SANTIAGO: A fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived during the age of dinosaurs has been discovered in Chilean Patagonia, adding further proof to recent evidence that mammals roamed that part of South America a lot earlier than previously thought. A part of the creature’s fossilized jawbone with five teeth attached were discovered close to the famous Torres del Paine …

Social media company Facebook suspended 16,000 accounts for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms, after the Britain’s competition watchdog intervened for the second time, the regulator said. US-based Facebook also made further changes to detect, remove and prevent paid content which could mislead users on its platforms, including popular photo-sharing app Instagram, UK’s Competition …

Some LinkedIn data, including publicly viewable member profile, has been extracted and posted for sale, Microsoft’s professional networking site said based on an investigation. The incident was not a data breach and no private member account data from the platform was included, LinkedIn said in a blog post on Thursday, adding that the information on sale is a collection of …

PESHAWAR: As coronavirus claimed 34 lives and infected 1,248 more people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, a report said that mortality and infection rates among women surged during the last one month. “There is an increased four per cent infections in female,” said the report by World Health Organisation. Physicians said that the number of women Covid-19 patients was increasing …

ISLAMABAD: After a gap of two days, the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad again saw a surge in Covid-19 cases, with five deaths – three in the capital and two in the garrison city.Officials of the capital administration said 742 cases were reported on Thursday against 659 and 564 cases on Tuesday and Wednesday. During the last 24 hours, …

LAHORE: Promising batting all-rounder Qasim Akram will lead Pakistan Under-19 on the tour of Bangladesh, which includes a four-day game and five 50-over fixtures in Sylhet and Dhaka against the current world champions. The 18-year-old from Lahore was identified as one of the players to watch-out for by head coach Ijaz Ahmed during last year’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup …

Hajra Khan, the Pakistan women’s national football team captain, is disheartened by the Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) recent suspension by FIFA due to third-party interference. In a video posted on social media, the captain was visibly distraught with the recent updates. This is the second such suspension for the nation’s football governing body in the last four years. Khan felt “embarrassed …

CENTURION: Pakistan captain Babar Azam hailed a rare series win by his team in South Africa after they defeated the hosts by 28 runs in the third and final One-day International in Centurion on Wednesday. But he said Pakistan wanted to continue winning when they go into the four-match T20 series starting in Johannesburg on Saturday. “It’s a confidence game …

LAHORE: Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, though delighted at the first overseas victory under his coaching in South Africa, on Thursday said the main area remains the struggling middle-order of the team in the white-ball formats. “It is a great delight for everyone, especially for Pakistan cricket, that we have won an away series in tough conditions of South Africa, and …