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Panama verdict: PML-N observes ?Thanksgiving?, PTI marks ?Day of Riddance?

ISLAMABAD: With no clear winners or losers following the eagerly-anticipated verdict by the Supreme Court in the Panama leaks case, the ruling PML-N and the opposing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have both decided to observe Friday as ‘Thanksgiving day’. PML-N said it would observe Friday as 'Thanksgiving Day', after the Supreme Court declared there was insufficient evidence to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and ordered further investigations into corruption allegations levelled by the oppos
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Scientists find footprint of unknown ancient reptile in Spain

BARCELONA: Scientists have discovered a fossilised footprint from about 247 to 248 million years ago in the Pyrenees mountains in Spain that they believe was made by a previously unknown species of reptile. The footprint was found among a series of tracks made by the ancestors of crocodiles and dinosaurs – a group known as archosauromorphs, the researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology said in a statement. The scientists dubbed the new s
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Turkey's Erdogan to meet US President Trump on May 16-17

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he would meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on May 16-17, in their first meeting since Trump took office in January. Ties between the United States and Turkey have deteriorated sharply since a failed military coup in July and disagreements over US support for a Kurdish militia group fighting Daesh in Syria. Turkey sees the group as an extension of the outlawed PKK, which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in
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Britain´s Queen Elizabeth celebrates 91st birthday

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 91st birthday on Friday, with the world's longest-reigning monarch taking a step back from royal duties to allow the younger generation to step forward. A gun salute at London's Tower Bridge and at Hyde Park will mark the Queen's birthday, a notably more low-key affair after a year of festivities to mark her hitting 90. A thousand beacons were lit around the country on April 21, 2016, and other events last year included street parties and a pa
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Misbah, Pakistan?s redeemer from scandal to supremacy

KARACHI: Misbah-ul-Haq defied critics and his advancing age to take Pakistan from the depths of a major spot-fixing scandal to the world´s number one Test team, becoming their most successful captain along the way. The 42-year-old, who will retire at the end of the West Indies Test series starting Friday, completed Pakistan´s climb to the top of the rankings with a hard-fought draw in England in 2016, exorcising the ghosts of the tainted visit six years earlier. Derided for his cautious battin
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Neymar named among Time Magazine?s ?Most Influential?

LOS ANGELES: Barcelona´s Brazilian superstar Neymar, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James were among seven sports figures named Thursday in Time Magazine´s annual list of the world´s most influential people. Polarizing NFL free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick also appeared on the list that included pioneers, artists and leaders. Chicago Cubs general manager Theo Epstein, 2016 Olympic gold-medal gymnast Simone Biles and Ultimate Fighting Cha
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French policeman, suspect killed in Paris shooting, city on high alert

PARIS: A known terror suspect shot dead a French policeman and wounded two others Thursday on Paris´s Champs Elysees in an attack claimed by Daesh days before a presidential election. Observers had long feared bloodshed ahead of Sunday´s vote in France following a string of atrocities since 2015 and the violence is likely to thrust security to the front of voters´ minds. The shooter opened fire with an automatic weapon on a police van on the world-famous boulevard at around 9:00 pm (1900 GMT),
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French policeman killed in Paris attack claimed by Daesh

PARIS: A known terror suspect shot dead a French policeman and wounded two others Thursday on Paris´s Champs Elysees in an attack claimed by Daesh days before a presidential election. Observers had long feared bloodshed ahead of Sunday´s vote in France following a string of atrocities since 2015 and the violence is likely to thrust security to the front of voters´ minds. The shooter opened fire with an automatic weapon on a police van on the world-famous boulevard at around 9:00 pm (1900 GMT),
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MTV Video Music Awards back to LA

The MTV Video Music Awards, one of the year's most headline-grabbing pop culture events, is returning to Los Angeles. The music and youth lifestyle network announced Thursday that the gala will be broadcast live on August 27 from The Forum arena in Inglewood, which is adjacent to Los Angeles. The VMAs have alternated between New York and Los Angeles, with Miami and Las Vegas also past host cities. The awards last year took place at New York's Madison Square Garden. The VMAs recognise top music
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You say Austria, I say Australia: Airbus trips up on tricky typo

SYDNEY: Austria and Australia are 16,000 km (9,940 miles) and two keystrokes apart, as European aircraft manufacturer Airbus discovered to its chagrin this week. The Financial Times, citing fine print in the company's 2016 financial accounts, reported on Monday that Airbus was being investigated by authorities in Australia for offences such as bribery or fraud. The Airbus accounts did indeed say Australia, but a company spokesman said that was, in fact, a typographical error. "It should read
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Civil war flick set in Trump's US set for Cannes film festival

A tongue-in-cheek action movie about a Trump-era civil war between redneck Texans and East Coast liberals will feature in the Director's Fortnight sidebar at next month's Cannes film festival, organisers said Thursday. "Bushwick" -- which is set in the newly-hip district of Brooklyn of the same name -- is one of five US films in the line-up which tries to take the temperature "of a divided America". In the shoot-'em-up film, which has already been snapped up by Netflix, a force of rightwing so
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Sleep doctors call for later school start times

Starting classes at middle school and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. would help teens arrive alert, healthy and ready to learn, US sleep medicine specialists say. “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that teens between 13 and 18 years of age should sleep 8 to 10 hours per night on a regular basis to promote optimal health,” lead author of the new AASM position statement Dr Nathaniel Watson told Reuters Health in an email. “Biology and school start times may share the blam
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German finance minister calls on US to stay engaged in global economy

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble issued a plea to the United States to remain engaged in the global economy and not to try to score gains at the expense of other countries. He also repeated a rejection of charges from Trump administration officials that Germany's trade surplus is a sign of unfair policies imposed in Berlin. "All of us have benefited greatly" from global integration and trade in recent decades, and Washington has been a leader in the process, the official said in a sp
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Five killed in violent incidents in different cities

PESHAWAR/FAISALABAD/GUJRANWALA: At least five people, including a policeman, were killed and four wounded in separate incidents in various cities late Thursday, police officials said. In Peshawar, unknown assailants opened fire on a vehicle near Patang Chowk, within the remits of Faqirabad police station. The incident left two people dead and wounded four others, police said. The injured persons were shifted to the city's Lady Reading Hospital. Policeman shot dead in Faisalabad Unknown assai
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Tesla recalling cars to address brake defect

Tesla is recalling 53,000 cars to address a manufacturing defect that could prevent parking brakes from releasing, the company said Thursday. Tesla described the move as a "voluntary" recall taken after determining that Model S and X vehicles manufactured between February and October of last year "may contain a small gear that could have been manufactured improperly by our third-party supplier," the company said on its website. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries relating to th
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Ajax hit back with 10 men to stun Schalke, Lyon win marathon shootout

ZURICH: Ajax Amsterdam, trailing 3-0 and down to 10 men, scored two late goals to overcome Schalke 04 in the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday while Olympique Lyonnais won a 16-kick penalty shootout against Besiktas. Manchester United needed an extra-time goal from Marcus Rashford to beat Anderlecht 2-1 and go through 3-2 on aggregate while a 1-1 draw away to Racing Genk was enough to give Celta a 4-3 aggregate win. Four-times European champions Ajax, leading 2-0 from the first leg, app
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Rashford scores winner but Man United suffer Ibrahimovic blow

MANCHESTER: Manchester United needed an extra-time winner from Marcus Rashford to defeat Anderlecht 2-1 at Old Trafford on Thursday and move into the last four of the Europa League with a 3-2 aggregate victory. While the result keeps open a possible path to next season's Champions League for Jose Mourinho's side, it came at a high price with defender Marcos Rojo and forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic both suffering possibly serious knee injuries. United took the lead in the 10th minute through Henrikh
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PML-N UC chairman shot dead in Mandi Bahauddin

MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A local body representative of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Mandi Bahauddin on Thursday, police said. Unknown attackers fired on the vehicle of Jamshed Tarar near Jako village, Mandi Bahauddin, officials said. The incident left Tarar, chairman of Kala Shadian union council, dead. Three of Tarar's bodyguards were also wounded in the shooting, who were shifted to hospital. Police said Tarar was en route to Jako vill
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'Target killer' among three held in Karachi

KARACHI: Police apprehended a suspected target killer among three suspects in different raids in Karachi late Thursday, they said. The law enforcers apprehended two suspects in Nazimabad area of the city. One of the arrested suspects was said to be a hitman. In another raid on Suparco Road, a gangster was rounded up. All of the arrested suspects were moved to different police stations for interrogation. A search operation is also underway in New Karachi area. Five held over aerial firing, fir
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1 police officer killed, 1 seriously injured in Paris shooting

PARIS: One police officer was killed and another wounded Thursday in a shooting on Paris´s Champs Elysees, police said, just days ahead of France´s presidential election. France´s interior ministry said the attacker was killed in the incident in the early evening on the world-famous boulevard. The famous shopping street in the heart of the city, which is usually teaming with tourists and Parisians, was blocked by armed police and metro stations in the area were closed. Dozens of vehicles from
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Rouhani, rival to run in Iran's presidential election, Ahmadinejad barred

BEIRUT: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi were both approved to run in May´s presidential election by a government vetting body, while former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was disqualified, state media reported on Thursday. The approval of Rouhani, a moderate, and Raisi, a political hardliner thought to have the backing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sets up a showdown between rival political camps. Khamenei had advised Ahmadinejad not to run and his
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Don?t trust JIT to function independently, say Tareen, Rasheed

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jehangir Tareen said on Thursday that he has serious doubts the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), to be formed for further investigation into the assets of Prime Minister and his sons Husain and Hassan Nawaz after Panama case verdict, will function independently and without being influenced. Speaking in Geo News show Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, Tareen said all institutions whose representatives are to be included in the JIT function under the Prime Minister’s au
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A look at Panama case through the lens of foreign media

Panama case in the history of the country was neither a small nor an insignificant ruling, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif narrowly escaped a decision in favour of his removal from the office. The Supreme Court in its verdict neither cleared nor gave orders for the premier’s disqualification. The apex court’s ruling ordered further investigations into corruption allegations levelled by the opposition against PM Nawaz, saying there was insufficient evidence to order his disqualification. The Pan
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Pakistan triumphant in election to a key UN body

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Wednesday was re-elected to the UN Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) during an election in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi saying it reflected the country's prestige in the international community. Pakistan secured 48 votes from 50 member states present and voting, i.e, 96 percent of the tally. ECOSOC has 54 members. Excepting the years 1985-87, Pakistan has been a member of the 34-member committee since 1973 and
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9 startling statements made by Justice Khosa in Panama verdict

Justice Saeed Ahmed Khosa’s 194-page dissent note in the Panama Leaks verdict details his honest viewpoint regarding the case hearing. Here, are few of the most powerful statements made by the judge:   Court won’t shy away from setting a ‘dangerous precedent’ He also writes about argument that disqualification of an elected representative “shall set a dangerous precedent". "This argument… overlooks the fact that…the present petitions had been entertained by this Court in the backdrop of an u
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