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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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Doctors view technology as largely problematic

Sixty-nine percent of the 100 doctors in the audience said increased reliance on technology and electronic health records only served to separate them from their patients. Photo: NCSBN  SAN FRANCISCO: When an endurance runner with a history of heart failure felt under the weather, he brought his activity tracker data from a workout to his cardiologist. Dr Michael Blum examined the runner?s heart rate readings. The cardiologist could see when his patient was pushing to climb a hill or to increa
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FBR sends notices to more than 2,000 people over 'expensive gifts'

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sent notices to over 2,000 people who declared receiving expensive gifts in their wealth statements in the last fiscal year. FBR officials believe the untaxed ?gifts? could have been used to launder money and evade taxes. Sources in the FBR said that three people received gifts of Rs1 billion or more, eight received gifts between Rs500 million and Rs1 billion or more, 97 received gifts between Rs100 million and Rs200 million and 280 people rece
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Britain's Peaty sets 50m breaststroke record

17th FINA World Aquatics Championships ? Men's 50m Breaststroke Preliminary ? Budapest, Hungary ? July 25, 2017 ? Adam Peaty of Britain reacts after he comes first BUDAPEST: Briton Adam Peaty smashed his own world record in the men's 50 meters breaststroke while Hungary's Katinka Hosszu and American Katie Ledecky set out their stalls to become the leading female swimmer at the world championships on Tuesday. Following the successful defense of his 100m title on Monday evening, Peaty clocked a w
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Apple ordered to pay $506 million to university in patent dispute

An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. Photo: Reuters File A US judge on Monday ordered Apple Inc to pay $506 million for infringing on a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm, more than doubling the damages initially imposed on Apple by a jury. US District Judge William Conley in Madison added $272 million to a $234 million jury verdict the Wisconsin Alumni Research F
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Hardik Pandya debuts as India bat against Sri Lanka

India and SL captains at the toss  GALLE: India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat in the first of the three-test series against hosts Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium on Wednesday. All-rounder Hardik Pandya was handed a test debut by the tourists, who are determined to begin the series well at a ground where Sri Lanka prevailed over them in 2015. "This time around we are starting off with a more solid combination, trusting our four strike bowlers to do the job and w
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Wisconsin company offers employees microchip implants

Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips with the needles used to implant them under the skin are pictured in New York January 4, 2006. A Wisconsin vending machine company is offering its employees a chance to have a microchip implanted in their hands that they could use to buy snacks, log in to computers or use the copy machine. About 50 employees at Three Square Market have agreed to the optional implant of the chips, which are the approximate size and shape of a grain of ric
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Panama JIT dissolved as members back to routine jobs

The six-member JIT was headed by FIA Additional Director Wajid Zia  ISLAMABAD: Members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed to probe the Sharif family in the high-profile Panama Leaks case, reported back to their routine jobs after the team disbanded following submission of the report to the Supreme Court. The JIT, which comprised of six senior government officers picked to investigate the Prime Minister and his children in the Panama case, submitted its final report on alleged money l
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US Senate advances on healthcare, with dramatic return by McCain

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2017.  Photo:REUTERS1 WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans narrowly agreed on Tuesday to open debate on a bill to end Obamacare, but the party's seven-year effort to roll back Democratic President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law still faces si
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SC takes up Tareen?s disqualification case today

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jehangir Khan Tareen. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) takes up the disqualification petition against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jehangir Khan Tareen today for allegedly owning offshore companies in the name of his children, sharing gifts worth over Rs1.6 billion among family members, and involvement in insider trading in the shares of United Sugar Mills Limited in 2005. Tareen?s family members? hidden offshore companies were unearthed
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Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 17 as rescuers search rubble

Fire brigade and NDRF personnel carrying out a search and rescue operation following a building collapse at Ghatkopar in Mumbai on Tuesday. Photo: PTI  MUMBAI: The death toll from the collapse of a four-storey building in the suburbs of India's financial capital, Mumbai, more than doubled overnight to 17 as rescuers removed debris searching for those still trapped, a police official said on Wednesday. The 40-year-old building in Mumbai's eastern suburb of Ghatkopar housed a nursing home on the
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White House hails Israel for removing holy site metal detectors

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders addressing press aboard Air Force One. Photo: AP WASHINGTON: The White House welcomed Israel?s decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site Tuesday after their installation triggered deadly violence, saying the Jewish state was ?reducing tensions.? ?Israel has removed the recently installed magnetometers and cameras, despite the demonstrated need to enhance security at the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif in the wa
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Morata debut upstaged by two-goal Mueller

Chelsea's Alvaro Morata in action during the match against Bayern Munich in Singapore July 25, 2017/Reuters SINGAPORE: Big-money signing Alvaro Morata grabbed an assist on his debut for Premier League champions Chelsea on Tuesday but was upstaged by two-goal Thomas Mueller as Bayern Munich won 3-2 in Singapore. The Spanish international striker signed for Chelsea from Real Madrid in a deal reported to be worth up to 80 million euros ($92m) last week, and climbed off the bench with about 30 minu
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Fuel shortage hits major cities across Pakistan

A long line of vehicles at a fuel station. Photo: Geo News  A severe crisis is on the cards as several fuel stations in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta, among other areas, have closed shop owing to lack of supply and high demand. Moreover, at the handful of fuel stations that are operating, long queues of commuters can be seen as people rush to acquire the commodity before it runs out completely. Adding to the crisis is the decision of CNG stations to close down across Sindh f
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Birds get new wings at Brazil rehab center

Not a single wing flutters in the Seropedica aviary near Rio de Janeiro, where Macaws and other birds are learning how to fly again after they were rescued from traffickers. Photo: AFP   Not a single wing flutters in the Seropedica aviary near Rio de Janeiro, where aras and others parrots are learning how to fly again after they were rescued from traffickers. Nearby, monkeys, turtles, boas and even alligators are also being nursed back to health at the IBAMA treatment centre, just a 90-minute
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Upper, central parts of country likely to receive monsoon showers: MET

Photo: AP file Monsoon currents are penetrating upper and central parts of the country on Wednesday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said. A westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country and likely to persist during the next few days. Rain and thunderstorm are expected at scattered places in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Hazara divisions, Islamabad, Kashmir, while at isolated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lahore, Sargodha, D.G. Khan, Sibbi, Nasirabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur divisions, FATA
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Maradona backs use of video technology to prevent another ?Hand of God?

Maradona's notorious 'Hand of God' goal  Diego Maradona has backed the use of video assistant referees (VARs) in football even though he is aware that his infamous ´Hand of God´ goal would not have stood if the technology had existed during his heyday. The goal during the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England is one of the most talked about in the history of football, alongside his brilliant solo run past five defenders in the same game that gave his side a 2-1 victory. Th
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Fighting climate change can boost jobs, cut inequality: New York mayor

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks regarding the US President Donald Trump's federal budget proposal with New York Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill at city hall in New York, US, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo  NEW YORK: US cities can create jobs and cut social inequality as they reduce global warming but must act quickly since the nation took a "wrong turn" on climate change, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. Some 300 cities have stepped up and said
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Women in focus at Toronto film festival

Organisers of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) -- the largest in North America -- will focus this year on female directors, screenwriters and actresses, in response to criticism that such events are too male-dominated. "Today's announcement cements that the future is female (and so is TIFF?s programming)," the organisers said in a statement Tuesday, promising a women-heavy line-up for the 400,000 visitors of the 10-day movie fest, which begins on September 7. The event is schedul
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Leo and Kate will be your dinner date, for the right price

LOS ANGELES: Ever yearned to swap tales of the sea with "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet? Well strap on your life jacket, because the pair are auctioning off a private dinner in their exclusive company for charity, a spokesman for the actor told AFP on Tuesday. The glamorous date -- planned for a restaurant of the winner's choice in New York City in the fall -- is among several lots being offered at the star-studded Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation gala in the French resort of Sa
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Vatican treasurer to face Australia court on historical sex charges

MELBOURNE: Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell arrived at a court in his native Australia on Wednesday for his first appearance to face historical *** charges as the most senior Roman Catholic official to face such accusations. Pell, 76, a top adviser to Pope Francis, was escorted into Melbourne Magistrates' Court by police through a large crowd of media, protesters and supporters. Australian police charged Pell last month with "historical sexual offences" from multiple complainants. Pell
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Vatican turns off fountains as Rome gasps in drought

A woman walks next to a fountain in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi VATICAN CITY: Vatican authorities began on Monday to turn off some 100 fountains, including two Baroque masterpieces in St. Peter's Square, due to a prolonged drought affecting the tiny city state and the city of Rome which surrounds it. Suffocating summer heat has followed two years of lower-than-average rainfall in Rome, forcing the Italian capital to close drinking fountains and conside
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Human Rights Watch: French police use excessive force on Calais migrants

PARIS: Human Rights Watch (HRW) pressed the French government on Wednesday to end what it described as police violence against migrants in the northern town of Calais, where hundreds have returned despite the demolition of a sprawling camp known as "the jungle". In a report entitled "Like Living in Hell", the rights group said police "routinely" abused migrants in the hope of having them leave the coastal town. Based on interviews conducted with some 60 migrants in the area, HRW said police ha
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Hijab goes mainstream as advertisers target Muslim money

A woman poses in a Nike hijab being developed for Muslim women athletes, in an undated photo released by the company March 8, 2017. Vivienne Balla/Nike/Handout via REUTERS  BEIRUT: The hijab ? one of the most visible signs of Islamic culture ? is going mainstream with advertisers, media giants, and fashion firms promoting images of the traditional headscarf in ever more ways. Last week, Apple previewed 12 new emoji characters to be launched later this year, one of a woman wearing a hijab.
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US House approves new Russia sanctions, defying Trump

WASHINGTON:The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to slap new sanctions on Russia, and force President Donald Trump to obtain lawmakers' permission before easing any sanctions on Moscow, in a rare rebuke of the Republican in the White House. It was unclear how quickly the bill would make its way to the White House for Trump to sign into law or veto. The bill still has to be passed by the Senate, which is mired in debate over efforts to overhaul the US healthcare system
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Republicans block Democrats' bid to see US Treasury files on Trump

WASHINGTON: US House Republicans on Tuesday shot down a legislative effort by Democrats to obtain Treasury Department documents that could show any ties between the finances of President Donald Trump, his inner circle and the Russian government. The bill was rejected amid intense sparring with Democrats openly wondering whether or not Trump, a Republican, is compromised by a foreign power and Republicans dismissing it as a political stunt. Representative Jeb Hensarling, the Republican chair
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