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Dense fog causes closure of parts of Motorway in Punjab

Foggy conditions in Punjab  LAHORE: A dense layer of fog resulted in closure of several routes on the Motorway on Friday morning, as foggy conditions prevailed in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh overnight. The M2 route leading from Kot Momin to Lahore and Faisalabad, M3 route from Pindi Bhattian to Faisalabad and M4 route from Faisalabad to Gojra have been completely closed to traffic owing to the persisting fog. Authorities have cautioned drivers to reduce speed and use fog lights on th
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Hewitt comes out of retirement to play doubles at Australian Open

Lleyton Hewitt/File photo  MELBOURNE: Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt is to come out of retirement temporarily and play doubles with compatriot Sam Groth at next month?s Australian Open, local media reported on Friday. Hewitt, a US Open and Wimbledon singles champion, officially retired from top-level tennis after his home grand slam in 2016, where he also played doubles with Groth. He did, however, play doubles during the Davis Cup and Wimbledon last year. ?It?s going to be a bit of f
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Three more women accuse Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct

Dustin Hoffman/File photo LOS ANGELES: Three more women have accused Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct, Hollywood trade publication Variety reported, bringing to six the number of people accusing him of impropriety decades ago. Variety reported that two of the women said Hoffman sexually assaulted them in 1987. A third woman said he exposed himself to her in 1980, when she was 16, and asked for a foot massage, the Variety report said. In the story, two women went on the r
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New York woman arrested on charges of money laundering to aid Daesh

Bitcoin has been racing to record highs in recent days  A suburban New York hospital technician accused of using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to launder money meant for the militant group Daesh was arrested on charges of money laundering in support of a foreign terrorist organization and bank fraud, prosecutors said Thursday. Federal prosecutors in New York?s Suffolk County claimed in court papers that Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, used fraudulent credit cards and loans to accumulate $85,000, which
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Two astronauts, cosmonaut return from five-month ISS mission

Two astronauts, from the US and Italy, and a Russian cosmonaut on Thursday landed in Kazakhstan after almost five months on the International Space Station, footage from the Russian space agency showed. American Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli of Italy and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Russia landed on the Kazakh steppe at 2.37pm local time (0837 GMT) in a Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft. Over 139 days in space the three men "have supported hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Ea
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Putin, Trump discuss North Korea in phone call

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam on November 11, 2017. ? Reuters FILE WASHINGTON: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed the crisis over North Korea?s nuclear program in a phone call Thursday, in which the US president took the unusual step of thanking his Russian counterpart for praising America?s economy. The two heads of state discussed "the situation in several crisis zones, with a f
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No alien 'signals' from cigar-shaped asteroid: researchers

No alien signals have been detected from an interstellar, cigar-shaped space rock discovered travelling through our Solar System in October, researchers listening for evidence of extraterrestrial technology said Thursday. The object, dubbed Oumuamua, was spotted by several Earthly telescopes two months ago. Given its weird trajectory, surprised researchers immediately concluded it was from beyond our planetary system -- the first interstellar object ever identified in our midst. The rock is t
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Lewandowski shoots into Bundesliga's top 10

Robert Lewandowski has fired his way into 10th place in the list of the Bundesliga's all-time top scorers as the Polish striker just keeps on hitting the net. Lewandowski rescued Bayern with a second-half winner in Wednesday's 1-0 victory over bottom side Cologne as the league leaders struggled to break down a determined defence at the sold-out Allianz Arena. "It is unbelievable that he is in the top 10 - he is simply a goal hunter," Arturo Vidal said of his team-mate as Bayern went nine point
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Can have Zardari, Imran seated on either side: Qadri

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri Thursday bragged that he can have Asif Ali Zardari and Imran Khan seated on his either side, whenever he wished to do so. Addressing a lawyers' convention organised by Awami Tehreek, Qadri said whenever the time came, he would unite all democratic forces in the country. "I would have Zardari and Imran seated on either side, whenever I wished so," he told participants. The statement comes days after the two party chiefs held separate m
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Oil prices up on pipeline outage support

NEW YORK: Oil prices rose on Thursday as a pipeline outage in Britain continued to support prices despite forecasts showing global crude surplus in the beginning of next year. US West Texas Intermediate futures CLc1 settled up 44 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $57.04 a barrel. Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up 1.4 percent, or 87 cents, at $63.31 a barrel. Prices have been supported by an outage on the Forties crude pipeline that was expected to last several weeks. ?At present you can?t ignore
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Mourinho asked to explain pre-match Man City comments

LONDON: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been asked by the Football Association to explain comments he made before his club?s Premier League derby match against Manchester City on Sunday. The FA said on Thursday that Mourinho had been asked for his ?observations? on comments he made on Dec. 8 in interviews ahead of Sunday?s game, which United lost 2-1. It did not, however, specify the comments under investigation or what -- if any -- rules might have been broken. During a pre-match
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Fur flies in Hollywood as Disney goes Fox hunting

The Walt Disney Co. acquisition of a large chunk of 21st Century Fox is expected to reshape the filmmaking landscape, uniting two of the "big six" Hollywood studios under one umbrella for the first time. Disney agreed Thursday to buy key film and television assets from Fox in a $52.4 billion deal set to step up its challenge to Netflix and emerging rivals in the streaming wars. "It's certainly a historic merger but this is not the first time two studios have come together -- 20th Century Fox i
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Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours

This NASA FILE photo shows an artist's rendition of the Kepler space telescope. MIAMI: A solar system with as many planets as our own has been discovered with the help of NASA?s Kepler space telescope and artificial intelligence, the US space agency said Thursday. "Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star," NASA said in a statement. However, none of the planets are expected to be hospitable to life. The eight-planet system -- the largest known outside of o
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Mild earthquake jolts parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: A mild earthquake jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province early Friday, Geo News learnt. Tremors were felt in Peshawar, Chitral and other parts of the province. The magnitude of the quake was recorded at 4.6 on the Richter scale, according to the seismological centre. Its epicentre was located in Hindukush region in Afghanistan at a depth of 186 kilometres. Fortunately, no loss of life and property was reported in its wake.
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Scotland breaks from rest of UK with tax hike for higher earners

EDINBURGH: Scotland?s government said on Thursday it will raise taxes on higher earners and increase public sector pay, using powers to levy higher income tax rates than the rest of Britain for the first time since it was given its own parliament 20 years ago. The budget, set out by the pro-independence Scottish government, aims to draw a contrast between Scotland?s policies and those of the national government in London, which has kept tight controls on public-sector pay to hold down deficits.
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May wins applause from EU leaders for Brexit efforts

BRUSSELS: European leaders applauded British Prime Minister Theresa May for her work so far on Brexit, assuring her at a summit in Brussels that sufficient progress has been made to allow Britain to move on to the next stage of leaving the union. A day after she suffered a defeat in parliament over her blueprint for quitting the EU, May told her peers that she was on course to deliver Brexit and urged them to speed up the talks to unravel more than 40 years of membership. After updating her pe
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London museum to honour fashion giant Alaia with 2018 show

French-Tunisian fashion designer Azzedine Alaia will be honoured by London's Design Museum with a major exhibition next year following his death on November 18 at the age of 77. "Azzedine Alaia: The Couturier" will run from May 10 to October 7, showcasing more than 60 pieces personally selected by the iconic designer. "Azzedine Alaia was recognised throughout his life as a master couturier who expressed the timeless beauty of the female form in the most refined degree of haute couture," the mu
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Hamas will reverse Trump's Jerusalem move, leader tells Gaza rally

Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh (Centre) attends a rally marking the 30th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2017. ? Reuters GAZA: Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of Hamas?s founding and its chief vowed to reverse US President Donald Trump?s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel?s capital. Earlier in the day, Israel shut its border crossings with Gaza in response to daily rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled enclave since Tr
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Three killed, including two police, in Spain shooting

File MADRID: Three people, including two national police officers, were killed in a shooting at a country house in eastern Spain on Thursday, officials said. "Two civil guards and a civilian" died during the incident at an isolated home in a rural area of the Teruel province around 1700 GMT, a local official told AFP. Authorities did not confirm whether any arrest had been made and at 2000 GMT a police operation was continuing in the villages of Andorra and Albalate del Arzobispo.
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Fire erupts at state TV offices in Peshawar

Photo: FILE PESHAWAR: A fire broke out at the offices of state TV in Peshawar early Friday, according to police and firefighting officials. The blaze has engulfed part of the building housing state TV offices, police said. Several fire tenders have been busy dousing the inferno, it has been learnt. The blaze will be extinguished soon, firefighting officials say.
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Homegrown attacks rising worry in US as Daesh weakens abroad

Police officers stand guard outside the closed New York Port Authority Subway entrance following a reported explosion, in New York City, US on December 11, 2017. ? Reuters The online video?s message was clear: Supporters of Daesh (Islamic State) who could not travel overseas to join the militant group should carry out attacks wherever they were in the United States or Europe. Bangladeshi immigrant Akayedullah, 27, followed those instructions on Monday when he tried to set off a homemade bomb i
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US jets fire flares to warn Russian aircraft in Syria

Two US F-22 Raptor aircraft are seen flying in this Reuters FILE. WASHINGTON: Two US F-22 fighter aircraft fired warning flares on Wednesday after two Russian Su-25 jets entered an agreed upon deconfliction area in airspace east of the Euphrates river in Syria, the US military said. Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, said the F-22 aircraft were providing air cover to partnered ground forces when the Russian jets came into airspace near Albu Kamal. The incident lasted for about 40 minutes and co
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Four French children killed after train mows into school bus

At least four children were killed and seven people were seriously injured on Thursday after a train crashed into a school bus at a level crossing in southern France, police sources said. The bus, which was carrying mainly junior high school students, was struck by the train in Millas about 18 kilometres west (11 miles) of the city of Perpignan, close to the Spanish border. A rescue operation was under way. The head of security for the Pyrenees area, where the collision took place, confirmed
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Four killed in helicopter crash in central Ontario

File Four people were killed on Thursday in a helicopter crash in rural central Ontario, some 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Toronto, police said. The Ontario Provincial Police said in a tweet that they were responding, along with emergency services, to a crash site with four fatalities in the Addington Highlands region of the province, but did not provide further information. A spokeswoman for the force was not immediately available for comment. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expres
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US regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape. The approval of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai?s proposal marks a victory for internet service providers like AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc and hands them power over what content consumers can access. Democrats, Hollywood and companies li
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