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US acknowledges more troops in Afghanistan than previously stated

US troops take part in a helicopter Medevac exercise in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/Files WASHINGTON: About 11,000 US troops are serving in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, thousands more than it has previously stated. The announcement by Pentagon officials at a news conference did not represent an increase in troops in Afghanistan and came after US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expressed frustration with the method of counting US troops in conf
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Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by September 1

MIAMI: The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September 1 at a safe but unusually close distance of about 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometres), NASA said. The asteroid was discovered in 1981 and is named Florence after the famed 19th-century founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. "Florence is the largest asteroid to pass this close to our planet since the first near-Earth asteroid was discovered over a century ago," said a US space agency state
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Frankfurt to evacuate 60,000 people to defuse British WWII bomb

A policeman walks past a blue tent covering a British World War II bomb that was found during construction works on August 30, 2017, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. AFP/dpa/Boris Roessler  FRANKFURT: Around 60,000 inhabitants of Germany?s financial capital Frankfurt will be ordered to leave their homes on Sunday while a large World War Two bomb discovered at a building site is made safe, the police said. Germany?s central bank, the Bundesbank, Frankfurt?s Goethe University, and at least two ho
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Men may suffer if marital rape becomes crime: Indian government

An activist of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) holds a poster during a protest against the recent gang-rape of a woman in a moving car, in Kolkata, India, according to local media, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri  NEW DELHI: Criminalising marital rape could "destabilise" marriages and make men vulnerable to harassment by their wives, said India's government in response to a plea in the capital's high court. Victims and rights groups are seeking to change the law on marital
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Kremlin confirms Trump lawyer emailed Kremlin during campaign

Putin's spokesman told journalists the Trump Organization's chief counsel sent a message to a publicly available Kremlin email address asking for support for a never-realised project to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, like this one in New York City. AFP/Spencer Platt MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that the Kremlin last year received an email from a lawyer working for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump about building a Trump Tower skyscraper in Moscow.
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Six family members found dead in missing van: Houston police

HOUSTON: Police in Houston said Wednesday they have recovered the bodies of six family members whose van was swept away in flooding unleashed by Harvey over the weekend. Manuel and Belia Saldivar and four of their great-grandchildren ranging from six to 16 years in age went missing Sunday as they were attempting to escape from rising waters. Their relatives returned to the scene of the tragedy Wednesday as floodwaters subsided and alerted police that the van was now visible, Harris County She
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Hungarian film director Karoly Makk dies aged 91

BUDAPEST: Cannes prize-winning director Karoly Makk died Wednesday at the age of 91, Hungary's Szechenyi Academy of Literature and Arts told the state news agency MTI. Widely regarded as one of Hungary's greatest post-World War II directors, Makk gained a reputation for fearlessly tackling themes of political and sexual repression during the country's four-decade communist period. Six of his films were shown in competition for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival, while in 1974 his work
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'Nuns' on the run after failed US bank heist

BOTTOM PHOTOS: The three images on bottom ? released by the FBI in Philadelphia ? are security camera images of women dressed as nuns attempting to rob a bank in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 2017. AFP/FBI Philadelphia; BACKGROUND: Still image from the movie 'Nuns on the run'  NEW YORK: Police are searching for two would-be robbers disguised as nuns, after a failed bank heist in a sleepy Pennsylvania town. Surveillance footage released by the FBI shows two suspects wearing long nu
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Lack of REM sleep tied to increased risk of dementia

People who spend less time in deep, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may be more likely to develop dementia than individuals who get better quality rest, a recent study suggests. Patients with dementia often have difficulty sleeping, but previous research has offered a mixed picture of which comes first ? the cognitive decline or the sleep deficit. For the current study, researchers examined data from overnight sleep studies for 321 adults age 60 or older who didn?t have dementia. After an avera
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Erdogan critic urges Spain to block his extradition to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (R) attend a ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of Victory Day at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Ankara, August 30, 2017. AFP/Adem Altan  MADRID: A Turkish-born German writer facing extradition from Spain to Turkey, which accuses him of "terrorism", on Wednesday urged Madrid not to send him to a country that is "slipping towards fascism". Dogan Akhanli ? who has lived in Germany since 1991 ? was
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Damon's 'Downsizing' on the up in Venice

Director Alexander Payne arrives at the opening ceremony of the 74th Venice Film Festival and the premiere of the movie 'Downsizing' on August 30, 2017, at Venice Lido. AFP/Filippo Monteforte  VENICE: The Venice film festival kicked off Wednesday with Downsizing, a sci-fi-inspired drama starring a miniaturised Matt Damon, opening to effusive reviews. Occupying a curtain-raising slot that has come to be seen as a launchpad for films with Oscar ambitions, Alexander Payne's part satirical, part
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'No way to prevent' explosion at Texas chemical plant

The operators of a flooded chemical plant outside Houston warned Wednesday they are dealing with a "critical issue" as a result of Harvey's torrential rains and have no means to prevent a possible explosion at the site. As a precautionary measure officials had already ordered the evacuation of an area within 1.5 miles (three km) of the organic peroxides plant in Harris County, which is owned by French group Arkema. Rich Rowe, president and chief executive of Arkema Inc, said in a statement tha
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France seeks $715 million in taxes from Microsoft: report

The Microsoft logo is seen before the start of a media event in San Francisco, California, March 27, 2014. AFP/Josh Edelson PARIS: France's tax authority is seeking $715 million (600 million euros) from Microsoft's local subsidiary for billing French customers from Ireland, the weekly L'Express reported on Wednesday. The magazine reported that the bills concerned internet advertising and keywords for internet searches. Despite a considerable presence in France, Microsoft paid only 32.2 millio
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Security tightened at Spain's tomato throwing festival after attacks

Extra police were deployed at Spain's annual "Tomatina" tomato throwing festival in the eastern town of Bunol on Wednesday in the wake of the deadly twin vehicle attacks in Catalonia. A total of 740 security forces were on duty, including police officers, firefighters and ambulance workers, an increase of around five percent over the same time last year, according to Bunol city hall. In addition, police cars were parked at the entrance to the town's narrow streets, where half-naked revellers p
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World's biggest X-ray laser opens vast research vistas

This photo ? taken on October 6, 2016 ? shows the tunnel system of the European XFEL X-ray laser, with a length of 3.5 kilometres, in Schönefeld, northern Germany. AFP/dpa/Markus Scholz/Files  PARIS: A sleek, subterranean X-ray laser to be unveiled Friday in Germany, by far the most powerful in the world, has scientists in a dozen fields jostling to train its mighty beam on their projects. European XFEL will reveal ? and capture in images ? secrets at the sub-atomic level, promising breakthrou
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Steamroller destroys unpublished Pratchett novels

A steamroller was used to destroy a hard drive containing unfinished works by late British comic fantasy author Terry Pratchett in accordance with his wishes. "One lousy steamroller, 10 unpublished novels and look at all the trouble I'm in!" Rob Wilkins, the writer's long-serving assistant, said on Twitter on Wednesday with a photo of him in front of the steamroller. Before destroying the hard drive, Wilkins tweeted that he was "about to fulfil my obligation to Terry". He used a six-and-a-hal
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Man held over Buckingham Palace sword attack released

Image Courtesy: Metropolitan Police Twitter account LONDON: British police investigating Friday's sword attack outside Buckingham Palace in London released a suspect from custody on Wednesday, but another man is still being questioned. "A 30-year-old man who was arrested in west London on Sunday, 27 August by detectives investigating a terrorist incident near Buckingham Palace has been released from police custody with no further action," a police statement said. A 26-year-old man from Luton,
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Ryanair CEO says won't bid for Air Berlin

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary, who has expressed an interest in buying up parts of insolvent German airline Air Berlin, gives a press conference in Berlin on August 30, 2017. AFP/Odd Andersen BERLIN: Ryanair chief executive Michael O' Leary on Wednesday said his airline would not make a bid for insolvent Air Berlin, slamming what he called a German "stitch-up" designed to benefit Lufthansa. Several airlines are jostling to take over parts of Air Berlin after it filed for insolvency earlier this
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Kremlin says top theatre director's arrest 'not censorship'

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday insisted the arrest of top theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov over alleged embezzlement of state funding was not about politics or censorship of the arts. Dmitry Peskov ? President Vladimir Putin's spokesman ? told journalists, "In this case, you should not waste your breath talking about some kind of politicisation, censorship and so on. Such discussions are absolutely inappropriate and have nothing to do with purely financial questions." The Kreml
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Venezuela accuses France's Macron of 'interference'

BACKGROUND IMAGE: French President Emmanuel Macron gives a press conference at Senningen Castle in Luxembourg, on August 29, 2017. AFP/Christian Liewig; SUPERIMPOSED IMAGE: The flag of Venezuela  CARACAS: Venezuela accused French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday of "interference" in its affairs after he said President Nicolas Maduro had created a "dictatorship" in the crisis-hit country. Macron's claim in a speech Tuesday was one of the harshest condemnations yet of the South American regi
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Liverpool agree deal for Arsenal's Oxlade-Chamberlain: reports

Liverpool have agreed a £35 million ($46 million, 38 million euros) deal with Arsenal to sign England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, according to reports on Wednesday. Oxlade-Chamberlain appeared set to join Chelsea earlier this week after the Premier League champions had a bid accepted for the 24-year-old. But Liverpool appear to have won the race for Oxlade-Chamberlain's signature ahead of Thursday's deadline. It is believed Liverpool was always Oxlade-Chamberlain's preferred destinati
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IHC rejects plea to stop ECP from hearing foreign funding against PTI

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected an appeal which had pleaded to stop the Election Commission of Pakistan from hearing the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and declared the plea non-maintainable. According to the court, the foreign funding case against PTI was being heard by another bench which is scheduled to announce a decision on September 5. Therefore, the court said, another such case regarding the issue was not required. A day earlier, t
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At least 11 Afghan civilians killed in air strike, local official says

KABUL: At least 11 Afghan civilians were killed and 16 wounded on Wednesday when a NATO helicopter attacked a house where Taliban insurgents had taken shelter in Logar province, east of the capital, Kabul, the local governor said. There was no immediate confirmation that NATO or US aircraft were involved, but a spokesman for Resolute Support, the NATO-led mission in Kabul, said in an emailed statement it was aware of the reports and was looking into them. Logar Governor Halim Fedaee said the i
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Instagrammers can now share multiple photos in portrait or landscape formats

Instagram has gone a step forward in its album option by letting users fit their photos in either landscape or portrait form instead of cropping it to the square format. According to Techweez, the company says users can now upload photos and videos in albums in either landscape or portraits format. But the photos and videos in a single album should be in the same format. That is to say, if one chooses to share photos of an event, they have the option to share the entire set in one of the mode
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Terrorists surrender in Balochistan, operations conducted in Punjab: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: In a major intelligence effort, 12 Baloch Republican Army (BRA) militants including two important terrorists, Wali Khan and Karghani, have surrendered to security forces in Balochistan?s Noshki area, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). In Punjab, Rangers along with police and intelligence agencies conducted intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Faisalabad, Lahore and Islamabad. During the operations, 39 suspects including eight illegal Afghans were
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