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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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Cirque du Soleil aerialist falls to his death

This Sept. 24, 2017, photo provided by Michael Kass shows Yann Arnaud during a Cirque du Soleil performance in Toronto. Photo: AP An aerialist fell to his death while performing in a Cirque du Soleil show in Tampa, Florida, the Montreal-based company said Sunday. Yann Arnaud was suspended by straps above the stage during a performance of its VOLTA show on Saturday night when he fell, according to a statement. He was rushed to a hospital but died of his injuries. "The entire Cirque du Soleil
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In-pictures: Gaddafi Stadium ready to host PSL

Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches have concluded in Dubai and Sharjah and the tournament will now move to Lahore. Gaddafi Stadium will host elimination matches on March 20 and 21. In the first elimination match, Peshawar Zalmi will face Quetta Gladiators with the winner going on to play Karachi Kings in the second elimination match for a place in the final. Pakistani soldiers stand alert outside the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium ahead of the forthcoming Pakistan Super League matches - APP   S
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Powell's Fed to show policy caution, shun political friction

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to the House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, on February 27, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/file   WASHINGTON: Jerome Powell heads for his first interest rate increase as Federal Reserve Chairman this week with an unanswered question looming above others: could his optimism about the US economy lead to more hikes than markets have prepared for? Powell?s public comments and Reuters conversation
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Two injured in mysterious Texas bombing, fourth in a month

Scene of explosion in Austin, Texas. Photo: AP Two people were injured late Sunday in an explosion at a home in Austin, Texas, the fourth mysterious bombing in the city this month, police said. The blast came just hours after police made a direct public appeal to the unknown bomber or bombers suspected of leaving packages that exploded and killed a 39-year-old man on March 2, and two explosive packages on March 12, including one that killed a 17 year-old man. The county Emergency Medical Serv
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Uber, Ola drivers strike in India for higher pay

A note is pasted on a rear window of a car during a protest by Uber and Ola drivers, in New Delhi, India on February 14, 2017. The note reads ?Ola and Uber it is Strike". Photo: Reuters  MUMBAI: Drivers for app-based cab aggregators Uber and Ola started an indefinite strike across India on Monday, demanding extra pay as a surge in the number of cabs on the two platforms, coupled with cutbacks in incentive payments, have stung drivers. The strike, which began at midnight on Sunday, centred on th
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Australian Muslim cricketer Usman Khawaja's fiancée on embracing Islam

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/89056e144ccaede69fbe64bcb5c38533.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xOS8yMDE4IDc6NTk6MTMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1DQWprMlpYRFpLUC9zZUVML2llRlRRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja?s fiancée has revealed why she converted from Catholicism
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Supreme Court halts hiring at PIMS, NIRM

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/567b40a29d11a12ea261848bf23d171b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xOS8yMDE4IDg6NTU6NDYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1lc1RXdWhJMVBJaS82U04vblB3NjdnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court froze all inductions in National Institute of Rehabilitation Me
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Four killed as tractor, car collide on Karachi-Hyderabad road

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/dd22cbe9e49289b1ddb2f29c636cf8ae.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xOS8yMDE4IDc6MTY6MDEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1pUzlRWXdwRStaTEJKWitLVkVmMElnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: At least four people were killed while two others injured when a trailer and car collided in the early hours of Monday. According to rescue sources, the car was en route to Hyderabad when the accide
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NAB will continue to do its work, asserts Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/30a1a84d219a107814876ddc18a1c6d8.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xOS8yMDE4IDc6NTk6MzAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0rVkFDOXhwdW1CYjZ2b3A3S1pwOUd3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said on Mon
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Irrfan Khan, Deepika?s film postponed till actor returns from treatment

Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj has decided to reschedule his next film starring Irrfan Khan and Deepika Padukone till the Hindi Medium actor returns from treatment abroad. ?Irrfan is a warrior and we know he will conquer this battle. Therefore Deepika Padukone, Prernaa, Kriarj Entertainment and I have decided to reschedule our film and start with renewed energy and celebration when our warrior returns as a winner," Vishal tweeted. Irrfan revealed a few days back that he has
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Saudi woman boxer breaks exercise taboo

Saudi gym owner Halah Alhamrani, 41, trains in her gym centre. Photo: AFP Throwing punches in a gym tucked away from prying eyes, a Saudi female boxing trainer asserts a right long denied to many women in the conservative kingdom -- the right to exercise. Halah Alhamrani, 41, runs a gym for women called FlagBoxing -- its motto is Fight Like A Girl -- in the western Red Sea city of Jeddah, offering fitness classes such as callisthenics, CrossFit, boxing and kickboxing. Relying on word-of-mouth
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Zayn Malik's 'made in Pakistan' shirt causes social media frenzy

Photo: Reuters British-Pakistani singer Zayn Malik has caused social media frenzy once again as he shared a picture of himself wearing a shirt made in Pakistan. The former One Direction band member shared a selfie on Instagram in which the tag on his t-shirt was visible and read ?Made in Pakistan?. The picture also showed new ink on his neck. Instagram post by Zayn Malik ? Mar 18, 2018 at 8:28pm UTC 1.7m Likes, 32.9k Comments - Zayn Malik (@zayn) on Instagram On March 1
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SC summons interior minister, secretary in NICOP fee case

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/0f5f1c0de93618fa95ec410c04c696c9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xOS8yMDE4IDY6NDY6NDcgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1id29JOE12b1FtdFpZTStqWHRHNVBnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court summoned on Monday the interior minister and secretary in a cas
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Explosion in Austin wounds two men

An explosion in Austin on Sunday wounded two men, thought to be in their 20s, authorities said, as Federal Bureau of Investigation agents rushed to the scene in the Texas capital. Photo: REUTERS  AUSTIN: An explosion in Austin on Sunday wounded two men, thought to be in their 20s, authorities said, as Federal Bureau of Investigation agents rushed to the scene in the Texas capital, where earlier this month three parcel bombs killed two people. Police told a press conference that the wounded me
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Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan takes over as PAF chief

ISLAMABAD: A Change of Command Ceremony was held on Monday to welcome the new chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, who retired today, pinned the new ranks on Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, the new air chief, and handed over the reins of the PAF to him.  "I cannot think of an honour better than heading the best air force," Aman said while addressing the ceremony at Air Headquarters in the federal capital.  While speaking about t
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Apple is developing own MicroLED screens: Bloomberg

Apple Inc is developing its own MicroLED device displays and has made small numbers of the screens for testing, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. Photo: file  Apple Inc is developing its own MicroLED device displays and has made small numbers of the screens for testing, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. The iPhone maker is developing next-generation MicroLED screens at a secret plant in California and has made a huge investment for this, according to the report. The secret project, code-named T159,
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Police issue traffic management plan ahead of Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad

Army's armoured personnel carriers roll on the Parade Ground in Islamabad on March 23, 2015, when the parade was resumed after a gap of around seven years. Photo: AFP   ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police have issued a traffic management plan related to the Pakistan Day parade in the capital on March 23. According to the police, heavy traffic will be barred from entering the capital from midnight until 2pm today, March 21 and March 23. Moreover, on the three dates mentioned above, the Fai
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Kulsoom Nawaz discharged from hospital after 10 hours

Pakistan?s former premier Nawaz Sharif?s wife Kulsoom Nawaz is currently undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Photo: file  LONDON: Pakistan?s former premier Nawaz Sharif?s wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is currently undergoing treatment for lymphoma, has been discharged from the hospital, Geo News reported late Sunday night. Kulsoom Nawaz was admitted to the Harley Street clinic in an emergency Sunday morning and discharged after 10 hours. Her sons, Hasan and Hussain Nawaz, had brought her to the hosp
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Drought-stricken Cape Town counts the cost

People collect drinking water from pipes fed by an underground spring in St. James, about 25 km from the city centre. Photo: AFP   South African winemaker Marlize Jacobs looks out across the parched brown earth that sustains her award-winning vines, surveying the effects of the water crisis ravaging Cape Town and surrounding areas. "It's the strangest thing ? I think vines like to suffer. When the berries are shrinking, there's more concentration of flavours," she told AFP, describing the impa
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Saudi's crown prince in his own words

WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia´s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday. Mutual rival Iran will be high on the agenda, but the 32-year-old strongman prince will also be looking to showcase his sweeping changes to Saudi society and an increasingly assertive foreign policy that includes the war in Yemen and an ongoing diplomatic feud with Qatar. The following are quotations from an interview he gave to CBS News on Sunday. The role of wo
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China's 'silver fox' foreign minister promoted

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi retained his job and was also promoted to a state councillor on Monday, meaning he now has the country?s two top diplomat roles, in a vote of confidence for his strong defense of China?s interests. Photo: REUTERS1 BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi retained his job and was also promoted to a state councillor on Monday, meaning he now has the country?s two top diplomat roles, in a vote of confidence for his strong defense of China?s interests. Sources ha
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'Black Panther' Surpasses 'Tomb Raider' for Fifth Box Office Crown

A group of men gather in front of a poster advertising the film "Black Panther" on its opening night of screenings at the AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 cinemas in Manhattan, New York, US on February 15. Photo: Reuters LOS ANGELES: Disney-Marvel's Black Panther has maintained its momentum at the domestic box office, winning its fifth consecutive weekend with $27 million from 3,834 locations. Alicia Vikander's Tomb Raider finished second in its opening weekend in line with expectations with $23.5 m
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Rao Anwar's arrest: Sindh IG to submit progress report in Supreme Court today

Former Malir SSP Rao Anwar. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Sindh Inspector General of Police AD Khawaja is expected to submit today a progress report over the hunt for wanted police officer SSP Rao Anwar.  Anwar has been absconding in the murder case of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, who was among three others killed in an extra-judicial encounter on January 13 on Anwar's orders. At the last hearing of the case in Karachi on March 16, the Sindh police chief had informed Chie
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Messi takes Barcelona 11 points clear, Ronaldo hits four

Lionel Messi delivered another masterful performance as Barcelona sailed past Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on Sunday to take an 11-point lead over nearest rivals Atletico Madrid in La Liga. Photo: AFP  MADRID: Lionel Messi delivered another masterful performance as Barcelona sailed past Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on Sunday to take an 11-point lead over nearest rivals Atletico Madrid in La Liga. After putting Chelsea to the sword in the Champions League midweek, Messi scored for the sixth game in a row against
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Putin easily wins another six-year term, firms grip on Russia

Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin at a polling station during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.?Reuters photo KEMEROVO: Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world´s largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory. Putin's thumping victory will extend his total time in office to nearly a quarter of a century, until 202
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