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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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USD falls by 9 paisas in the interbank market

Pakistan Stock Exchange. Photo: File  KARACHI: The US Dollar's value fell by 9 paisas in the interbank market during the first half of trading on Wednesday. The unexpected decline in the USD's value from Rs105.39 to Rs105.30 during early trading hours was followed by a 126-points increase in the KSE-100 index, which crossed the 45,762 points level. A special implementation bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, began hearing
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Ed Sheeran back on Twitter after mysteriously disappearing amid GoT backlash

Ed Sheeran had a bizarre cameo in GoT's season 7 premiere. Photo: HBO Ed Sheeran´s Twitter page reappeared on Tuesday with a spring clean of old tweets after a brief disappearance prompted speculation that the singer had quit the social media platform after mixed reaction to his cameo on TV show "Game of Thrones." Sheeran´s Twitter account, which boasts 14 million followers, appeared to have been deactivated on Monday. On Tuesday, it was live again, but many of Sheeran´s 30,000 tweets, includi
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Anusha Rahman dismisses JIT report as ?trash'

Anusha Rahman addressing media in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication, Anusha Rahman, has rubbished the report by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), labeling it ?trash? based on ?dishonesty?. Speaking to the media as the Supreme Court resumed hearing the Panama case on Wednesday, Rahman said the JIT?s findings were not final and questioned if another JIT would be formed to investigate the allegations against the existing JIT. ?The JIT report ha
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Nawaz Sharif biggest criminal in Pakistan's history: Naeemul Haque

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/67fa809d2a723072aea31888b837f61e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ny8xOS8yMDE3IDY6Mzk6MzEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT15NVZuTzFMRTBzUk5hR2Izc1YyQlVRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque on Wednesday used strong words to condemn Pakistan Muslim League ? Nawaz (PML-N) allegations on party chief Imran Khan.
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#PakistanZindabad: Movement started by Shoaib Malik ruling Twitter

A movement to project a positive image of Pakistan to the world, started by cricketer Shoaib Malik, has captured not just the hearts of patriotic Pakistanis but also the chaotic world of social media. #PakistanZindabad, the hashtag defining the movement, is dominating Twitter, becoming among the top trends as enthusiastic Twitterati show off to the world the many facets of their motherland they are proud of and hold dear. ?Let?s do our part in showing the world the side of Pakistan we all lov
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Litigants suffer as lawyers go on countrywide strike for PM?s resignation

Members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) are observing a countrywide strike today (Wednesday) to seek the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in light of the damning report of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT). Legal proceedings remain suspended at the Lahore High Court and lower courts in Karachi, Lahore and other cities as lawyers register their protest to demand a premier's resignation. "The protest w
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Sri Lanka make record run chase to beat Zimbabwe

Dilruwan Perera and Asela Gunaratne celebrate after steering Sri Lanka to victory/AFP COLOMBO: Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne guided Sri Lanka to a record 388 target to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets Tuesday in a pulsating end to their one-off Test. A crucial 121-run sixth-wicket stand between Gunaratne (80 not out) and Dickwella (81) secured Sri Lanka´s best-ever run chase. Their previous best was against South Africa in 2006, when they reached 352. Tuesday´s chase was also the highest
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Silicon Valley mostly quiet in internet surveillance debate in Congress

Protesters hold up signs in the audience section before a US House Intelligence Committee hearing on the potential changes to the foreign intelligence surveillance act (FISA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US on October 29, 2013. Photo: Reuters   WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google, Apple Inc, and other major technology firms are largely absent from a debate over the renewal of a broad US internet surveillance law, weakening prospects for privacy reforms that would further prote
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Ukraine rebels announce new ?state?

Pro-Russian rebels march in the centre of Donetsk during the WWII Victory Day parade/AFP KIEV: Russian-backed rebels fighting against Kiev on Tuesday announced a plan to create a new "state" they said would take the place of Ukraine and have its capital in their territory. Ukraine´s pro-Western authorities immediately ridiculed the idea as a Kremlin project that they would never allow to get off the ground. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in turn called the plan the "personal initiative" of re
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Five killed in bus-car collision in Rahim Yar Khan

RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least five people were killed and nine others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a car in Rahim Yar Khan early Wednesday. The bus was headed to Sadiqabad from Lahore when it crashed into the car near the village of Kot Samaba, resulting in the tragedy. According to reports, the bus was over-speeding due to which the accident occurred. The driver of the bus fled from the scene. Oil tanker flips over in Rahim Yar Khan; crash site sealed Security offi
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Rain, thunderstorm expected at scattered places in Punjab, Sindh: MET

Photo: Web Rain-thunderstorm (with isolated heavy falls) and gusty winds are expected at scattered places in Punjab (Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan divisions), Sindh, eastern Balochistan (Zhob, Kalat, Sibbi, Quetta, Naseerabad divisions), Bannu, D.I. Khan division, FATA and Kashmir in the next 24-hours. Rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat divisions), Rawalpindi, Sargodha
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Can 007 become Jane Bond after Doctor Who unveils first female time lord?

LONDON: With a woman to play the role of sci-fi TV character Doctor Who for the first time in 54 years, British betting companies on Monday cut the odds on a female taking up another of the other most famous fictional male roles ? James Bond. For while Doctor Who fans were divided over 35-year-old Jodie Whittaker becoming the 13th and first female Time Lord, bookmakers said this could be a sign of wider changes to come. Two major betting firms shortened their odds on a female James Bond ? with
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Blood sugar swings tied to depression in elderly with type 2 diabetes

Greater ups and downs of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), a marker of long-term blood sugar levels, are associated with a higher number of symptoms of depression in elderly individuals with type 2 diabetes, a recent Israeli study finds. ?The results suggest that maintaining stability in glycemic (?blood sugar?) control may be important for prevention of depressive symptoms in elderly diabetic patients,? Dr Ramit Ravona-Springer from Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, and Tel-Aviv University told Reuters H
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'Trump effect' prices out of some US stocks

US President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks during a "Made in America" products showcase event at the White House in Washington, US, July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The US stock market gave a muted response to the overnight collapse in the US Senate of legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, as earnings ? including from Goldman Sachs and Netflix ? took the market's focus on Tuesday. Analysts say the knee-jerk reactions in stocks in the wake of President Donald Trump's
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Drug for chronic Hepatitis C approved by FDA

Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its hepatitis C drug for patients who had failed to respond to prior treatments. Vosevi is the first drug to be approved for hepatitis C patients already treated with Sovaldi or other drugs, which inhibit a protein called NS5A, the FDA said in a separate release. The approval is based on data from two late-stage studies, which evaluated 12 weeks of the drug in previously treated patients, the company said
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Singer R. Kelly denies BuzzFeed article accusing him of 'cult'

LOS ANGELES: R&B singer R. Kelly on Monday denied an article by US media outlet BuzzFeed News that he was keeping a household of young women in a "cult" atmosphere. "Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him. Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such allegations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name," Kelly's attorney Linda Mensch said in a statement. Kelly has not been charged with any crime. BuzzFeed s
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Amazon makes cloud contract more customer-friendly as rivals loom

Amazon.com Inc has done away with a controversial clause in its cloud computing contracts that prohibited customers from suing the company over patent infringement, according to an updated version of the Amazon Web Services customer agreement released on Thursday. The so-called ?non-assert? clause had been a point of friction for years for numerous companies that were interested in using Amazon Web Services but were reluctant to trust Amazon with their intellectual property. Amazon Web Service
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Russia says ready to retaliate after US talks end without deal

File MOSCOW: Russia said on Tuesday that it reserved the right to retaliate against the United States after a meeting in Washington ended without an agreement to return Russian diplomatic property the US had seized. Barack Obama, then US president, ordered the seizure of two Russian diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland and the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats in December over what he said was their involvement in hacking the 2016 US presidential election campaign, something Russia fla
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North Korea lacks capacity to hit US with accuracy: US general

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Air Force General Paul Selva speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, US, October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON: North Korea does not have the ability to strike the United States with "any degree of accuracy" and while its missiles have the range, they lack the necessary guidance capability, the vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday. Earlier this month, North Korea said it had c
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Swiss glacier yields bodies of couple missing 75 years

GENEVA: The frozen remains of a Swiss couple that went missing 75 years ago in the Alps have been found on a shrinking glacier, Swiss media said on Tuesday. Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin ? the parents of seven children ? had gone to feed their cattle in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais Canton on August 15, 1942. "We spent our whole lives looking for them, without stopping. We thought that we could give them the funeral they deserved one day," their youngest daughter Marceline Udry-Dumou
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Fire at Ghana parliament tower building with no major damage

File A small unit on a tower building at Ghana's Parliament caught fire on Tuesday but the blaze did not cause any major damage or disrupt the use of the facility, the national fire service said. The fire started in a printing room on the 10th floor of the "Job 600" complex and spread to an adjoining kitchenette, fire service spokesman Billy Anaglate said. "We have put it out and everything is under control. It's not a threatening situation and we expect the complex to open for business tomorr
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Senate intelligence panel wants to interview all in Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting

Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, US, July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo  WASHINGTON: A congressional panel wants to interview President Donald Trump's eldest son, his former campaign chairman and all others who were at a June 2016 meeting with Russian nationals, part of investigations into allegations that Moscow meddled in the US election campaign, senators said on Tuesday. The meeting in Trump Tower in New York has grabbed t
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Madonna seeks to stop NY auction of Tupac Shakur breakup letter

Madonna attempted on Tuesday to stop an upcoming auction of a prison break-up letter from rapper Tupac Shakur and a note in which she called singer Whitney Houston and actress Sharon Stone "horribly mediocre". The "Rebel Heart" singer filed a request in New York Supreme Court for a temporary restraining order against New York auction house Gotta Have It Collectibles to halt the sale, due to start on Wednesday. Madonna said in court documents that she was not aware until reading press reports
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Malala condemns China over death of fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in Maiduguri, Nigeria, July 18, 2017. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde  ABUJA: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai condemned China's treatment of her fellow peace prize-winner Liu Xiaobo following his death of liver cancer in custody last week. Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms in Chin
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Russia probes fidget spinners over health fears

Fidget spinners are displayed for sale in a window of a toy shop in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on May 5, 2017. AFP/Drew Angerer/File Photo  MOSCOW: Russia's state consumer watchdog warned Tuesday over possible harmful effects on children from an addiction to fidget spinners, the craze sweeping playgrounds around the world. It came after state TV said the toys could make people susceptible to the messages of the political opposition. The Rospotrebnadzor watchdog said it had noted "
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