the atrocities is Myanmar?s government, at the top of which is a cruel woman who has won the Nobel Peace Prize. And with these incidents, the death of the Nobel Peace Prize has been spelled,? IFP Ne
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Javed Hashmi announces support for Kulsoom Nawaz in NA-120 by-election

Javed Hashmi addressing a press conference. Photo: File  MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi announced on Tuesday his support for Kulsoom Nawaz, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate in the NA-120 by-election in Lahore.  Addressing a press conference in Multan, Hashmi said Kulsoom has always supported him and even brought him back to the party. Hashmi was a loyal member of the PML before he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in December 2011. However, in October 2014, h
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Rare sperm whale spotted in Pakistan for the first time

This is the first time this rare whale has been spotted in the country and previously only skeletons were spotted twice.-Screengrab GWADAR: A living sperm whale has been spotted for the first time in Pakistan by fishermen in the Jeevani area of Gwadar, who captured on video. WWF-P technical adviser Moazzam Khan told Geo News that this is the first time this rare whale has been spotted in the country and previously only skeletons were spotted twice. The sperm whale is distinguished by its large
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Arrest and produce SSP East in court, orders SHC

Sindh High Court  KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered on Tuesday the arrest of SSP East Irfan Baloch for his failure to appear in court in a case pertaining to the alleged illegal construction of a police station.  The SHC was irked at the non-appearance of the concerned SSP and ordered the relevant DIG to arrest and produce the SSP in court.  The SHC is hearing a petition against the construction of the Bahadurabad Police Station on a public amenity plot. At an earlier hearing on A
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Overloaded school backpacks can cause long-term back problems

Children risk long-term back and spinal problems because of poorly fitting and overloaded school backpacks, experts warn. Children often choose school bags that feature their favourite cartoon characters or brands over back-friendly versions. The Australian Physiotherapy Association found that up to 70 per cent of schoolchildren were at risk while walking or riding to school with backpacks that did not fit, or were too heavy, health news reported. The association claimed bad backpacks contri
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Monster success of "It" feeds primal fear of clowns

Fear of clowns, psychologists believe, has existed since the days of the royal court jesters of 16th century England LOS ANGELES: The big-screen remake of Stephen King´s "It," starring the evil entity Pennywise, has smashed box office records and reaffirmed an age-old rule of horror: clowns are creepy as hell. But while countless movies and television shows have cashed in on so-called "coulrophobia" -- or fear of clowns -- the primal dread associated with the long-shoed entertainers probably is
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One killed, four injured in blast near school in North Waziristan

The aftermath of a bombing. Photo: File  NORTH WAZIRISTAN: One person was killed and four injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up in the Darpa Khel area of North Waziristan on Tuesday, sources told Geo News. According to sources, the IED exploded near a school, killing one person identified as Irfanullah.  Student injured in South Waziristan explosion A landmine detonated in Ladha area of the agency The army launched Operation Zarb-e-Azb in June 2014, entering f
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