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Geo News Blog delivers the latest breaking news, world headlines, politics, current affairs, and international updates from Pakistan and around the world, updated through trusted RSS sources.

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France targets sexual harassment with on-the-spot fines

An employee of Prosegur works in the 3117 emergency call centre against sexual harassment on transport at the Saint-Lazare train station, in Paris, France March 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters France announced a series of measures against sexual violence on Wednesday, including on-the-spot fines for sexual harassment on the street and extended deadlines for filing rape complaints. President Emmanuel Macron has said the bill is meant to ensure ?women are not afraid to be outside?, after a wave of sexua
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How to stop Facebook from using your data

Photo: File In the wake of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, plenty of people are talking about deleting their Facebook accounts, fueled by the #DeleteFacebook movement. In 2013, Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan created an app called "thisisyourdigitallife" that harvested Facebook information from the roughly 300,000 people who used, it as well as from their friends. In 2014, Facebook changed its policies to limit third-party apps access. The user information obtained by
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Salman Ahmad supports Imran Khan once again

Salman Ahmad at a PTI event. Photo: File  Musician Salman Ahmad has taken a U-turn as he reaffirmed his support for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan. On Tuesday, the singer and author who was a die-hard PTI supporter (or still is?) announced on Twitter that he?ll no longer be supporting the party. Expressing disappointment over TV anchor Amir Liaquat joining the party, Ahmad said, "After 35 years of defending, supporting and justifying Imran Khan, I no longer can. I fear reptiles
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CJP reprimands DG LDA for uprooting park on Ishaq Dar?s directions

A portion of the park near Dar?s Lahore residence had been uprooted to build a road which leads directly to his house. However, the road is said to be prohibited for public use. Photo: file  LAHORE: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar reprimanded on Thursday the Lahore Development Authority Director General Zahid Akhtar Zaman for allowing a portion of a park to be uprooted to build a road near the house of former finance minister Ishaq Dar. A three-member bench of the Supre
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Academic in Facebook storm worked on Russian 'dark' personality project

BACKGROUND: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed binary digits, March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration; SUPERIMPOSED: Aleksandr Kogan MOSCOW/FRANKFURT: The psychologist at the center of a scandal over the misuse of millions of Facebook users? personal data worked with Russian researchers on a study of toxic personality traits. Aleksandr Kogan advised a team at St Petersburg State University that was exploring whether psychopathy, narcissism, and machiavellianism ?
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Rao Anwar to be produced in court today

Suspended SSP Rao Anwar. Photo: File  KARACHI: The family of Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was reportedly killed in a fake encounter in January in Karachi, expects a strong punishment for the accused, Rao Anwar, as he is due to appear in the anti-terrorism court today. While talking to the media on Thursday, counsel for the elders of Mehsud tribe, Pir Rehman Mehsud, said the chief justice of Pakistan has played a pivotal role in Naqeebullah?s murder case. Pir Rehman added they were satisfied with th
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Brazil prosecutors open investigation into Cambridge Analytica

Political consultancy Cambridge Analytica's nameplate is seen in central London, Britain, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls BRASILIA: Brazilian prosecutors on Wednesday said they had opened an investigation into whether London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica acted illegally in Brazil, as controversy over the firm?s data harvesting practices spreads across the globe. Prosecutors for Brazil?s Federal District, which includes Brasilia, the capital, said in a written statement
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IN PICTURES: Karachi set to welcome PSL players

Karachi is gearing up to host the final of the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) in National Stadium on March 25. The Islamabad United-Peshawar Zalmi clash will be the first time Karachi hosts a PSL game.  The city administration has gone all out in its beautification and welcoming campaign, adorning the major thoroughfares with posters and banners.  geo_embedgallery
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EU leaders to tackle Facebook data row at summit

The sun rises behind the entrance sign to Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, May 18, 2012. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach/Files BRUSSELS: EU leaders meeting in Brussels this week will discuss the scandal over harvested data from Facebook, European Council President Donald Tusk said Wednesday, linking it to the broader threats including election meddling. Tusk said the summit would deal with issues of personal privacy raised by the row over the misuse of Facebook data by British fi
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US FTC probing Facebook data scandal: media

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is displayed in front of a US flag, March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration WASHINGTON: The US Federal Trade Commission, a consumer and competition watchdog, is investigating Facebook after a major data scandal that affected 50 million users, US media reported on Tuesday. A probe by the FTC would add further pressure on the social media giant which faces calls by Britain's Parliament and the European Commission for urgent investigations, while US lawmakers ha
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PSL final in Karachi: All you need to know about security, traffic

A Rangers official outside the National Stadium. Photo: AFP  KARACHI: The National Stadium will light up for cricket?s homecoming on March 25, Sunday, when it hosts the final of the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL). As fans in Karachi and elsewhere prepare to attend the match, it?s important to keep in mind that there will be a roughly four-hour-long, three-tier security clearance procedure before the spectators can enter the stadium. Here?s a step-by-step guide to the security
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Humaima Malick requests privacy for brother Feroze Khan's wedding

Pakistani actor Feroze Khan has announced he?ll be tying the knot at the end of this month and fans are eager to know more details. However, his sister, actor Humaima Malick took to social media thanking fans for their ?love and respect? and requesting privacy during the event. "Posting pictures of our event invites isn't ethical at all!" she wrote in the note posted on her Instagram. The comment came after a picture of Feroze's wedding invite was widely shared on social media. 
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Housing scam: NAB Lahore summons Khawaja Saad Rafique today

The National Accountability Bureau Lahore has summoned Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique over a corruption probe. Photo: file  LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau Lahore has summoned Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique today (Thursday), Geo News reported. The minister has been summoned in reference to a corruption probe into a private housing scheme in Lahore. Punjab's Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, who is Saad's younger brother, has also been summoned in a separate p
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At least 17 killed in Thai bus crash

At least 17 people were killed and dozens of others wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree. Photo: Twitter  BANGKOK: At least 17 people were killed and dozens of others wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree, authorities said Thursday. The accident occurred Wednesday evening in Thailand´s Nakhon Ratchasima province with the double-decker bus carrying around 50 people returnin
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Security forces foil suicide attack in Quetta

Security forces have foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack in Kuch Mor area of Quetta. sources informed Geo News Thursday morning. Photo: Geo News screen grab1 QUETTA: Security forces have foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack in Kuch Mor area of Quetta, sources informed Geo News Thursday morning.  The timely action of the security forces led to the attacker being killed, sources said, adding that the suicide vest was attached to the attacker's body.  On December 19, Quetta security force
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US troops in Afghanistan won't 'go across the border' chasing Taliban: top official

US Army soldiers take positions during a joint US-Afghan military patrol in a village in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/Files  WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday stressed that its forces would not enter Pakistan in pursuit of the Taliban as their troops are aware of Islamabad's "territorial sovereignty". In a press briefing, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Andrews, the spokesman for the US Department of Defence (DoD), said: "Say, for example,
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Six arrested in Karachi raid

KARACHI: At least six suspects were arrested Wednesday night during a raid carried out in the city's Orangi Town, the area's police official said. Following search operations conducted in various locales of Orangi Town, authorities managed to round up six suspects, Abid Ali Baloch, the Superintendent of Police (SP) for Orangi, said. The arrestees include drug-sellers and street criminals, Baloch noted, adding that weapons, contraband, and gambling chits were recovered from them.
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No further rupee devaluation required in foreseeable future: Miftah Ismail

KARACHI: Miftah Ismail, the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, said Wednesday night the decision to devalue Pakistani rupee was taken after a thorough deliberation. Speaking on Geo News' programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, Ismail said thought and a consideration of the prevalent conditions were put into the move to bump up the price of the US dollar to Rs 115. "We have [taken and] halted it at Rs 115, which is where the market will settle in a day or
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Kulsoom Nawaz doing better but treatment continues: Hussain Nawaz

File Photo LONDON: Hussain Nawaz, the son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, said late Wednesday his mother was feeling better but was still undergoing medical treatment, Geo News reported. Kulsoom Nawaz, who recently underwent a throat surgery and, at present, is residing at her son Hasan Nawaz's residence, is in London for the treatment of lymphoma since late last year.  Speaking to media personnel, Hussain said the doctors overseeing his mother's treatment have asked her husband, Nawaz
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App developer says he is 'scapegoat' in Facebook data row

Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan, the creator of an app that harvested data from millions of Facebook users. Image courtesy: CNN Video/Screenshot  LONDON: The academic behind an app that harvested data from millions of Facebook users said Wednesday he was being scapegoated in an online privacy row that has rocked the world's biggest social network. British data firm Cambridge Analytica and Facebook are accused of improperly using the information for US President Donald Trump's
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Police release video of fatal collision with Uber self-driving car

A still frame taken from a video ? released March 21, 2018 ? shows the exterior view of the self-driving Uber vehicle, leading up to the fatal collision, in Tempe, Arizona, US, March 18, 2018. Tempe Police Department/Handout via REUTERS  TEMPE: Police in Arizona on Wednesday released a short video of a fatal collision between an Uber self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian, as investigators probe the accident that has put a new focus on the safety of autonomous vehicles. The video, taken from i
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Peru's president offers resignation on eve of impeachment

Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is seen announcing his resignation at the Presidential Palace, Lima, Peru, March 21, 2018. Peru Government TV/America TV/Handout via REUTERS LIMA: Peru?s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski offered to resign on Wednesday after vote-buying allegations ensnared his centre-right government on the eve of an impeachment vote, capping months of political turmoil in one of Latin America?s most stable economies. Kuczynski, a 79-year-old former Wall Street banker who
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Sri Lankan President to visit Pakistan today

Maithripala Sirisena, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, waves as he leaves the election commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 9, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/Files  ISLAMABAD: Maithripala Sirisena, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, will visit Pakistan from March 22 to 24, 2018, a statement by the foreign office said, adding that he will be the ?Guest of Honor? on the Pakistan Day parade. Sirisena's participation in the para
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Ex-Facebook manager says company was sluggish in stopping data harvesting

Figurines are seen in front of the Facebook logo, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Illustration/Dado Ruvic LONDON: A former Facebook operations manager told a British parliamentary committee on Wednesday that data harvesting of member profiles by outside software developers was once routine and that the company took years to clamp down on the practice. Sandy Parakilas, who was in charge of policing Facebook?s data handling procedures in 2011 and 2012, shed fresh light on business practices that are all
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Facebook, British political consultancy sued in data storm

Photo: REUTERS NEW YORK/LONDON: A US resident has sued Facebook and a British-based political consultancy for obtaining data from millions of the social media site's users without their permission, while an academic at the centre of the storm accused both firms of scapegoating him. The complaint filed at the US District Court in San Jose, California, marked the first of what may be many lawsuits seeking damages over Facebook's ability to protect user data, and exploitation of the information
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