MIAMI: In a bid to cut the population of disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitos, health officials in Miami are releasing millions of their brethren treated with a bacteria that makes them sterile. “Treat them carefully! You don´t want to hurt them,” said South Miami mayor Philip Stoddard as a sampling of …

LONDON: While the ‘Black Panther’ star-studded crew has been making headlines across the globe in courtesy of its hype and anticipating the Marvel maniacs with its trailers, the recent European premiere in London walked beyond with whimsical glamour and bouquets of optimism. The face behind Erik Killmonger, Michael B Jordan …

SINGAPORE: Divers dressed themselves up in typical costumes to hold the underwater dragon dance alongside some 40,000 marine neighbours including zebra sharks and mantra rays. The show is part of the Chinese New Year celebrations and will run till 28th February. Every year the performers put on a show with …

Movies are not just a source of entertainment but they have a strong influence in shaping people’s lives, their beliefs, behaviors, conversations and interactions. From the script to the aesthetics, everybody involved in the process of making a movie including framing, cinematography, story, direction, and delivery is responsible for what …

WASHINGTON: In successfully sending the world´s most powerful rocket into space, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has pulled off yet another spectacular gamble. The question now is what´s next for SpaceX and the space industry following the launch of Musk´s Tesla roadster into space aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket? Satellites Falcon …

Soon after the successful launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, another history was made when, on board the International Space Station, cosmonauts and astronauts played badminton as the first sporting event in space. Undoubtedly, It would be a lot of fun playing in zero gravity, the match took place in …

LONDON: Facebook launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people who have successfully built groups on the social network as part of its push to create “meaningful” interactions. The initiative, announced at a Facebook Communities Summit in London, will …

WASHINGTON: Twitter on Thursday reported its first-ever quarterly profit, a key milestone that sent shares soaring at the social network which has lagged for years behind fast-growing rivals. The San Francisco-based one-to-many microblogging service said it earned $91 million in the fourth quarter, the first positive net income since going …

ANKARA: Turkey has launched a domestic messaging app to rival Facebook´s popular WhatsApp Messenger service. The app, called PttMessenger after Turkey´s Post and Telegraph General Directorate (PTT), was introduced in a limited roll-out to state institutions and some private companies this week. It is expected to be publicly available in …

DOUMA: Fresh bombardment hit the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Friday, the fifth straight day of a bombing campaign that has killed more than 240 civilians. Syrian warplanes and artillery have battered the enclave’s towns since Monday, trapping thousands of families in makeshift bomb shelters and overwhelming rescue …