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Speeding car kills girl, injures three others; drivers flees

KARACHI: One girl died and three of her family were left injured when a speeding car hit their motorcycle late Tuesday night here in Khokhrapar, Malir, police officials said. The deceased girl's parents and brother were among those injured in the crash, security officers stated. According to police, the driver was allegedly racing on the road and lost the control of his car. The vehicle then went over to the footpath and hit one of the motorbikes from the oncoming traffic. However, the drive
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'Game of Thrones': Winter is finally here

"Game of Thrones" returns for its penultimate season Sunday, presaging the end of a saga of ***, violence and political intrigue that has become the world's most popular TV show. The R-rated fable of noble families vying for control of the Iron Throne has just 13 episodes left, split across two shortened seasons which will bring the curtain down on a ratings juggernaut that made television history. One of the darkest and most controversial primetime series ever made, it has been the target of
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Russia warns US of retaliation over Obama-era expulsions

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov. AFP/John Thys  BRUSSELS: Russia is considering retaliatory measures against the United States over its expulsion of 35 diplomats and seizure of two diplomatic compounds last year, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. The threat of action represents a change in stance from the Kremlin, as Russia initially chose not to respond to the steps taken by then outgoing US President Barack Obama in December. The subject, however, came up during U
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Electric car boom won't spell end of oil, says energy agency chief

The use of electric cars is set to grow in the coming years, but this will not spell the end of demand for oil, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. IEA executive director Fatih Birol told Agence France-Presse in an interview that the growth of electric cars was starting from a very small base and oil would still be needed for ships, planes and trucks. Focus on the game-changing potential of electric cars has increased dramatically in the last weeks. France said
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Air Canada jet almost crashes into four planes on San Francisco airport taxiway

WASHINGTON: US aviation authorities are looking into an incident involving an Air Canada plane that nearly landed on a crowded taxiway instead of a runway at San Francisco airport, officials said Tuesday. The Air Canada Airbus A320 was cleared to land on Runway 28-Right at San Francisco International Airport shortly before midnight on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. "However, the pilot inadvertently lined up for Taxiway C, which runs parallel to the runway," the FAA sai
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App turns Mexican women's phones into panic buttons

CIUDAD JUÁREZ: The Mexican city of Juarez has been dubbed "the capital of murdered women"; since the 1990s, hundreds of women have been raped, killed, and dumped in the desert, or simply disappeared without a trace. Now, the border city, which sits across from El Paso, Texas, is fighting back by launching an application that turns women's cell phones into panic buttons. The app, called "I Am Not Alone" ("No estoy sola," in Spanish), lets users send an alert to their emergency contacts by shak
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Top Europe court upholds ban on full-face veil in Belgium

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public. The court ruled that the restriction sought to guarantee social cohesion, the "protection of the rights and freedoms of others" and that it was "necessary in a democratic society", a statement said. It said a bye-law adopted in June 2008 in the three municipalities of Pepinster, Dison and Verviers "could be regarded as proportionate to the aim pursued, namely the preservation of th
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Venus rises again to stop Ostapenko in her tracks

Venus Williams handed out another lesson to one of Wimbledon's young upstarts when she beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 7-5 on Tuesday to become the oldest women's semi-finalist for 23 years. The five-times champion, who turned 37 last month, tamed the big-hitting Latvian with a rock-solid performance under the Centre Court roof, winning with something to spare. Ostapenko turned women's tennis upside down when she rocketed out of the pack to claim her first professional title at the French Open last
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Giving up the ghost: investors slam Snap months after IPO boost

Here one minute, gone the next! While that is the premise of Snap Inc?s popular messaging platform, investors also saw any gains from its red-hot IPO disappear when shares plunged far below their initial sale price on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley, a lead underwriter on the company's initial public offering, slapped a price target of $16 on the stock ? a buck below its March IPO price. Analyst Brian Nowak wrote in the note that "we have been wrong about Snap's ability to innovate and improve its ad
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History-maker Konta bests Halep in quarter-final epic

Johanna Konta won a place at the Wimbledon semi-final table on Tuesday in a feast of tension-filled tennis, powering past Simona Halep in three epic sets to become the first British woman to reach the last four in almost 40 years. In a match dripping with tension towards the business end of one of the most open women's grasscourt grand slams in years Konta rode a wave of home support to win 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4. The sixth seed and second-seeded Halep were facing each other for the first time sinc
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Contraceptives as critical as food, water, shelter in crises: experts' claim

Image courtesy: UNFPA Phillipines LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Contraceptives can save lives during crises and should be provided in emergencies the same way as food, water, and shelter, aid experts said on Tuesday. Women fleeing conflict or uprooted by a disaster are desperate not to become pregnant when their lives are already at risk, said Ugochi Daniels of the United Nations Population Fund. Pregnancies are particularly dangerous during emergencies because of a lack of health servi
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Trump, France's Macron to discuss Syria and terrorism during Paris visit

US President Donald Trump looks at French President Emmanuel Macron before a family photo. REUTERS/Carlos Barria US President Donald Trump will discuss Syria and counterterrorism when he meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris later this week, a White House official said on Tuesday. Trump was invited to France to celebrate July 14 Bastille Day festivities. During his trip, Trump and Macron will also hold a bilateral meeting and participate in a joint news conference. "I would cha
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Carrick succeeds Rooney as Manchester United captain

Manchester United's long-serving midfielder Michael Carrick will replace the departed Wayne Rooney as captain, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Former England skipper Rooney's return to his boyhood team Everton left the armband vacant, with 35-year-old Carrick, whose testimonial was held at Old Trafford last month, taking over. ?It feels great and it is such a huge honour to captain such a great club,? the long-serving Carrick told MUTV. ?It is my 12th year now and I came as a 25-year-
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Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls

Saudi elementary students sit for an exam in Jeddah, June 13, 2007. REUTERS/Susan Baaghil/File Photo Saudi public schools will begin offering physical education for girls in the coming academic year, the education ministry announced on Tuesday, in a long-awaited reform in the Islamic kingdom. Physical education for women is controversial in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives consider it immodest, and it is not mandatory. It has not been offered in most public schools. "Sports is empowerment,"
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Twitter hires Intuit's Ned Segal as chief financial officer

People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had hired Ned Segal ? senior vice president of finance at Intuit Inc ? as its chief financial officer beginning in late August. Anthony Noto, who has been serving as Twitter's chief financial officer and chief operating officer since November, will remain at the company
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Thousands mourn Srebrenica's Muslim massacre victims

Bosnian Muslim women offers prayers near the caskets of 71 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. -AFP SREBRENICA: Thousands gathered in Srebrenica on Tuesday to mark the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims, Europe´s worst atrocity since World War II, with some relatives of the victims giving their loved ones a proper burial for the first time. The remains of 71 victims of the bloodshed, which has been ruled genocide by international courts, were laid to rest in a joint funeral at a
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Indian man tries to open plane's emergency door in midair

Photo: FILE ? AirAsia.com NEW DELHI: An Indian man tried to open an emergency exit door on a packed AirAsia flight in midair, injuring fellow passengers and crew members who rushed to restrain him as the plane prepared to land, the airline said. Following the incident Aftab Ahmed, 32, was detained and handed over to airport security in eastern Ranchi city late Monday. "AirAsia would like to confirm that the airline encountered an unruly passenger onboard (a) flight... from New Delhi to Ranchi
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Twitterati take aim at font ?Calibri? after JIT report

Who knew that a simple and inoffensive font such as Calibri would get in the crosshairs, as the JIT?s final report included it as part of evidence detailing how the premier's daughter Maryam Nawaz allegedly forged her documents. Maryam Nawaz submitted declaration documents of offshore companies, Nielsen and Nescoll ltd. from 2006, which the JIT found were actually written in font Calibri which was not even available publicly until 2007. Sources: Facebook The good old font Calibri became a t
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Donald Trump Jr. posts email chain on alleged Russian offer for Clinton information

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday posted an email chain on Twitter over Russia's alleged offer to provide information on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during 2016 US presidential campaign. The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. said on Tuesday she had no Kremlin ties and wanted to discuss US sanctions on Russian officials, not Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. "I never had any damaging or sensitive information about Hillary Clinton," Natali
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Bangladesh cricket vows crackdown on player scandals

DHAKA: Bangladesh´s cricket board vowed tough action Tuesday against any players accused of misconduct or bringing the game into disrepute amid a slew of high-profile scandals involving top stars. The warning from the cricket board came as the wife of fast bowler Mohammad Shahid filed a complaint against her husband, accusing him of torturing her. Farzana Akther told the Bangladesh Cricket Board at the weekend that her 28-year-old husband had hidden his marital status from other women and tort
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Private oil company to pay fine for Bahawalpur tanker fire that killed 217

OGRA held the company responsible for the accident. A private oil company on Tuesday agreed to pay a fine of about Rs257 rupees in compensation for the Ahmedpur East tanker truck explosion that killed more than 200 people last month. The fiery blast on June 25 was one of the worst accidents in Pakistan's history. A tanker carrying fuel rolled over in Punjab's Ahmedpur East and villagers rushed to collect leaking fuel. Something then set off a fireball. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OG
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US, Qatar sign agreement on fighting terrorism

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meeting with Qatar´s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. -AFP DOHA: The US and Qatar announced Tuesday they have signed an agreement on fighting terrorism, at a time when the emirate is facing sanctions from neighbouring countries which accuse it of supporting extremism. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani made the announcement at a joint news conference in Doha. Tillerson said the agreem
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Bangladesh opener Tamim leaves Essex after one game

Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal hit 70 in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against India at Edgbaston on June 15, 2017 - AFP  LONDON: Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has left English county Essex after just one match for personal reasons, the club revealed on Tuesday. The 28-year-old -- Bangladesh's highest international run scorer with more than 10,000 to his name in all forms of the game -- signed only last week for an eight game stint in the T20 Blast county competition. Tamim appeared
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'Gangnam Style' dethroned as top YouTube video

After 4.5 years as the most viewed YouTube video, the quirky "Gangnam Style" pop hit is dethroned by "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth - AFP Photo   NEW YORK: "Gangnam Style," the quirky South Korean video that spawned a global dance craze and went so viral it nearly broke YouTube, has finally been dethroned as the most watched video. After four and a half years as YouTube's most seen video, "Gangnam Style" slipped late Monday to number two, replaced by "See You Again" by Wiz Kha
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Mustafa Kamal extends olive branch to MQM-P

Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal shake hands at an event - File photo KARACHI: Pakistan Sar Zameen Party Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday extended an olive branch to the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan. The PSP chief was addressing a saying that the MQM brand has now ended and it?s time for the factions to work together. Kamal criticised Sindh government, calling it the worst government in Pakistan. He also called for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign before defending his position rega
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