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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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Apple plans new US campus, to pay $38 billion in foreign cash taxes

Apple Inc will open a new campus as part of a five-year, $30 billion US investment plan and will make about $38 billion in one-time tax payments on its overseas cash, one of the largest corporate spending plans announced since the passage of a tax cut signed by US President Donald Trump. Photo: file  Apple Inc will open a new campus as part of a five-year, $30 billion US investment plan and will make about $38 billion in one-time tax payments on its overseas cash, one of the largest corporate s
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Scathing Trump book 'Fire and Fury' heads to television

Michael Wolff?s explosive behind-the-scenes book about Trump to be adapted for a TV series LOS ANGELES: Michael Wolff?s explosive behind-the-scenes book about US President Donald Trump, ?Fire and Fury,? is headed for television, Hollywood trade publications reported on Wednesday. Hollywood entertainment company Endeavor Content has bought the rights to the best-selling book and plans to adapt it for a television series, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter said. Wolff will executive produce the
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Trump denies US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem within a year

US President Donald Trump giving an interview to Reuters on Jan 17, 2018.  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the controversial move to happen by then. Reversing decades of US policy, Trump in early December recognised Jerusalem as Israel?s capital and set in motion the process of moving the embassy from Tel Aviv, im
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Contested Versace murder drama hits US television

Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz plays the role of Donatella -- the hard-headed sister who took over the label after her brother´s death. Photo: AP   NEW YORK: Dismissed as "fiction" by the Versace family and met with mixed reviews, a controversial new drama depicting the 1997 murder of Gianni Versace makes its US television debut Wednesday. "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" is the second edition of a crime story franchise whose first iteration won rave reviews and a bevy o
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New ball in NZ conditions giving tough time: Fakhar Zaman

Fakhar Zaman salutes the crowd after reaching fifty, New Zealand v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Hamilton/Getty Images  Opener Fakhar Zaman, whose two fifties in the ODI series against New Zealand went in vain as Pakistan come dangerously close to a whitewash, has identified the team?s struggle with the new ball as a key setback during the tour. Speaking to media in Wellington today, ahead of the fifth and final ODI on Friday, the aggressive batsman said Pakistan would try their best to end the series at
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Saba Qamar shares ?humiliating? experience at international airport

Pakistani actor Saba Qamar, in a video clip which has gone viral, shared the ordeal of facing constant security checks at international airports. Photo: file  Pakistani actor Saba Qamar, in a video clip which has gone viral, shared the ordeal of facing constant security checks at international airports. Qamar, who made her debut Bollywood opposite Irrfan Khan in Hindi Medium, opened up regarding her ?humiliating? experiences at international airports for carrying a Pakistani passport. ?The w
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UN mediator invites Syrian negotiators to Vienna talks next week

UN special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Files GENEVA: The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said Wednesday he had invited the Syrian government and opposition to a special meeting to be held next week in Vienna, Austria. Staffan de Mistura said the January 25-26 meeting would focus on constitutional issues in Syria. ?The Specia
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US senators rip Trump over his attacks on the media

US Senator Jeff Flake departs the Senate floor after delivering a speech in which he was critical of his fellow Republicans at the US Capitol, Washington, US, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON: Republican US Senator Jeff Flake castigated President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his attacks on the media, saying Trump had embraced the despotic language of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and inspired modern-day authoritarians. In a rare intra-party rebuke from the Senate floo
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Coach tells ex-USA gymnastics doctor Nassar in court to 'go to hell'

USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar appears in a Michigan courtroom. Image: Reuters Video/Screenshot  LANSING: A coach who sent dozens of young girls for treatment to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar ? who pleaded guilty to molesting female athletes ? told the disgraced physicians on Wednesday to ?go to hell? for his crimes. Thomas Brennan ? a youth gymnastics coach ? confronted Nassar in a Michigan courtroom on the second day of a sentencing hearing for the former doctor, who plea
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Two Balochistan Constabulary personnel shot dead in Quetta

The injured was shifted to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment. Photo: File QUETTA: Two Balochistan Constabulary personnel were martyred and one injured in Quetta at Double Road on Thursday, confirmed SSP Operations. The injured was shifted to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment. Police has reached the crime site and sealed it to collect the pieces of evidence. On Jan 2, at least five people, including two FC personnel, were injured as a result of a gun and bomb attack on a check
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MPs back Brexit legislation, stiffer tests yet to come

An EU flag and Union flag are seen flying together during an anti-Brexit protest near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files LONDON: Members of the British Parliament voted in favour of the government?s legislative blueprint for Brexit on Wednesday, marking a victory for Prime Minister Theresa May over political opponents who want a softer approach to leaving the European Union (EU). But the legislation will now face scrutiny from parliament?
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Stokes available for England despite charge

Ben Stokes/File photo LONDON: Ben Stokes will now be considered for England selection again and is set to return next month despite being charged with affray, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Wednesday. Stokes was suspended from international duty by the ECB following his involvement in an incident outside a nightclub in September that reportedly left a man with a fractured eye socket. As a result, the Durham all-rounder missed the whole of England´s 4-0 Ashes series defeat
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UN chief says don't harm Iran nuclear deal over unrelated issues

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks as he visits the reinsertion centres of former FARC rebels in Buenavista, Colombia, January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga  UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that any issues not directly related to the Iran nuclear deal ?should be addressed without prejudice to preserving the agreement?, his spokesman said amid US concerns with Tehran. US President Donald Trump said on Friday that European allies and Con
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Brigitte Bardot slams #MeToo 'publicity-seeking' actresses

Veteran French film artist Brigitte Bardot. Image Courtesy: Le Figaro PARIS: French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity. "The vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous," she told the French magazine Paris Match. "Lots of actresses try to play the tease with producers to get a role. And then, so we will talk about them, they say they were harassed," declared the
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Facebook widens probe into alleged Russian meddling in Brexit

A man waits for an elevator in front of a logo at Facebook's headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files  SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said Wednesday it would conduct a new, comprehensive search of its records for possible propaganda that Russian operatives may have spread during the run-up to Britain?s 2016 referendum on EU membership. Some British lawmakers had complained that the world?s largest social media network had done only a limited search for evide
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Russia says North Korea summit undermines UN, aggravates situation

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Canada?s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speak at a news conference during the Foreign Ministers? Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Nelms MOSCOW: Russia hit out on Wednesday at a US-led effort to increase international pressure on North Korea, saying it was making the situation worse and undermining the United Nations. Twenty nations hosted by the United Stat
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Trump takes hard line on immigration, rejects 'horrible' bipartisan plan

US President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with Reuters at the White House in Washington, US, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday aligned himself solidly with conservative Republicans on immigration, criticizing a proposed bipartisan deal as ?horrible? on US border security and ?very, very weak? on reforms for the legal immigration system. The Senate proposal ? aimed at addressing Democrats? demands for protections for young adu
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Trump ex-aide Bannon agrees to Mueller probe interview, avoiding grand jury

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon arrives for an interview ? by the House Intelligence Committee investigating the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election ? on Capitol Hill, Washington, US, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files  WASHINGTON: Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has reached an agreement with US Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be interviewed by Mueller?s investigators rather than appearing before a grand jury, a source familiar with t
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New CCTV footage emerges of Landi Kotal firing incident that left policeman dead

File Photo KARACHI: Geo News obtained late Wednesday night a new closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the fatal shooting incident in Landi Kotal that had left one police officer dead. In the video clip, two assailants ? wearing black clothes ? can be seen on a motorcycle, with helmets on to hide their identities. On the other hand, two dacoits robbed a mobile phone retailer in Model Colony at gunpoint and escaped with cash and cellphones in a bag. Police arrested two other suspects in
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Pakistanis should curse leaders who curse, Sanaullah fires back at Imran, Sheikh Rasheed

The 210 million people of Pakistan needed to curse all those who curse, Rana Sanaullah ? the Minister of Law for Punjab ? fired back Wednesday night in response to the chants raised by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) and Awami Muslim League's (AML) respective chiefs Imran Khan and Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed earlier in the day. "For many hours, empty chairs sat gawking and cursing [the leaders at the rally]," Sanaullah slammed, adding that he was unsure if he should author his resignation to vacant s
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Turkey says could act in Syria unless US withdraws support for Kurdish force

A Turkish military tank arrives at an army base in the border town of Reyhanli near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal  HATAY: Turkey said Wednesday it would not hesitate to take action in Syria?s Afrin district and other areas unless the United States withdrew support for a Kurdish-led force there, as the Pentagon downplayed its plans to train the Syrian fighters. In recent days, Turkey?s President Erdogan has repeatedly warned of an im
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Regulatory fears hammer bitcoin below $10,000, half its peak

A broken representation of the Bitcoin virtual currency ? placed on a monitor that displays a stock graph and binary codes ? is seen in this illustration picture, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files  LONDON/TOKYO: Bitcoin fell as much as 20 percent on Wednesday, piercing below $10,000, while other cryptocurrencies took similar spills due to investor fears that regulators could clamp down on them in an effort to curb speculation. The world?s biggest and best-known cryptocu
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Brazilians rush to get yellow fever vaccinations amid fatal cases

A health agent of the State Endemics Control fumigates insecticide in an area to kill mosquitoes during a campaign against yellow fever in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto  BRASILIA: Brazilians lined up for hours to get yellow fever vaccinations in Brazil?s largest states, alarmed by the increase in the number of fatal cases of infection and a warning from the World Health Organization to tourists visiting parts of the country. In Belo Horizonte, a city in the
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U.S. investors' love affair with bonds unshaken by rising yields

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  NEW YORK: US fund investors stampeded into bonds and world stocks during the latest week, ignoring warning signs about stretched prices, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI). During the week, nearly $17 billion poured into equities ? the most in any week since June. Bonds took in even more cash ? at $19 billion, the most on records that date to 2
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'Jersey Shore' star Sorrentino to plead guilty in tax case

TV personality Michael 'The Situation' Sorrentino arrives at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, February 13, 2011. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files  Former reality TV celebrity Michael ?The Situation? Sorrentino is expected to plead guilty in a tax evasion case where US prosecutors accused him and his brother of hiding millions of dollars he made while starring in the MTV series Jersey Shore. In a letter dated Wednesday, prosecutors said Sorrentino and his brother Marc
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