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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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Lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US: study

Persistent, low-level exposure to lead over decades is statistically linked to some 400,000 premature deaths in the United States each year, far more than previously thought. Photo: file  PARIS: Persistent, low-level exposure to lead over decades is statistically linked to some 400,000 premature deaths in the United States each year, far more than previously thought, researchers said Monday. Compared to people with little or no lead in their blood, those with high levels -- at least 6.7 millig
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Federer rolls into fourth round at Indian Wells

Roger Federer continued to defy the ageing process as he needed just 58 minutes to overpower Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-1 at Indian Wells. Photo: AFP  INDIAN WELLS: World number one Roger Federer stepped up his bid for a sixth Indian Wells Masters title with a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of Filip Krajinovic on Monday. The 36-year-old marvel continues to defy the ageing process as he needed just 58 minutes to overpower the Serb with a brilliant display of Swiss timing. "I was feeling like he was not lovi
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Hacked Japan crypto exchange refunds customers

Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Tuesday it had refunded more than $440 million to customers following the hack of its systems, which was one of the largest thefts of its kind. Photo: Reuters  TOKYO: Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Tuesday it had refunded more than $440 million to customers following the hack of its systems, which was one of the largest thefts of its kind. The company said it used its own funds to reimburse about 46.6 billion yen ($440
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Rally of Karachi's heavy bikers reaches Lahore

LAHORE: A peaceful rally of Pakistan's heavy bikers arrived here Monday night from Bahawalpur, Geo News reported. The motorcycle aficionados are set to go all the way north, up to Muzaffarabad, stopping en route at Islamabad, the bikers said. The group comprises 14 motorbike enthusiasts, all of whom started their journey to Lahore (via Bahawalpur) together from Karachi.
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Whoever tops Zardari emerges as the real influencer: Fazlur Rehman

The people of Pakistan will now say that whoever proves their influence over Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is the real influencer, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI) chief said Monday night. While speaking on Geo News' programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, Fazlur Rehman said his statement referred to how it is a common phrase among Pakistanis that the PPP co-chair is the most influential politician over everyone else (Asif Zardari, sab pe bhaari). In this regard,
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ASF investigating case of PIA flight attendant's arrest in Paris

DG ASF speaking during the passing out parade. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: An investigation has been launched into the matter of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendants' arrest in France over possession and possible trafficking of drugs, the Airports Security Force's (ASF) CHIEF said Monday. ASF Director General Major General Ali Abbas Haider was speaking during an address at the ASF's passing-out parade day and said that the matter of the PIA's flight attendants being held in Pari
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PML-N's Kulsoom Parveen admits voting for Mandviwalla

Kulsoom Parveen, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator from Balochistan, admitted Monday night that she had voted for Saleem Mandviwalla as the Deputy Chairman in the Senate elections. Parveen said she did not vote for the candidate that her party had put forward, opting instead for Mandviwalla for Senate's deputy chairmanship. On the other hand, all of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Senators had voted in favour of the candidate that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had chosen
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Saudi Arabia must ban discrimination against women: UN rights panel

Women walk at a market in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/Files  GENEVA: A UN rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to end discriminatory practices against women, including its pervasive system of male guardianship, and give them full access to justice. After reviewing the deeply conservative kingdom?s record, the independent experts welcomed recent decisions to allow women to launch their own businesses and to lift a de facto ban on them driving a
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Police link two package bombs in Texas to earlier attack

Police and FBI officers guard the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, US, March 17, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Flores AUSTIN: Two package bombs exploded miles apart in the capital city of Texas on Monday, killing a teenager and injuring two women in attacks that Austin police linked to a deadly blast earlier this month. In all three cases, a package was left at the front of a residence and exploded after an unsuspecting victim picked it up or tried to open it, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley to
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Taliban likely to miss Afghan peace meeting, says host Uzbekistan

A member of the Taliban insurgent and other people in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/Files  TASHKENT: The Taliban are likely to miss an Afghan peace conference at which participants are set to call for direct talks between the militant group and the government of President Ashraf Ghani, the foreign ministry in Uzbekistan said on Monday. Representatives of the group have made no application to attend the March 26-27 meeting in the Uzbek capital Tashkent, suggest
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Two charged in Muslim youth's fatal stabbing in Britain

Waterloo Street, Glodwick, Oldham. Image courtesy: Manchester Evening News via Dominic Salter OLDHAM: British police have formally charged two men over the murder of a youth that took place here on a street earlier on Friday, it said in a statement issued Tuesday. "Two men have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Oldham," Greater Manchester Police wrote. "Mohammed Jama (01/01/1998) of Ashley Street, Oldham, and Musa Jama (01/01/1996) of Ashley Street, Ol
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Four 'terrorists' killed in attack on Iran military checkpoint

Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/Files  TEHRAN: Four "terrorists" were killed after infiltrating Iran and attacking a military checkpoint in a southeastern border area, officials said on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday near the city of Saravan, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Pakistani border, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the Islamic Republic's elite Revolutionary Guards said in a s
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South African bowler Rabada banned for two Tests

PORT ELIZABETH: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was on Monday banned for the two remaining Tests against Australia ? and admitted that he would have to change how he celebrates wickets. Rabada was found guilty of "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact" with Australian captain Steve Smith after dismissing Smith in the first innings. He was fined 50 percent of his match fee and issued three demerit points after a disciplinary hearing following his denial of the charge. That took
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Meghan Markle in first official outing with Queen

Britain´s Prince Harry (R) leaves with his fiancee, US actress Meghan Markle after attending a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London-AFP LONDON: US actress Meghan Markle took part in her first official event with Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, accompanying her fiance Prince Harry to a service at London´s Westminster Abbey. Markle arrived at the Commonwealth Day Service with Harry, his elder brother Prince William, the second in line to the throne, and his wife Kate, Duc
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Major plot twist for students at Saudi Arabia's first cinema school

A Saudi woman studies film making at a university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 7, 2018. Picture taken March 7, 2018-Reuters JEDDAH: Student Sama Kinsara adjusts her camera at Saudi Arabia?s only cinema school, her dream of seeing her work on the big screen coming into focus after the lifting of the country?s 35-year ban on cinema. ?Everything is about to change,? the first-year student of ?visual and digital production? at Effat University in Jeddah told Reuters. Her course is to be renamed ?
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Nepal plane crash kills at least 49

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3419cea2e863894e36311d4a98102c8c.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xMi8yMDE4IDEyOjUxOjAxIFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9VTFrcDRrbHg4RUdITXR5Sk5MNTZ1Zz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KATHMANDU: At least 49 people were killed on Monday when a Bangladeshi airliner crashed in c
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Pak-Saudi relations based on trust, COAS tells Imam-e-Kaaba

General Bajwa during the meeting said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy brotherly relations which are based on mutual trust Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday met with Imam-e-Kaaba Sheikh Saleh bin Muhammad Al Talib in Rawalpindi and discussed matters of mutual interest. General Bajwa during the meeting said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy brotherly relations which are based on mutual trust. Muslim world considers Pakistan as its strength: Imam-e-Ka?aba Imam-e
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Certain forces superior to Parliament, laments Hasil Bizenjo

?The parliament has been completely defeated. It has been proved today some forces are more supreme than the Parliament,? he said in his speech in Senate-Geo News ISLAMABAD: National Party (NP) Chief Hasil Bizenjo on Monday commenting on the election of top Senate slots lamented that the parliament has been defeated today. ?The parliament has been completely defeated. It has been proved today that some forces are more supreme than the parliament,? he said in his speech after the election of the
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25 killed in Daesh attacks in northern Iraq: officials

KIRKUK: At least 25 civilians and members of government forces have been killed in northern Iraq since late Sunday in attacks by Daesh, officials said. The attacks came despite Baghdad´s declaration of victory over the militant group late last year. "Islamic State (IS) terrorists who had set up a fake roadblock on a major road have killed 15 people," a police officer told AFP. That attack took place on the outskirts of Amerli in the province of Kirkuk, about 200 kilometres from Baghdad. In
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Opposition-backed Sadiq Sanjrani, Saleem Mandviwalla secure top Senate posts

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/geo/geonews_abr/playlist.m3u8 style=center] Geo News live stream  ISLAMABAD: Sadiq Sanjrani, the opposition-backed candidate from Balochistan, was appointed Senate chairman on Monday.  Sanjrani secured 57 votes out of possible 103 votes and was administered oath by presiding officer Sardar Yaqub Khan. Sanjrani, an independent, had been backed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) an
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Ugly face exposed of those chanting slogans for change: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday that the ugly face of those was exposed today who chanted slogans for change, adding that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif never participated in the process of buying. The state minister, along with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Tallal Chaudhry, was addressing media after the Senate elections, in which the opposition-backed candidate Sadiq Sanjrani emerged victorious. ?The one standing firm
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Political leaders react to Sadiq Sanjrani?s election as Senate chairman

Sanjrani, who secured 57 out of a possible 103 votes, was administered oath by presiding officer Sardar Yaqub Khan-Geo News Politicians took to twitter right to express their views after the election of Sadiq Sanjrani, the opposition-backed candidate from Balochistan, as Senate chairman on Monday. Sanjrani, who secured 57 out of a possible 103 votes, was administered oath by presiding officer Sardar Yaqub Khan. Sanjrani, an independent had been backed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan
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´Little black dress´ designer Givenchy dies aged 91

Hubert de Givenchy, photo: Reuters PARIS: Hubert de Givenchy, the aristocratic French fashion designer famous for the "Little black dress" and styling Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, has died aged 91, his partner said Monday. Givenchy set the template for ladylike chic in the 1950s and 1960s, and his restrained style still informs the way Britain´s Queen Elizabeth II and older American and Chinese socialites dress. His longtime partner, the former haute couture designer Philippe Venet, anno
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Opposition-backed Sadiq Sanjrani sworn in as Senate chairman

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/geo/geonews_abr/playlist.m3u8 style=center] Geo News live stream  ISLAMABAD: Sadiq Sanjrani, the opposition-backed candidate from Balochistan, was appointed Senate chairman on Monday.  Sanjrani secured 57 votes out of possible 103 votes and was administered oath by presiding officer Sardar Yaqub Khan. Sanjrani, an independent, had been backed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) an
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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety is 2018?s highest-grossing Indian film after Padmaavat

The film stars Kartik Aryan and Nushrat Bharucha, both of whom earned their fame with 2011 romantic comdey Pyaar Ka Punchnama Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety has come out to be the second highest-grossing film at the Indian box office, trailing the controversy-ridden Padmaavat. The film?s success surprised most, especially considering the cast which was not very high profile, also managing beating Akshay Kumar-starrer Padman. In its third week at the box office, the film has earned INR821 million, sur
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