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Deadly unrest grips Venezuela as students rally

A student was shot dead at a meeting in Venezuela Thursday, prosecutors said, as anti-government protests raged in the streets. Crowds of students clashed with riot police in the latest in a wave of unrest as the opposition vowed no respite in its drive to oust President Nicolas Maduro. His opponents accuse him of trying to strengthen his grip on power and delay elections by launching moves to rewrite the constitution. According to the latest toll provided by prosecutors on Thursday, 35 peopl
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Harry Potter play to open in New York in spring 2018

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the smash-hit, award-winning London play about the fictional boy wizard as a grown father of three, will open in New York in spring 2018. The show will make its official Broadway debut on April 22 at the Lyric Theatre, currently under renovation in preparation for the North American premiere, producers of the London show said on Thursday. Preview performances and casting will be announced in the coming months, and tickets for the New York production will go
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Two injured in Karachi shootings, 14 suspects held

KARACHI: Two people were wounded in separate shootings in Karachi late Thursday, while police rounded up 14 suspects in raids conducted in various areas, officials said. The law enforcer conducted raids in Gulbahar and on Hub River Road in Baldia Town. One Afghan national among three suspects were held in the raids. Police said the afghan national was staying illegally in the country, while the other two suspects were involved in different crimes. Four gamblers were arrested in a raid conduct
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US jobless benefits claims swing low at April's end

New claims for jobless benefits sank at the end of April, and the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits hit a 17-year low, the US Labor Department reported Thursday. The figures were more evidence of the persistently tight job market and came a day before the department is due to release its monthly employment report. In the week ending April 29, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell 19,000 to 238,000. Analysts had been expecting a drop of only 11,000. The less volati
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Neymar ordered to stand trial for fraud in Spain

Barcelona forward Neymar and his parents will stand trial over alleged fraud and corruption, making the Brazilian the latest football superstar to have to take the stand, a Spanish court ordered on Thursday. The National Court also ordered Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell to be sent to trial over alleged fraud and corruption over Neymar's transfer from Santos in 2013. They will stand trial for "business corruption and fraud", the court said in a statem
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Hopes fade for Iran miners after 26 die in failed rescue bid

Rescuers battled hazardous conditions Thursday at a coal mine in northern Iran where 26 miners died as attempts failed to save workmates trapped deep underground after an explosion. Hopes of finding nine missing miners alive were fading more than 36 hours after the blast Wednesday at the mine in Azadshahr in Golestan province, where three days of mourning were declared. The rescue operation at the Zemestan Yort mine was hampered by poisonous gases that filled the tunnels as well as by fears of
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Rashford edges Man Utd towards Europa League final

Marcus Rashford's stunning free-kick 23 minutes from time put Manchester United on the brink of reaching the Europa League final with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Celta Vigo on Thursday. Celta goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez kept the Spaniards in the tie before half-time with a string of saves to deny Rashford, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jese Lingard. However, he was wrong-footed by Rashford's free-kick as United took a giant step towards reaching the final in Stockholm on May 24. And United manager Jose M
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WHO to help bring cheap biosimilar cancer drugs to poor

The World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch a pilot project this year to assess cheap copies of expensive biotech cancer drugs in a bid to make such medicines more widely available in poorer countries. The UN agency said on Thursday it would invite drugmakers in September to submit applications for prequalification of so-called biosimilar versions of two such drugs on its essential medicines list, Roche's Rituxan and Herceptin. WHO also plans to explore options for prequalifying biosimila
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Russia, Turkey, Iran sign deal to set up Syria safe zones

Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement to set up four safe zones in Syria that the United Nations described as a promising step to wind down the brutal six-year war. The United States however gave an extremely cautious welcome, citing Iran's role as a guarantor even as it expressed hope that the deal could set the stage for a settlement. Several members of the rebel delegation left the room shouting in protest as the signing ceremony got underway in the Kazakh capital Astana,
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France's Macron files complaint after Le Pen 'offshore account' claim

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron filed a legal complaint Thursday after his far-right rival Marine Le Pen repeated rumours that he had an offshore account during a particularly bruising TV debate. The pro-EU centrist Macron and Le Pen battled repeatedly over terrorism, the economy and Europe in Wednesday's TV duel watched by some 16.5 million people. "I hope that we will not find out that you have an offshore account in the Bahamas," Le Pen said during the debate, which was her
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Issues between military and civilians on Dawn leaks resolved: Rafique

KARACHI: Federal Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Thursday said that issues between the civil and military leadership over Dawn leaks have been resolved. Speaking in Geo News programme, Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath, Rafique said, “Ahsan Iqbal have said on this issue that it would be resolved in a day or two, in my knowledge the issue has been resolved. The contact didn’t break for even a moment. The meeting on this issue had been on every relevant forum.” He said that the armed force
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Manager jailed for six years for swindling Alanis Morissette

LOS ANGELES: The former business manager of Alanis Morissette was sentenced to six years in prison after he admitted stealing millions from the rock singer by misleading her about her finances. Jonathan Schwartz, who had worked for prominent Los Angeles-area firm GSO Business Management, was also ordered to pay $8,657,268 in restitution, according to a federal judge´s sentence announced late Wednesday. Morissette, attending the sentencing hearing, said Schwartz acted in a "long, drawn-out, cal
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Gabriel picks five as WI defeat Pakistan by 106 in Bridgetown Test

BRIDGETOWN: Shannon Gabriel´s five-wicket haul inspired West Indies to a 106 run victory over Pakistan on the final day of the second Test in Bridgetown on Thursday. Pakistan started the fifth day at the Kensington Oval requiring 188 runs but the visitors were blown away by the Windies´ bowlers who levelled the series at 1-1. The third and concluding test at Roseau starts on May 10. Pakistan had been set a victory target of 188 at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday. Yasir Shah claimed t
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Mixed-gender relays could be Olympic sport

DOHA: Mixed-gender relays are being considered as an Olympic event to ramp up interest in athletics, a senior member of the sport´s governing body said on Thursday. "As a sport we are looking at different formats," Olivier Gers, chief executive of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told AFP. "It´s definitely something for the Olympics to look at and for the IOC to decide jointly with the IAAF. "It´s definitely something we have been talking about for quite some tim
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Top moments from Marvel?s The Defenders trailer

Marvel dropped the action-packed trailer of its much-awaited Netflix’s show, The Defenders, on Wednesday.  The show will weave together characters from other Marvel shows such as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, and we just can’t wait. Earlier, a teaser trailer showed the main characters from the all series standing together in an elevator giving a hint of the action awaiting us all. The new trailer is fun, snarky, full of action and is exactly what the fans needed after the
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Official matters not carried out through tweets: Ayaz Sadiq

LAHORE: Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday said that the official matters are not carried out through tweets — in a reference to the matter of Dawn Leaks — adding that the issue needs to be resolved instead of making it more complicated. The NA speaker was addressing party workers in Lahore. He said that whatever transpired regarding the issue of Dawn Leaks was inappropriate. The assembly would complete its tenure and the elections would be held on time, he said. Referring to th
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SHC suspends PEMRA notification seeking closure of private TV channel

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court suspended on Thursday Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA) notification seeking closure of a private television channel. SHC bench, headed by Justice Aftab Ahmed Gorar, also ordered PEMRA and federal government to submit their replies by May 10. SHC was hearing a case against closure of the channel. It was also said that the channel was closed after it failed to get security clearance from Ministry of Interior. However, this was challenged in
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Egyptian woman leaves hospital more than 300 kg lighter

An Egyptian woman widely believed to have been the world's heaviest woman left an Indian hospital on Thursday more than 300 kg lighter for further treatment in Abu Dhabi. Eman Ahmed, who weighed more than half a metric tonne (1,100 lb) when she was operated on in March, has not walked for 25 years. She is in her mid-30s. A series of operations in Mumbai brought her weight down to below 200 kg (440 lb), her doctor, Muffazal Lakdawala, wrote in a blog post. But she would need further surgery to
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US soldier captured moment explosion killed her

The US military has released a photo taken by a US Army camerawoman at the moment she and four Afghan soldiers died in an explosion in the Afghan province of Laghman. The 22-year-old Hilda Clayton and four Afghan National Army personnel were killed by a mortar shell during a training exercise on July 2, 2013. After four years, the Army University Press, a US Army multimedia organisation, has published the photo. It also released a photo by an Afghan soldier who was a trainee photojournalist an
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Wolves return to Denmark for first time in 200 years

STOCKHOLM: At least five wolves, including one female, have returned to Denmark for the first time in two centuries, a zoologist who has obtained DNA evidence said on Thursday. The predators came from Germany to settle in western Denmark´s agricultural region, the least densely populated in the Scandinavian country. Peter Sunde, scientist at the University of Aarhus, told AFP the wolves must have walked more than 500 kilometres (310 miles). "We think these are young wolves rejected by their f
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India convicts police and doctors in Gujarat gangrape case

MUMBAI: An Indian court Thursday convicted five police officers and two doctors of tampering with evidence in the gang rape of a pregnant woman and the murder of her family during one of the worst incidents of religious unrest since independence. Bilkis Bano was gangraped and seven of her relatives were killed during religious riots that broke out in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. At least 2,000 Muslims were hacked, beaten, shot or burnt to death in the violence, which erupted after a g
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Pakistan on verge of embarrassing defeat against Gabriel-inspired Windies

BRIDGETOWN: Shannon Gabriel led a West Indies fast bowling assault that decimated Pakistan´s top-order batting and reduced them to 35 for five at lunch on the final day of the second Test. Pakistan had been set a victory target of 188 at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday. Yasir Shah claimed the final wicket of the home side´s second innings in the first over of the day to finish with seven for 94 in the innings and nine for 177 in the match. However, that proved to be the only high poin
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Court panel asks Indian board to pick Champions Trophy squad

India's chances of participating in the Champions Trophy brightened on Thursday when a court-appointed panel of administrators asked the cricket board (BCCI) to pick the squad for the June 1-18 tournament. Holders India did not submit its squad for the one-day international tournament in England and Wales by the April 25 deadline after BCCI failed to halt a new revenue model to be accepted by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The option of pulling out of the Champions Trophy by revoking
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IHC stops ECP from action against Imran in code of conduct violation case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court barred on Thursday the Election Commission of Pakistan from taking action against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan in the code of conduct violation case. IHC’s Justice Amir Farooq was hearing the case over the PTI chief’s plea. The lawyer of the applicant Advocate Babar Awan said that according to the Constitution, only the prime minister, chief minister, high-level officials and government office holders cannot run an election campaign. He said
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More protests planned in Venezuela as death toll reaches 32

CARACAS: University students in Venezuela will lead a fresh round of marches against President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, a day after police fired tear gas and protesters hurled Molotov cocktails in rallies against his plan to rewrite the constitution. Violence erupted in the latest of more than a month of clashes that prosecutors say have now killed 32 people in the oil-rich nation stricken by shortages of food, medicine and other basics. Government forces used tear gas and water cannon agai
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