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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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Afghanistan wicketkeeper Shahzad gets 12-month doping ban

Mohammad Shahzad/File photo  Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad has been banned for 12 months after inadvertently ingesting a prohibited substance, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday. The 29-year-old underwent an out-of-competition test in Dubai in January and his sample was found to contain clenbuterol, classified as a non-specified substance under the World Anti-Doping Agency´s (WADA) Prohibited List. Clenbuterol, used by sufferers of breathing disorders such as
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Serena entered for ´family-friendly´ Australian Open

Serena Williams poses with the championship trophy after her victory against Venus Williams in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne/File photo: AFP SYDNEY: New mum Serena Williams has accepted a place at the Australian Open and is "anticipated to return" to the tournament in January, less than five months after giving birth, organisers said Friday. The defending women´s champion was among 98 of the 100 top women, and all of the men´s top 100, to be "co
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Dissolution of assemblies an option if it benefits ruling party politically: Asif

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the ruling party always has an option to dissolve the assemblies if they are faced with a situation which calls for it. ?Ruling parties always have this option. If it comes to that, and if we face a situation which calls for it, then we might go for it. But there has been no discussion on this as yet and no decision either? he said in an interview to a private channel. It will be a political move, the foreign minister added. He also said
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Supreme Court to announce verdict in Orange Line Metro case today

Punjab CM inaugurates the first set of bogies of the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train during a ceremony/File photo:APP LAHORE: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will announce its verdict regarding the Orange Line Metro Train project on Friday (today). The proceedings regarding the project had begun in the Supreme Court after the Punjab government had filed petitions in the apex court following Lahore High Court?s (LHC) verdict ordering halting of Orange Line construction in the city. A five-member b
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EU's Tusk to make Brexit statement early Friday

Donald Tusk ? the president of the European Council ? speaks during a press conference at Government buildings in Dublin, Ireland, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/Files BRUSSELS: European Council (EC) President Donald Tusk will make a statement on Brexit early on Friday, his office said on Thursday, prompting speculation on the fate of British Prime Minister Theresa May?s plans for a deal with Brussels. She was in Brussels about to agree to outline divorce terms on Britain?s withdra
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Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Warren Moon denies harassment claim

Warren Moon walks along the sideline prior to a 2012 game between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals. Image Courtesy: Los Angeles Times via AP/Ross D. Franklin/Files  Professional football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon denied accusations of sexual harassment by a woman who was an executive assistant to the former National Football League (NFL) player at the sports marketing firm he co-founded. According to the lawsuit filed Monday in Superior Court in Orange County, California,
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Putin to visit Egypt on December 11

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/Files CAIRO: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Egypt on December 11 to meet his counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian president's office said on Thursday. Putin has close ties with Sisi and had previously visited Egypt in 2015. Russia has sold arms to Egypt and is helping the North African country's first nuclear plant. "During the vi
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Cameroon arrests author who criticised president

Cameroonian author Patrice Nganang, Image Courtesy: Chez Gangoueus YAOUNDÉ: Cameroonian author Patrice Nganang was arrested at the airport as he tried to fly to Zimbabwe a day after publishing an opinion piece sharply critical of Cameroon's president, a source said Thursday. Nganang ? who teaches literature at New York University ? "was taken into custody yesterday (Wednesday) at Douala (airport)," a source close to the police told AFP. "He drew attention to himself in recent days with severa
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How will Brexit affect London?

Pedestrians walk near City Hall and Tower Bridge in London, Britain, January 24, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files BRUSSELS: Britain's City of London financial hub centre "will not fall apart" after Brexit even if it loses the right to allow banks to trade freely across the bloc, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Thursday. Dijsselbloem ? the Netherlands finance minister who chairs meetings of his counterparts in the 19-country eurozone ? said some businesses would nevertheless have to reloc
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British foreign minister set to visit Iran: report

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Tallinn, Estonia, September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/Files LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is set to visit Iran this weekend, where he is expected to raise the case of a British-Iranian woman held in a Tehran prison, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Johnson will meet with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif and is also expected to hold talks on the Iranian nuclear deal, the report said. It would be the first visit by a British
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To save climate, stop investing in fossil fuels: economists

People ? dressed up in polar bear costumes and a mask of US president Donald Trump ? wave during a performance created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot during the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bonn, Germany. AFP/Patrik Stollarz/Files PARIS: The development of oil, gas, and coal energy must stop in order to avoid the worst ravages of global warming, 80 top economists said Thursday, days ahead of a climate summit in Paris. "We call for an immediate end to investments in new foss
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Pop star Ed Sheeran receives honor from Britain's Prince Charles

Grammy-winning singer Ed Sheeran received an MBE - a British state honour - for services to music and charity from Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday. The 26-year-old ?Shape of You? singer was the most-streamed artist on music service Spotify globally in 2017, and his third album ?Divide?, topped the US album charts. He has also used his celebrity to support several charities, including children?s hospices, anti-poverty campaigns and an AIDS charity. Speaking to rep
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Mugabe-era finance minister out on bail in Zimbabwe

HARARE: A Zimbabwean court on Thursday freed a Mugabe-era finance minister on bail ahead of his trial on corruption charges, laid following his arrest at the height of last month´s military takeover. Ignatius Chombo, a close ally of former president Robert Mugabe who resigned on November 21, was the first Mugabe loyalist to be charged with a crime. The Zimbabwe High Court freed him on $5,000-bail (4,200 euros) but ordered he report to police three times a day, surrender his passport and stay a
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FBI chief Wray rejects Trump criticism

FBI Director Christopher Wray sits during a meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley on Capitol Hill, Washington, US, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files WASHINGTON: Christopher Wray ? the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ? defended his agency Thursday against US President Donald Trump's criticism aimed at discrediting the probe into alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia in last year's election. Trump laid into the Federal Bureau
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China jails 21 people for 2015 nursing home fire

SHANGHAI: China has jailed 21 people for their roles in a deadly fire that killed 39 elderly people at a private nursing home two years ago, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Xinhua said the nursing home in the central Henan province had been illegally extended and flammable materials had been used on the extension. Fan Huazhi, legal representative for the nursing home, received a prison term of nine years while contractor Feng Chunjie, who did not have the appropriate work cert
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Putin, Erdogan voice 'serious concern' over Trump's Jerusalem stance

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan (R) arrive for a news conference following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/Files  MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone on Thursday and expressed serious concern about Washington?s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel?s capital, the Kremlin said on Thursday. ?Both sides expressed serious concern in connection
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Bitcoin surges towards $17,000 as concerns mount

Bitcoin coins ? placed on Dollar banknotes ? are seen in this picture, November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON: Bitcoin flirted with $17,000 on Thursday, triggering a warning the cryptocurrency was "like a charging train with no brakes" and prompting fresh concern about its looming launch on mainstream markets. Still under $14,000 in Asian trading hours, it smashed through $15,000 in European trading and then later surged to $16,777.08 around 1630 GMT, according to Bloomberg d
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White House says it believes Saudi Arabia will open Yemen port

A view of the Red Sea port of Hodeida, Yemen, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad/Files WASHINGTON: The White House said Thursday it believed that Saudi Arabia would allow a blocked port in Yemen to open after US President Donald Trump urged Riyadh to lift a blockade to let humanitarian aid reach the Yemeni people. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Iran-aligned armed Houthi movement in Yemen?s civil war started blockading ports a month ago after Saudi Arabia intercepted a m
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Venezuela inflation reaches quadruple digits, hitting 1,369 percent

A man looks at prices in a grocery store in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello/Files  CARACAS: Crisis-stricken Venezuela?s inflation rate reached quadruple digits for the first time, according to figures released by the opposition-led Congress, which show consumer prices rising by 1,369 percent between January and November. The legislature, which, this year, began publishing its own inflation figures after the government stopped releasing them, said prices rose b
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Korean eSports player beats Chinese rival in StarCraft using his toes

A showboating eSports star dubbed "the Korean Conor McGregor" played part of a one-sided final using his bare toes, provoking a furious response from his humiliated Chinese rival. South Korea's Lim Hong-Gyu at another point folded his arms and pretended to sleep as he thrashed Luo "Legend" Xian in their StarCraft: Remastered showdown in the United States. The bout -- which pitted the two players against each other in a hugely popular sci-fi strategy game -- was watched by thousands of fans onl
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Bitcoin rockets to $16,000, alarm bells ring louder

Bitcoin rocketed to a lifetime high just shy of $16,000 on Thursday after climbing some 60 percent over one week, intensifying the debate about whether the cryptocurrency is in a bubble about to burst. The largest US cryptocurrency exchange struggled to keep up with record traffic as the price surged, with an upcoming launch of the first bitcoin futures contract further fueling investor interest. Proponents say bitcoin is a good medium of exchange and a way to store value, much like a precious
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Hackers steal $64 million from cryptocurrency firm NiceHash

A notice announcing that service is unavailable is displayed on the website of Slovenian cryptocurrency mining firm NiceHash, which said it had suffered a hack of its Bitcoin wallet, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Illustration/Chris Helgren Slovenian cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash said it lost about $64 million worth of bitcoin in a hack of its payment system, the latest incident to highlight risks that uneven oversight and security pose to booming digital currencies. NiceHash matches p
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Stocks gain, dollar hits two-week high as risk appetite returns

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files NEW YORK: Major world stock markets advanced on Thursday and the US dollar rose to a two-week high as risk appetite returned and investors kept an eye on US political developments and awaited a key US jobs report due out on Friday. Wall Street?s main equity indexes rose, while oil prices rebounded a day after hitting two-week lows. A US tax bill moving swiftly thro
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Olympics skiing star Lindsey Vonn to snub White House visit for US team

US skiing star Lindsey Vonn said Thursday she would not go to the White House for a post-Winter Olympics reception, aligning herself with other athletes who have protested against President Donald Trump. Vonn told CNN in an interview she would be proud to represent the United States at February's Olympics in Pyeongchang but did not see herself as a representative of the US government. "Well, I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president," Vonn told CNN. "I take the Ol
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US gymnastics team doctor sentenced to 60 years for child pornography

Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar appears at Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing, Michigan, US, November 22, 2017. AFP/Jeff Kowalsky/Files A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Larry Nassar ? the former USA Gymnastics team doctor accused of sexually assaulting gymnasts ? to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges that grew out of a *** abuse investigation. US District Judge Janet Neff in Grand Rapids, Michigan, handed down the sentence
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