Arts / EntertainmentUS teen breaks internet record, spurred by love of nuggets
An American teenager has broken the world record for the most retweets, in a crusade to win a year’s supply of his favourite food: chicken nuggets.Beating out TV stars Ellen Degeneres and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/10/us-teen-breaks-internet-record-spurred-by-love-of-nuggets/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 10, 2017
Arts / Entertainment‘The Godfather’ director talks net neutrality, says Internet companies favour business over art
Francis Ford Coppola, director of classic films such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has sent a letter to the top US telecommunications regulator to urge support for "net neutrality," which pr
May 10, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentPublic asked to name rare albino orangutan
The public is being asked to name a rare albino orangutan rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo Island, with conservationists saying she has become an "ambassador" for the threatened species.Th
May 10, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentAlaska’s tundra releasing more CO2 than it takes in: study
The Alaskan tundra appears to be emitting more carbon dioxide than it captures, a dynamic that could accelerate climate warming as vast stores of CO2 trapped in Arctic soils are unlocked by rising tem
May 9, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentFossils suggest hominids may have lived alongside modern humans
Primitive hominids may have lived in Africa at the same time as humans, researchers said Tuesday, in new findings that could change the understanding of human evolution. Fossils found deep in South<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/09/fossils-suggest-hominids-may-have-lived-alongside-modern-humans/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 9, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentDutch open ‘world’s largest offshore’ wind farm
Dutch officials on Monday opened what is being billed as one of the world's largest offshore wind farms, with 150 turbines spinning in action far out in the North Sea.Over the next 15 years, the G
May 9, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentAustrian court rules Facebook must delete ‘hate postings’
VIENNA, AUSTRIA / TOKYO, JAPAN / BONN: Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, an Austrian court has ruled, in a legal victory for campaigners who want to force social media companies to
May 9, 2017
UncategorizedKashmir’s brutal stories get cartoon treatment
Through sombre black and white drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the brutal story of his native Kashmir in the 1990s, as an armed insurgency against Indian rule reached its bloody peak.
May 9, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentJamie Oliver sparks fish fuss in Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland: "What a view!!" Britain's celebrity chef Jamie Oliver exclaimed under a photo he posted on Facebook of a salmon farming cage nestled in a snowy fjord. In doing so, Oli
May 7, 2017
Arts / Entertainment85-year-old dies on Everest during world record bid
KATHMANDU: An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world’s oldest person to summit Mount Everest died at base camp on Saturday.Min Bahadur Sherchan was on a bid
May 7, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentLion cubs born in Chile after world first veterinary procedure
Two baby lion cubs were presented to the public at a zoo in Chile on Thursday, born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father.The cubs' mother "Mas
May 7, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentMet Opera faces questions as it marks big anniversary
The Metropolitan Opera is pulling out the finery this weekend to mark its golden anniversary at New York’s Lincoln Center, but the celebration comes at a tough moment for opera in the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/07/met-opera-faces-questions-as-it-marks-big-anniversary/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 7, 2017