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Amazon's moves beyond retail get Wall Street thumbs up, for now

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon.com Inc's ventures far beyond online retail, from cloud computing to movie making, are raising questions among corporate strategy experts about its focus. The Seattle-based company wowed Wall Street again this week with a 23 percent jump in sales, pushing its shares to an all-time high. But there are concerns that if blockbuster growth stops, investors may come to regard the company more like a conglomerate stock - worth less than the sum of its pieces. "High growth cover
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'Shaving Cats!!??' Virginia police probe seven pet abductions

Police and townsfolk in Waynesboro, Virginia, are trying to figure out why someone is abducting pet cats and returning them with hairless underbellies. Since December, at least seven cats have suddenly shown up at their homes with shaved belly, groin, and leg areas, Waynesboro Police Captain Kelly Walker said on Friday. "The shaving appears to be almost surgical," Walker said. No harm was done to the animals, but they "seemed a little skittish" after the curious incidents, he said. The occur
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Family of four in Vehari severly burnt in acid attack by relatives

VEHARI: A man, his wife, and their two children were severely burnt after relatives broke into the house here Friday night and threw acid on them over an alleged land conflict. Relatives of Noor Ahmed, one of the victims of the horrendous acid attack, broke into his house in the dead of the night and threw acid over the sleeping family, badly burning them. However, the suspects – including Ahmed Ali, Shahid, and others – escaped. Noor Ahmed was involved in a property dispute in Chak 206 EB of
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Twitter now allows to search with Emojis

If you like to spend a lot of time on Twitter, then you must know about two things that are incredibly important. Liberal emoji use and knowing how to put Twitter's search tool to good use are the two most important things for a Twitter user. Now, the service's latest update brings those two things together. Twitter now lets you use emoji characters in search. The update, first spotted by Emojipedia, is supported both on Twitter's website and apps. With the change, you can search for specif
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PM approves Dawn Leaks inquiry committee recommendations

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday approved the recommendations of the Dawn leaks Inquiry committee, withdrawing the portfolio of Advisor on Foreign Affairs from Tariq Fatemi. A notification from the PM Office said that Rao Tehseen Ali, the principal information officer at the Foreign Ministry, will be proceeded against on the charges based on the report findings. It added that the role of the editor of Dawn Newspaper, Zaffar Abbas, and reporter Cyril Almeida will be referred t
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SC rejection of Qatari letter means Sharif lied in court: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of lying in court, saying that all five judges on the bench of the Panama Papers case had rejected the Qatari letter presented by the legal team of the PM's family. In a message sent out to his 5.3 million Twitter followers, Imran thanked party workers and supporters for "the record crowd that participated in launch of PTI's Go Nawaz Go campaign". Imran claimed that all five judges of
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Oxford University names rehearsal room after Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Britain’s Oxford University has announced to name one of its rehearsal rooms to honour Pakistani musician Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, making him the first South Asian artist to receive such a tribute. In this regard, Oxford University’s Faculty of Music has arranged a concert on May 25, wherein the famed singer will bring to stage the magic of the 600-year-old qawwali tradition. The event is geared to raise funds for the aforementioned department’s work and will be held in the institute’s Sheld
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PML-N threatens to drag Imran to court over claim of Rs10bn offer

LAHORE: Responding to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's speech on Friday, Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said Imran Khan was about to fall in a hole he was digging for others. "PTI's legal accountability will start from May 3," he said. "If Khan is unable to validate his allegation of the Rs 10bn offer with a proof, we will take the liar to the legal and public's court." The minister remarked that disgrace and ill-fate are PTI's fate. "Imran and his comrades
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Karachi no longer held hostage by one man: Chaudhry Nisar

KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, on Saturday, said that a single person had held Karachi hostage before the government was able to drive out criminals from the city. “One person held the city hostage; if he ordered the city to be set on fire, it was set on fire,” the minister said, referring to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder while addressing the Sindh Rangers’ passing out parade in Karachi. He said the decision to extend the paramilitary force’s special policing powers in Sin
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Heatwave to continue in Karachi for 3-4 days: Met department

KARACHI: The ongoing heatwave in the city is predicted to continue for three to four days, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) stated on Saturday. The hot and dry weather is forecasted to persist for at least the next 24 hours, it added. Temperatures are expected to go as high and low as 26° and 38-40° Celsius, respectively, Geo News reported. The humidity level in the air was registered at 69%, PMD mentioned. It was reported earlier that sea breeze – that usually keeps Karachi’s wea
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Blaze reignites in building on Karachi's I.I. Chundrigar Road

KARACHI: A fire that broke out early on Saturday at a building on I.I. Chundrigar road in Karachi, reignited after the fire department controlled. A man who was trapped inside the building was rescued, the fire department told Geo News. The man did not sustain any serious injuries.  Rescue activities are underway, as the fire department continues to make efforts to contain the fire.  Five fire tenders, a fire snorkel and water bouser fought the fire for three hours, on the fifteenth and sixte
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Fire doused at shoe shop, warehouse in Lahore

LAHORE: A fire broke out early morning in a shoe shop located in Lahore's Masti Gate, Moti Bazaar vicinity on Saturday. Fire brigade and rescue services promptly doused the fire. Images from fire in a shoe shop in Moti Bazaar The blaze erupted due to a short-circuit, rescue sources told Geo News. The fire gutted down the cardboard warehouse Read more: Blaze reignites in building on Karachi's I.I. Chundrigar Road Earlier at 2 AM, a fire erupted in a cardboard warehouse in the city. The f
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Blaze reignites at building on Karachi's I.I. Chundrigar Road

KARACHI: A fire that broke out early on Saturday at a building on I.I. Chundrigar road in Karachi, reignited after the fire department controlled. A snorkel, five fire trucks, and a water bouser fought the fire for three hours, on the fifteenth and sixteenth floor of Saima Trade Tower, following which it was reported under control. However, the blaze reignited an hour after it was reported under control by rescue sources.  The blaze erupted between 5.30 AM and 6.00 AM, rescue sources told Geo
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Fire breaks out at building on I.I. Chundrigar Road in Karachi

KARACHI: A fire broke out, early on Saturday, on the fifteenth and sixteenth floor of Saima Trade Tower on I.I. Chundrigar road in Karachi. The blaze erupted between 5.30 AM and 6.00 AM, rescue sources told Geo News. Firetrucks promptly reached the site within ten minutes after the fire brigade department was alerted. Five fire trucks engaged in dousing the fire for three hours, following which it was reported under control. No casualties were reported, however, two guards who were trapped o
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Four killed in Abbottabad road crash, several wounded

ABBOTTABAD: At least four people were killed and several wounded in a traffic accident in Abbottabad early Saturday, according to police and rescue sources. The incident took place near Havelian, when six vehicles, including a trailer and a van, collided with each other, police said. As a consequence, four people were reported killed in the wake of crash, rescue sources said. Scores of others were also said to be wounded in the mishap. The bodies and injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.
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Prehistoric human DNA is found in caves without bones

International scientists have uncovered prehistoric human DNA from caves without bones, an advance that could shed new light on human history and evolution. The study published in the journal Science is based on 85 samples from sediments dating to the Pleistocene, a period that extended from 550,000 years ago until 14,000 year before the modern era. The samples came from eight caves in Belgium, Croatia, France, Russia and Spain. These archeological sites are already well known to have been oc
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Home blood pressure monitors may not be accurate enough

Even as doctors are increasingly relying on home blood pressure monitoring to manage patients with hypertension, many of the devices are too inaccurate to be useful, according to a small study. About 70 percent of the time, home monitors weren’t accurate within 5 mmHg, which is considered clinically important, researchers say. And 30 percent of the time the devices were 10 mmHg off the mark. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, "is the number one cause of death and disability in the world," s
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Deforestation from a tree's perspective at the TED conference

A pair of filmmakers at the prestigious TED Conference used virtual reality to allow people to experience the ravages of deforestation -- from the perspective of a tree. A presentation Thursday simply titled "Tree" combined sound, sight, smell and touch to let people feel first-hand what is lost when lush forest burns down. "It was very real: At one point I was going to take the headset off and ask about the fire," TED attendee Elle Luna said after trying "Tree." "Your thinking mind sort of st
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Dark political vision comes true in new Gorillaz album

Creating the latest album of his virtual band Gorillaz, Damon Albarn had what he considered a dark, sci-fi vision -- Donald Trump as president of the United States. Then it came true. "I wanted to make a kind of science fiction record. But more a social fiction, sort of anticipation," said the Britpop icon best known as the frontman of Blur. "There were several options and I chose the worst case scenario," he told AFP over a meal on a visit to Paris. "I wanted to make a social fiction record,
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MQM-London should now contest elections in UK, says Zubair

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London is not registered as a political party in Pakistan and so it should now contest election in the United Kingdom. The statement by the Sindh governor was made during a ceremony at the British High Commission here on the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. On the occasion, British Hugh Commissioner Thomas Drew and his deputy, Belinda Lewis, said that the UK wishes to coordinate with Pakistan regarding China-Paki
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Murray, Nadal reach Barcelona semi-finals

Andy Murray gained revenge on Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas and nine-time champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open on Friday. Ramos-Vinolas beat the world number one on Murray's return from an elbow injury in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters last week. He threatened to repeat that upset when he served for the match in the third set, but Murray battled back to edge out the world number 19 by 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) after three hours on court. "It was obvious
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Pope Francis pleads for 'holy' peace during Egypt visit

Pope Francis pleaded for peace in a visit to Egypt on Friday as he attended a service in solidarity with the embattled Coptic minority at a church bombed by Daesh. The pontiff walked to the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church in Cairo in a procession led by standard-bearing clergy, after meeting Coptic Pope Tawadros II at his headquarters. Security forces in the capital were on high alert under a state of emergency following a series of church bombings claimed by IS. On April 9, the militants b
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'Mentally ill' software engineer shoots man dead in Karachi

KARACHI: A 'mentally ill' software engineer gunned down a man in Karachi before being killed by police late Friday, officials said. Saqib Jamal, 30, reportedly fired four shots on a man, Wasim, who had come to his house in FB Area. The suspect later took his own family into hostage. Police, when informed, reached the site of incident, but they too were fired upon by the suspect, resulting in injuries to a cop. The suspect was eventually killed in retaliation by police. SP Gulberg Bashir Broh
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US growth hits 3-year low in Trump's first quarter

US growth slid to its lowest level in three years in the first quarter, a disappointing start to Donald Trump's presidency as it reaches the 100 day mark. GDP increased 0.7 percent in the first three months of the year as consumer spending and government expenditures tumbled to their lowest levels in years, the Commerce Department reported Friday, presenting preliminary data. Though only slightly below the 0.8 percent increase in the same quarter of last year, the result was down sharply from
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Brazil protesters, police clash in first general strike in decades

Brazilian protesters torched buses, clashed with police in several cities and marched on President Michel Temer's Sao Paulo residence on Friday amid the nation's first general strike in more than two decades. Unions called the strike to voice anger over Temer's efforts to push austerity measures through congress, bills that would weaken labour laws and trim a generous pension system. The blackened hulls of at least eight burned commuter buses littered central Rio de Janeiro as police launched
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