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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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Singer Chris Cornell had anxiety drugs, sedatives in system before suicide

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had several prescription drugs in his system when he committed suicide last month in a Detroit hotel, according to the results of an autopsy released on Friday. Cornell, 52, had anti-anxiety drugs, sedatives, barbiturates and sinus congestion medication in his system, a toxicology report from the Wayne County Medical Examiner showed. The medical examiner last month determined that the grunge singer died by hanging himself on May 17 with an exercise resistance
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Panama case: Security tightened as Hussain Nawaz to appear before JIT for fourth time

Hussain Nawaz was probed for six hours during his last appearance before JIT on June 1. Photo: file  ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team, which is probing PM?s assets following Supreme Court?s verdict on Panama case, started its session Saturday morning. The JIT is working on compiling the progress report on the case, which it has to present before the SC on June 7. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif?s elder son Hussain Nawaz is expected to appear before the JIT for the fourth time. However, t
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Suicide bombers kill nine in northern Cameroon

Two children carrying explosives blew themselves up on Friday near a camp in northern Cameroon housing civilians displaced by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, killing nine people and wounding 30, officials said. They entered the town of Kolofata, around 10 km (6 miles) from the border with Nigeria, before dawn, posing as refugees looking for food before the start of the daytime fast for Ramadan. "Two suicide bomber adolescents aged between 10 and 15 years infiltrated the town of Kolofata," Comm
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Karachiites 'have a dream?, hope for uninterrupted power supply in Ramazan

File photo. KARACHI: Regardless of whether it is time to start or break the fast, citizens continue to face major power outages during the holy month of Ramazan, often resorting to protests that usually don?t bear any fruit. Saturday marks the seventh day of fasting and of recurring electric breakdowns in the metropolis, but it seems that K-Electric?s priority is one petty issue: to not let people term local faults as load-shedding. Demonstrations were held in various neighbourhoods of Gulist
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Buffon eyes Champions League final 'fairytale' with Juventus

Veteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid will have "special" personal significance as he approaches the end of his storied career. A world champion with Italy in 2006 and eight-time Serie A winner with Juventus, Buffon finished on the losing side in his two previous Champions League finals in 2003 and 2015. Now 39, he may never get a better opportunity to claim Europe's biggest prize and he concedes it is a source of extra motivati
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Rumours of heat stroke casualties are false: Edhi spokesman

KARACHI: Spokesman of Edhi Foundation, on Saturday, declared the news of 600 casualties due to heatwave, as false rumours. The death certificates of all the bodies brought in the past twelve days are present, said Edhi official Anwar Kazmi. None of the deceased were declared dead due to heat stroke, he clarified. According to Kazmi, the heatwave in the city is prevalent but none of the deaths can be attributed to heat stroke. The public should not pay heed to such rumours, he appealed. In t
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Five arrested during raids in Karachi, two detained for loitering in Lahore

File photo. Three suspects, including one woman, were arrested during a search operation conducted late Friday night here in Jackson area, police said. Security officials explained that the arrestees were wanted for numerous crimes, including murder, attempted murder, and robbery. During another operation carried out on Friday night in Pakistan Bazaar area of Orangi Town, two suspects were detained by police, Geo News reported. Security officers mentioned that contraband was recovered from the
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Apple set to expand Siri, taking different route from Amazon's Alexa

The Apple logo is seen on a computer screen in this illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France. February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo  Apple Inc is expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon.com Inc's competing Alexa service. But the Cupertino, California-based company is likely to stick to its tested method of focusing on a small number of fea
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Big US companies stay on White House panel despite climate jolt

WASHINGTON: Several major US companies, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc, JP Morgan Chase & Co and IBM Corp on Friday said their CEOs will remain in an influential presidential advisory group despite objecting to President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. Citing the need to stay engaged with the administration, business leaders said they would remain in their advisory roles to continue working to influence White House policies. Trump, a Republican, on Thursday said he
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Trump to nominate Richard Spencer for Navy secretary: White House

Richard Spencer, a leader and spokesperson for the so-called ?alt-right? movement, speaks to the media at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US. February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts  President Donald Trump plans to nominate Richard Spencer, who has worked as a financial industry executive, to be Secretary of the Navy, the White House said on Friday. Spencer also served as a captain in the US Marine Corps and spent five years on t
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Fate of Trump travel ban hinges on emergency US Supreme Court request

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump faces an uphill fight convincing the Supreme Court it should grant his emergency request to reinstate his travel ban on people entering the United States from six predominantly Muslim countries. His legal team on Thursday night asked the nine justices to allow his controversial March 6 executive order to take effect immediately despite being blocked by lower courts. The Supreme Court rarely grants emergency requests. At issue is a ban Trump has said is necess
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Putin urges 'joint work' with Trump on climate

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged the world to work with Donald Trump on climate, insisting he did not "judge" the US leader for quitting the landmark Paris accord. "You shouldn't make a noise about this, but should create the conditions for joint work," Putin said at an economic forum, adding that Trump had said he wanted to renegotiate a new deal. "If such a major emitter as the US is not going to cooperate entirely then it won't be possible to agree any deal in this area," Pu
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Astronauts return after marathon ISS mission

A Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed on the Kazakh steppe Friday, ending their marathon 196-day mission to the International Space Station. NASA TV showed recovery crews swiftly helping the pair out of the craft and whisking them away from the landing site as the sun began to set on a hot summer's evening in central Kazakhstan. The pair undocked as the International Space Station (ISS) orbited above the Chinese-Mongolian
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Afghans protesting after truck bomb killed in clash with police

KABUL: Protesters demanding the resignation of the Afghan government after this week's devastating truck bomb clashed with riot police in Kabul on Friday in a confrontation that resulted in at least four deaths. The protests added to pressure on President Ashraf Ghani's fragile and divided government, which has been powerless to stop a string of attacks in the capital that have killed hundreds of civilians in recent months. Wednesday's bomb attack, at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of
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German police suspend open-air rock concert 'Rock am Ring' over terrorism alert

A still image taken from video shows people leaving the open-air weekend 'Rock am Ring' concert near the Nürburgring racetrack in Nurburg, Germany June 2, 2017. Instagram/@ZUZIA93/via Reuters TV  German police temporarily stopped an open-air weekend "Rock am Ring" concert near the Nürburgring race track on Friday due to a possible terrorist threat. "Due to a terror danger situation, we told the organiser to temporarily stop the concert as a precaution," police in the nearby town of Koblenz sai
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Forget Durant versus LeBron, it's all Durant-Rihanna now

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant denied deliberately staring down singer-actress Rihanna, a devout LeBron James fan, in the NBA Finals opener, but his glance in her direction stirred the internet. Durant scored 38 points on 14-of-26 shooting with eight rebounds and eight assists to power the Warriors over James and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers 113-91 in game one of the best-of-seven series Thursday at Oakland. The moment that seemed to send sparks flying between the celebr
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Why therapists shouldn?t approve patients? emotional support animals

A growing number of therapists are certifying their patients? pets as emotional support animals, allowing people to bring their cats, pigs and birds on planes and into rental homes even though it may not be medically necessary, a recent study suggests. Researchers asked 87 mental health professionals to review current laws and policies for determining when animals may qualify as emotional support animals in the US, including federal transportation requirements for air travel. Then, researchers
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Cardiff party yet to reach fever pitch as fans trickle in

LONDON: Twenty minutes stroll along the River Taff from the stadium that will host Saturday's Champions League final neat rows of tents stretch out across a picturesque park awaiting occupation. On the eve of the biggest football match ever staged in Cardiff, the expected invasion by fans of Real Madrid and Juventus was not materialising as locals went about their Friday morning business in peace. It was a similar story in Cardiff's city centre where small groups of Spanish and Italian fans am
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Dying sea sparkle caused stench that Karachi experienced two days back

File photo What was the real reason behind the disgusting stench that filled Karachi a couple of days ago? While no governmental investigative agency has an explanation, the answer lies in marine life and ecological system. World Wide Fund (WWF) ? an organisation that works to promote a better, healthier environment ? claims the stench spread due to dying noctiluca, commonly known as sea sparkle. An unpleasant, overpowering odour pervaded throughout the metropolis, especially its coastal areas
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Nadal merciless as Djokovic toils in Paris

PARIS: Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal lost just one game in a ruthless display to reach the French Open last 16 on Friday, but title-holder Novak Djokovic needed five sets to survive. Nadal demonstrated why he is once more considered the overwhelming favourite at Roland Garros with a brutal demolition of Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili. The Spaniard romped to a 6-0, 6-1, 6-0 win, narrowly missing out on becoming just the sixth man in the Open era to record a "triple bagel". "Perfection? I don
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Google moves to block 'annoying' ads in browser

Google is working to block "annoying" ads in its Chrome browser, part of a broader effort by industry players to filter out certain types of marketing messages that draw complaints. "We believe online ads should be better. That's why we joined the Coalition for Better Ads, an industry group dedicated to improving online ads," said Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google's senior vice president for advertising in a blog post Thursday. "In dialogue with the Coalition and other industry groups, we plan to have
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Waymo turning tech talent to self-driving trucks

Alphabet-owned Waymo is putting its autonomous driving expertise to work in trucking, in a new track for the unit formerly known as Google Car. Tests taking place currently at a private track in California are to be followed up by trying out rigs, with drivers ready to take the wheels, on roads in Arizona later this year, according to Waymo. "We're taking our eight years of experience in building self-driving hardware and software and conducting a technical exploration into how our technology
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Sarfraz says Champions Trophy is an important tournament for him as skipper

Pakistan limited-overs captain Sarfraz Ahmed, on Friday, regarded Champions Trophy as an important tournament for the team, and himself as a captain. Speaking in Geo News' show 'Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath', he said: "It's almost a mini World Cup for us, and most definitely very important for the whole team and myself as captain." "We have been training hard for the last 10-12 days of the camp here" He said, the boys are putting in a lot of effort and they are all very determined. Respo
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Sarfraz says Champions Trophy important tournament for him as skipper

Pakistan limited-overs captain Sarfraz Ahmed, on Friday, called Champions Trophy an important tournament for the team, and himself as a captain. Speaking in Geo News' show 'Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath', he said: "It's almost a mini World Cup for us, and most definitely very important for the whole team and myself as captain." "We have been training hard for the last 10-12 days of the camp here." He said the boys are putting in a lot of effort and they are all very determined. Responding
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PTI spokesperson sends Rs. 2 bn defamation notice to Maryam Nawaz

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3ea08d5af496b18bf620e8143e1ed033.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Ni8yLzIwMTcgMTo0NToxNCBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPS92c003eFdsTGhiMEFqSGVqaGFnSUE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Naeem-ul-Haq has sent a Rs. 2-billion defamation notice to the premier?s daughter Maryam Nawaz for carrying out his fake media trial. The notice issued by Senior Advocate Babar Awan
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