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Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden dies after bike accident

Nicky Hayden. File photo: Reuters  ROME: American World Superbike rider Nicky Hayden, hit by a car in a bicycle accident in Italy last week, has died of his injuries, the Italian hospital where he was treated said Monday. Hayden, 35, who won the 2006 MotoGP world title, suffered severe chest and head injuries in the accident, which happened while he was training on his bicycle in central Italy, south of the seaside resort of Rimini. Photographs published by local media outlets after Wednesday
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Uzma allowed to return to India

Uzma and Tahir reportedly 'fell in love' in Malaysia, after which she travelled to Pakistan with her husband on May 1. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Indian national Uzma, who married a Pakistani man, has been given the permission to travel to India. An Islamabad High Court bench, headed by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, returned Uzma her original immigration form, which her husband Tahir Ali had submitted to the court on Tuesday. The court also ordered that police provide security to the Indian wom
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Salman Abedi: Student dropout turned suicide bomber

MANCHESTER: Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people in an attack on a pop concert in Manchester, was a business student who dropped out of university. Born to a Libyan family in Britain´s third biggest city, newspapers said he was known to the security services and the Financial Times said he had turned to extremism in recent years. Abedi, 22, was named by police and Prime Minister Theresa May the day after the deadly attack, which also left dozens wounded, on the concert by US p
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Wearable tech latest must-have for China's proud pet owners

Electronic device makers such as Hong Kong-listed SUGA and other start-ups are looking to cash-in on a boom in China in so-called pet wearables, like smart collars, leashes, and feeders. Pet ownership, denounced as a decadent and bourgeois habit after the Communist Party took power in China more than 60 years ago, has become popular again among the country's growing middle class. Lia Yang Liu, 39, a lecturer in Chinese literature at a Beijing university, bought a GPS tracker that attaches to h
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Newark airport closed after engine fire prompts plane evacuation

United Airlines plane was evacuated after an engine fire at Newark Liberty International Airport. Photo: courtesy Twitter/@oroup WASHINGTON: Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey temporarily shut down late Tuesday after an engine fire prompted the evacuation of an airplane, officials said. Reports of five minor injuries also surfaced. The airport is a major international hub near New York City. "Newark Airport is temporarily closed due to deployment of emergency chutes on a plane
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England take on South Africa in Champions Trophy buildup

AB de Villiers and Eoin Morgan pose with the trophy. Photo: ICC  LONDON: Eoin Morgan is hoping the return of three key players from the Indian Premier League will help England defeat top-ranked South Africa in their upcoming one-day international series. A three-match contest between the sides starts with a day/nighter at Headingley on Wednesday, with the series given added spice by the fact it acts as a warm-up for next week´s Champions Trophy tournament in England and Wales. That competitio
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Amid regional strains, Qatar says hackers post fake comments by Emir

Qatar said on Wednesday its state news agency had been hacked, after it reported remarks purportedly by its ruler criticising aspects of US foreign policy in the wake of US President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia. The comments attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani continued to be carried by media in some other Gulf Arab states, even after Qatar said the report was fake, suggesting renewed strains between Qatar and some of its Gulf Arab neighbours. "The Qatar News Agency (QNA) we
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Weather to remain hot, dry on Wednesday: MET

Mainly hot, dry weather expected in most part of the country today. Photo: AFP/file  A shallow westerly wave is affecting western and upper parts of the country, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country today. However, rain-thunderstorms with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, upper FATA, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas, the PMD forecast. Past weather Weather remain
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Tom Cruise ready for take off in 'Top Gun 2'

Tom Cruise, still feeling the need for speed, said in an interview that a sequel to his 1986 military action film "Top Gun" is "definitely happening." Cruise, currently promoting his latest film "The Mummy," was speaking on the Wednesday edition of Australia's morning TV show "Sunrise" when he was asked by the host if rumors of "Top Gun 2" were true. "It's true, it's true," he said, grinning as he added, "I'm going to start filming it probably in the next year. It's happening." Cruise played
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Samsung investigating Galaxy S8 'iris hack'

Samsung Electronics is investigating claims by a German hacking group that it fooled the iris recognition system of the new flagship Galaxy S8 device, the firm said Wednesday. The launch of the Galaxy S8 was a key step for the world's largest smartphone maker as it sought to move on from last year's humiliating withdrawal of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7s, which hammered the firm's once-stellar reputation. But a video posted by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), a German hacking group founded in 19
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Trump set to exchange views with Pope Francis at Vatican

US President Donald Trump is visiting the Vatican on Wednesday for talks with one of his most high-profile critics, Pope Francis, after the two men exchanged sharp words during the US presidential campaign last year. Trump's meeting at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, his third stop on a nine-day foreign tour due to end on Saturday, is part of his world tour of religions after meeting leaders of Muslim nations in Saudi Arabia and visiting holy sites in Jerusalem. But while his talks in Saudi Ar
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Six suspects arrested, nine detained in Karachi operations

Photo: file  KARACHI: Six suspects were arrested and nine detained during Rangers and police operations in the city early Wednesday morning. A search operation was also held in Scout Colony in which more than 50 Rangers personnel participated. Two suspected criminals were arrested during the operation. According to Rangers, the suspects belonged to a banned outfit. Suspects have been taken to an undisclosed location for further questioning. During an operation in Shah Faisal Colony No 3,
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Manchester attack scars Europa League final

STOCKHOLM: Shaken by the deadly Manchester bomb attack, Manchester United's players arrived in Stockholm on Tuesday for a Europa League final against Ajax that has been scarred by tragedy. United manager Jose Mourinho said the attack, which left 22 people dead and 59 injured, had deeply affected his players, who held a minute's silence at their Carrington training base prior to leaving for Stockholm. United cancelled their eve-of-match press conference at the Friends Arena, but Mourinho and hi
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Uber says it accidentally shortchanged drivers in NYC

Uber on Tuesday said that it accidentally shortchanged drivers in New York City and plans to pay them what they are due, plus interest. While rolling out a new pricing system in the US, the San Francisco-based, on-demand ride service uncovered the error, which it said could cost tens of millions of dollars to correct. "We are committed to paying every driver every penny they are owed -- plus interest -- as quickly as possible," Uber US and Canada regional manager Rachel Holt said in a statemen
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After new concert carnage, industry hopes to prevail

Violence has once again struck music fans with a suicide attack on Ariana Grande's Manchester show, but the booming concert industry hopes to withstand the new shock. The explosion Monday in the British arena, which killed 22 people moments after the US pop idol left the stage, comes a year and a half after another assault claimed by Daesh devastated a rock show at the Bataclan in Paris. With extremists looking for maximum public impact, the blast at the Manchester Arena was especially grisly
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Manchester victims in United's 'minds and hearts', says Mourinho

Jose Mourinho said the victims of a deadly suicide bomb attack in Manchester were in the "minds and hearts" of his squad as United prepare for Wednesday's Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm. The Daesh extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack that killed at least 22 people, including children, and injured dozens at a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande at the Manchester Arena on Monday. "We're all very sad about the tragic events last night, we can't take out of our min
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'Victory' for US astronauts on critical spacewalk to replace power box

Two US astronauts successfully completed Tuesday what NASA described as a "critical" spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment that helps power the International Space Station. "We have declared victory," NASA commentator Rob Navias said about two hours into the emergency spacewalk by space station commander Peggy Whitson, 57, and flight engineer Jack Fischer, 43. The reason for the outing was the sudden breakdown on Saturday of a computer relay box known as a multiplexer-demultiplexer (
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Egyptian Museum overflows with antiquities

The world-famous Egyptian Museum boasts 160,000 priceless artefacts crammed into the hallways and exhibition halls of a 19th century two-storey building in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The museum's artefacts "belong to the various Egyptian civilisation periods, starting from pre-historic eras, all the way to the Graeco-Roman period," Sabah Abdel Razik Saddik, the museum's general manager, told AFP. The museum's best-known piece is 18th dynasty monarch King Tutankhamun's golden funerary mask and the
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Ethiopia's Tedros elected new WHO chief

GENEVA: Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom was elected Tuesday as the new head of the World Health Organization, diplomats said. The former Ethiopian health minister beat Britain's David Nabarro and Sania Nishtar of Pakistan in the race to lead the UN's public health body, replacing outgoing chief Margaret Chan of Hong Kong. The result was confirmed in a statement by the WHO after three rounds of voting on Tuesday. Tedros, a 52-year-old malaria specialist, will take over on July 1, succeeding Margaret
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Snapchat rolls out new custom stories feature

Snapchat introduced custom stories on Tuesday, the feature allows users to create stories for select friends and family members or for contacts in a specific location. ?Today we?re announcing a new way to create custom Stories ? about anything, with any of your friends, even for a specific location,? Snapchat announced on their website. Users will now be able to choose who can add to the story and who can view it. As well
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UK PM May says threat level raised to 'critical' after Manchester attack

Britain has increased its security threat level to "critical" from "severe" following a suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people, including children, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday. May also said members of the armed forces would boost security at key sites and military personnel might be deployed at public events such as concerts and sports events. May said the independent body which sets the threat level had recommended it be raised after a man named by police as Salman
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'No defeat, no pity' - Manchester unites against bomber

MANCHESTER: Thousands of Manchester residents gathered in the centre of the northern English city on Tuesday in a show of defiance against a suspected suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack at a crowded concert hall. The vigil, held in warm evening sunshine in front of the Town Hall, drew representatives of different religions who, one by one, condemned Monday evening's bombing, which ripped through a crowd leaving a show by US singer Ariana Grande. Members of th
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Ariana Grande returns to US following Manchester bombing: report

Ariana Grande returned to the United States on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at the pop singer's concert in Manchester, England, People magazine reported, as questions lingered over whether she would continue her European tour. Grande, 23, was photographed landing at an airport in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida, and being met by family members, the magazine said. The pop star has not been seen publicly since an explosion ripped through the packed Manchester Aren
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EXCLUSIVE: Neurosurgeon reveals details of Malala operation after Taliban attack

Five years have passed since the young Malala Yousafzai was shot at by the Taliban, but some people continue to dish out rumours and express doubts about whether the attack ever took place.  Social media was again abuzz when a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Mussarat Ahmed Zeb claimed in a series of tweets that the attack on the Nobel peace prizewinner was staged and that the medics and the doctor who conducted the CT scan and examined her were awarded plots by the government. In a first, the ne
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Karachi beaches: Who?s responsible for saving drowning citizens?

KARACHI: The recent tragedy, claiming six lives in drowning incidents across different beaches of the metropolis, brought to the fore the dismal state of safety at the city?s beaches. The unsuspecting citizens, to beat the scorching heat throng to the seaside, not knowing this could be the last visit of their life. Every year the beaches engulf several people into their depths, bringing only one question to mind: Who is responsible for the beaches in the city? According to a rough estimate,
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