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'Tortured' domestic help passes away in Lahore

LAHORE: A domestic helper on Saturday passed away after she was allegedly tortured in Lahore's Model Town vicinity. 20-year old Munazza, who hailed from Vehari, was employed by a house in Model Town's H block, the police said. She was admitted to Jinnah Hospital for treatment following which she passed away. Read more: 12-year-old maid allegedly abused by employers in Faisalabad According to the police, the woman's body does not have any torture marks. The deceased's family alleged that Mun
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This Bollywood couple has officially parted ways

Anyone who was hoping that the super stylish Bollywood couple- Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan will contemplate reconciliation, we have got a sad news for them. The duo has been granted divorce by Bandra Family Court, just a day after they attended the Justin Bieber Purpose Tour together. Fans of Arbaaz and Malaika were left in surprise when the couple filed for divorce last November by mutual consent, ending their 18-year marriage. The real-life couple appeared for the final hearing two days
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Ten labourers gunned down, two injured in Gwadar

GWADAR: Unidentified attackers gunned down ten labourers in two separate incidents on the outskirts of Gwadar on Saturday. Two labourers are also said to have been injured in the attacks. The incidents took place in the Pishgan and Ganth Road area of Gwadar where the labourers were working on construction projects. The victims are said to be natives of Naushero Feroze, Sindh, according to sources.  Sources added that the site of the incident has been cordoned off by security forces and a swe
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Pakistan, China sign agreements for Gwadar port

BEIJING: Pakistan and China on Saturday signed a series of agreements in Beijing for cooperation in different sectors. Three agreements pertaining to economic and technical cooperation worth 3.4 billion Yuan for Gwadar port and East Bay expressway were signed, according to media reports. Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) related to cooperation within the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road initiative, upgrading the main railway line track ML-I, an
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Fire engulfs plaza in Lahore?s Defence Mor

LAHORE: Fire engulfed a commercial building at Defence Mor on Saturday. Reports stated that rescue teams are at the site of the incident and trying to douse the flames.    It is yet to be ascertained what the cause of the fire is and if any people are inside the building, according to rescue officials.     This is a developing story and will be updated as further details are available. As with breaking news initial reports may sometimes be inaccurate
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Melissa McCarthy motors through New York dressed as Sean Spicer

NEW YORK: Actress Melissa McCarthy took her impersonation of Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, to the streets of New York City on Friday, rolling through midtown traffic on a motorised lectern in an apparent shoot for Saturday Night Live. McCarthy is due to host the NBC television show on Saturday, when she is expected to revive her portrayal of Spicer as a gum-chewing shouter who berates and threatens journalists for asking probing questions. The hour-long skit show has been broad
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Justin Trudeau brings youngest child to office and it?s so freaking adorable!

The world’s favourite leader Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently popped into office accompanied by none other than his 3-year-old son Hadrien and it melted everyone’s hearts. The little munchkin hopped here and there, running in the corridors…   (Image: Justin Trudeau's Facebook page)   Addressing the media…   (Image: Justin Trudeau's Facebook page)   Playing hide and seek…    (Image: Justin Trudeau's Facebook page)   Looking busy on the PM’s seat…   (Image: Justin
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Hackers exploit stolen U.S. spy agency tool to launch global cyberattack

A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain's health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday. Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings and other legitimate files. The ransomware encrypted data on the computers,
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Pakistanis among two killed, several injured in KSA's Awamiya town

Gunmen killed a Saudi child and a Pakistani man during an attack on workers at a building project in the restive eastern Saudi Arabian region on Wednesday, the Saudi interior ministry said on Friday. The gunmen tried to stop redevelopment work in the old quarter of the town of Awamiya, where authorities say militants are hiding, said an interior ministry spokesman quoted by state news agency SPA. They fired at security personnel and passersby, killing a two-year-old Saudi child and a Pakistani
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Palestinian film festival opens in Gaza

The Gaza Strip's film festival opened on Friday with artists and audience walking along a red carpet laid on a floor built from the rubble of homes destroyed in wars with Israel. Organisers of the Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival, running for the third time since 2015, say the goal is to raise awareness of hardship in the Gaza Strip, home to almost two million Palestinians. About 1,000 people attended opening night. Running until May 17, the festival was timed to lead up to the Cannes fil
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US nears $100 billion arms deal for Saudi Arabia: White House official

WASHINGTON: The United States is close to completing a series of arms deals for Saudi Arabia totalling more than $100 billion, a senior White House official said on Friday, a week ahead of President Donald Trump's planned visit to Riyadh. The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the arms package could end up surpassing more than $300 billion over a decade to help Saudi Arabia boost its defensive capabilities while still maintaining US ally Israel's qualitative military
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North Korea says will have dialogue with US under right conditions: Yonhap

A senior North Korean diplomat who handles the reclusive country's US affairs said on Saturday Pyongyang would have a dialogue with the US administration if conditions are right, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. Choe Son Hui, who is the North's foreign ministry director general for US affairs, made the comment to reporters in Beijing as she was travelling from Norway back to North Korea, Yonhap said. The comments by Choe, who is a veteran member of the North's team of nuclear negotia
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Several bogies derail as trains collide near Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Two goods trains collided between the Bholari and Meeting Pul near Hyderabad early Saturday morning. As a result, several bogies crashed into one another, and many were also thrown  off track. Officials said a goods train transporting containers crashed into the rear side of another train carrying oil. Rescue and other officials are assessing the extent of the damage and whether any casualties took place, sources added. It was further stated that both the North and South-bound trai
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Mercury to rise in most parts of the country: MET

Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country on Saturday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecasted. However, dust, thunderstorm, and light rain with gusty winds are expected at a few places in Quetta, Kalat, Zhob, D.G. Khan, D.I. Khan, Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Sargodha divisions, Islamabad, FATA, and Kashmir. Read more: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat  Past weather The weather remained hot and dry in most parts of the country. However, dust, thund
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Nawaz meets Chinese counterpart, felicitates on One Belt One Road Initiative

BEIJING: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is on a six-day visit to China, on Saturday called on his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang and felicitated him for organising One Belt One Road Initiative. PM Sharif, at the meeting, said that Pakistan consider China as its most important friend and it fully backs the One Belt One Road Initiative. He said participation of key world leaders in the forum was a good omen. "We all stand as one for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Pakistan is determin
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China has always supported our stance on Kashmir: PM Nawaz

BEIJING: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is leading a high-level delegation to China, met Chinese President Xi Jinping and his counterpart Li Keqiang on Saturday. On the meeting with the Chinese president, PM Sharif said the presence of all the chief ministers [of Pakistan] shows the importance our nation gives to Pak-China ties.  "China is our strategic partner, and has always stood by our stance on the Kashmir issue," said the premier.  The benefits of the Chinese investment of $56 billion
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Dutch design breakthrough fast tracks oceans clean-up plan

A Dutch engineer aiming to clean up vast ocean "garbage patches" of plastic Thursday unveiled a radical design breakthrough, enabling his ambitious project to start two years early. Boyan Slat's innovative scheme seeks to use ocean currents to help gather up an estimated five trillion pieces of plastic -- everything from bottles, to plastic bags, flip-flops and other detritus -- from the planet's waters. After several years of research, including the first-ever detailed aerial survey of the la
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Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the biggest star of all

Actors come and go, radio presenters live or die by their ratings and musicians top the charts only to be dropped, hostages to the vagaries of fickle public opinion. But some stars are destined to be remembered forever, their successes immortalized in terrazzo and brass on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- a draw for visitors from across the world that has more staying power than any individual celebrity. Launched in 1958, the walk has built up more than 2,600 stars, each a tribute to the contribu
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Flame it on the sunshine: Thai solar chicken a hot hit

Not many chefs don a welding mask before they enter the kitchen, but Sila Sutharat prefers to cook his chicken sunny side up. Two hours south of Bangkok this 60-year-old roadside vendor has found an ingenious way to offer his customers something a little different by harnessing the power of the sun. Using a large wall of nearly 1,000 moveable mirrors -- a device he designed and built himself -- he focuses the sun's rays onto a row of marinated chickens, sizzling away under the intense heat. H
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Doctor, son killed in Sukkur firing on clinic

SUKKUR: A doctor and his son were killed in firing on a clinic by unknown men in Sukkur late Friday, police said. The incident took place in Bachal Shah Miani, a suburban area of Sukkur, where armed motorcyclists opened fire on a clinic, according to police. It left two people dead and one wounded. The deceased were identified as Dr. Abdul Karim and his son, Raja Abbasi. The wounded man was said to be patient who had arrived at the clinic. The bodies and the injured were shifted to a hospita
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Bigger, more expensive healthcare practices not necessarily better

You might not get what you pay for when it comes to healthcare, a new study suggests. A report in Health Affairs found little association between how much physician practices charged and patients’ perceptions of their quality of care. “We’re asking consumers to make a lot of decisions about healthcare purchasing without a lot of information. Price is not really a definitive signal of quality,” said lead author Eric T. Roberts, a health-services researcher at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
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Man crushes 'muggers' under his car in Karachi; one killed, another held

KARACHI: A man crushed two suspected muggers under his car in Karachi late Friday killing one of them and getting the other arrested, police officials said. The incident occurred near Aisha Manzil when two muggers, Haseeb Khan and Usman Ghani, were fleeing on their motorbike after having robbed a citizen. The same man, after being robbed, chased the fleeing suspects and hit them with his car, which left suspect Haseeb dead, said SP Gulberg Bashir Brohi. His accomplice, Usman, managed to flee
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Caribbean nations miffed over US label as money launderers

The 15-nation Caribbean community is angry at the United States for labelling virtually all members of the regional trade bloc as money laundering jurisdictions and plans to mount a stiff lobbying effort in Washington, its leader said Friday. CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque said the United States's listing 14 member states in its 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report could have devastating effects on the region. Most of the countries have economies heavily dependent on
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'Risk': Inside the inner sanctum of Wikileaks' Assange

The enigmatic champion of a global movement for transparency and democracy. A Russian stooge. A West-hating attention-seeker. A cold fish with questionable attitudes and alleged diabolical sexual mores. Julian Assange has been labeled all of these -- and many things besides -- since starting out as a media-savvy Robin Hood figure, wrestling facts from the powerful and serving them up unexpurgated for the masses. Now, a fugitive from justice dogged by accusations of sexual assault and living a
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Trump warns sacked FBI chief over media leaks

President Donald Trump on Friday warned his sacked FBI director against "leaking" information to reporters, as the White House refused to deny that the president records his conversations with visitors. Capping a week in which Trump faced a slew of criticism for firing the man investigating his campaign's possible ties to Russia, Trump told James Comey there could be retribution if he tells the press about their private conversations. "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our c
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