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NASA captures images of strong solar flares

A massive, X9.3-class solar flare blasted from the sun at 8:02 AM EDT (5:02 PM PST). Image Courtesy: Space.com via SDO/AIA/Steve Spaleta  WASHINGTON: Two high-intensity solar flares were emitted Wednesday, the second of which was the most intense recorded since the start of this solar cycle in December 2008, NASA said. These radiation flares, which can disrupt communications satellites, GPS, and power grids by reaching the upper Earth atmosphere, were detected and captured by the US Space Age
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NAB to file four references against Sharif family, Dar today

NAB was ordered to file references against Nawaz, his children Hussain, Hasan, and Maryam, son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar and Dar  ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Court will file four references against Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the accountability courts of Islamabad and Rawalpindi today. In light of the Supreme Court's July 28 decision on Panama case, NAB will file three corruption references against members of the Sharif family and one against Finance Minister Ish
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Tight security in Islamabad's Red Zone ahead of Rohingya rally

ISLAMABAD: Religious organisations, students and members of the civil society will hold a demonstration in Aabpara today to protest the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The capital?s administration has blocked all entry routes into the Red Zone to avert any potential move by the rally?s participants to enter the Red Zone, which houses the Diplomatic Enclave as well. Sources said the Islamabad Police have deployed around 7,500 personnel to secure the rally. Islamabad Traffic Pol
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Ageing populations will drag on growth in Asia: IMF chief

SEOUL: The chief of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that ageing populations in key Asian economies will drag on their growth, urging policymakers to step up their response to shifting demographics. Studies show that Asia's population is ageing faster than anywhere else in the world, with Japan forecast to become the first "ultra-aged" country, meaning 28 percent of the population is 65 or over, while a fifth of the people in South Korea are expected to be 65 by 2030. Rapidly ag
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Glee star breaks Philippine walls as transgender icon

This picture ? taken on September 5, 2017 ? shows singer Jake Zyrus, formerly known as Glee star Charice Pempengco, singing during an interview with AFP prior to a press conference in Manila. AFP/Ted Aljibe MANILA: With a wisp of a moustache and an increasingly confident tenor, Philippine singer Jake Zyrus proudly talks about being a different person from his former self, global teenage music sensation Charice Pempengco. Before revealing his transgender identity in June, Zyrus was the pride of
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Stephens beats Williams to reach US Open final

A new grand slam champion will be crowned at the US Open after Sloane Stephens beat fellow American Venus Williams 6-1 0-6 7-5 in a rollercoaster of a semi-final on Thursday. Stephens, who returned to competition at Wimbledon after nearly a year off because of a foot injury, recovered from a second-set meltdown to end ninth seed Williams?s hopes of reaching a third major final this year. She will meet either CoCo Vandeweghe or Madison Keys, who face each other later on Thursday, in an all Amer
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Oil markets move little with industry in grip of Caribbean hurricanes

Oil prices were little changed on Friday as the international petroleum industry remains in the grip of Caribbean hurricanes which have pummelled the region for the last two weeks. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $49.16 barrel at 0154 GMT, 7 cents above their last settlement. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the benchmark for oil prices outside the United States, were up 11 cents to $54.60 a barrel. ?The oil market was little changed, as the recovery from Hurricane Harve
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SpaceX launches secret US military space plane ahead of Irma

SpaceX successfully launched a secret US Air Force space plane on Thursday ahead of the arrival in Florida of Hurricane Irma. Live images broadcast by the California aerospace company showed a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned X-37B drone lifting off at 10:00 am (1400 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The recoverable first stage of the launch vehicle then landed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station less than 10 minutes later. There were concerns SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, would be fo
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More evidence links exercise to lower stroke risk

Women who consistently get the minimum recommended amount of exercise for a healthy heart may be less likely to have a stroke than their counterparts whose exercise habits shift over time, a recent US study suggests. Researchers examined data on more than 61,000 women in the California Teachers Study who reported their exercise habits at two points in time, once from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2006. The women were current and retired teachers when the study began. Overall, 987 women h
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Khawaja Asif reaches China to talk regional issues, bi-lateral relations

Minister of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif reached Beijing Friday evening on a state visit to China to hold discussions on bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest in terms of regional and international strategies, Geo News reported. Top officials of the Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomed Asif as he arrived at the airport accompanied by Lieutenant General Nasser Janjua ? the national security advisor. Asif is said to hold important talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi an
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10 places you should avoid using your credit card

Credit cards come in handy and allow us the convenience of making payments when we're short on cash, as well as the added benefits of earning cashback or rewards for spending on your card. Although, if we're not vigilant about where we use our credit card, we can land in a lot of trouble. Here are ten such places where it's not recommended to use your credit card. Email The most common credit card scams over the years have been executed through emails. A malicious online technique cal
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Maryam Nawaz should prove herself as a political leader first: Ch. Nisar

Former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts ISLAMABAD: Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ? the ex-interior minister of Pakistan ? during an interview in Geo News? program Jirga with Saleem Safi denounced the comparisons being made between former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Maryam Nawaz. "Comparing Maryam Nawaz to Benazir Bhutto is wrong," Nisar told Saleem Safi ? the anchorperson, adding that there is a considerable difference between the two. The f
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Fuel shortages, bottlenecks hamper Florida mass exodus

The only way to drive out of the Florida peninsula is northward, and motorists leaving Miami have found many gas stations cordoned off with yellow tape, signaling they were closed due to lack of fuel. Lines of cars, some more than a dozen deep, snaked around those that remained open. Often those lines jutted into the main roadways, causing traffic to pile up. "People are freaking out," said Yasmine Herrera, a hair stylist who works south of Miami. She told AFP she had heard rumors of fights b
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Madrid seeks to block Catalonia independence bid

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed Thursday to take legal action to block an independence referendum in Catalonia which he branded an "intolerable act of disobedience". Rajoy gathered his cabinet for an emergency meeting to formally ask Spain's Constitutional Court to once again rule against the plebiscite called for October 1. He also said all 947 mayors in Catalonia would be warned over their "obligation to impede or paralyse" efforts to carry out the vote which he said is unconstitu
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Fears of World Cup without Messi as Argentina stutter

Argentina's poor run of results in the South American qualifiers has left everyone contemplating the unthinkable: a World Cup next summer without Lionel Messi. The dreaded question looms large after an uninspiring draw at home to last-placed Venezuela this week left Argentina adrift of the automatic qualifying places for Russia 2018. Veteran coach Cesar Luis Menotti described the latest performance as "scary" and had some choice words for coach Jorge Sampaoli, who like his predecessors is stru
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Whirlpool's washer battle with Samsung, LG heats up at trade hearing

The Whirlpool logo is seen at their plant in Apodaca, Monterrey, Mexico, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/Files  WASHINGTON: Appliance giant Whirlpool Corp on Thursday called on the US International Trade Commission to impose ?global safeguard? restrictions on imported washing machines to stop its South Korean rivals Samsung and LG from flooding the American market with cheap machines. In testimony to the trade body, Whirlpool Chief Executive Officer Jeff Fettig accused Samsung Elect
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Jose strengthens into dangerous Category 3 hurricane

Hurricanes Irma (L) and Jose are pictured in the Atlantic Ocean in this September 7, 2017, NOAA satellite handout photo. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS Jose strengthened on Thursday into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The hurricane is about 955 km (590 miles) east of the Lesser Antilles with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres per hour (120 mph), the NHC said in its latest advisory, adding so
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Liverpool's wantaway Coutinho reports for training

Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho on Thursday returned to training at the club after failing to push through a move from the Premier League giants. The Brazil playmaker submitted a transfer request on the eve of the season but Liverpool repeatedly rebuffed Barcelona's attempts to lure him to the Camp Nou. He has not yet played for Liverpool this season, with the club citing a back injury, but he joined up with his national side for World Cup qualifiers and made two substitute appearances a
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Tillerson fell in with a 'bad crowd', Putin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a plenary session at the 2017 Eastern Economic Forum at Russky Island outside Vladivostok on September 7, 2017. AFP/Sputnik/Michael Klimentyev VLADIVOSTOK: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had "fallen in with a bad crowd" and was pressuring Moscow's diplomats, four years after the Kremlin gave him an honorary award. "We have given? Rex Tillerson an Order of Friendship some time ago.
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PML-N govt saved country from bankruptcy, says Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government saved the country from bankruptcy. Iqbal, in his statement to media, said the incumbent government defeated terrorism and ended prolonged outages from the country. "It isn't the job of immature people to run state affairs," he said. Maintaining that the country's economy was back on track, the minister said the opposition does not have anything except for negative agenda. He further s
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Sindh govt won't be comfortable in talks with AD Khawaja now: Ghani

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/9934b25c89f1bcca401e37d2f89c8279.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS83LzIwMTcgNjozOTowOSBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPXFvQThFdmVmTEpZWFpKMFRnT2s5eXc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] KARACHI: The Sindh government would not be comfortable in holding talks with IGP AD Khawaja now that the high court has imposed its decision regarding his stay, said senior PPP leader
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FBR seals houses of film stars Noor, Saba Qamar over tax evasion

LAHORE: Film stars Noor and Saba Qamar have been found out to be tax evaders, according to a notification of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). Geo News reported on Thursday that the FBR has also sealed the houses of the two actresses because of tax evasion. The FBR stated that Noor has defaulted on tax worth Rs1.5 million, while Saba Qamar has defaulted on tax worth Rs3.4 million. According to the FBR, many notices were sent to the two actresses but upon no response, it took the decision of sea
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Gen Zubair Hayat attends conference in Canada on environmental issues

Chiefs of Defence Staff in Victoria.  RAWALPINDI: Joint Chief of Staff Committee Chairman General Zubair Mahmood Hayat attended 2017 Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Victoria. According to a notification, the conference held between September 4 and 6 was titled, 'The Future Security Environment, Challenges, Complexity and Cooperation'. It was attended by the chiefs of Defence Staff of 25 countries. The core areas discussed during the conference included trends in the Indo-Asia Pacific,
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Two kidnappers killed in Karachi shootout, abductee freed

KARACHI: Police on Thursday recovered an abductee following a shootout with suspected kidnappers in Karachi, which resulted in the killing of two suspects, DIG CIA Dr. Jamil Ahmed said at a press conference. He said the abductee, Masood Feroze, is a resident of Karachi and came from the United States two months ago to celebrate Eid with relatives. The kidnappers abducted him from Dhoraji area of the city on August 23 and demanded Rs150 million in ransom. A police team, headed by SSP Abdullah
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MQM-Pakistan calls off protest against census results

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan called off on Thursday its protest against the results of the sixth population and housing census, which was scheduled to be held on September 16. The party cancelled the protest due to the security threat to the party leaders, informed sources, adding that the party leaders are concerned about security ever since the attack of Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan. MQM-Pakistan leaders had announced that they will organise a rally, against the census results, whi
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