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India, China troops in high-altitude clash: officials

Chinese troops threw stones at Indian soldiers near Pangong Lake, officials said SRINAGAR: Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, exacerbating tensions during a months-long stand-off between the two armies. Chinese troops threw stones at Indian soldiers near Pangong Lake, a major tourist attraction in the picturesque mountain region of Ladakh on Tuesday, an Indian defence official said. He said Chinese soldiers had twice
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Sprint legend Bolt to make Manchester United debut against Barca

Usain Bolt's desire to play for Manchester United is no secret  Retired champion sprinter Usain Bolt will fulfill his lifelong dream to play for Manchester United when he dons the Red Devils shirt in a charity match against Barcelona next month. Bolt is set to make his dream debut at the Old Trafford on September 2 if he recovers from a hamstring injury. The legendary sprinter could be lining up with United legends Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes in the event, which has been organised to raise mone
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Mayor Waseem Akhtar wants at least one Sri Lanka T20 in Karachi

KARACHI: Hailing the Sri Lankan cricket team?s expected tour of Pakistan next month, Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar has demanded that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hold at least one match in the metropolis. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Akhtar thanked the Sri Lankan cricket board for approving the Pakistan tour ? the first since the 2009 attack. He said the people of Karachi will welcome the visitors if the PCB holds at least one of three T20 matches here. The mayor said that Karachi had
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Monsoon floods kill 56 people in Indian state of Bihar

Floods in the Indian state of Bihar affected more than six million people. PHOTO: PTI BIHAR: In the northern Indian state of Bihar, floods have killed 56 people since Sunday and affected more than six million, said Anirudh Kumar, additional secretary in the state Disaster Management Department. More than two million people have been evacuated from their homes, Kumar told Reuters, and national disaster relief force teams have been airlifted in to help. Flooding has also killed at least 15 peopl
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Chinese company sacks Indian employees in Doha, Tehran: sources

A view of Doha city. Photo: Reuters  A major telecommunication company of China has reportedly fired all its Indian-origin employees from its offices in Doha and Tehran, Geo News reported on Wednesday.  Sources said the development has not been confirmed at an official level. Alleged stealing of Chinese technology by the Indian staffers and/or the recent Indo-China border dispute was said to be the reason behind the sacking, according to sources.  China has insisted that India unilaterally w
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Music lovers observe maestro Nusrat's 19th death anniversary

Shaenshah-e-Qawwali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Photo: File Music lovers across the world are observing the 19th death anniversary of Shahenshah-e-Qawwali (King of Kings of Qawwali), Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan today. Nusrat was born on October 13, 1948 in Faisalabad. The legendary singer had his first public performance at the age of 16, at his father's chehlum [40 days after his death]. He chose the Islamic devotional style ? Qawwali ? as the predominant genre he sang in. He was 48 years old whe
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Moeen Ali ready for life in the pink

Moeen Ali BIRMINGHAM: Moeen Ali is confident it will take more than a pink ball to put him off his stride during England´s inaugural day/night Test. The off-spinning all-rounder was England´s man-of-the-series after starring with both bat and ball during the recent 3-1 Test triumph at home to South Africa. Now Birmingham-born Ali returns to the city´s Edgbaston ground, where he came through the youth ranks with Warwickshire before joining Midlands rivals Worcestershire, for what will also be t
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Several suspects held in raids across country

PHOTO: File KARACHI/LAHORE/KHANEWAL: Member of a political party was arrested in a raid conducted by law enforcement agencies in Karachi's Azizabad vicinity. The man is accused of aiding criminals and carrying out illegal activities for the political party. Authorities also arrested seven criminals from Orangi Town and Gulberg. In a separate incident, two burglars were captured and tortured by citizens in Karachi's Gizri locality, following which they were handed over to the police. In diffe
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Preparations under way in Lahore for PAT sit-in despite LHC order

Chairs and other equipment have been transferred to Lahore's Mall Road ahead of the sit-in  LAHORE: Preparations continued for Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) sit-in at Mall Road?s Istanbul Chowk on Wednesday, despite the Lahore High Court?s orders denying permission for Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri-led sit-in. The Lahore High Court and the city administration earlier this week barred PAT from making arrangements for a sit-in announced by party chief Tahir-ul Qadri. However, PAT maintained that whether it re
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MET forecasts hot, humid weather in the next 24 hours

PHOTO: File The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday said hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next 24 hours. However, rain and thunderstorm are expected at a few places in Malakand, Hazara, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Rawalpindi at night. Weather in the past 24 hours The weather remained hot and humid in most parts of the country on Tuesday. However, rain and thunderstorm occurred at scattered places in Malakand, FATA, Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
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US cities step up removal of Confederate statues, despite Virginia violence

A Sheriff's deputy stands near the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier in front of the old Durham County Courthouse in Durham, North Carolina, US, August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kate Medley Undeterred by violence over the planned removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, state and city leaders across various US southern states said this week they would step up efforts to pull such monuments from public spaces. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan on Tuesday joined a growing list of o
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Oil prices edge up on falling US crude stocks, but global glut still weighs

Oil prices edged up on Wednesday on a fall in US crude inventories, although markets were still being weighed down by general oversupply. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading up 25 cents or 0.5 percent at $51.05 per barrel at 0136 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $47.73 a barrel, up 18 cents, or 0.4 percent. US crude inventories fell by 9.2 million barrels in the week to Aug. 11 to 469.2 million, industry group the American Petroleum Institute said on Tuesday
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Taiwan suffers massive power cut, affecting millions of households

TAIPEI: Taiwan suffered a massive power blackout on Tuesday evening that hit businesses and residential homes, affecting close to seven million households on the heavily industrialised island amid sweltering heat. The outage left millions of homes without power and hit offices and factories on the island of nearly 24 million people, but appeared to have a limited impact on businesses, including some of the world's leading technology manufacturers. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC),
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Pence says US confident of 'peaceable' solution in Venezuela after Trump's threat

US Vice President Mike Pence attends a health care listening session at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files  BUENOS AIRES: US Vice President Mike Pence said in Buenos Aires on Tuesday he was confident about reaching a "peaceable" solution for Venezuela through economic and diplomatic pressure on the country's president, Nicolas Maduro. Speaking at a joint news conference with Argentina's center-right President Mauricio Macri, Pence said they had a
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German minister eyes quotas for female executives unless firms step up

German Family Minister Katarina Barley arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Files  A government minister on Tuesday blasted German companies for failing to add more women to their management boards, suggesting the government could impose quotas unless firms acted to boost the current rate of 6 percent. Family Minister Katarina Barley, a Social Democrat (SPD), told the RND newspaper chain it was unacceptable that
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Kiev says engine type 'used in N. Korea missiles' made for Russia

Ukrainian space agency acting chief Yuriy Radchenko talks to journalists during a press conference in Kiev on August 15, 2017. AFP/Genya Savilov  KIEV: Ukraine's space agency said Tuesday that an engine type reportedly used in North Korean missiles was made at a Ukrainian factory, but solely for use in space rockets supplied to Russia. The development came after an expert report published Monday said Pyongyang's recent rapid progress in developing a long-range missile appeared to have come af
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Greece seeks EU help as wildfires rage

A firefighting plane makes a water drop next to the setting sun as a wildfire burns near the village of Kapandriti, north of Athens, Greece, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis  ATHENS: Firefighters battled wildfires raging northeast of Athens for a third day on Tuesday as Greece asked for help from its European partners to prevent them from spreading. The fire started in Kalamos, a coastal holiday spot some 45 km (30 miles) northeast of the capital, and has spread to three more tow
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Hurricane Gert churns up dangerous swells on US east coast

MIAMI: Hurricane Gert is miles off the US east coast and heading into the open Atlantic, but still dangerous enough to generate life threatening coastal conditions, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Tuesday. Gert, which become the second hurricane of the Atlantic season late Monday, was located at 8 PM PST some 675 kilometres (420 miles) west of Bermuda. The Category One storm on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale was moving towards the northeast into the Atlantic at about 17 kilometre
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'Lot of time' needed to rebuild trust in Gulf: Qatar FM

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani speaks to an AFP reporter in Doha, Qatar, June 8, 2017. AFP/Karim Jaafar DOHA: Qatar's foreign minister said Tuesday it will take a "lot of time" to rebuild any trust between sparring Gulf countries because of the region's continuing diplomatic crisis. As the impasse between Doha and four Arab states led by Saudi Arabia entered its 11th week, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said regional relations had been transformed by
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Afghan Taliban warns Trump against sending in more troops

US Army soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, B battery 2-8 field artillery, fire a howitzer artillery piece at Seprwan Ghar forward fire base in Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 12, 2011. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/Files KABUL: The Taliban told US President Donald Trump in an open letter on Tuesday that the military situation in Afghanistan was "far worse than you realize", and sending in more troops would be self-destructive. A senior Taliban official told Reuters the rare decision to address Trump dire
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Falling tree kills 12 at Portugal religious festival

Firefighters cover victims of a tree that toppled into worshipping crowds during a religious festival in Funchal, Portugal, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Duarte Sa LISBON: Twelve people were crushed to death and around 50 injured Tuesday when a 200-year-old oak tree fell on them at a religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira. Seven of those hurt were seriously injured, regional health chief Pedro Ramos told a press conference. The injured include a French citizen, a German, and a Hunga
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Ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif seeks review of court ruling

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks with an official during a meeting on August 9, 2017, in Islamabad, Pakistan. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files ISLAMABAD: Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday sought a review of a Supreme Court decision that disqualified him from office over undeclared assets, an official from his ruling party said on Tuesday. Sharif, 67, resigned during his third stint as prime minister shortly after the Supreme Court ruled on July 28 that he sho
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Trump casts blame on both sides for deadly violence in Virginia

US President Donald Trump ? flanked by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L) and US Secret Service agents (R) ? stops to respond to more questions about his responses to the violence, injuries, and deaths at the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville after speaking to the media in Trump Tower, Manhattan, New York, US, August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US President Donald Trump unabashedly insisted on Tuesday that both left- and right-wing extremists resorted to violence during a weeken
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Google's speech recognition now supports Urdu

Google announced to expand its speech-to-text support for 30 new languages and dialects, allowing more people across the globe to type, translate and search using just their voice. Earlier this year, Google launched a set of new products and features that help language users. This feature was already available for Hindi. Now, Google is taking the next step by bringing voice input to additional eight Indic languages, including Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Te
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Stuntwoman killed filming Deadpool 2 in Canada

A stuntwoman was killed Monday on the set of Deadpool 2 in Vancouver while filming a motorcycle stunt for the much-anticipated sequel to Marvel Comic's anti-superhero blockbuster, police said. "Vancouver Police can confirm that a female stunt driver has died on the set of Deadpool during a stunt on a motorcycle," police said in a statement. Images posted in local newspapers showed police taping off a black Ducati motorcycle sitting on its side next to a smashed officer tower window in downtown
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