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Hong Kong shares rose in the morning session today following three straight losses but trade was thin ahead of a long holiday weekend and a crucial Federal Reserve policy meeting next week. The Hang Seng Index added 0.57 percent to 23,322.84 points by lunch. Mainland Chinese markets were closed for a public holiday.

  ormer Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sharply criticised new authorities giving U.S. troops greater freedom to conduct air strikes against Taliban insurgents, saying they were a further erosion of the country’s sovereignty. In an interview, Karzai, who continues to exert considerable behind-the-scenes influence on Afghan politics, also called on the Islamist militant movement to be more realistic in its ...

Sindh Apex Committee has decided to do audit of the pelts collecting organizations. According to the details Sindh Apex Committee meeting held on Thursday chaired by Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Murad Ali Shah. Law Advisor Murtaza Wahab, Information Advisor Maula Bux Chandio, Chief Secretary Sindh, Inspector General (IG) Sindh and other officers were present in the meeting. Implementation of 11 ...

Leader of the opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Thursday said that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif would have to answer questions about Panama Papers. Khursheed Shah asked that why he would write a letter to PM for attending the National Assembly session? He said that some people were stopping PM to come in the Parliament. Talking to ...

Jordy Smith took down Parkinson in the men’s Final with his his explosive forehand surfing. The two former event winners went head-to-head but it was Smith who edged the win by just 0.44 points. The South African unleashed a series of power hacks to earn solid lead over Parkinson and put him in a combination halfway through the heat. Parkinson ...

Super Typhoon Meranti has wreaked havoc as it landed in southeast China’s Fujian Province, but city traffic is resuming in downtown areas amid receding floodwater. Various parts of the Fujian Province have been battered by strong winds and heavy downpours brought along by Meranti, the world’s strongest typhoon so far this year. Thousands of troops are deployed to the affected ...

Curfew-like restrictions continued to cripple normal life in Indian Kashmir on Thursday (September 15) amid simmering tensions over civilian deaths in clashes with security forces. Kashmir is in the middle of the worst unrest in six years that began on July 08 when security forces killed a young separatist commander Burhan Wani, who was idolised by some youth, provoking an ...

Actress Michelle Rodriguez slams members of the transgender community who have condemned her latest film ‘Re (Assignment)’ for transphobia as it premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. It seemed like another star-studded premiere of another Oscar hopeful at the Toronto International Film Festival as Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Rodriguez turned out to support Walter Hill’s ‘(Re) Assignment’ on Wednesday ...

Parts of Victoria and South Australia were flooded on Thursday (September 15) after heavy rain caused numerous rivers to swell. Properties across the Adelaide Hills remain under threat as flood waters continue to rise with Emergency Services personnel called in to help shift receding floodwaters. Victoria’s Great Ocean Road saw landslides on Wednesday (September 14) with parts of the iconic ...

A Karachi-bound express train collided with a freight train in Pakistan’s central Punjab region early on Thursday (September 15), killing at least six people and injuring more than 150. The Awam Express hit a stationary cargo train about 25 km (15 miles) from the city of Multan, citing local officials. Four carriages were overturned. There was a delay in the ...