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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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French PM says would closely watch any attempt to change L'Oreal ownership

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe  PARIS: France?s prime minister said on Thursday he would look very carefully at any attempted ownership change at L?Oreal especially if an international investor sought to buy the world?s biggest cosmetics firm. The death of billionaire Liliane Bettencourt on September 21 has focused attention on how L?Oreal?s founding fam
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Myanmar violence could spread, displace more Rohingya: UN chief

A Rohingya refugee girl at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that the violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims in the northern part of Rakhine state could spread to central Rakhine, where 250,000 more people were at risk of displacement. Guterres told the UN Security Council during its first public meeting on Myanmar in eight years, that the violence had spiralled into the
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Dutch woman accuses Imad Wasim of being 'disloyal to her'

Wasim denies all of the allegations levelled against him and says he is 'completely single' and never promised to marry anyone. KARACHI: The Afghanistan-born Dutch woman, whose pictures surfaced with Imad Wasim earlier this week, has accused the cricketer of being "disloyal to her." The pictures of the cricketer with an unknown female had sparked a social media frenzy earlier in the week. The girl claimed to have met Wasim in London and also alleged that the cricketer promised to marry her bu
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Zika virus mutated around 2013, leading to birth defects: study

MIAMI: Zika has been around for decades but only recently began to cause birth defects due to a single mutation the mosquito-borne virus likely acquired in 2013, researchers said Thursday. The report in the US journal Science explains for the first time how this once relatively harmless virus transformed into a global health threat. The mutation in one of its structural proteins, called pRM, is believed to have arisen prior to the 2013 outbreak in French Polynesia, said the Science report. Th
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Keep mosquitoes away with this smartphone

Photo: courtesy LG If you are fed up of mosquitoes hovering over you all the time, then you are in luck.  LG has introduced a new smartphone that will keep the mosquitoes away from you. The phone, LG K7i, is equipped with mosquito repellent technology. It produces ultrasonic waves which are not audible to human beings but audible to mosquitoes. So it will repel the mosquitoes away from you if you have the phone near you. The mosquito away technology provides better protection against the mid
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No money laundering allegations against Imran: Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said that there are no money laundering allegations against party chief Imran Khan. Speaking to media on Thursday, Fawad said that cases against Imran Khan are completely different from those against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. ?People comparing the two cases should be ashamed,? remarked the PTI spokesperson, adding that the cases against Imran Khan have no legal value. ?We have even submitted 40-year-old records,? Fawad
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Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan set to treat fans with new role

A still from a video posted on YouTube.  Bollywood super star Aamir Khan is all set to play Shakti Kumaarr, a music director with a largely flawed personality. Mr Perfectionist?s fans will be able to see him in the upcoming film ?Secret Superstar?. ?He flirts with girls,? Khan said. ?Shakti Kumaarr has all the bad qualities you can imagine in a man.? The versatile actor has not shied from taking on different roles. ?Shakti Kumaarr is a music director who is going through a rough time,? said
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Turk school former head, family ?abducted?

LAHORE The director of Rumi Forum and former principal of Pak-Turk School, Mesut Kacmaz, was ?kidnapped? along with his wife and two daughters by unidentified people from his residence in Wapda Town Sattukatla police limits in wee hours of Wednesday. Police are still clueless about the missing family. No FIR was registered till filing of the report. Sources in police said the family has been shifted to unknown location by the personnel of sensitive agencies over their suspicious activities. Po
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Ukraine says ammo depot explosions huge blow to combat capability

KIEV: The destruction of two ammunition depots this year have dealt the biggest blow to Ukraine?s combat capability since the start of its separatist conflict, security and military officials said on Thursday. Massive explosions at a military depot in the Vynnytsya region, 270 km west of Kiev, forced the authorities to evacuate 24,000 people on Wednesday. Another large depot was destroyed in March. It is not clear if the explosions were accidents or sabotage, either of which would underscore p
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'Loving Vincent' brings Van Gogh's art alive

You have seen his ?Sunflowers? in a museum, sung along with Don McLean to ?Vincent (Starry Starry Night)? and gawped at the tens of million of dollars his works have fetched at auction. But you have never seen Vincent Van Gogh?s art quite like it is shown in the film ?Loving Vincent.? Seven years in the making and billed as the world?s first fully-painted feature film, ?Loving Vincent? uses more than 130 of the Dutch artist?s own paintings to tell his own story. Each of the 65,000 frames of t
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Technology glitch causes minor delays for airlines, airports

source: Lufthansa MADRID: Major airlines around the world were briefly hit by computer problems on Thursday morning, causing some minor delays at airports, due to a problem with a system from Spanish travel technology firm Amadeus. Amadeus, which operates global travel booking systems and offers check-in services for airlines, said it suffered a network problem on Thursday which caused a disruption to some of its systems and but had fixed the problem. ?Amadeus can confirm that our systems are
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FCC chair wants Apple to activate FM radio chips in iPhones

WASHINGTON: Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday urged Apple Inc to activate FM radio chips installed in iPhones in the wake of major hurricanes. Pai said Apple is the one major phone manufacturer that has resisted doing so. Pai said when wireless networks go down during a natural disaster, smartphones with activated FM chips can allow Americans to get access to life-saving information.  ?It is time for Apple to step up to the plate and put the safety of the American
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Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in IPO

source: angrybirds.com HELSINKI: Finnish mobile games studio Rovio Entertainment Ltd priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top end of the initial range on Thursday, giving it a market value of 896 million euros ($1.06 billion) before its market debut on Friday. Rovio, whose games have been downloaded 3.7 billion times, announced its long-awaited IPO this month, saying it aimed to boost growth and take part in gaming industry consolidation. The price was set at 11.50 euros per share,
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Victims of US airstrike in Kabul angry over mistaken attack

source: AFP KABUL: Haji Rabbani was preparing for afternoon prayers when he saw the US helicopters hovering above his mud-brick house in a residential area of Kabul. Moments later bombs started raining down. Six members of his family, including four children, were wounded in Wednesday's airstrike that was supposed to hit insurgents fighting Afghan security forces several kilometres from where US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was meeting with officials. Two bombs struck Rabbani's home - several
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Toddler shoots playmates at Michigan daycare

Nearly 1,300 American children die and 5,790 are treated for gunshot wounds each year, according to a recent study. Photo: AFP CHICAGO: Two toddlers were hospitalized in critical condition after a playmate accidentally shot them with a loaded gun at a daycare in the US state of Michigan. Police in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn said the child managed to get a hold of a loaded gun on Wednesday inside a private home that functioned as a daycare. The toddler fired either one or two shots that s
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England suspend Stokes and Hales after nightclub incident

LONDON: England suspended all-rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales from international cricket until further notice on Thursday after the pair were involved in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub. The announcement came a day after Stokes, England´s highest-profile cricketer and vice-captain of the test side, was named in the 16-man squad for the Ashes tour of Australia starting in November. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement that both Stokes and Hales remai
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Ambulance sent to JIT headquarters was meant for spying, claims Haq

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeem-ul-Haque has claimed that it has been confirmed that the ambulance which entered the Joint Investigation Team Headquarters, while it was probing former prime minister?s assets, was sent for the purpose of spying. The leader shared on social media, ?Confirmed: The ambulance sent to JIT during its interrogation of Sharif family was, in fact, an IB vehicle sent to monitor events.? On March 30, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif?s son Hus
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Pakistan is incomplete without Balochistan: COAS

A group of 173 students and faculty members of various educational institutions of Balochistan met the COAS at Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate on Thursday. Photo: ISPR  ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that Pakistan is incomplete without Balochistan while interacting with the youth of province, according to Inter-Services Public Relations.   Pakistan cannot progress without peace and stability in Balochistan, the COAS added.  A group of 173 students a
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Govt, opposition haven't yet presented name for NAB chief: Shah

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah Thursday said the reports regarding appointment of a new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) did not have substance, adding that no name had yet been proposed for the key slot. Shah, in his statement issued to media, said he was in touch with all political parties and would expedite consultation after Ashura Muharram. "I have held consultation with Tehreek-e-Insaf, besides meeting the prime minister. But neither the premier, nor th
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Umar Akmal slapped with three-match ban

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday slapped a three-match ban on Umar Akmal for breach of his central contract, said a statement released by PCB.   "The PCB Disciplinary Committee found Umar to be in breach of the aforesaid Clauses of his Central Contract on multiple occasions." In addition to the match ban, he was also fined Rs1 million and denial of NOC for participation in any foreign leagues, tournaments or matches for a period of two months. The announcement by PCB came
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New commanders for Lahore corps, southern command announced by Army

RAWALPINDI: Army command on Thursday appointed Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa as the new commander of Southern Command, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  The current commander of Southern Command, Lieutenant General Aamer Riaz, was appointed Commander Lahore Corps. Lieutenant General Sadiq Ali was appointed Inspector General Arms at the General Head Quarters. 
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Oil climbs as tension over Iraqi Kurdistan rises

A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, April 29, 2013. Photo: Reuters  LONDON: Oil prices rose on Thursday, spurred by rising tension around northern Iraq following the Kurdistan region?s vote in favor of independence in a referendum. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 40 cents at $58.30 a barrel by 1200 GMT. It hit a more than two-year high of $59.49 on Tuesday after Monday?s referendum vote prompted Turkey to threaten to close the region?s oil pipeline. US light crude
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Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria

Russia and Turkey have been working closely since a 2016 reconciliation ended a crisis caused by the shooting down of a Russian war plane over Syria.Photo: AFP ANKARA: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship that has troubled the West. Despite a regional rivalry that goes back to the Ottoman Empire and the Romanov dynasty, Russia and Turkey
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Indian court charges ex-editor with raping colleague

Tejpal, the 54-year-old founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, was accused of raping a female journalist in the lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013. Photo: AFP MUMBAI: An Indian court on Thursday charged the former editor of a renowned news magazine with raping a female colleague four years ago, the prosecutor said. Tarun Tejpal pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint, the public prosecutor Francisco Taviera told reporters outside t
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Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump attacked Facebook in a tweet and suggested the world?s largest social network had colluded with other media outlets that opposed him. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON: Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc?s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the US Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia?s alleged interference in the 2016 US election, committee sources said on Wednesday. A Senate aide said executives from the three firms had been asked
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