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Uber acknowledges FBI probe into software tool

Uber acknowledged Friday it was the subject of a federal investigation into a software tool it used in the past aimed at interfering with competing ride-sharing operators. An Uber spokesman told AFP that "we are cooperating with the investigation" after a Wall Street Journal report on the probe, while noting that the tool is no longer being used by Uber. The report said the FBI and New York law enforcement officials were investigating use of the "Hell" software program which could track driver
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Brazil investigates alleged tribal massacre in Amazon

Brazilian prosecutors are investigating the alleged massacre of more than 10 indigenous people from an uncontacted Amazonian tribe by illegal miners operating in the region, an NGO said Friday. Survival International said the killings allegedly took place last month along the Jandiatuba River in western Brazil but only came to light after goldminers had boasted of the killings. It said two goldminers had been arrested. Adelson Kora Kanamari, leader of the Warikama Djapar tribe that occupies t
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Football transfer window the talk of Europe

The European football transfer window may now be closed but there was talk of little else this week as the likes of top coaches Zinedine Zidane, Carlo Ancelotti and even German Chancellor Angela Merkel made calls for sweeping changes. The subject is at the centre of attention not only because of the soaring inflation that marked the latest round of transfers, but also because of the mayhem losing top players can wreak on a team's best-laid plans.transfers, but also because of the mayhem losing
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Saudi Arabia suspends any dialogue with Qatar: SPA

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during a military parade by Saudi security forces in preparation for the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 23, 2017. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters/Files  DUBAI: Saudi Arabia on Saturday suspended any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of ?distorting facts?, just after a report of a phone call between the leaders of both countries suggested a breakthrough in the Gulf dispute. Saudi Arabia?s Crown Prince
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Boxer Amir Khan says filed divorce application from Faryal

Boxer Amir Khan after he lost his WBC Middleweight Title to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, US, August 5, 2016. Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge Livepic/Files  British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan in a video posted on social media Friday night confirmed he has filed an application for divorce from his estranged wife Faryal Makhdoom. The news comes as the latest update to the almost-ending feud between the two, both of whom were engaged in a sparring comprising ab
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Injury-hit pals Stephens, Keys battle for US Open crown

Americans Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens, devoted friends who battled through major injuries this year, meet Saturday in the biggest tennis match of their lives for the US Open title. The Grand Slam crown both have dreamed about since their earliest days swinging a racquet will go to one of them at Arthur Ashe Stadium along with a $3.7 million top prize in the Slam debut final for each. "It feels absolutely amazing. These are the moments growing up that you dream about," 15th seed Keys said.
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Russia to regulate Bitcoin market: finance minister

A Bitcoin (virtual currency) coin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Files  MOSCOW: Russia?s finance ministry wants to regulate the circulation of crypto-currencies involving Russian citizens and firms, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday. Russian financial authorities initially treated any sort of money issued by non-state approved institutions as illegal but later accepted the globa
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FBI probing if Uber used software to interfere with rivals: WSJ

The Uber app logo is seen on a mobile phone, October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Illustration/Files The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing to see if Uber Technologies Inc had used software to illegally interfere with its competitors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The investigation is focusing on an Uber program ? internally known as ?Hell? ? that could track drivers working for rival service Lyft Inc, the WSJ said, citing people familiar with the investigation. Under
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Irma pummels Bahamas and Cuba on its track toward Florida

View of the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Sint Maarten Dutch part of Saint Martin island in the Carribean on September 7, 2017. ? Reuters HAVANA: Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. As Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, bore down on Florida, Governor Rick Scott issued a stark warning for residents
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England's Anderson joins 500-wicket club

LONDON: England's James Anderson became the sixth bowler and first Englishman to take 500 Test wickets when he clean bowled West Indies? Kraigg Brathwaite for four on day two of the third Test at Lord?s on Thursday. Anderson began the match on 497 and took the wickets of Brathwaite and Kyle Hope before Ben Stokes ran through the visitors in the first innings with a six-wicket spell. After England was bowled out for 194 on Friday, giving them a lead of 71, Anderson took the new ball again and p
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Farmer plants Princess Leia-themed corn maize in Indiana

EVANSVILLE: To honour the late actress Carrie Fisher, an Indiana farmer created a corn maze outlining the face of Star Wars character Princess Leia, reported Associated Press on Friday.  This July 12, 2017 photo provided by Jeremy Goebel shows a corn maze with trails outlining the face of "Star Wars" character Princess Leia. Photo: AP  The farmer, identified as Jeremy Goebel, had designed the corn maze in February, about a month after Fisher's death in late December.  Now that the corn is ma
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Bitcoin tumbles on report China to shutter digital currency exchanges??

A Bitcoin (virtual currency) coin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters file  NEW YORK: Bitcoin fell sharply on Friday after a report from a Chinese news outlet said China was planning to shut down local crypto-currency exchanges, although analysts said this was just a temporary setback. Sources close to a cross regulators committee that oversees online finance activities told Chinese financial publication Caixin that au
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Uber to stop using diesel cars in London by 2019

LONDON: Uber will cease using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then, the taxi app said on Friday. At the moment the company says around half of all the journey miles completed in the British capital are undertaken with greener vehicles on the firm?s standard low-cost UberX service, which lets customers book journeys on their smartphone. Several carmakers have announced plans in recent months to electrify a large p
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Efforts being made to create atmosphere of fear in Karachi: Sattar

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar Friday alleged that efforts are being made to create an atmosphere of fear in Karachi. Speaking at a press conference, Sattar said they postponed the protest against census results in Karachi because of looming security threats. "How can we go to public when there are serious security threats?" He expressed dissatisfaction over investigations of attack on Khawaja Izharul Hassan, adding that they have written letters to th
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Alia Bhatt to play Kashmiri girl in upcoming movie

Photo: Indian Express Alia Bhatt is all set to appear in Meghna Gulzar?s movie based on Harinder Sikka?s book ?Calling Sehmat.? Vicky Kaushal will play the male lead opposite her in Raazi. Bhatt will play a Kashmiri girl married to a Pakistani army officer in this intelligence thriller, which is set during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. The role is different from the ones Bhatt has played in the past, and it appears as if she has worked hard to get into character. Fans have gotten
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Secret behind every digit of the CNIC number

KARACHI: The computerised national identity card (CNIC) issued by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) verifies a person's Pakistani citizenship, however, there is a secret behind every digit of its 13-digit number. This 13-digit number is entirely different for every Pakistani. This number comprises three parts. The first part, which comprises five digits i.e. '12101', has its first digit '1' identifying your province. People whose CNIC number starts with 1, are residents
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FATA reforms to improve conditions of tribal areas: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) reforms seek to improve the conditions of the tribal areas. PM remarked this while chairing a national committee session on the implementation of FATA reforms. The meeting was held in the federal capital on Friday. PM Abbasi also remarked that the prolonged war in the region has had a negative impact on the area residents. The meeting participants also decided that a chief operating office
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Panama case: SC to hear review petitions of Nawaz, children on Sept 12

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3c9ecead7bb8ea38cde21e4c38611f80.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS84LzIwMTcgMzowOToyNyBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUd6Mjk5L0lES3NtK1dYcTRnd0w0YWc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has fixed the date for hearing the review petitions filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children against the Panama case verdi
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System to be affected if courts start exercising govt powers: Shah

SUKKUR: Opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Shah commenting on IG Sindh AD Khawaja's case on Friday said that if the courts started exercising government's authority then this would affect the system. Speaking to media here, Shah said that courts can direct, but not dictate [the executive]. "The matter of IG Sindh is related to governance and it creates problems if the courts start using administrative powers." He said the courts can work remaining within their ambit. In April, the Sindh govern
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Indian social media users launch online campaign against Narendra Modi

Demonstrators across India protested Lankesh's murder. Photo: AFP An online campaign was launched against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after it surfaced that he is following Twitter account users who appeared to celebrate and justify the recent murder of a prominent Indian journalist, AlJazeera reported.  Editor of the weekly Gauri Lankesh Patrike publication, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead by unidentified attackers outside her house in Bangalore on Tuesday. #BlockNarendraModi was the to
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We will not be intimidated or unnerved, says Maryam Nawaz

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz said on Friday that the Sharif family is neither unnerved nor will it be intimidated by anyone. The former prime minister?s daughter, in an interview with a private new channel, also said that this is the first such case in which the punishment was given before the case was registered.  Maryam also reiterated her previous claims that Nawaz Sharif was disqualified for not taking a salary from his son?s company. However, the P
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Russia claims killing of Daesh 'minister of war' in Syria

A member of the Syria government forces looks at smoke rising on the horizon on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor, on September 7, 2017. Photo: AFP   MOSCOW: Russia claimed Friday to have killed several top commanders of the Daesh group in an air strike in Syria, including the US-trained "minister of war" who had a $3 million bounty on his head. "As a result of a precision air strike of the Russian air forces in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor city, a command post, communication centre and some 40 Daesh
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Panama case used to target Sharif family: Daniyal Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Privatisation Minister Daniyal Aziz said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, that the Panama case has been used to target the Sharif family. He remarked that when the Panama case trial was ongoing, the lawyers of the petitioners accepted that Nawaz Sharif?s name is not present in the Panama papers.  ?There is no document or any witness to prove the alleged guilt of the Sharif family," he added. He also asked, ?Where is [Finance Minister Ishaq] Dar?s name in
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Army chief approves death sentence for four terrorists

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday signed the death sentence of four convicted terrorists, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  The terrorists were tried and sentenced by the military courts.  The convicts were involved in attacks on armed forces personnel, civilians and law enforcement personnel, added ISPR.  Earlier in March, President Mamnoon Hussain signed the 28th Amendment Bill 2017 extending military courts for another two years. The bill,
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Match officials announced for upcoming Independence Cup

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced names of match officials for the upcoming Independence Cup. The cup will see team Pakistan playing against World XI, with the first match being officiated by Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza with Shozab Raza as the third umpire.  The second match will be officiated by Ahmed Shahab and Shozab Raza while the third match will have Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza as match umpires.  The third umpire for the second match will Ahsan Raza while Ahmed Sh
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