Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS), which has forced singer Justin Bieber to cancel his world tour, is a rare and painful complication of the virus that causes shingles and chickenpox. What it is RHS was discovered in 1907 by the neurologist of the same name. It is a rare neurological disorder that can inflame and then paralyse the facial nerve and …

Indonesia will this week launch a nationwide livestock vaccination programme, its agriculture ministry said on Monday, as the number of cattle infected with foot and mouth disease surged to more than 151,000. Some of vaccines arrived on Sunday and 800,000 more doses will follow soon, said Kuntoro Boga Andri, the ministry spokesperson. He did not say how many vaccines had …

Google’s LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software engineer Blake Lemoine, LaMDA has achieved a long-held dream of AI developers: it has become sentient. Lemoine’s bosses at Google disagree, and have suspended him from work after he published his conversations with the machine online. Other AI experts …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s all-format skipper and the top-ranked white-ball batter Babar Azam expressed his prime goal of winning two World Cups for Pakistan in the next one-and-a-half years. Babar, who has been in sublime form in white-ball cricket for more than a year and has dominated the rankings, stated that if he leads his team to World Cup glory, his runs …

BRISBANE: The right-handed opener of the Australia Blind National Cricket Team Steffan Nero broke the record of Pakistan Masood Jan for the highest individual score in the Blind ODIs amid the recently concluded first ODI of the International Inclusion series. In the first ODI, Nero smashed Masood’s 24-year-old record of the highest individual score as the former played a record-breaking …

NOTTINGHAM: The second Test has entered into a crucial phase as New Zealand squeezed out a handsome lead of 238 runs lead in the second inning with three wickets remaining before England were all out on 539 runs in their first inning on day four, here at Trent Bridge on Monday.  England’s fast bowler James Anderson struck an early wicket …

LAHORE: The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) held a meeting with the British High Commissioner Christian Turner to discuss the England National Men’s Cricket Team’s forthcoming tour of Pakistan, later this year. In a high-profile meeting held at the PCB headquarters here, England’s forthcoming tour of Pakistan came under the discussion and Ramiz shared his excitement about hosting …

BANGKOK: Pakistan’s first female Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Anita Karim outclassed her Australian opponent Uyen Ha in the Fairtex Fight Promotion at Lumpinee Stadium here. The 25-years-old Anita hailed from Hunza shone at the prestigious Lumpinee Stadium as she defeated her Australian counterpart Uyen Ha in all three rounds of the Bantamweight Fight. Anita took to Twitter to express …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s all-format skipper and the top-ranked white-ball batter Babar Azam expressed his prime goal of winning two World Cups for Pakistan in the next one-and-a-half years. Babar, who has been in sublime form in white-ball cricket for more than a year and has dominated the rankings, stated that if he leads his team to World Cup glory, his runs …