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Eighth person who attended Trump Jr meeting identified: CNN

LEFT: Ike Kaveladze. Image courtesy: NY Daily News; RIGHT: A photo, taken on January 17, 2017, shows Donald Trump Jr. arriving at Trump Tower in New York. AFP/John Moore/File Photo  WASHINGTON: An eighth person who attended a controversial meeting with President Donald Trump's eldest son has been identified as a top official of a company founded by a Russian billionaire with links to the Trumps, CNN said Tuesday. The confirmation is the latest development in the burgeoning scandal over the Tru
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Oil tanker flips over in Rahim Yar Khan; crash site sealed

RAHIM YAR KHAN: An oil tanker overturned here in the Zafarabad area late Tuesday night, motorway police officials stated. The security officers reached the crash site moments later and sealed it in order to prevent any unfortunate consequence, a spokesperson for the motorway police revealed. Following the incident and the subsequent sealing of the connecting road, the traffic going towards the site of the accident was halted temporarily and rerouted to alternative roads, the spokesperson add
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Nasdaq hits record on Netflix boost; Dow dragged by Goldman

NEW YORK: A Netflix rally boosted the Nasdaq Composite to a record high on Tuesday while Goldman Sachs Group Inc dragged the Dow lower as earnings take center stage on Wall Street. The Nasdaq posted its eighth consecutive session of gains, the longest streak since its 10-day string in February 2015. The tech-heavy index was largely boosted by Netflix. The movie streaming company rose 13.5 percent to $183.60 a day after it crushed Wall Street forecasts by reporting 5.2 million new streaming cus
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Two people injured in firing in Karachi; two suspects detained in raid

KARACHI: Two people were injured in a firing incident here in the Kuwari Colony area late Tuesday night, police sources said. The incident took place when the wounded showed resistance during a robbery attempt, security officials noted, adding that locals caught the suspect and beat him before he could be taken into custody. Of the wounded, one has been shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital while the other has been moved to a private hospital on Stadium Road on the outskirts of Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
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Trump, Putin held a second, undisclosed meeting at G20 summit

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a second, previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official confirmed on Tuesday. The two leaders held a formal two-hour bilateral meeting on July 7 in which Trump later said Putin denied allegations that he directed efforts to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election. The White House official did not say how long the second meet
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Overnight rain, slippery roads in various areas of Karachi

File KARACHI: The weather turned pleasant after parts of Karachi received light rain in the wee hours of Wednesday. Several of those commuting late at night suffered skidding in their vehicles due to the slippery roads following the rain in various areas including Shahrah-e-Faisal, MA Jinnah Road. Areas of Gurumandir, Lasbela, Saddar, II Chundrigar, Urdu Bazar also experienced light showers. The overnight rain caused several roads across the city to flood up with water.
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Nolan got personal to summon his miracle of 'Dunkirk'

History -- some of it intensely personal -- leant heavily on Christopher Nolan when he was making his wartime epic "Dunkirk", which got ecstatic reviews from critics Tuesday. The English-born director of the "Batman" movies had longed for years to tackle the story of how a kind of victory was pulled from Britain's worst defeat of World War II. And given its string of five-star reviews it was worth the wait, with the Hollywood Reporter calling it "an impressionist masterpiece", The Guardian dee
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Trump fumes as US health care reform bid collapses

US President Donald Trump speaks about the Senate health care bill during a lunch with members of the US military in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 18, 2017. AFP/Saul Loeb  WASHINGTON: An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle his predecessor's landmark health care law, as moderates baulked at the latest Republican plan to scrap Obamacare. With several efforts to repeal and repla
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France's ex-defence minister probed in kickbacks scandal

This picture, taken in Paris on December 4, 1996, shows the President of the UDF party Francois Leotard, who was charged before the Cour de justice de la Republique (CJR) in the so-called Karachi case ? an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur in 1995 ? sources from the judiciary said on July 18, 2017. AFP/Jacques Brinon and Pascal Pavani/File Photo  PARIS: Former French defence minister Francois Leotard has been placed under formal invest
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Canada musters military to fight wildfires, 39,000 evacuated

CALGARY: Canada was deploying military aircraft and Australia was sending 50 firefighters to battle rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia that have forced 39,000 people from their homes, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said on Monday. Goodale told reporters the western Canadian province had made two requests of the federal government for military assistance to fight the fires, which he said were expected to worsen. The military has sent two planes and five helicopters to
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Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee honoured by Hollywood

Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee places his handprints in cement during a ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, US, July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni LOS ANGELES: Stan Lee ? whose Marvel superheroes have dominated popular culture for half a century ? was honoured Tuesday when he plunged his hands and feet into cement at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre. In a typically colourful comment, the 94-year-old comic book legend ? whose characters include Sp
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Google Glass reborn for the workplace

This photo from April 1, 2012, shows eyewear that meshes the online world with the real world. AFP/Google/File Photo  SAN FRANCISCO: After spending two years on the sidelines, Google Glass' Internet-linked eyewear is back in the game ? this time aimed at helping workers do their jobs. General Electric, Volkswagen, and Boeing are among more than 50 businesses taking part in testing a Glass Enterprise Edition in a limited program, project lead Jay Kothari said Tuesday in a blog post. Three year
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Spain's football federation chief held in fraud probe

Police raided the headquarters of Spain's football federation on Tuesday and arrested its president Angel Maria Villar as part of an anti-corruption probe. Villar, 67, a senior vice president of FIFA, world football's governing body, was being held on suspicion of abusing his position to embezzle funds from the federation, among other charges, a judicial source said. FIFA declined to comment on the arrest, with a spokesman saying it was an "internal affair" for Spain despite Villar's years as
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World's first child hand transplant a 'success'

Zion Harvey says he looks forward to being able to throw a football with his own hands. AFP via Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  WASHINGTON: The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed, and dress himself, doctors said Tuesday, declaring the ground-breaking operation a success after 18 months. The report in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health provides the first official medical update on 10-year old Zion Harvey, who underwent surgery to
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Not possible to punish prime minister on basis of his family: Talal

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry, speaking with regard to Panama Leaks case, has said that it is not possible to punish the prime minister on the basis of his family. Speaking on Geo News' program 'Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath', Talal said the grandson in Sharif family has accounted for his grandfather and even if there occurred a mistake on someone's part, then the law does not state that Nawaz Sharif is to be punished for that. "The way Sharif family has
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Panama Papers: Premier's counsel to resume arguments on Wednesday

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Khawaja Harris Ahmed, will resume his arguments on Wednesday in the Supreme Court in the ongoing Panama Papers case.  Counsel for the premier's children, Salman Akram Raja, is also expected to initiate his arguments on the third day.  Earlier on Tuesday, the three-member special Supreme Court bench hearing the case observed that it would examine all the material and then decide on disqualifying the premier or sending the matter to an acco
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Coldplay salutes US immigrants in new video

Coldplay hailed the contributions of immigrants to the United States as the English rockers released a video for a new song, "Miracles (Someone Special)." Without any explicit reference to President Donald Trump and his crackdown on immigration, Coldplay made clear that the history of the United States goes beyond people of European heritage. The video starts with a wall of old photos. The shot zooms in to show immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the station in New York Harbor through which
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US sanctions Iran over missiles, despite nukes compliance

The US slapped fresh sanctions on Iran Tuesday over its ballistic missile program, just hours after Washington admitted the Islamic Republic was complying with a landmark nuclear deal signed two years ago. Iran's parliament retaliated by voting for extra funding for the missile program, a move that speaker Ali Larijani said would show the Americans that Iran "will resist them with all its power." The heightened tensions came after President Donald Trump was forced to back off from a key campai
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Prime minister meets Qatar?s foreign minister, praises efforts to end Gulf crisis

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday held a meeting with a delegation from Qatar led by Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrehman Al-Thani here and discussed bilateral relations and the Middle East situation. Al-Thani apprised the prime minister of Qatar?s stance on demands put forward by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain to end the Arab countries? boycott of Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Gulf states cut ties with Qatar; Iran blames Trump Egypt, Bahrain,
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Japanese engineers develop headset-less VR system

A virtual reality "space ride" in which viewers feel as if they are flying through the air inside a giant glass ball has been developed in Japan. Unlike conventional VR systems, the "8K:VR Ride" - which resembles a cross between a theme park ride and a miniature IMAX theatre - does not require users to wear any headgear. Instead they are placed on two swiveling, elevated chairs just in front of a semi-spherical screen which entirely engulfs their field of vision. "Unlike the conventional flat
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Saudi-led coalition blocks U.N. aid staff flight carrying journalists to Yemen

DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen prevented a UN flight carrying aid agency staff from traveling to the Houthi-controled capital Sanaa on Tuesday because three international journalists were also aboard, aviation sources said. The coalition, which intervened in the Yemen conflict in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, controls the airspace over Yemen and can prevent any flights made without prior permission. Aviation
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Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance

Photo: AFP A couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their seven children, Swiss media reported Tuesday. The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily. The head of the Glacier 3000 ski resort, Bernard Tschannen, told Le Matin that the bodies were found last Thursday. "It was
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Uber is sued over lack of wheelchair-accessible cars in NYC

NEWYORK: Uber Technologies Inc was sued on Tuesday by disability rights groups that said th ride-sharing company violates New York City human rights laws by failing to make enough of its vehicles accessible to disabled people. The proposed class-action complaint accused Uber of "pervasive and ongoing discrimination" because people in wheelchairs can use only a few dozen of its more than 58,000 vehicles in the city. Given Uber´s growing popularity, this "substantially undermines" the benefits o
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Kurd-Militants clashes kill 15 in north Syria: monitor

Beirut: More than a dozen Syrian militants have died in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in the country´s north, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The Turkish-backed rebels were locked in a second day of fighting on Tuesday with units from the Syrian Democratic Forces around the village of Ain Daqna. "Since Monday, 15 fighters from Syrian rebel factions were killed in the clashes and four SDF fighters were wounded, including one in critical condition," t
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Record-tampering: Senate recommends removal of SECP chairman

ISLAMABAD: The Senate has recommended the immediate removal of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Zafar Hijazi from his post, read a draft resolution signed by 40 members on Tuesday, following registration of a case against him relating to Panama Leaks case. The special bench of the Supreme Court, overseeing the implementation of the Panama case verdict, had on July 10 ordered registration of FIR against Hijazi for tampering official records. The Federal Investigat
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