Social media presenter claims life under threat after dispute with IrajPopular social media presenter Ashen Senarathna claims he has received death threats after a dispute with music producer Iraj Weeraratne escalated. Addressing reporters today Senarathna said that Weeraratne had shared his contact details on Facebook and instigated a hate campaign against him. Senar....
Exit poll shows Saied winning Tunisian election-Mosaique FMTunisia's Mosaique FM radio cited an exit poll by the polling company Emrod as giving Kais Saied 72.53% of votes in Sunday's presidential election runoff against Nabil Karoui.....
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Exit polls project Tunisian landslide win for Kais SaiedIndependent candidate Kais Saied won a clear victory in Sunday's presidential election in Tunisia, two exit polls projected, although no official results had yet been announced.....
IHC orders issue of ECP appointments be sent to parliamentThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered that the issue of the appointment of two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) be sent to the parliament.
During the hearing of a petition challenging the appointments, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that the National Assembly....
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Does Elpitiya hold the key?By N Sathiya Moorthy Rarely has the nation witnessed a by-election in the midst of an already long run-up to a national election. It has happened this time with elections (not by-elections in the strict sense of the term) being held for the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS), or local government body, i....
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Chennithala alleges minister Jaleel intervened in adalat to inflate marks of failed studentsThiruvananthapuram: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala demanded a judicial probe against minister K T Jaleel into the incident of giving more marks through adalats and promoting failed candidates. He wanted Jaleel to resign from the minister's post and face the judicial investigation. Chennithala ....
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Basil says outsiders will not interfere in polls this timeNo international actor will try to interfere in Sri Lanka's approaching presidential election, said Basil Rajapaksa, chief strategist of his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidential bid. "Ethically, that is how it should be," he told The Hindu in an interview, alluding to a shift in the internati....
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What is the Queen's Speech and what happens if MPs reject it?"We could end up in a very strange scenario where the government can't pass its Queen's Speech but still can't get the numbers for a general election. This has never really happened before and it's unclear what will happen next" - Maddy Thimont-Jack, Senior Researcher, Institute for Government.....
Last week, the U.S. and China reached a 'Phase One' trade deal,... with Beijing agreeing to buy more American agricultural goods and Washington saying it won't increase tariffs on China. Major news outlets, however, say it was a ....
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Raza Rabbani elected member of Inter Parliamentary Union executive committeeISLAMABAD: In a breakthrough at Belgrade, Senator Raza Rabbani emerged victorious on Sunday after India withdrew the candidature of Shashi Tharoor for a slot in the prestigious executive committee of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU).
The IPU is holding its 141st general assembly in the Serbian....
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Canada's Trudeau vows to forge ahead with campaign after security threatCanada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he will not change the way he is campaigning ahead of the Oct 21 federal election after a security threat forced him to wear a bulletproof vest at a campaign rally on Saturday.....
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Poor response from Kerala to check voters list onlineHarippad: The Electoral Verification Program (E.V.P), which was set up by the Election Commission of India in order to enable access to the voters list via online or mobile app, has received a cold response from Kerala. In the state which leads the way in terms of smartphone usage and literacy, only....
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Policy confusions in gas businessThe plans for unbundling of gas utilities and their privatisation are back in business, this time as part of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. Even before this unbundling, the government's top priority is the sale of two LNG-based Government Power Plants (GPPs) to meet the Fund's targ....
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Sourav Ganguly set to be next BCCI PresidentIn a dramatic turn of events, former captain Sourav Ganguly emerged as consensus candidate to be BCCIs new President after Brijesh Patel appeared to have grabbed the coveted post. Union Home Minister Amit Shahs son Jay Shah will be the new secretary while Arun Dhumal will be the new treasurer. Dhuma....
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Sea Beauty wins Haroon Ghani Cheema CupLAHORE: Sea Beauty on Sunday claimed the Haroon Ghani Cheema Memorial Cup which was the only featured race of the Lahore Race Club on the day.Results: First Race: 1st Fakhr-e-Shorkot, 2nd Love for Win, 3rd Punjab Prince 2nd Race: 1st Silkan Black, 2nd Tell Me, 3rd Turab Prince3rd Race: 1st Lucky Tim....
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Punjab bag National Boys Swimming crownLAHORE: Punjab swimmers stole the show when they won the 24th National Boys Age Group Swimming Championship at Punjab International Swimming Complex on Sunday.Overall Punjab swimmers accumulated 1017 points and 21 gold medals. Sindh finished the championship as runners-up with 962 points and 23 gold....
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3rd Jubilee Insurance Ranking Snooker C?ship 2019Babar, Haris, Sajjad outplay opponentsBy Syed Khalid MahmoodKARACHI: Holder Babar Masih overpowered second seed Zulfiqar Abdul Qadir while the unseeded duo of Haris Tahir and Muhammad Sajjad outwitted seventh seed Muhammad Ijaz and eighth seed Muhammad Ahsan Javaid respectively on the third day of t....
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Greece denies visa to Pak players ahead of Socca World CupKARACHI: Pakistan’s six-a-side football team was forced to make last-minute changes in the Socca World Cup squad after Greece refused visas to numerous players.Pakistan also had to field the team’s assistant coach, Gohar Zaman, as a player in its warm-up match against Colombia Saturday n....
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Populists top Poland vote, expand majority on welfare, family values ticketWARSAW, Poland – Poland's governing right-wing party topped Sunday's general election, an exit poll showed, expanding its majority thanks to a raft of welfare measures coupled with attacks on LGBT rights and Western values.
The Law and Justice party (PiS) scored 43.6% of the vote for 239 seats....
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ECP issues notice to Bilawal over Larkana visit before by-pollISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notices to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and other party leaders for allegedly violating its code of conduct by visiting a provincial assembly constituency in Larkana (PS-11) ahead of the by-election.
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S. Korea, China resume joint patrol on illegal fishing boats in West SeaSouth Korea and China have agreed to resume joint patrols to crackdown on illegal fishing. South Korea's fisheries ministry says patrol boats from two countries will scour the joint fishing zone in the West Sea from Monday through Sunday. Only authorized fishing boats from two countries ar....
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Babar overpowers Zulfiqar as Haris, Sajjad beat seeded cueistsKARACHI: Holder Babar Masih overpowered second seed Zulfiqar Abdul Qadir on the third day of the 3rd Jubilee Insurance Ranking Snooker Championship 2019 here at the Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday.In other matches, unseeded Haris Tahir shocked seventh seed Muhammad Ijaz, while Muhammad Sajjad, also unsee....
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Selectors criticised for picking ?same old players? for Holland matchesKARACHI: Serious reservations have been expressed by former players about the selection of players for Olympic qualifiers to be played against the Netherlands.Talking to ‘The News’, requesting not to be named, former Olympians and international players said that the induction of those se....
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Hungary opposition wins Budapest in blow for PM OrbanBUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary's opposition scored a shock win in the Budapest mayoralty election on Sunday, the first electoral blow for nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban since he came to power in 2010.
The win was "historic" said the pro-European center-left challenger Gergely Karacsony....
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Retired academic Kais Saied is set to become president of Tunisia, exit polls suggest. The poll said the law professor, 61, had secured 76% of votes. No official results have yet been published. He was up against media mogul Nabil Karoui, 56, who campaigned from prison after being arrested on charge....
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First Prince, Now Queen: Another Artist Demands That Donald Trump Stop Using Their MusicBoth Prince and Queen are now coming after Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was forced to take down a political ad that used the song “We Will Rock You” after the band Queen lodged a complaint, the latest instance of an artist taking action against Trump for usi....
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Fox News Pollster Braun Research Reportedly Misrepresented Donald Trump Impeachment PollA recent Fox News poll revealed that 51 percent of Americans support Donald Trump’s impeachment, which marked the first time more than half of the respondents favored the process in any poll. The results appeared the get under Trump’s skin, pushing him to take to Twitter and attack Fox ....
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Hot tub display at North Carolina fair kills 2 after infecting 134 with Legionnaires' diseaseA display of hot tubs at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair is being blamed for well over 100 cases of Legionnaires' disease that began popping up shortly after the event. In an update to a bulletin issued by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the startling statistics ar....
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Poland's ruling conservative party poised to win re-electionPoland's ruling Law and Justice party, buoyed by its popular conservative platform and generous social spending, was widely expected to win Sunday's election, regarded as one of the country's most momentous since the fall of communism 30 years ago.....
Voters weary of more investigations as impeachment ramps upFISHERS, Ind. (AP) — As Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump intensifies, Mark Stenske feels like he's seen this movie before, and the storyline is getting old.
First, there was the nearly two-year investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and Trump's p....
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Bernie Sanders speaks on camera about his health after his heart attackReuters
Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is recovering well from the heart attack he suffered earlier this month, and is looking forward to getting back to campaigning ahead of the 2020 Election.
Sanders said on ABC's "This Week" that he is confident in the care he received and was back on his feet s....
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Modi govt asking youths to see moon when they seek jobs: Rahul GandhiLatur: Hitting the hustings for the first time since the Congress Lok Sabha debacle earlier this year, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "deflecting" the core issues and asking youths to "watch the moon" when they are demand....
Hunter Biden Stepping Down From Board Of Chinese Firm After Donald Trump AttacksFormer Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese firm and has pledged not to work for any foreign-owned company if his dad is elected president in the upcoming election. Hunter has been the target of multiple unsubstantiated attacks by Donald Tru....
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Can Netflix Deliver A Hit After Q2 Subscriber Disappointment?Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) is scheduled to report its third-quarter results Tuesday, after the market close.
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The 17 best resorts in the world, according to travelersandBeyond
Condé Nast Traveler just released its annual Readers' Choice Awards winners, where travelers rate the best destinations and experiences.
600,000 voters weighed in on nearly 10,000 hotels, resorts, and spas around the world.
Here are the top-rated, traveler-approv....
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Populists eye victory in deeply divided PolandWARSAW, Poland – Poles began voting Sunday, October 13, in a polarizing election the governing populists look set to win after a flurry of welfare give-aways and attacks on LGBT rights and western values but their majority could be at risk.
The opposition received an unexpected last-minute bo....
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ECP issues show-cause notice to Bilawal, others for Larkana visit ahead of by-electionThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a show-cause notice to PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari for visiting Larkana's PS-11 constituency ahead of a by-election.
Bilawal had visited Larkana on Saturday to spearhead the election campaign of his party's candidate, Jamil Soomro, in th....
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Modi dares India's opposition to 'bring back Article 370' in occupied KashmirIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing an election rally in Maharashtra's Jalgaon on Sunday, dared the country's opposition to restore Article 370 in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
On August 5, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind signed an order repealing the special status granted to ....
Bilawal hails PPP govt as job creatorLARKANA: Criticising the economic policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday recalled that whenever the PPP came to power it created jobs across the country.
It had been a familiar slogan in the country for a long ....
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Warren uses false ads to lash out at Facebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergAfter rampant fake news on Facebook dominated much the narrative about the 2016 election, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that the company “made mistakes” regarding its handling of the issue.Read more on NewsOK.com....
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Amaan, Daniyal shatter swimming recordsLAHORE: Two more national records were established on the second day of 24th National Boys Age Group Swimming Championship at State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex onSaturday.Amaan Siddiqui of Sindh established new record in 400m freestyle U-14 age group category competition. He cov....
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Mudassir upsets Sajjad in Ranking Snooker C?shipKARACHI: Wild card entrant, Shaikh Muhammad Mudassir, stunned three times national champion, M Sajjad, on the second day of the 3rd Jubilee Insurance Ranking Snooker Championship 2019 here at the Karachi Gymkhana on Saturday.Top seeded M Asif was shocked by unseeded Imran Shahzad, second seed Zulfiq....
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Team Pakistan train in Greece ahead of Socca World CupKARACHI: Team Pakistan on Saturday trained in Crete, Greece ahead of their Socca World Cup opener against Slovania to be held on Monday (tomorrow).The session was conducted by English coach Kevin Reeves.While talking to reporters, Reeves said that the players were completely fit and hoped that the b....
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Mudassir shocks Sajjad in Ranking Snooker ChampionshipKARACHI: Wild card entrant, Shaikh Muhammad Mudassir, stunned three-time national champion, Muhammad Sajjad, on the second day of the 3rd Jubilee Insurance Ranking Snooker Championship 2019 here at the Karachi Gymkhana on Saturday.Top-seeded Muhammad Asif was shocked by unseeded Imran Shahzad, secon....
