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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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Facebook says some Russian ads during US election promoted live events

Some of the ads bought by Russians on Facebook last year promoted events during the US presidential campaign, Facebook Inc said on Tuesday, indicating that alleged meddling ahead of the 2016 election went beyond social media. Facebook said in a statement that its takedown of what the company last week called Russian-affiliated pages included shutting down ?several promoted events.? Facebook declined to provide details of the promoted events. Facebook, the world?s largest social network, said
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UN ban on North Korean textiles will disrupt industry and ordinary lives, experts say

United Nations sanctions on North Korea?s important textiles industry are expected to disrupt a business largely based in China and pose compliance headaches for clothing retailers in the United States and around the world. The UN security Council imposed a ban on North Korea textile exports and a ceiling on the country?s imports of crude oil on Monday, ratcheting up sanctions designed to pressure North Korea into talks about its nuclear weapons and missile programs. Retailers in the United St
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Magic Messi leads Barca demolition of Juventus

BARCELONA: A mesmeric Lionel Messi scored twice and inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Juventus as the Catalans got off to a flying start in Champions League Group D on Tuesday avenging last season?s quarter-final elimination by the Italian champions. Messi broke the deadlock on the stroke of halftime by playing a slick one-two off Luis Suarez and arrowing the ball beyond Gianluigi Buffon, finally getting the better of the veteran Italian in his fourth game against him. The Argentine was als
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Lukaku opens account as Man Utd cruise past Basel

MANCHESTER: Romelu Lukaku opened his Champions League account as Manchester United marked their return to the competition with a 3-0 rout of Basel in their opening Group A match at Old Trafford on Tuesday. United, who missed last season?s Champions League but qualified this time by winning the Europa League, dominated the first half and went ahead through Marouane Fellaini?s 35th minute header. Belgian striker Lukaku, a constant menace to the Swiss champions, scored his first Champions League
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Apple unveils three new iPhones, hails 'biggest leap forward'

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. ? AFP CUPERTINO, United States: Apple unveiled three new iPhone models on Monday, including a top-of-line handset described as "the biggest leap forward" since the original iPhone 10 years ago. Apple chief executive Tim Cook announced the premium iPhone X -- pronounced 10 -- as well as a new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. Cook, sp
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Measures should be taken to eliminate terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Tuesday that the terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan must be eliminated immediately. While speaking to a foreign journalist, Abbasi reiterated that the Pakistani government ?has destroyed all the safe havens for terrorists inside the country." Pakistan has played the biggest role in the elimination of terrorism, he said, adding that it is wrong to think that Pakistan is the cause of instability in Afghanistan. ?Instability in Afghanistan
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Match Highlights: Pakistan vs World XI (first t20)

Pakistani bowler Rumman Raees (R) celebrates with teammate Ahmed Shahzad after taking the wicket of World XI batsman Tamim Iqbal during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between the World XI and Pakistan at The Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore. (AFP)   Pakistan beat World XI by 20 runs in an exciting finish to the first Twenty20 match in Lahore on Tuesday, celebrating the return of international cricket to the country amid tight security. It is only the second time Pakistan has h
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Twitter reacts to historic Pakistan-World XI T20 match

Pakistan won the first match of the Independence Cup by defeating World XI by 20 runs on Tuesday.  Following the match, many cricketers, celebrities and politicians took to Twitter to express their excitement and congratulate Pakistan for winning the first match of the tournament, which marks the return of international cricket to the country. 
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Turkey signs landmark Russian weapons deal

ISTANBUL: Turkey has signed a deal for its first major weapons purchase from Moscow to buy S-400 missile defence systems, both sides announced Tuesday, in an accord that could trouble Ankara´s NATO allies. The purchase of the surface-to-air missile defence batteries, Ankara's most significant deal with a non-NATO supplier, comes with Turkey in the throes of a crisis in relations with several Western states. "Signatures have been made for the purchase of S-400s from Russia. A deposit has also b
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More than a billion live on degraded land, at risk of hunger: UN

?The land we live on is being strained to breaking point. Restoration and conservation are key to its survival,? UNCCD said in a report launched in Ordos, China. Photo: Reuters  ROME: More than 1.3 billion people live on agricultural land that is deteriorating, putting them at risk of worsening hunger, water shortages and poverty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said on Tuesday. People?s use of the earth?s natural reserves has doubled in the last 30 years. Now a
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J.J. Abrams to direct ´Star Wars IX,´ announces Lucasfilm

LOS ANGELES: Sci-fi filmmaker J.J. Abrams is to direct "Star Wars: Episode IX," Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday, following the departure of Colin Trevorrow over creative differences. Abrams ? a familiar face in the "Star Wars" universe who directed "The Force Awakens" (2015) ? will co-write the film with Chris Terrio, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for "Argo," (2012), the Disney-owned studio said.
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Quarter of houses in Florida Keys destroyed: US official

"Some of the initial estimates are ? and this is why we asked people to evacuate, largely from storm surge ? 25 percent of the houses in the Keys initially have been destroyed and 60 percent have been damaged," FEMA Director Brock Long said.  MIAMI: Irma destroyed a quarter of the houses in the Florida Keys, where it first made landfall in the United States as a Category Four hurricane, the US emergency response chief said Tuesday. "Some of the initial estimates are ? and this is why we asked
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Three astronauts set for ISS blast-off

Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei and veteran colleague Joe Acaba prepared to set off for a mission of more than five months aboard the ISS at 2117 GMT.  BAIKONUR: Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut were set to blast off for the International Space Station Tuesday in a late-night launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei and veteran colleague
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100 prisoners escape on hurricane-hit British island

Britain's response to Irma has been criticised by some local inhabitants as too slow.   LONDON: Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine. "We had a serious threat of a complete breakdown of law and order in the British Virgin islands (BVI)," junior foreign minister Alan Duncan told parliament. "The prison was breached, over 100 very serious pr
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Google meltdown reported in parts of world

Google and many of its biggest services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps are not functioning properly in some of the parts of the world, it emerged on Tuesday.  Many users complained that their servers for Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive and Google Maps were not working. The complaints have been reported from United Kingdom, France and some areas of North America.  The company has yet to make any official announcement pertaining to the breakdown.  Responding to some of the queries, Google M
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US lawmakers want 'supercharged' response to North Korea nuclear tests

Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee Ed Royce (R-CA) arrives for a closed classified briefing for members of the House of Representatives on North Korea and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters  WASHINGTON: US lawmakers called on Tuesday for a ?supercharged? diplomatic response to North Korea?s nuclear tests, including unilateral sanctions on banks and other companies from China and any country doing business with Pyongyang. ?I believe th
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Squeaky-clean Zurich's trash department probed for dirty dealings

People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse December 20, 2008. Photo: REUTERS  ZURICH: Investigators in Zurich, ranked among the world?s cleanest cities, are probing alleged grubby dealings within the municipal garbage and recycling department. While trash services in the United States and Italy have sometimes been linked with illicit dealings, the Swiss financial centre appears an unlikely source of muck. Rubbish bins are ubiquitous, and a fleet of motorised street sweepers ke
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Thousands protest against Macron in France

Police clash with protesters at anti-Macron rally.  PARIS: Tens of thousands of French protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron´s flagship economic reforms on Tuesday in the first major demonstrations against his pro-business agenda. The day of strikes and rallies are seen as a key test for the young French leader as he stakes his presidency on overhauling the sluggish economy, while protesters are eager to show they are able to mobilise in large numbers. Some 4,000 st
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Northern China smog cuts life expectancy by 3 years versus south: study

A man wearing a respiratory protection mask walks toward an office building during the smog after a red alert was issued for heavy air pollution in Beijing's central business district, China, December 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters File  SHANGHAI: Air pollution caused by coal-fired winter heating has slashed life expectancy in northern China by more than three years compared with the south, according to a new study, underlining the urgency of Beijing?s efforts to tackle smog. Researchers with the En
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World XI arrive in local style

Pakistan saw a return of international cricket as the World XI played their first match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. The World XI team arrived inside the Gaddafi Stadium riding traditional rickshaws and received a thunderous welcome from the local crowd. geo_embedgallery It was all fun and games even when one of the rickshaws stopped working and needed a little
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Monster "fatberg" found in east London sewer

One of the biggest "fatbergs" ever seen in Britain, a ball of fat as long as three soccer pitches, is seen after it was found blocking a Victorian-era, east London sewer, in an image handed out by Thames Water, September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters  LONDON: One of the biggest ?fatbergs? ever seen in Britain - a ball of fat as long as three soccer pitches - has been found blocking a Victorian-era, east London sewer. ?It?s a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove,? said
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Jaguar converts its iconic 1960 E-type into an electric car

The modified E-type Zero. ? Jaguar Land Rover After having committed to electrifying all of its cars from 2020 onward, Jaguar has unveiled a new all-electric automobile, inspired its sleek E-type from the 1960s. Once lauded as "the most beautiful car in the world" by Enzo Ferrari, the new E-type Zero keeps the classic Jaguar styling while introducing a bespoke electric powertrain that produces up to 220kW of power, according to The Verge. The modified E-type Zero. ? Jaguar Land Rover The mod
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Christian community has lent huge support to Nawaz: Maryam

Maryam Nawaz addressed the minorities wing convention in NA-120. Photo: Geo News LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday said the Christian community has lent huge support to her father and the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N).  "My Christian brothers and sisters are as zealous in their support as other Pakistanis," she said while addressing the minorities wing convention in NA-120 in Lahore.  The former prime minister's daughter, who is campaigning in the NA-120 constituency on behalf of her mo
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WhatsApp testing new feature which allows users to delete sent texts

Photo: courtesy WhatsApp Ever regretted sending a text on Whatsapp? Well, now you will have the option of deleting a sent text. WhatsApp is testing a new feature, ?Delete for Everyone?, which will allow users to delete their sent messages. However, the message can only be deleted if the receiver has not read it. The messaging app is testing the feature both on iOS and Android, according to famous WhatsApp leaker WABetaInfo. WhatsApp just released its picture-in-picture
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North Korea warns US of 'greatest pain', rejects sanctions

North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations Han Tae Song attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters  GENEVA: North Korea on Tuesday rejected a UN Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions and said the United States would soon face the ?greatest pain? it had ever experienced. The Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country?s sixth and most powerful nucl
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