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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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US Homeland Security probes possible abuse in Twitter summons case

SAN FRANCISCO: The US Homeland Security Department's inspector general said on Friday he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter Inc. Inspector General John Roth described the probe in a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who had asked for an investigation due to concerns about free speech protections. In a lawsuit on April 6, Twitter disclosed that it received a summons in March from the US Bureau of Custo
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Misbah calls Younis his best partner, hints the ?Mard-e-Buhran? might play on

Pakistan's outgoing skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said he feels Pakistan still needs Younis Khan. "He can play for another year or two," the batsman said as he reflected on his favourite batting partner's cricketing journey ahead of his final Test series. “The third Test in Dominica will be my last match of my last series,” Haq said. “It will also be the last series for Younis Khan. It was an honour for me to play with him.” The skipper elaborated on how he spoke to Khan about “playing on,” in Austral
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Misbah calls Younis his best partner, hints the ?Mard-e-Mardan? might play on

Pakistan's outgoing skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said he feels Pakistan still needs Younis Khan. "He can play for another year or two," the batsman said as he reflected on his favourite batting partner's cricketing journey ahead of his final Test series. “The third Test in Dominica will be my last match of my last series,” Haq wrote in a column on cricket.com.au. “It will also be the last series for Younis Khan. It was an honour for me to play with him.” The skipper elaborated on how he spoke to Khan
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Samsung and Google Play music announce their musical friendship

Google has partnered with Samsung, the world's largest Android smartphone maker, with a special version of Google Play Music. The special partnership will also include integrations with Samsung's AI assistant Bixby when it launches, which will work like the Assistant integration on Google Home. Samsung has long struggled with what role it plays in the software and services world and has long been dependent on Google for software services, on and off making competing products of its own like Mi
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Nandipur Plant converted to LNG, will generate 100MW more from 1st May

LAHORE: The fuel source for Nandipur Power Plant has been shifted to liquefied natural gas (LNG), as of Saturday, in what has been termed a successful transition process. The Nandipur Power Plant had been operational since July 2015 and was operating on furnace oil but was not able to produce at capacity. Following conversation to LNG the plant will produce an additional 100MW increasing its capacity to 525MW.  In order to shift the plant from furnace oil to LNG, an 88KM pipeline was laid. The
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Maryam Aurangzeb congratulates PTI chief on PM's 'victory' in Panama case

RAWALPINDI: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb, on Saturday, congratulated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief on the Prime Minister’s ‘victory’ in the Panama case. “The PM and his family have been vindicated of all allegations by the Supreme Court’s decision,” Aurangzeb said. The minister said that the government is still engaged in eradicating the corruption started by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). “The PM is giving Pakistan China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,” Aur
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'Genius' TV series shows drama of Albert Einstein's life

Philosopher, humanitarian, and physicist Albert Einstein is the subject of new TV series Genius, which delves into the drama and passion of the man who developed the theory of relativity and helped initiate the US effort to build an atomic bomb. Executive producer Ron Howard told reporters at the TV show's launch at the Tribeca Film Festival that he had always been fascinated by Einstein. "But I never realised how many twists and turns and, you know, there were in his life, and how much drama
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One killed after oil tanker catches fire on Makkah-Jeddah highway

JEDDAH: At least one person was reported dead on Friday morning after a road accident caused a massive oil tanker to catch fire on the Haramain expressway, authorities said. The spokesman for General Directorate of Civil Defense in Makkah, Major Naif Al-Sharif confirmed the fatality inside a burnt vehicle, after a 33-ton oil tanker caught fire, due to an accident, on the main highway between the cities of Makkah and Jeddah. Photo courtesy: Arab News Relevant authorities were contacted at 1
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Wall Street gears up for busiest earnings week in years

NEW YORK: Forget about French elections or the flagging Trump trade. Corporate America is set to unleash its biggest profit-reporting fest in at least a decade next week, with more than 190 members of the S&P 500 Index delivering quarterly scorecards, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices data. The lineup accounts for around 40 percent of the benchmark index's value or more than $7.7 trillion and includes big names like Google's parent Alphabet Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp, and Exx
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US states realign in legal battle over Trump's travel ban

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens of six Muslim-majority nations faces its second challenge at a US appeals court next month, and this time more Republican states are backing the measure, while one Democratic state attorney general dropped out of the legal fight this week. Some legal experts say the states' realignment could signal that the changes made last month to Trump's original executive order have strengthened the government's case. Sixteen Democrat
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WATCH: NASA reveals stunning image of Earth through Saturn's rings

Brace yourself as NASA has released stunning image of Earth from in between Saturn’s ring from 870 million miles. Excited? We also are! A new photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft near Saturn shows Earth as a small speck of light, framed and dwarfed by Saturn's famous rings.  IMAGE: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SSCI The blue planet shows up as a tiny spec of light in between Saturn's icy rings.  According to NASA, the southern Atlantic Ocean was facing the space probe at the time. The Cassini spacecr
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Sindh Cabinet meets today to decide on Rangers' special powers

KARACHI: An important session of the Sindh Cabinet, to decide on extending the Rangers' special policing powers in Sindh, will be held on Saturday. The session, scheduled for 4 PM, was called by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, sources told Geo News. The special policing powers granted to Pakistan Rangers Sindh in Karachi, for a period of three months, expired on Friday, April 14. The Sindh government had approved a 90-day extension in Rangers' special powers in Karachi in January. The no
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Apple self-driving car testing plan gives clues to tech programme

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc outlined a plan to train operators of self-driving cars in documents submitted to California regulators earlier this month, the latest clues to the company's autonomous vehicle technology aspirations. Apple was granted a permit to test self-driving cars on April 14 by the California Department of Motor Vehicles but the company has never said anything about its plan. The state released 41 pages of Apple application documents to Reuters that give some clues about the com
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Mourinho fears worst after Ibrahimovic, Rojo blows

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said the prognosis was “fairly negative” after losing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo to injury during Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final win over Anderlecht. Top scorer Ibrahimovic’s knee buckled as he landed following an aerial challenge in the Anderlecht box late in normal time and he went down grimacing in pain before hobbling off. Rojo succumbed to a knee injury in the first half at Old Trafford and had to be stretchered off, with Daley Blind
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DIG's son strangled by his guard in Karachi

KARACHI: A 27-year-old man, identified as son of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Peshawar Shahab Mazhar, was allegedly strangled by a police guard in Karachi late Friday, officials and relatives said, under circumstances not yet clear. Umair Shahab, son of DIG Peshawar Shahab Mazhar, was allegedly strangled by a police guard at his house located in Defence Khayaban e Sehr, said SP Clifton Asad Aijaz. Umair was killed over a monetary dispute, the official added. "Umair and the guard, Faqir Muham
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Hollywood honors TV slacker turned action hero Chris Pratt

Action star Chris Pratt swapped his superhero gear for a formal suit Friday as he was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for his contribution to cinema. Pratt, 37, found fame as loveable slacker Andy Dwyer on NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation" but has since become one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men thanks to roles in "Jurassic World" and Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy." "I'm a man of faith and I believe that God works in mysterious ways, and gives us signs and gifts in
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After three weeks, French artist succeeds in hatching eggs

French artist Abraham Poincheval, who famously spent a week inside a rock and two weeks inside a bear sculpture, has succeeded in hatching chicken eggs after incubating them for some three weeks. Poincheval embarked on his latest project in late March of imitating a mother hen by incubating some 10 eggs with his own body heat inside a glass vivarium at Paris' Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum. At the time, he estimated it would take 21-26 days for the eggs to hatch and the first did so o
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More teen knowledge about concussion may not increase reporting

High school athletes with access to a certified athletic trainer are more knowledgeable about concussions and their consequences, but that doesn’t make them more likely to report a concussion, a US study finds. “The underreporting of concussions is estimated to be high, and the No. 1 reason athletes do not report a concussion is because they do not want to lose playing time,” lead study author Jessica Wallace of Youngstown State University in Ohio said by email. Although experts estimate that
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Paris stock market falls after attack, before French elections

The Paris stock market fell on Friday after the latest violent attack in the city and as traders awaited a hotly-contested presidential election in France. London was weighed down by much weaker than expected British retail sales data, while Frankfurt gained as separate figures showed the eurozone economy grew at its fastest pace in six years in April. US stocks finished lower, burdened by caution over the French election. In Asia on Friday, Tokyo's Nikkei closed up one percent as exporters w
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PIA?s German CEO removed from his post, remains on ECL

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bernd Hildenbrand has been removed from his post, read a PIA notification issued Friday, however his name continues to remain on the Exit Control List (ECL). The German national is on the ECL pending an investigation by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) into corruption and illegal actions by him. The FIA is carrying out an investigation against Hildenbrand for leasing aircraft at inflated rates
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One killed, nine wounded as gusty winds, rain hit Lahore

LAHORE: At least one man was killed and nine others wounded in different incidents after rain coupled with gusty winds lashed Lahore on Friday, rescue officials said. Several trees were uprooted on Canal Road because of strong winds, according to a spokesperson for Rescue 1122. A 32-year-old man, who had gone out to get medicine, was killed after a tree fell on him in Shahdara area. Similarly, power supply was suspended in Shadman area, when a tree fell on a transformer. Nine people were inju
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Windies revival frustrates Pakistan in first Test

KINGSTON: Half-centuries by Roston Chase and Shane Dowrich engineered a West Indies revival in reaching 244 for seven at stumps against Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test at Sabina Park on Friday. Coming together immediately after lunch when opener Kieran Powell became Mohammad Amir´s third wicket with the innings in tatters at 71 for five, Chase batted with confidence and fluency for a top score of 63. His sixth-wicket partnership with Dowrich was worth 118 runs, the wicketkeeper-b
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San Francisco power outage hits financial hub for hours

SAN FRANCISCO: A power outage hit about 90,000 customers on Friday morning in San Francisco, closing shops and snarling traffic in the city's technology and finance center as a large swath of the financial district lost electricity. The utility PG&E Corp reported a fire at a San Francisco substation and a series of outages began affecting the city shortly after 9 a.m. (Noon ET). It said on Twitter that it expected power to be restored for most customers by 1 p.m. (4 p.m. ET). The power cut
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Bus crash in South Africa kills 19 children, driver

JOHANNESBURG: At least 19 children were killed in a bus crash outside the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, emergency services said, after many were trapped inside the burning vehicle. The minibus collided with a truck on a road between the towns of Bronkhorstspruit and Verena, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) from Pretoria. Russel Meiring, a spokesman for the ER24 emergency medical service, said the previous toll of 20 children had been adjusted to 19, with the bus driver also among the
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SC not given conducive environment for Panama case proceedings: Saad Rafique

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Friday said that the Supreme Court was not given space to carry on proceedings in a conducive environment on the Panama leaks case. Saad Rafique made the above-mentioned statements during Geo News' show 'Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath'. “Some of them had a sit-in at Shahra-e-Dastoor,” said Rafique, pointing towards the 2014 protest of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf outside the Parliament House. He f
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