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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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Zidane hints Ronaldo to feature against Man United

Ronaldo named in Real Madrid squad for Tuesday´s match in the Macedonian capital  SKOPJE: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane indicated that Cristiano Ronaldo will feature in the UEFA Super Cup against Manchester United after travelling with the squad to Skopje on Monday. Ronaldo was surprisingly named in the reigning European champions´ group for Tuesday´s match in the Macedonian capital after only returning to training with his club over the weekend. His summer has been overshadowed by accusat
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Dr Tahirul Qadri arrives in Lahore

PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri addressing the media in Lahore. Photo: File  LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport from Doha, Qatar. Scores of PAT supporters have gathered in and outside the airport to welcome the spiritual leader while police have been deployed to ensure any untoward incident does not take place. ATC summons details of Imran, Qadri assets PML-N's Daniyal Aziz requests a judicial commission be formed to pr
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Hot, humid weather to prevail in most parts of country on Tuesday: MET

PHOTO: File The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday said moist currents from the Arabian Sea are penetrating upper parts of the country and likely to increase during the next few days. A shallow westerly wave is affecting northern parts of the country and its adjoining areas and a seasonal low lies over Balochistan. Rain and thunderstorm (with a few heavy falls) are expected at scattered places in Hazara, Gujranwala, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar divisions, FATA, Islamabad, and
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Moeen Ali bowls England to South Africa series win

Moeen Ali had Quinton de Kock caught at slip/Getty Images MANCHESTER: Moeen Ali finished a brilliant campaign with a five-wicket haul as England beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Monday to seal a 3-1 series win. Victory, achieved with more than a day to spare, also saw Joe Root triumphant in his first Test series as England captain. South Africa, set a huge 380 for victory, were bowled out for 202 shortly after tea on the fourth day when Ali took two wickets i
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Guitar-slinging Singapore granny shreds stereotypes

SINGAPORE: An 81-year-old guitar-slinging Singaporean granny has shredded stereotypes to pursue her love of rock music, becoming a sought-after performer and unlikely internet sensation. Mary Ho's late-flourishing career will reach its zenith Wednesday when she performs in front of a huge crowd at Singapore's National Day Parade, marking 52 years of the city-state's independence. Grandmother of seven, Ho only started playing guitar at 60, fulfilling a lifelong dream to learn the instrument. Sh
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Hong Kong cleans up greasy beaches after palm oil spill

A clean-up operation was under way in Hong Kong Monday after a massive palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters clogged some of its most popular beaches. The coast was coated with rancid-smelling sticky white clumps of the oil as it washed in Sunday, with 11 beaches still closed to swimmers Monday at the height of a summer heatwave. There are still lumps of the solidified oil on the beaches and the sea water in some areas is greasy. Hong Kong comprises more than 200
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North Korea defiant after new sanctions, rejects talks

North Korea vowed Monday that tough new United Nations sanctions would not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal, as it rejected talks and angrily warned the United States of retaliation. The message of defiance was the first major response to the US-drafted sanctions, which the UN Security Council unanimously approved over the weekend and which could cost North Korea $1 billion a year. The North's sole major ally China, accused by the United States of doing too little to rein in Pyongya
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Sale of genetically modified salmon in Canada alarms environmentalists

Environmentalists charged Monday that genetically modified salmon are being marketed in Canada without warning labels and called on supermarkets to withdraw them from sale. "The first genetically modified animals have arrived in the market and Canadian consumers are becoming, unwittingly, the first guinea pigs," said Thibault Rehn of the group Vigilance OGM. On Friday, US company AquaBounty Technologies announced that it has sold about five tonnes of genetically modified salmon filets in Canad
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Congo orders internet slowdown to restrict social media: telecoms source

Oscar Manikunda speaks at the ITU GSR 2010, Dakar. Image Courtesy: Times CD KINSHASA: Congolese authorities ordered internet capacity be slowed down so that it cannot be used to transmit images via social media, a senior telecoms official based in Kinshasa said. The move comes as opposition is growing to President Joseph Kabila, who refused to step down when his mandate expires in December, with nationwide strikes planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday, clashes between Congolese securi
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Saudi billionaire to invest $800 mln in Egypt tourism

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is to invest more than $800 million in hotels in Egypt, the investment ministry in Cairo said on Monday. The announcement came after parliament in May adopted a new law aimed at attracting foreign investment as the authorities seek to reinvigorate the North African country's struggling economy. The ministry said in a statement that Bin Talal told Investment Minister Sahar Nasr in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh that he would invest in h
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Electric car startup Faraday Future signs factory deal

Electric car startup Faraday Future said Monday it had signed a lease for a new assembly plant in California and reaffirmed its intention to start deliveries in 2018. The company, whose backers include the head of the financially strapped Chinese tech group LeEco, said its new facility will be in Hanford, California, roughly halfway between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. Faraday Future had previously said it would set up a factory in Las Vegas to build its vehicles aimed at competing with hig
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Pro-Trump pundit named new Republican spokeswoman

Kayleigh McEnany speaks at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, February 23, 2017. Image Courtesy: Gage Skidmore WASHINGTON: Kayleigh McEnany ? a conservative television pundit and supporter of President Donald Trump ? was named the spokeswoman for the Republican Party on Monday. McEnany, 29, announced over the weekend that she had left CNN, the 24-hour cable news network where she had been working as a pro-Trump contributor. Republican Nation
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Dutch city turns orange as women toast Euro win

Thousands of orange-clad fans flooded the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday to celebrate the Netherlands' first women's Euro title, a much-needed win to boost the football-mad country's flagging fortunes. The first "Lioness" supporters -- many of them young women and girls -- scurried past as the gates opened to secure a prime spot in a local park where their heroins appeared later on Monday evening. The team arrived in an orange-coloured boat which toured the city's canals amid the chee
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South Korea prosecutors seek 12 years' jail for Samsung heir

South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the heir to the Samsung empire be jailed for 12 years over his role in the corruption scandal that brought down the country's last president. At the final hearing in the trial of Lee Jae-Yong, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, prosecutors called him the "ultimate beneficiary" of crimes committed in the scandal, which culminated in the impeachment and dismissal of president Park Geun-Hye. If the judges convict him and agree with the sentence r
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Calls for peace on eve of tense Kenya election

Former US president Barack Obama led international calls for peace Monday ahead of Kenyan elections seen as too close to call, with fears that violence could flare in east Africa's richest economy. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta gave a televised election-eve speech aimed at easing tensions, after a final campaign week marred by rigging accusations levelled by his bitter rival Raila Odinga, and the murder of a top election official. Kenyatta, who is seeking a second and final term in office, u
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Wall Street ends higher as Dow edges to latest record

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), New York City, US. August 2, 2017. REUTERS, Carlo Allegri/Files NEW YORK: The Dow edged up to its ninth record closing high in a row while the S&P ended slightly higher on Monday, with consumer and technology sector gains offsetting losses in energy. Yet trading volume was relatively light as investors had little reason to make big bets with the US Congress and President Donald Trump on vacation and a stronger-than-expected earnings season drawing to a c
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CTD kill four alleged terrorists near Sagian in Lahore

KARACHI: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to gun down four Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists in an encounter near Sagian Bridge in Lahore, hours after the truck blast that ripped through the Bund Road area late Monday. According to CTD, police were deployed at all entry and exit points of Punjab?s capital to curb the threats of more attacks looming after the Lahore blast. Right as police approached a vehicle to search, armed men inside the vehicle opened fire. Police effectively responded
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Venezuela army hunts rebels behind raid on military base

Venezuela's military was on Monday hunting an ex-officer and a lieutenant who led uniformed rebels on a weekend raid to grab weapons from an army base, fueling fears the country's worsening crisis could tip into armed conflict. The defense minister and head of the armed forces, General Vladimir Padrino, said the ex-National Guard captain, Juan Carlos Caguaripano, and the lieutenant, Jefferson Gabriel Garcia, were behind the Sunday attack on the base in the third city of Venezuela by 20 men in u
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Arcade Fire's 'Everything Now' tops Billboard 200 chart

Lead vocalist Win Butler (R) and his wife Regine Chassagne of rock band Arcade Fire perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files LOS ANGELES: Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire's latest album debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, the only new entry in the top 10 of the chart this week. Arcade Fire's Everything Now ? the band's fifth studio album ? sold 100,000 album units comprising sales f
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US professor accused of murder to plead not guilty: attorney

Wyndham Lathem (L) and Andrew Warren (R). Law enforcement mug shots/Chicago Sun Times via AP CHICAGO: A US professor who went on the run following the murder of a Chicago hairstylist will plead not guilty to the killing, his lawyer said Monday. Wyndham Lathem ? a professor at Northwestern University's Chicago campus ? and Andrew Warren, a university employee from England, were implicated in the stabbing death of the 26-year-old man found dead in Lathem's apartment. Police said the victim was
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Nadal eyes number one in Montreal with Murray sidelined

Rafael Nadal says he'll focus on the foes in front of him at the ATP Montreal Masters this week, and not on his chance to return to number one in the world. A semi-final run in Montreal would see the Spaniard supplant Britain's Andy Murray atop the rankings. "I don't even think about that now," Nadal said of number one. "I'm trying to have the right preparation now and that's it. "I'm going to keep trying to play the way I did in the first part of the season, so if I'm able to make that happe
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US natural gas emerging as rival to Russia in Europe

BACKGROUND IMAGE: A windmill pumps water from a borehole in the semi-arid Karoo region near Graaf Reinet, South Africa, October 11, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files; SUPERIMPOSED IMAGE: Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files NEW YORK: The growth of shale gas extraction is positioning the United States to be a bigger natural gas exporter, potentially chal
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US military bases can now shoot down private drones

An Airspace Systems Interceptor autonomous aerial drone flies during a product demonstration in Castro Valley, California, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/Files WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has issued new guidance to the military allowing installations in the United States to shoot down commercial or private drones deemed to be a threat, officials said Monday. Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the various branches of the military received the new guidance on Friday, and that this
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Stomach virus hits athletes at official hotel

LONDON: A number of teams staying at one of the official London hotels of the World Athletics Championships have been affected by a stomach virus, the local organizing committee said on Monday. One of the most high-profile victims was reported to be Isaac Makwala of Botswana, one of the favourites for Tuesday's 400 meters final, who was due to race in the first round of the 200 meters on Monday but did not start. He was withdrawn due to "an unspecified medical condition" by an IAAF medical del
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New gene study rewrites Neanderthal history

Image Courtesy: Yahoo7 MIAMI: A new way to use DNA to peer into the history of humanity is rewriting what experts know about our long-extinct cousins, the Neanderthals, US researchers said Monday. Previous research has suggested that near the end of their existence some 40,000 years ago, only about 1,000 Neanderthals were left on Earth. But the new study shows their population was far larger ? likely numbering in the tens of thousands ? though they existed in isolated groups across Europe, sai
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