Having been in full music frenzy for the last two years, it is time for Megan Thee Stallion to charge up while in isolation as the Savage hitmaker shocked her fans when she announced she will take a hiatus from the music world. The 26-year-old rapping star took her fans by surprise when she made the shocking announcement on Thursday …

A potential new malaria vaccine has proved highly effective in a trial in babies in Africa, pointing to it one day possibly helping reduce the death toll from the mosquito-born disease that kills up to half a million young children a year. The candidate vaccine, developed by scientists at Britain’s University of Oxford and called R21/Matrix-M, showed up to 77% …

WhatsApp is bringing new features to enhance security of its users and this time it plans to roll out self-destructing photo, video feature soon, enabling users to send videos more privately. The details on the update has been shared by WABetaInfo, sharing that the messaging app has rolled out a beta version for Android and has submitted the update through the …

Victoria Beckham lavished praise on son Brooklyn Beckham and shared her favourite photo captured by him to mark Earth Day on Thursday. The eldest son of  Victoria and David Beckham, who is known for photographs of fashion and family, has a craze of capturing stunning moments in his camera and he also keeps an eye on the natural world. Victoria’s …

London’s High Court has paved the way for a case that could force its judges to take a view on who invented bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency which last week soared to all-time highs. The court has allowed Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who alleges he created bitcoin, to serve a copyright infringement lawsuit against the operator and publisher …

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers reported the first infection from the nationwide torch relay on Thursday, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to play havoc with the massive event. Organisers said an unnamed man in his 30s who had taken part in the relay in the western island of Shikoku had tested positive for the virus, without specifying his exact role. They …

HARARE: After a close encounter in the opening fixture of their three-match Twenty20 International series, Pakistan will be aware of Zimbabwe’s uncanny ability of surprising strong opponents when the two sides clash in the second game here on Friday. Zimbabwe found themselves in a commanding position during different phases of the game on Wednesday on a rather sluggish pitch at …

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia is monitoring the coronavirus situation in India after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced fresh travel restrictions to and from the country amid sky-rocketing coronavirus numbers. As several of Australia’s top male cricketers including Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and David Warner continue to play through the Indian Premier League currently being held at spectator-free grounds in India, …

PALLEKELE: Najmul Hossain Shanto and skipper Mominul Haque put on a record stand of 242 as Bangladesh reached an imposing 474-4 on day two of the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Najmul extended his maiden Test century to 163 while Mominul weighed in with 127 as they shared Bangladesh’s best ever partnership for the third wicket in Tests. …

ISLAMABAD: The government has started the process of increasing electricity tariffs to generate more than Rs1 trillion additional revenue for distribution companies of ex-Wapda to meet their revenue requirements for the fiscal year 2020-21. The increases are being sought on account of annual adjustments, indexations of distribution margins for FY2020-21 and some prior-year adjustments in line with agreements reached with …