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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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Manchester attack scars Europa League final

STOCKHOLM: Shaken by the deadly Manchester bomb attack, Manchester United's players arrived in Stockholm on Tuesday for a Europa League final against Ajax that has been scarred by tragedy. United manager Jose Mourinho said the attack, which left 22 people dead and 59 injured, had deeply affected his players, who held a minute's silence at their Carrington training base prior to leaving for Stockholm. United cancelled their eve-of-match press conference at the Friends Arena, but Mourinho and hi
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Uber says it accidentally shortchanged drivers in NYC

Uber on Tuesday said that it accidentally shortchanged drivers in New York City and plans to pay them what they are due, plus interest. While rolling out a new pricing system in the US, the San Francisco-based, on-demand ride service uncovered the error, which it said could cost tens of millions of dollars to correct. "We are committed to paying every driver every penny they are owed -- plus interest -- as quickly as possible," Uber US and Canada regional manager Rachel Holt said in a statemen
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After new concert carnage, industry hopes to prevail

Violence has once again struck music fans with a suicide attack on Ariana Grande's Manchester show, but the booming concert industry hopes to withstand the new shock. The explosion Monday in the British arena, which killed 22 people moments after the US pop idol left the stage, comes a year and a half after another assault claimed by Daesh devastated a rock show at the Bataclan in Paris. With extremists looking for maximum public impact, the blast at the Manchester Arena was especially grisly
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Manchester victims in United's 'minds and hearts', says Mourinho

Jose Mourinho said the victims of a deadly suicide bomb attack in Manchester were in the "minds and hearts" of his squad as United prepare for Wednesday's Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm. The Daesh extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack that killed at least 22 people, including children, and injured dozens at a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande at the Manchester Arena on Monday. "We're all very sad about the tragic events last night, we can't take out of our min
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'Victory' for US astronauts on critical spacewalk to replace power box

Two US astronauts successfully completed Tuesday what NASA described as a "critical" spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment that helps power the International Space Station. "We have declared victory," NASA commentator Rob Navias said about two hours into the emergency spacewalk by space station commander Peggy Whitson, 57, and flight engineer Jack Fischer, 43. The reason for the outing was the sudden breakdown on Saturday of a computer relay box known as a multiplexer-demultiplexer (
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Egyptian Museum overflows with antiquities

The world-famous Egyptian Museum boasts 160,000 priceless artefacts crammed into the hallways and exhibition halls of a 19th century two-storey building in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The museum's artefacts "belong to the various Egyptian civilisation periods, starting from pre-historic eras, all the way to the Graeco-Roman period," Sabah Abdel Razik Saddik, the museum's general manager, told AFP. The museum's best-known piece is 18th dynasty monarch King Tutankhamun's golden funerary mask and the
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Ethiopia's Tedros elected new WHO chief

GENEVA: Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom was elected Tuesday as the new head of the World Health Organization, diplomats said. The former Ethiopian health minister beat Britain's David Nabarro and Sania Nishtar of Pakistan in the race to lead the UN's public health body, replacing outgoing chief Margaret Chan of Hong Kong. The result was confirmed in a statement by the WHO after three rounds of voting on Tuesday. Tedros, a 52-year-old malaria specialist, will take over on July 1, succeeding Margaret
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Snapchat rolls out new custom stories feature

Snapchat introduced custom stories on Tuesday, the feature allows users to create stories for select friends and family members or for contacts in a specific location. ?Today we?re announcing a new way to create custom Stories ? about anything, with any of your friends, even for a specific location,? Snapchat announced on their website. Users will now be able to choose who can add to the story and who can view it. As well
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UK PM May says threat level raised to 'critical' after Manchester attack

Britain has increased its security threat level to "critical" from "severe" following a suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people, including children, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday. May also said members of the armed forces would boost security at key sites and military personnel might be deployed at public events such as concerts and sports events. May said the independent body which sets the threat level had recommended it be raised after a man named by police as Salman
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'No defeat, no pity' - Manchester unites against bomber

MANCHESTER: Thousands of Manchester residents gathered in the centre of the northern English city on Tuesday in a show of defiance against a suspected suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack at a crowded concert hall. The vigil, held in warm evening sunshine in front of the Town Hall, drew representatives of different religions who, one by one, condemned Monday evening's bombing, which ripped through a crowd leaving a show by US singer Ariana Grande. Members of th
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Ariana Grande returns to US following Manchester bombing: report

Ariana Grande returned to the United States on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at the pop singer's concert in Manchester, England, People magazine reported, as questions lingered over whether she would continue her European tour. Grande, 23, was photographed landing at an airport in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida, and being met by family members, the magazine said. The pop star has not been seen publicly since an explosion ripped through the packed Manchester Aren
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EXCLUSIVE: Neurosurgeon reveals details of Malala operation after Taliban attack

Five years have passed since the young Malala Yousafzai was shot at by the Taliban, but some people continue to dish out rumours and express doubts about whether the attack ever took place.  Social media was again abuzz when a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Mussarat Ahmed Zeb claimed in a series of tweets that the attack on the Nobel peace prizewinner was staged and that the medics and the doctor who conducted the CT scan and examined her were awarded plots by the government. In a first, the ne
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Karachi beaches: Who?s responsible for saving drowning citizens?

KARACHI: The recent tragedy, claiming six lives in drowning incidents across different beaches of the metropolis, brought to the fore the dismal state of safety at the city?s beaches. The unsuspecting citizens, to beat the scorching heat throng to the seaside, not knowing this could be the last visit of their life. Every year the beaches engulf several people into their depths, bringing only one question to mind: Who is responsible for the beaches in the city? According to a rough estimate,
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Salma Hayek says Hollywood treats actresses like monkeys

CANNES: Salma Hayek laid into Hollywood sexism on Tuesday, saying the system treats actresses like performing monkeys and wants to get rid of them once they realise they are smart. The Mexican star of "Frida" and "Desperado" lambasted the "macho" attitudes of Tinseltown, where fewer than seven percent of films are made by women. "Hollywood is not going to change and give it to women because it is all guys," she said. "From the beginning, I realised I wasn?t being treated equally as an actres
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South Africa expresses concerns after Manchester attack

LONDON: South Africa´s team manager said his side had "genuine concerns" about remaining in England following the deadly terror attack in Manchester, but there are no immediate plans to return home. Daesh claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack at the end of a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena on Monday that killed 22 people, including children. Britain´s deadliest terror attack for 12 years took place just two days before the start of a three-match one-day s
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Manchester concert attack: Suicide bomber identified as Salman Abedi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e4dd58aeeff3d5a5c0f819c256052a7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDU6MTY6NDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1QWm1sZGtnaVdaOUovOWNsTXQ3NHVBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MANCHESTER:The suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people and wounded 59 at a packed concert hall in the English city of Manchester has been identified by US officials as Salman A
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Pakistan?s Sania Nishtar eliminated in vote for top WHO post

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) was electing its new leader Tuesday, with the race narrowed to two finalists who have vowed to shake up the fiercely criticised agency. After one round of voting WHO member states eliminated former Pakistani health minister, Sania Nishtar, several diplomats with direct knowledge of the closed-door result told AFP. That left former Ethiopian health minister Tedros Adhanom and British doctor and UN veteran David Nabarro as the remaining candidates to
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Will respond to hostile actions along our frontiers: COAS

General Bajwa presiding over the 75th annual formation commanders' conference held at the GHQ. ? ISPR RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, while appreciating high state of operational readiness and morale of troops on Tuesday, asserted that any hostile action anywhere along the country's frontiers shall be responded "most befittingly," in spite of desire for peace with our neighbours. The COAS today presided over the 75th annual formation commanders' conference held
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Manchester suicide bomber identified as Salman Abedi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e4dd58aeeff3d5a5c0f819c256052a7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDU6MTY6NDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1QWm1sZGtnaVdaOUovOWNsTXQ3NHVBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MANCHESTER:The suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people and wounded 59 at a packed concert hall in the English city of Manchester has been identified by US officials as Salman A
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Katrina?s gym video gives fans major workout goals

Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif has come a long way since her 'Namaste London? days. Be it an item number about 'Sheila?s Jawani' or showing acrobatic moves in the song ?Kamli?, the actress has always flaunted her killer dancing moves at every stage with quite ease. This makes one wonder how the woman keeps up with her fitness regime to maintain flexibility and entertain fans with her flawless dance steps. The actress today posted a video of her gym workout, urging fans to practice an exercise wh
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Celebrities voice horror, heartache at UK concert attack

LONDON: The suicide bombing at a concert by Ariana Grande in Britain that killed 22 people, including children, sparked an outpouring of grief and condolences from pop stars and other celebrities around the world. Here are some of the reactions: Ariana Grande The US pop star, who had just finished performing at an arena in the northwestern English city of Manchester, when the bomb exploded, tweeted that she was "broken" by the attack. "From the bottom of my heart, I am so so so
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Pakistan not to jeopardize ties with Iran: Ayaz Sadiq

NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq - File photo  ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq said on Tuesday Pakistan will not take any measures which will endanger its ties with its southwestern neighbour, Iran. The NA Speaker was speaking in Lahore, where he said that US President Donald Trump in his speech at the Arab summit did not praise Pakistan?s sacrifices in the war on terror. There were several other leaders at the summit who did not agree with Trump?s views, he said. On the topic of Kulbhu
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SHC orders specifying three routes for heavy traffic in Karachi

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered concerned authorities to specify three routes for the passage of heavy traffic through Karachi. Issuing a written verdict in the heavy traffic case, the court allowed passage of heavy traffic from three routes in the megapolis. Heavy vehicles, after implementation of the court orders, would be able to move on the routes from Super Highway to New Karachi Industrial Area, from National Highway to Jam Sadiq Bridge and from Northern Bypass to
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Zardari?s close aide Noor Alam joins PTI

ISLAMABAD: Close aide of co-chairman Pakistan People?s Party Asif Ali Zardari Noor Alam on Tuesday Tuesday joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Noor Alam was also the Member Organizing Committee of the party and an ex-MNA from Peshawar. Talking to the media, party chairman Imran Khan claimed that many others from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) also intend to join PTI. ?Many others want to leave PML-N but are scared that they will also be treated like Chaudhary Aijaz?, he added. PPP l
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Trump administration expected to reduce military aid to Pakistan

US President Donald Trump - Reuters file photo  WASHINGTON: The Trump administration?s budget proposal would convert some of the United States? foreign military grants to loans, part of a larger effort to slash spending on diplomacy, aid and programmes abroad by more than 29 per cent, the White House said on Monday. Mick Mulvaney, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, in a briefing with reporters on Monday said that aid to Pakistan would be reduced, though he did not
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