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George Clooney tops list of highest paid actors Agencies   On  Aug 23, 2018 LOS ANGELES: George Clooney on Wednesday soared to the top of an annual list of the world’s highest-paid actors, thanks largely to the sale of his tequila company. Clooney, 57, earned an estimated $239 million between June 2017-June 2018, marking the highest earnings of his 35-year career in film and television, Forbes said. Clooney, who hasn’t starred in a Hollywood movie since 2016 crime thriller “Money Monster,” sold the Casamigos tequila company he co-founded to British spirits company Diageo in June 2017. His on-and-off screen earnings eclipsed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who came in at No.2 with an estimated $124 million thanks to “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and other projects. The top 10 actors earned some $784 million collectively, according to Forbes, once again dwarfing the top 10 women who earned a cumulative $186 million in the same period. Scarlett Johansson topped the annual list rele...

Facebook suspends hundreds of apps over data concerns AFP   On  Aug 23, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday said it has suspended more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people’s personal information was being improperly shared. Applications were suspended “due to concerns around the developers who built them or how the information people chose to share with the app may have been used,” vice president of product partnerships Ime Archibong said in a blog post. Apps put on hold at the social network were being scrutinized more closely, according to Archibong. The app unit launched in March by Facebook stemmed from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal. Facebook admitted that up to 87 million users may have had their data hijacked by Cambridge Analytica, which was working for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Archibong said that a myPersonality app was banned by the social network for not agreeing to an audit and “...

FM Qureshi hopeful Pakistan will win Kulbhushan Jadhav case in ICJ Web Desk   On  Aug 23, 2018   Last Updated  Aug 23, 2018 MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said he is hopeful that Pakistan will win the case against convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “We have solid evidence against Jadhav and are hopeful we will win the case in the ICJ,” Qureshi said while speaking to media in Multan. The foreign minister said that Pakistan will make all efforts to present its stance in an effective manner before ICJ, a world court that sits in The Hague. The trial of Jadhav has set for a hearing in February 2019. The hearing is reportedly scheduled to last at least a week and would be carried out on a daily basis next year. India had moved the ICJ against after Jadhav was arrested and sentenced to death by Pakistan for espionage and subversive activities last year. Furthermore, Qureshi said that Prime Minister...

Army chief meets Saudi Crown Prince, discusses ‘wide-ranging’ issues Web Desk   On  Aug 22, 2018 RIYADH: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in Mina, as the latter had invited him Tuesday night for an audience, according to ISPR. The Inter-Services Public Relations, in its release, said the two leaders had dinner at Mina. The prince congratulated Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Bajwa for performing hajj. They discussed wide-ranging issues of mutual interest, including regional security. “Prince Mohammad Bin Salman expressed his strong optimism about [the] success of Pakistan in defeating [the] challenges at hand,” said the release tweeted by DG ISPR Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor . He also expressed best wishes for the newly elected government in Pakistan. The COAS thanked the prince for his wishes and support. The army chief performed Hajj with his family. He prayed for peace and stability in the country on the occasio...

8,000 candidates appear for Indian govt exam, all of them failed Web Desk   On  Aug 22, 2018   Last Updated  Aug 22, 2018 PANAJI, GOA – In a bizarre outcome of a result, around 8,000 candidates appeared for an examination conducted for 80 posts of accountant in the Goa government, but all of them failed the test. The candidates, all graduates, needed to secure a minimum of 50 marks out of the total 100 to qualify but none got it, a senior official was quoted as saying by the Times of India. Goa’s director of accounts, in a notification, said none of the candidates, who appeared for the initial recruitment examination held on 7 January this year, secured the minimum qualifying marks required to get through. The directorate of accounts had advertised 80 posts of accountant in the common account cadre in October last year. The five-hour examination included a 100 marks paper on English, general knowledge and accounts-related questions, the official said. The successful ...

Trump insists hush money payments by Cohen were legal 2 hours ago Share this with Facebook   Share this with Messenger   Share this with Twitter   Share this with Email   Share Related Topics Russia-Trump inquiry Media caption Trump voter: "Everybody lies" US President Donald Trump has insisted that payments to two women who say he had affairs with them did not break election campaign rules. It comes after his ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to violating laws during the 2016 presidential election over his handling of the hush money. Interviewed by Fox & Friends, Mr Trump said the payments had come from him personally, not from the campaign. He has in the past denied knowing about one of the payments altogether. 'I don't care if Trump paid off a porn star' Mr Trump also accused Cohen of making up stories to receive a lighter sentence. What did Trump say exactly? In an excerpt from the Fox & Friends interview, which will be aired in full on Thursday...

Sharifs to stay behind bars on Eidul Azha By  Rizwan Shehzad Published: August 20, 2018 122 SHARES   SHARE   TWEET Nawaz with his daughter Maryam. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE ISLAMABAD:  After hearing the case at length for days and reprimanding and fining the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for wasting its time, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has deferred the Sharifs petitions to suspend an accountability court’s July 6 verdict till after summer vacations. Apparently, the order has confirmed that the former prime minister Nawaz Shairf, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar will spend their Eidul Azha in Adiala jail, where they are serving sentences awarded in connection with the Avenfield Apartments case last month. In its order issued on Monday, the IHC’s division bench, comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, said “at this stage we are not inclined to decide these petitions and they shall remain pending and fixed alon...