SANTIAGO: Scientists in Antarctica are warning of the spread of deadly H5N1 avian flu virus after the disease was first confirmed on the frozen continent’s mainland last month and has since been detected in local penguin and cormorant populations. The spread of the virus, which has decimated bird populations worldwide and hit South American wild bird and marine mammal populations …

El Salvador will transfer “a big chunk” of its bitcoin assets to an offline device that will be stored in a physical vault within the Central American country’s territory, President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday. “We’ve decided to transfer a big chunk of our Bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store that cold wallet in a physical vault within our …

Activision has just dropped a new official trailer of ‘Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile’ as the countdown began worldwide for next week on March 21. The mobile battle royale is bringing the iconic Verdansk and Rebirth Island maps from Warzone to iOS and Android. Up to 120 players can squad up for massive battles on Verdansk, while Rebirth caps out …

An Illinois jury has ordered Reckitt Benckiser unit Mead Johnson to pay $60 million to the mother of a premature baby who died of an intestinal disease after being fed the company’s Enfamil baby formula. The jury in an Illinois state court in St. Clair County on Wednesday found that Mead Johnson was negligent and that it failed to warn …

KARACHI: Almost nine months after warning of sanctions if the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee was unable to hold elections of the country’s football governing body by March, FIFA has given the Haroon Malik-led committee a further nine-month extension to complete its mandate. The existing mandate of the PFF NC was due to expire on Friday and FIFA announced on …

PARIS: With competing nations split over whether to enter into the spirit of the “Green Games” or throw money at success whatever the environmental cost, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo told those nations planning on installing air conditioning at the athletes’ village to “trust the science” instead. Temperatures are expected to soar again in the European summer, after setting records in …

PARIS: This Friday’s Champions League quarter-final draw is set to throw up a series of heavyweight ties after a midweek in which penalty shoot-out drama really brought Europe’s elite club competition to life. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak’s heroics in Atletico Madrid’s shoot-out win over last season’s runners-up Inter Milan on Wednesday — after the Spanish club came from behind in their …

LAHORE: Former PTI provincial minister Mian Aslam Iqbal, who has been in hiding since the May 9 arson attacks, says the party has reached a consensus to nominate Zulfi Bukhari and Hamid Khan as the party’s nominee for Senate. Party leader Col (retired) Ijaz Minhas has been nominated as a covering candidate on general seats. Dr Yasmin Rashid and Brig (retired) Musadiq …

KARACHI: Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators have had their highs and lows in the ongoing ninth edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League, but both franchises managed to make it to the playoffs. While the Rilee Rossouw-led Gladiators ended their league stage on a low — on the end of a 79-run drubbing from Multan Sultans, Shadab Khan’s men at …