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Swiss climber dies after fall, preparing for Mount Everest ascent

An experienced Swiss climber died on Sunday after he fell in the Everest region of Nepal during preparations to climb the world's highest mountain, the first to perish in the current climbing season, officials said. Ueli Steck, 40, died after falling to the foot of Mount Nuptse, a smaller peak in the area, said Mingma Sherpa of the Seven Summits Treks company that organised Steck's expedition. Steck was in the area acclimatising ahead of a bid to climb Everest through the less-climbed West Rid
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Violence perpetrated by Indian forces in IoK is state-sponsored terrorism: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the Line of Control (LoC) at Haji Pir sector on Sunday, where he was briefed on the situation along the LoC and ceasefire violations by Indian troops, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. COAS General Qamar Bajwa was also briefed on the operational readiness of the formation. General Bajwa appreciated the operational preparedness and high morale of the troops, the ISPR statement said. According
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EU sets Britain tough divorce terms, slams budget veto

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders endorsed stiff divorce terms for Britain on Saturday and warned Britons to have "no illusions" about swiftly securing a new relationship to keep their access to EU markets. At a Brussels summit marked by unusual harmony among the 27 leaders, there was a flash of the cross-Channel acrimony which some fear could wreck any deal when officials accused London of cynically vetoing some EU spending and demanded it back down or face disrupting the start of talks next mo
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Prices of petroleum products to remain unchanged: Dar

ISLAMABAD: The prices of petroleum products shall not change, said Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar while speaking to the media on Sunday. "The government will give subsidy to keep the prices unchanged," he said. "We will also not charge sales tax." These products are used on a daily basis by people belonging to low-income households, which is why the government will make sure there is not a substantial increase in their prices, Dar said. The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) had submi
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Suicide or murder? Woman found dead in Karachi hotel room

KARACHI: A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a hotel room in Karachi late Saturday. The body of the woman, identified as Farheen, 21, was found in a room on the sixth storey of a hotel in Saddar area, SSP South Saqib Ismail said. She was allegedly strangled and efforts had been made to make the incident appear as a 'suicide', police said, adding that they were looking into the incident for both the possibilities: murder or suicide. According to police, the deceased ha
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Mystery deaths in Liberia linked to funeral: WHO

GENEVA: Eleven people have died and five are in the hospital, Liberian officials said on Friday, after contracting a mystery illness the World Health Organisation (WHO) said was linked to attendance at the funeral of a religious leader. "We are still investigating. The only thing we have ruled out is ... Ebola," said Liberia's Chief Medical Officer Francis Kateh, adding samples from the victims had been sent abroad for further testing. On Wednesday, the WHO said Liberian health authorities wer
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Katrina Kaif shares hilarious morning selfie on her Instagram account

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif took the Instagram by storm the moment she debuted on the app. Without any surprise, the Jagga jasoos actress crossed one million followers on the app within 24 hours. The beautiful actress has shared three pictures until now which are hard to ignore. Recently, she shared a very beautiful picture of herself where she looked like an adorable sleeping beauty. The actress captioned the picture by saying, "This is me in the morning .... #iwokeuplikethis .... (or ma
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Person who made Rs10bn offer was ready to pay even more: Imran Khan

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that the person who offered to pay Rs10 billion to him to be silent on the Supreme Court's decision over Panama leaks case, was ready to pay even more. “Rs10 billion offer was just the start; [they] were ready to pay more,” Khan claimed while speaking to reporters, after arriving in Karachi earlier today to lead the ‘Huqooq-e-Karachi march’. Khan said he would reveal the name of the person who made the offer if the cour
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Ancient Roman port in Israel to get facelift

A once-towering, ancient Roman temple will be brought back to its original grandeur in Israel.   Image: Screenshot from Reuters video   Archaeologists have begun excavations around the 2,000-year-old site located in the seaside town of Caesarea, once a vibrant Roman metropolis built in the honour of Emperor Augustus Caesar. The $27-million restoration seeks to turn this archaeological site into a top tourist attraction in Israel.   Image: Screenshot from Reuters video   Image: Screens
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Google's search for non-ad revenue puts spotlight on cloud, Pixel

Alphabet Inc's non-advertising business, which houses its cloud unit, Pixel smartphones, and the Play store, has long been sandwiched between Google's advertising juggernaut and it's moonshot ventures that have captured the popular imagination. Not anymore. The business, categorized as "Other Revenue" in its earnings report, posted a 49.4 percent jump in revenue to $3.10 billion on Thursday – a sum already bigger than Twitter Inc's annual revenue. The business now represents about 13 percent
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Toned-down White House press dinner continues Trump-less

The White House press corps gathered on Saturday for its annual black-tie dinner, a toned-down affair this year after Donald Trump snubbed the event, becoming the first incumbent US president to bow out in 36 years. Without Trump, who scheduled a rally instead to mark his 100th day in office, the usually celebrity-filled soiree hosted by the White House Correspondents' Association took a more sober turn, even as it pulled in top journalists and Washington insiders. Most of Trump's administrati
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20 die in Colombia building collapse

BOGOTA: Twenty people died in the collapse of a residential building in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena, the mayor said on Twitter Saturday after a two-day rescue operation. The tragedy occurred Thursday, when the six-story building came crashing down for reasons that are being investigated, the Red Cross told AFP. Emergency personnel saved 41 people from the rubble, 16 of them badly hurt. The mayor, Manolo Duque, said 12 of the 20 people killed had been identified so far. A mass was
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Rethink emphasis on lowering saturated fat to save hearts: docs

Instead of eating less saturated fat and worrying about so-called bad cholesterol, a group of doctors suggests an alternative approach for preventing heart disease. More important, they say, is to focus on decreasing insulin resistance and inflammation in the body by targeting diet, exercise, and reducing stress. "If we target all those three things together (plus) a reduction of smoking then we’ll combat 80 percent of all heart disease," said Dr Aseem Malhotra of Lister Hospital in Stevenage,
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Eight military personnel die in Cuba plane crash

HAVANA: A plane crash in western Cuba on Saturday killed eight military personnel, the ministry in charge of the island´s armed forces said. The Russian-made AN-26 aircraft crashed in a mountainous region of western Artemisa province, killing all eight on board including the plane´s crew, the Revolutionary Armed Forces ministry said in a statement carried by state media. The plane had taken off from Playa Baracoa airport just outside the capital Havana. It crashed into a mountain, Loma de la P
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Hot earnings to keep fire under growth-stock rally

NEW YORK: Don't look for the outperformance of growth stocks to fade anytime soon, as long as corporate earnings continue to improve and hopes remain for stronger economic growth. The Russell 1000 Growth index, which tracks such shares, is up 10.9 percent so far this year, outpacing the US benchmark S&P 500 stock index's 6.6 percent rise and the 2.8 percent advance of the Russell 1000 Value index. And it's not just a US phenomenon. Growth stocks – whose profits are expected to grow at a fa
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Cast of 'The Godfather' reunite for emotional 45th anniversary

NEW YORK: Al Pacino was considered too short, Marlon Brando was required to do a screen test, and director Francis Ford Coppola was almost fired. The director and cast of The Godfather reminisced on Saturday in a 445th-anniversaryreunion in New York about the trials, perseverance, and inspiration that resulted in the Oscar-winning Mafia movies. Coppola, Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, James Caan, Talia Shire, and Robert Duvall watched back-to-back screenings of The Godfather (1972) and T
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WATCH: Shahid Kapoor dances with daughter Misha in adorable video

Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor is one of the best dancers in Bollywood who never leaves a chance to entertain his fans. Shahid Kapoor has been sharing pictures of his daughters on his Instagram which has always left the internet fall in love with her. Recently, Shahid Kapoor shared a video on his Instagram where he can be seen dancing with his daughter Misha. The video looks adorable in which Shahid is dancing to the tunes of Michael Jackson, and little Misha is matching him step by step. Sha
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Sharapova falls in semi-finals on doping comeback

STUTTGART: Maria Sharapova lost in the semi-finals in Stuttgart on Saturday, her controversial comeback from a 15-month doping ban ending in defeat to one of her biggest critics. Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Kristina Mladenovic as the Russian exited her first tournament back from a ban after testing positive for meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open. "I´m not angry, I´d have loved to have used the opportunity when I was ahead in th
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Heatwave continues in Karachi, Hyderabad as Lahore enjoys rain

While Sindh and Balochistan experience fiery temperatures, various areas in Lahore enjoyed light rain over the weekend. Temperatures in Karachi and Hyderabad are expected to surge as high as 41° Celsius on Sunday, as the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasts very hot weather conditions in Sindh and lower Balochistan during the next 12-24 hours. Dry conditions are predicted to prevail in most parts of the country. However, light rain with thunder is expected at some places in Gilgi
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Imran Khan to lead PTI?s 'Huqooq-e-Karachi' march today

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by its chairperson Imran Khan, will take to the streets of the metropolis today for the ‘Huqooq-e-Karachi march’. In a video message earlier, Imran Khan called on the people of Karachi to join in the march to protest for their rights. The walk is scheduled to begin on Sunday, 3pm from Mazar-e-Quaid. “I invite the people of Karachi to join me in the walk to demand their rights. The sole purpose of the march is to highlight the day-to-day problems fac
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Four of a family burnt to death in Lahore accident

LAHORE: A truck and rickshaw collision burnt to death a rickshaw driver and his three sons Saturday night in Shad Bagh on Amir Road, Lahore. According to the police, rickshaw driver Yaqoob alias Mithu, along with his family, was driving from Jalu when his vehicle collided with a garbage truck. Subsequently, the gas cylinder installed in the rickshaw exploded, causing fire to erupt. It burnt to death Yaqoob and his three sons, while his wife, 40, and sister-in-law, 35-year-old Sana, got injured.
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Misbah warns against Pakistan?s old failings

BRIDGETOWN: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq is expecting his team not fall prey to over-confidence as they seek an historic series-clinching win in the second Test against the West Indies beginning on Sunday at Kensington Oval. Buoyed by a seven-wicket triumph in Jamaica, and with the home team struggling to compete, there is a heightened sense of anticipation for the tourists to achieve a double-first at what is considered the spiritual home of Caribbean cricket -- a Test win at the venue and a
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Boxing: Joshua stops Klitschko in 11th round of heavyweight epic

LONDON: Young gun Anthony Joshua got up off the canvas to stop former champion Wladimir Klitschko Saturday in the 11th round of a heavyweight world title fight that is being hailed as an epic. In a tumultuous atmosphere at Wembley Stadium, 90,000 fans saw the undefeated 27-year-old add the World Boxing Association (WBA) title to his International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt sparked by a devastating right uppercut that led to the 41-year-old Klitschko being felled in the 11th. The Ukrainian fo
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Drunk police volunteer tramples three of a family under his car in Karachi

KARACHI: Three of a family were injured after a drunk police volunteer trampled them under his car in Karachi late Saturday, police said. The incident took place in Azizabad area of the city, in which a police volunteer, Shiraz, trampled a man, his wife and daughter under his car. Citizens got hold of the drunk man and roughed him up until police came. Raged crowd also damaged the vehicle used by the volunteer. The law enforcers took the man and his vehicle into custody, and moved them to pol
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Trump: ´very productive´ 100 days in office, ´great battles´ ahead

HARRISBURG, US: Donald Trump on Saturday hailed his "very productive" first 100 days as America´s president and told a cheering crowd of supporters "great battles" lay ahead. In an enthusiastic, campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania -- a key state in his election win -- Trump said the record of his first 100 days "has been very exciting and very productive," ticking off a list of what he said were his achievements. He said he was now to "get ready for the great, great battles to come and that w
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