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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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ADB lauds Pakistan's improved credit rating

A view shows the Standard & Poor's building in the financial district, New York, US, February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's credit rating has significantly improved over recent years and investors are showing keen interest to take benefit of the existing investment opportunities, a senior official with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday. During a meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Xiaohong Yang ? the country director at ADB ? said
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Weather offers some help in battle against California wildfire

Thousands of weary firefighters, battling a Southern California wildfire that ranks among the largest in state history, got a little help from more favourable weather on Tuesday amid fresh signs of their progress against the flames. As the Thomas fire rages into its third week in the coastal mountains, foothills and canyons of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles, officials lifted some evacuation orders, sent some visiting firefighters back home and reported improved air
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Trump, May host first call after Twitter dust up

LEFT: Theresa May arrives back at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, Britain, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Files; RIGHT: US President Donald Trump speaks after a meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May spoke for the first time since a row over his retweets of a British extremist group, addressing vexing questions about Brexit and Middle East peace Tuesday. The call came nearly
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Bitcoin falls more than 10 percent on Bitstamp

The price of bitcoin fell more than 10 percent on Wednesday to as low as $15,800 at a cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp. It has since pared some of the losses and is down about 7 percent in early trade. The digital currency has been sliding since it had hit a record high of $19,666 on Sunday.
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US investigators seek to interview train crew in Washington derailment

Safety investigators hope the engineer of an Amtrak passenger train that careened off a bridge onto a highway in Washington state can help explain why his locomotive was going more than twice the speed limit when the deadly derailment occurred, officials said on Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials said they plan to interview all the crew members in the next two days, once they sufficiently recover from injuries suffered in the wreck, including a conductor-in-training
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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa drops hint military chief set for vice presidency

HARARE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave his clearest signal yet on Tuesday that he would appoint as vice president the military leader who led the de facto coup that ousted former leader Robert Mugabe last month. At a ceremony marking Constantino Chiwenga?s retirement and handover of the military reins to Phillip Sibanda at an army barracks near Harare?s international airport, Mnangagwa lauded Chiwenga for his consistency and steadfastness. ?I therefore urge you to maintain the
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UN to make proposals to kickstart Syrian reform process

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA: The United Nations will propose to Syria?s warring parties a timeline for elections and guidance on constitutional reform in a bid to revive stalled peace talks, mediator Staffan de Mistura told the UN Security Council on Tuesday. The Council launched the peace process two years ago with instructions to negotiate new
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Oil edges up on UK pipeline outage; US supply limits gains

An oil well pump jack is seen at an oil field supply yard near Denver, Colorado, US, February 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files  NEW YORK: Oil edged up towards $64 a barrel on Tuesday, helped by a North Sea pipeline outage, OPEC-led supply cuts, and expectations that US crude inventories had fallen for the fifth week. But rising US output has put a lid on gains. Shale production will rise to a record in January, according to a government forecast published on Monday, as higher prices encou
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Merkel admits mistakes in the 2016 Christmas market attack

Candles and flowers are pictured at the memorial at the site of last year's truck attack on a Christmas market ? which killed 12 people and injured many others ? at Breitscheidplatz Square in Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN: Germany should learn from security shortcomings exposed by a deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market a year ago and increase aid to survivors and families of victims, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. Anis Amri ? a failed
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Congress faces tricky path to avoid government shutdown

The US Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, US, December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON: The US Congress is in for a contentious week as infighting over defence spending, healthcare, and other matters complicates the drive to pass a temporary spending bill by midnight on Friday to avert a partial government shutdown. In a week when President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress were celebrating their tax cut legislation
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International reaction to arrest of Reuters reporters in Myanmar

Several countries, the United Nations and journalist groups are demanding the release of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from detention in Myanmar. The reporters were arrested on Dec. 12 after being invited to meet police officials on the outskirts of Yangon. They had worked on stories about a military crackdown in Rakhine state, scene of around 650,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh since late August. Myanmar?s Ministry of Information has said the reporters ?illegally acquir
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Former Wimbledon champ Bartoli announces comeback

Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announced her professional comeback after a four-year absence in a video posted to her Instagram account on Tuesday. The 33-year-old retired immediately after winning the 2013 Wimbledon title, fulfilling a lifelong ambition. "It's going to be a huge challenge, I still have a lot of practice ahead of me," she said. "I'm really looking forward to being on the court again... Especially in Paris at Roland Garros in my home country, but also for the Fed Cup
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South Korea to increase solar power generation by five times by 2030

South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to increase its solar-generated power by five times current amounts by 2030 to boost use of renewable sources in the nation?s energy mix. Since President Moon Jae-in came to power in May on a platform of cutting South Korea?s reliance on nuclear power, his government has torn up plans to build six more reactors in favour of ?eco-friendly? energy sources. The world?s fifth-biggest nuclear energy user currently operates 24 nuclear reactors that generate abo
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Stocks slip slightly on tech as full US tax plan vote looms

People walk past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Files NEW YORK: Global stock markets edged lower on Tuesday, while US Treasury yields rose, as Republican legislation with steep cuts to corporate taxes cleared the House of Representatives and headed towards a final vote in the Senate. US stocks hit successive highs ahead of the tax overhaul bill, but modest selling has crept into the market as most traders see the
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House OKs tax overhaul, but procedural snag forces new vote

US Vice President Mike Pence walks outside the House of Representatives at the US Capitol in Washington, US, December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON: Congressional Republicans hit a last-minute snag on Tuesday in their drive to pass the biggest US tax overhaul in 30 years, requiring them to hold another vote on Wednesday and delaying what was still likely to be their first major legislative win under President Donald Trump. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed
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Latest Houthi missile 'bears hallmarks' of Iran arms attacks: US

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaking after a session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said a missile fired by Yemen?s Houthi group toward Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ?bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using Iranian-provided weapons? as she pushed the UN Security Council to act. Saudi air d
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Stop 'boring' language to spur climate action, UN environment chief says

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Erik Solheim speaks during an interview with Reuters in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Fatima El-Kareem/Files  BONN: People are hungry for news about the risks of climate change but experts are alienating them with boring, technical jargon, the United Nations top environment official said on Tuesday. Erik Solheim ? the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ? said one of the most searched terms o
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Lady Gaga heads for Las Vegas concert residency

Lady Gaga performs for five former US presidents ? Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama ? during a concert at Texas A&M University benefiting hurricane relief efforts in College Station, Texas, US, October 21, 2017. REUTERS/Richard Carson/Files LOS ANGELES: Pop star Lady Gaga is swapping touring for a two-year stint in Las Vegas, joining the likes of music divas Celine Dion, Britney Spears and Shania Twain who have recently taken up concert residenci
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Mexico journalist shot dead at Christmas celebration at son's school

File MEXICO CITY: A journalist was shot dead on Tuesday in the Mexican state of Veracruz as he attended a Christmas celebration at his son?s school, the latest murder in the country?s deadliest year on record for media workers. Gumaro Perez, 35, who regularly wrote about security and drug trafficking, was shot at four times and killed in the Acayucan municipality of Veracruz, making him the third journalist to be killed in the state and twelfth overall in Mexico this year. Perez worked for Gol
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Man arrested over alleged hate crime on Man City's Sterling

A man has been arrested over allegations of a hate crime against a player for the English soccer club, Manchester City, at the club?s training ground, police said on Tuesday. Greater Manchester Police said a 29-year-old man was in custody on suspicion of racially aggravated assault and the incident, involving City forward Raheem Sterling, was being treated as a hate crime. ?Racism will not be tolerated in Greater Manchester and has no place in civilised society,? Detective Chief Inspector Paul
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Facebook lets people know when their pictures pop up

Facebook planned to soon apply the face recognition technology to profile photos, to thwart people from being impersonated on the social network. Photo: AFP  SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday added a way for people to know when their pictures are posted anywhere on the leading social network. The notifications will rely on optional new tools that tap into face-recognition capabilities and already suggest friends to "tag" in pictures uploaded to Facebook. Users will now get word when their i
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White House blames North Korea for cyber attack

White House homeland security advisor Tom Bossert said that "after careful investigation" Washington is publicly attributing the massive "WannaCry" cyber attack to North Korea. Photo: AFP   WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday publicly accused North Korea of launching a massive cyber attack that hit 150 countries last May ? hobbling networks from Britain?s public health system to FedEx. "After careful investigation, the United States is publicly attributing the massive ?WannaCry? cyber atta
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This tweet by Imran Khan shows how fake news is a real problem

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a1e962486c172f18b91e48b38d67149b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTIvMTkvMjAxNyA2OjMxOjM4IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9WEZUUHhqWHhROEdOc2ozMG9oZko3QT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Tuesday became the latest politician to share fake news. Imran took to Twitter t
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UN envoy seeks to break deadlock over Syria talks

Staffan de Mistura. Photo: AFP UNITED NATIONS: The UN?s mediator on Syria asked the Security Council on Tuesday to help break the deadlock in peace talks by providing some ideas on drafting a new constitution and elections, key elements of a future settlement. Staffan de Mistura told the council that a "golden opportunity" to make progress toward a peace deal had been missed during the latest round of talks that ended in Geneva last week. "I believe the time has come for the UN to provide som
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Pakistan rejects Trump?s accusations trivialising role against terrorism

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rejected the allegations levelled against the country in the newly-released US National Security Strategy 2017, calling them unsubstantiated, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The statement said that Pakistan rejects the unfounded accusations that contradict facts, trivialize Pakistan's efforts in the fight against terrorism and its unmatched sacrifices to promote peace and stabilit
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