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Manchester´s Arndale shopping centre evacuated, witnesses heard "big bang"

People were evacuated from the shopping centre after a 'big bang' was heard. Photo: courtesy Reuters  MANCHESTER: A shopping centre in Manchester, England, was evacuated and witnesses said they heard a "big bang" on Tuesday, just hours after a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured 59 in the same area of the city. Scores of people ran away from the centre, a Reuters witness said. "There are people coming out holding hands," a Reuters photographer said. Great Manchester Police would not c
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CM Sindh appeals to K-Electric to reduce load-shedding

K-Electric chairperson says duration of load-shedding during Ramzan will be reduced- File Photo KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah appealed to K-Electric on Tuesday to reduce the duration of load-shedding to the minimum possible. ?K-Electric should have solved its operational problems before the arrival of the summer season,? the CM said during a meeting with K-Electric officials. Also present on the occasion, K-Electric Chairperson Waqar Siddique assured the chief minister that
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PTI foreign funding petition not worthy of being heard by SC: Imran Khan

PTI's lawyers raised objections over Hanif Abbasi's petition. Photo: file  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan remarked that the case on foreign funding of his political party is not worthy of being heard by the Supreme Court. This was stated by PTI?s legal counsel Anwar Masood during case hearing on Tuesday. He added that he is making the statement after consulting with his client A three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar,
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Wavering risk appetite after Manchester blast weighs on sterling, Asia stocks, lifts yen

Sterling slipped on Tuesday after a suspected suicide attack killed at least 22 people and wounded 59 at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester, while the euro held gains made after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was "too weak". Despite the explosion, at a concert by US singer Ariana Grande, European markets were poised for a positive, albeit subdued, start. Financial spreadbetter CMC Markets expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open up 0.1 percent, and Germany's DAX .GDAXI a
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ICC to review security for Champions Trophy after Manchester attack

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 on display in Cardiff. Photo: ICC The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday it will work with the relevant authorities to review security measures for the upcoming Champions Trophy and Women?s World Cup, after a deadly terrorist attack in Manchester sent shockwaves through the country. In a statement issued in the aftermath of the attack, the ICC said it will assess its security in line with the threat levels. ?Our thoughts are with everyone affecte
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Made in Pakistan, Jang Media Group featured at Google I/O 2017.

Jang Media Group has had the honour to be showcased two years in a row for their groundbreaking work and 2017 was no exception - Screengrab   MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off the online giant's biggest event of the year -- I/O Developers' Conference -- by announcing a host of new services and products including new features like Google Lens, Google Assistant for iPhones and Google Play Protect for Android users. During The Mobile Web: State of the Union (Google I
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Organ trafficking is a societal menace, remarks CJP

Police submitted a 53-page report to the Supreme Court on Tuesday- File Photo  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar remarked that organ trafficking is a huge menace in society while hearing a suo moto case on illegal trafficking of kidneys on Tuesday. CJP also said that people who are forced to sell their organs are being exploited. During proceedings, police submitted a 53-page report to the three-member bench, which is being headed by the CJP. According to the report, o
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Sindh government appoints new home minister, reallocates portfolios

Picture: Suhail Anwar Sial  KARACHI: The Sindh Government on Tuesday appointed Suhail Anwar Sial as Sindh's home minister and added the Agriculture and Mineral department to his portfolio. The additional portfolio of Information Department was assigned to the Minister of Transport Sindh Nasir Hussain Shah, while the department of Religious Affairs and Zakat and Ushr was added to Dr Sikandar Mendhro's portfolio, as per the notification issued by the Sindh government. The ministers' portfolios
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Sindh government appoints Suhail Anwar Sial as home minister

Picture: Suhail Anwar Sial  KARACHI: The Sindh Government on Tuesday appointed Suhail Anwar Sial as Sindh's home minister and added the Agriculture and Mineral department to his portfolio. The additional portfolio of Information Department was assigned to the Minister of Transport Sindh Nasir Hussain Shah, while the department of Religious Affairs and Zakat and Ushr was added to Dr Sikandar Mendhro's portfolio, as per the notification issued by the Sindh government. The ministers' portfolios
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India says Pakistan players won?t be allowed in Kabaddi league

File photo: AFP Pakistani athletes yet again fell victim to India?s politics as Indian officials announced they will not allow Pakistani players to compete in the Pro Kabaddi League, starting from June 25 in Indian city of Pune. Indian sports minister Vijay Goel, as cited by Indian media, said Monday that India will not allow visas to Pakistani Kabaddi players, even if they are picked in the auctions for the Pro Kabaddi League. Pro Kabbadi League stirred a controversy in India by inviting aro
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Trump condemns 'evil losers' behind Manchester attack

US President Donald Trump is seen during a joint press conference with the Palestinian leader at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem - AFP   BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned the "evil losers" behind a bomb attack at a pop concert in the British city of Manchester that killed at least 22 people. "So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers," Trump said after meeting Pa
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Google AI programme beats top-ranked Go player

China´s 19-year-old Go player Ke Jie (L) makes a move during the first match against Google´s artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo - AFP  SHANGHAI: Google's computer programme AlphaGo beat the world's top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game Go on Tuesday, re-affirming the arrival of what its developers tout as a ground-breaking new form of artificial intelligence. AlphaGo took the first encounter in a three-game series against brash 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie,
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Manchester concert suicide attack prompts security rethinks worldwide

Police stand guard outside the Manchester Arena in Manchester, the site of the blast where US singer Ariana Grande had been performing, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Countries from the United States to Japan and Singapore are considering tightening security ahead of major theatre and sports events following a suicide bomb attack in Britain that killed at least 22 people. Britain was on its second-highest alert level of "severe", meaning an attack by militants is considere
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NAB, SECP, FIA, and SBP send teams to assist JIT in Panama probe

ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing into the Panama case solicited four teams from different institutions on Tuesday. The institutions that include the SECP, FIA, NAB, and SBP formed their respective teams and submitted them to the JIT. The SECP has assembled a four-member team that includes Hamid Javed, Khurram Hasan, Anwar Hashmi and Haroon Abdullah, sources told Geo News. Khawar Ilyas will head the NAB team. The teams will begin to assist and support the JIT starting fro
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Nokia settles patent dispute with Apple

Nokia has settled its patent dispute with Apple and signed a business collaboration deal with the U.S. giant, the Finnish firm said on Tuesday, sending its shares sharply higher. Nokia said on Tuesday it would receive an upfront cash payment and additional revenues from Apple starting from the current quarter. It did not give details of the amounts. Nokia shares, which fell in December due to the patent dispute, jumped 7.4 percent to 5.93 euros. Analysts said they had expected the legal dispu
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22 killed in 'suicide attack' at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e4dd58aeeff3d5a5c0f819c256052a7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDU6MTY6NDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1QWm1sZGtnaVdaOUovOWNsTXQ3NHVBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MANCHESTER: At least 22 people, including some children, were killed and 59 wounded when a suicide bomber struck as thousands of fans streamed out of a concert by US singer Ariana G
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Ariana Grande says she is 'broken' in tweet after Manchester attack

Pop star Ariana Grande said on Monday she was "broken" five hours after a bombing killed 19 people and wounded dozens of others at her concert in Manchester, England. Making her first comment since an explosion detonated just outside Manchester Arena at the end of her performance there, Grande said on Twitter: "broken. from the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words." Representatives for Grande have said that the 23-year-old pop star was physically "okay" following the blast
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Trump arrives in Bethlehem to meet Palestinian president Abbas

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in a procession to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Donald Trump made the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the unpredictable US president to remain committed to an independent Palestinian state. His talks in Bethlehem with the Palestinian president come after Trump on Monday made a heavily sy
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Pakistan condemns Manchester blast, expresses solidarity with victims

Police seen outside Manchester Arena, where Ariana Grande had been performing when the blast occurred - Reuters  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the blast which hit a concert at Manchester Arena, in what British police suspect as a terrorist attack. ?We strongly condemn terrorist incident in #Manchester that caused loss of 19 precious human lives & injured scores,? Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a Twitter post earlier today. "Pakistan expresses solida
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Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sberbank is seen on top of a building in central Moscow, Russia April 22, 2016.   Russian cybercriminals used malware planted on Android mobile devices to steal from domestic bank customers and were planning to target European lenders before their arrest, investigators and sources with knowledge of the case told Reuters. Their campaign raised a relatively small sum by cyber-crime standards - more than 50 million roubles ($892,000) - but they had also obtained more sophi
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Teenager attempts suicide, jumps from mobile tower in Multan

The boy jumped from the mobile tower on Masoom Shah Road after two hours.Photo: Geo News screen grab MULTAN: A 15-year-old was critically injured after he jumped from a mobile tower on Multan?s Masoom Shah Road early Tuesday morning. According to the police, the 15-year-old teenager A* left his house and climbed a mobile tower after a domestic dispute. His family tried their best to make sure he comes down but the teenager did not budge. The family then called Rescue 1122 to the site. The R
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Video of Melania Trump slapping Donald Trump's hand goes viral

US President Donald Trump with the first lady Melania Trump  Speculation around Donald Trump and Melania Trump's marriage has always been the most discussed issue but it seems that it is about to get a whole lot more intense this time. While Donald Trump's first international trip is in full swing, there also have also been news circulating regarding their trip. Most recently the video captured during Donald Trump's visit to Israel with wife Melania Trump has taken the internet by storm. Befo
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480g of cocaine recovered from parcel at Lahore GPO

LAHORE: 480 grammes of cocaine was recovered from a parcel that arrived from Peru in Lahore?s General Post Office on Tuesday. The contraband was expertly concealed in a thermos  The illegal drug was expertly concealed in the package carrying a thermos, sources told Geo News. Read more: Over 20 KGs of heroin seized from PIA plane at Islamabad airport A bid to smuggle heroin was foiled at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Monday when 20 kilogrammes of the contraband was seized from a
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Weather to remain hot, dry on Tuesday: MET

A shallow westerly wave is present along north-west Balochistan and its adjoining areas, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said. Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country today. Explore: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat However, rain and thunderstorm with gusty winds are expected at isolated places in Hazara, Bannu, Multan, D.G.Khan, Kalat, Quetta, Zhob, Sukkur, Larkana divisions, upper FATA, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas, the PMD forecasted. Past weather
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Muslims should join hands to combat terrorism: PM

PM Nawaz Sharif paying his respects at Roza-e-Rasool, where he later offered Nawafil. Photo: Twitter MADINA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Muslim across the world should join hands to combat terrorism. He was speaking to media in Madina Munawwara on Monday. He also remarked that he hasn?t decided if he will be a part of the World Centre Against Extremism, a counter-radicalisation initiative by the Saudi government Speaking about the summit, he said that the Arab Islamic American Su
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