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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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Uber joins forces with global public transport association

Ride-hailing app Uber said on Monday it was joining a global public transport association to improve mobility in the cities it operates in, although North America?s largest public transit union said there was no place for the US company. Uber?s move to join the International Association of Public Transportation (UITP) is part of a drive by Uber to improve its relationships with local authorities after a series of regulatory and legal setbacks. UITP represents public transport providers around
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Man United's Matic, Ibrahimovic ruled out of CSKA game

Manchester United will be without Nemanja Matic and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Tuesday?s Champions League group match against CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford, manager Jose Mourinho said. Serbian midfielder Matic limped off with a muscle problem at Watford last week but started in United?s 3-1 Premier League victory over Arsenal on Saturday. Mourinho said he will not risk the 29-year-old for the match, with United requiring a point to secure top spot in Group A. ?Matic is injured and when I say he is
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Messi's statue hacked down again

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina?s Lionel Messi is used to being hacked down by desperate defenders but his statue in Buenos Aires has suffered even rougher treatment for the second time this year. The Barcelona forward?s bronze sculpture on Paseo de la Gloria was vandalised on Monday, chopped off at the ankles with the body left on the pavement. Appropriately perhaps, given how difficult it is to pry it away from him on the pitch, the ball remained stuck to the left boot at the base of the statue. Si
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Lamborghini drives into crowded SUV market

Lamborghini, the fabled Italian sports car manufacturer, on Monday unveiled its new Sports Utility Vehicle, accelerating into a fast growing market already crowded with upmarket rivals. The Urus, as the four-wheel drive "super SUV" will be known, was revealed at the Volkswagen group-owned company's historic home near Bologna. It will reach a top speed of 305 kph (190 mph), can go from zero to 100 kph in 3.6 seconds and brake from 100 kph to zero in 33.7 metres, company officials said. Buildin
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German SPD to start talks with Merkel next week if members agree

File The leader of Germany?s Social Democrats (SPD) said on Monday he would launch talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel?s conservatives on forming a government next week if members of his center-left party gave him the green light at a congress this weekend. The remarks by Martin Schulz raised hopes that the two parties that suffered losses to the far right in an election in September could renew an alliance that has ruled Germany since 2013 and end the political deadlock in Europe?s largest eco
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Dow hits record as investors bet on tax cuts

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high on Monday, with banks and retailers surging and technology companies falling as investors realigned their portfolios in hopes of benefiting from expected corporate tax cuts. The S&P 500 ended with a loss after hitting an intra-day all-time high earlier in the day, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq dropped 1.05 p
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Russia faces decision on Winter Olympics ban for doping

The International Olympic Committee meets from Tuesday to decide whether to bar Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping violations, in one of the weightiest decisions ever faced by the Olympic movement. The build-up to the high-stakes summit in Lausanne just 66 days before the start of the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has been dominated by an almost daily drip of negative news for the winter sports heavyweights. On November 26, athletics' ruling body the International Association
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UN political affairs chief to visit North Korea this week

Jeffrey Feltman speaks during a news conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/Files  UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations? political affairs chief will visit North Korea this week, making the highest-level visit by a UN official in more than six years as tensions grip the region over Pyongyang?s nuclear and weapons programs. Jeffrey Feltman ? a former senior US State Department official ? will visit from Tuesday to Friday and meet with officials to discuss ?is
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Oil eases just a percent on profit-taking as US output eyed

An offshore oil platform can be seen at the Bouri Oil Field, near Libya's coast, August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files  NEW YORK: Oil fell more than 1 percent on Monday on profit-taking as the market eyed signs of rising US production, though prices remained close to recent two-year highs thanks to last week?s decision by OPEC and other producers to extend output cuts. Brent crude futures settled down $1.28 (2 percent) at $62.45 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures we
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Fox prefers Disney as buyer for studio, media assets: Bloomberg

Media company Twenty-First Century Fox, controlled by the Murdoch family, favours selling some assets to Walt Disney Co as it is a better strategic fit and presents fewer regulatory hurdles, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is said to be in talks on combining certain media assets, including Fox's stake in European pay-TV provider Sky Plc as well as its Twentieth Century Fox TV and Film studio, with Disney and Comcast Corp, Bloomberg reported. Re
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Taylor Swift spends third week atop Billboard 200 chart

Taylor Swift performs during iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California, US, December 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift held onto her throne atop the weekly US Billboard 200 album chart for a third consecutive week on Monday. Swift?s Reputation record sold another 147,000 album units in the week ending November 30, according to figures from Nielsen Music. At No. 2 this week is acapella group Pentatonix?s festive album A Pentatonix Christma
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Judge refuses to free four Catalan leaders as elections near

Catalonia's sacked vice president Oriol Junqueras and three other separatist leaders will remain in prison during a probe over their role in the region's independence drive, a Spanish judge decided Monday, as critical Catalan elections approach. Six other former ministers who were also remanded in custody last month were released on bail of 100,000 euros ($119,000) each as an investigation into charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds continues, the Madrid court said in a state
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Fighting, air strikes in Yemen's Sanaa trap civilians, halt aid: UN

Houthi fighters walk in Sanaa, Yemen, November 30, 2017. AFP/Mohammed Huwais GENEVA: Fighting and air strikes have intensified in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa ? where roads are blocked and tanks are deployed on many streets ? trapping civilians and halting delivery of vital aid including fuel to supply clean water, the United Nations (UN) said on Monday. Some of the fiercest clashes are around the diplomatic area near the UN compound, while aid flights in and out of Sanaa airport have been susp
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Tiger Woods seemingly healthy again, but too early to predict future glory

When Tiger Woods tees up next year he will be at an age at which few have dominated, but that will not stop the PGA Tour hype machine and others from promoting his appearance with an implied suggestion Tiger 2.0 will be as good as the previous version which won 14 major championships between 1997 and 2008. Amid overwhelmingly positive reviews of Woods? performance at the Hero World Challenge that might lead some to believe that he is destined to recapture his old greatness, a word of caution mi
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US appeals courts to consider legality of Trump's latest travel ban

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the White House. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Federal appeals courts in the states of Washington and Virginia are set to hear arguments this week on the legality of US President Donald Trump?s most recent travel ban, which sharply limits visitors and immigrants from eight countries ? six of them Muslim-majority. Challengers ? including the state of Hawaii and immigrant advocacy organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ? argue the
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'House of Cards' to resume production ? without Spacey

The sixth and final season of "House of Cards" -- the hit Netflix series thrown into crisis by sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey -- is to resume production early next year without its star, an industry source told AFP Monday. The show's finale is now set to focus on the character of Claire Underwood -- played by Robin Wright -- who, having succeeded her husband as president at the end of season five, looked directly at the camera, declaring: "My turn." Netflix put the award-winni
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Civil-military leadership was on same page in meetings with Mattis: Asif

KARACHI: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that the civil-military leadership was on the same page in meetings with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. The statement was made during the foreign minister's appearance on Geo News' programme 'Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath' aired on Monday night. Asked about separate meetings with the US defence secretary, in contrast with earlier meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillersen during his visit to Pakistan, Asif replied: "We had alr
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India's reluctant leader Rahul Gandhi takes party helm

NEW DELHI: He has never held public office, once likened power to "poison", and saw his politician father and grandmother assassinated. Now Rahul Gandhi is poised to take over as leader of the party that has ruled India for much of its history. The 46-year-old's expected nomination as president of the Congress Party follows years of speculation that he would succeed his mother in the role he has been prepared for since birth. The son, grandson and great-grandson of prime ministers, Rahul has
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Father Todd of St Patrick?s High School passes away in Karachi

Father Todd at his 94th birthday in Karachi - Courtesy fathertoddtribute.com KARACHI: Father John Baptist Todd of St Patrick?s High School passed away at the age of 96 in the city Monday. His funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 3pm at the St Patrick's Cathedral after which he will be laid to rest at the Gora Qabristan. Born in 1921 in Karachi he was named George. He studied at the University of Bombay (pre-partition) and later joined the Order of Friars Minor and took the name John
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South Korea, US launch air drills amid North Korean warnings of nuclear war

SEOUL/BEIJING: The United States and South Korea went ahead with large-scale joint aerial drills on Monday, a move North Korea had said would push the Korean peninsula to ?the brink of nuclear war?, ignoring calls from Russia and China to call them off. The drills come a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States as part of a weapons program that it has conducted in defiance of international sanctions and
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Lebanon's Hariri to meet major powers in Paris

FILE PHOTO: Saad al-Hariri who suspended his decision to resign as prime minister talks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 22, 2017. REUTERS PARIS: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri will meet ministers from major powers in Paris on Friday to discuss ways of stabilizing his country a month after his shock resignation plunged it into political turmoil, three diplomats said. The Arab and European diplomats said Hariri would take part in the meeting of the International Le
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Trump son, former business partner due before House panel this week: source

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump?s eldest son and a former business associate of the president are due to testify to the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee this week, as it continues its investigation of possible Russian involvement in the 2016 election, a source familiar with the schedule said. Donald Trump Jr. is due to appear before the committee on Wednesday and Felix Sater, a Russian-American who was a former Trump business associate who claimed deep ties to Moscow, on T
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Pigeons no mere ?bird brains?: study

MIAMI: Pigeons may be smarter than you think. A study out Monday in the journal Current Biology found that pigeons are able to judge time and space, much the way humans and apes can. The report is the latest to show that so-called lower-order animals such as birds, reptiles and fish are capable of intelligent decision-making. "Indeed, the cognitive prowess of birds is now deemed to be ever closer to that of both human and non-human primates," said study author Edward Wasserman, professor of e
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Mattis highlighted Pak?s concerns of Indian use of Afghan soil: ISPR

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/cd199216a121e98c7525297da421a548.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTIvNC8yMDE3IDY6MDE6MjcgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1HMDQyb3BsN1JURWlFY09CZDhuWGx3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of Defence James Mattis called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and highlighted Pakist
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Militants kill UN peacekeeper in Central African Republic

DAKAR: Christian militiamen killed a Mauritanian U.N. peacekeeper in an attack on a camp for displaced people in a Central African Republic diamond-mining town on Monday, the United Nations mission there said. Fighters armed with AK-47s and makeshift weapons also wounded one Zambian and two Mauritanian peacekeepers during the 90-minute gunfight at the police checkpoint in the town of Bria, the UN added. The country has been riven by sectarian conflict since 2013 when Seleka rebels ousted Presi
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