The second trailer of upcoming British-American 3D computer-animated romantic comedy mystery movie “Sherlock Gnomes”’ is out and it is making some serious waves. Directed by John Stevenson, the film is a sequel to 2011’s “Gnomeo and Juliet” which didn’t fare very good reviews. The little gnomes hire Sherlock Gnomes to …
Read More »A toddler’s race is all things adorable and cute
Everyone has a special place in their heart for children and when those children are toddlers and racing each other, then the adults have no option but to enjoy and feel mesmerized. In the most unconventional race of all races, a toddlers’ race is everything nice and unexpected. The racers …
Read More »FBR freezes Rahat’s bank account
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday seized the account of the renowned singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan after he failed to pay the income tax worth Rs 3.2 million. According to Geo News, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has also recovered an amount of Rs 2 million …
Read More »Fan wills all her money, valuables to Sanjay Dutt before dying
Bollywood star Sunjay Datt was shocked to know that a fan left him a large fortune before dying. According to Indian media, a 62-year woman identified as Nishi Haishchandra Tripathi, willed all her savings and safe deposit locker valuables to the actor. Dutt’s lawyer was informed about the will by …
Read More »Canada chasing trade deal with South American block after signing new TPP
OTTAWA — Canada is expected to announce Friday the start of formal free trade negotiations with the four-country South American trade bloc known as Mercosur. A spokesman for International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the negotiations could begin in earnest in the next 10 days. That announcement will come after …
Read More »Montreal suburb’s plan to ban public smoking could do more harm than good, advocate says
MONTREAL—A Montreal suburb’s plan to ban all smoking in public places is drawing mixed reactions, with one anti-tobacco advocate saying it will do more harm than good when it comes to second-hand smoke. Hampstead city council adopted a draft bylaw this week that would prohibit tobacco or marijuana smoking on …
Read More »Pulse farmers hope India, Canada find a deal after steep tariffs placed on peas, lentils
OTTAWA—Canadian pulse farmers are pondering if it is even worth planting peas and lentils this spring, as steep tariffs from their No. 1 customer cut deep into their profit margins. However Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada, hopes that if Canada can persuade India to stop requiring Canadian producers to …
Read More »Canada to push for ambitious ‘plastics charter’ at G7, Environment Minister McKenna says
Canada will use its presidency of the G7 to try to persuade the world’s richest and most industrialized countries to adopt ambitious goals for plastics recycling and waste reduction. “We are looking at a zero-plastics-waste charter,” Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday from Cancun, Mexico, where she was at an …
Read More »Snap is laying off about 100 engineers
Snap is laying off about 100 engineers — nearly 10 percent of the team — CNBC has learned. The company has seen smaller rounds of layoffs in recent months in its marketing, recruiting and content divisions. These layoffs would be Snap’s largest yet and the first to hit the company’s …
Read More »Amazon has figured out what’s behind Alexa’s random laugh that was freaking people out
SAN FRANCISCO — Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant, has been busting out with a weird laugh at random intervals for some users, freaking them out. Posting on Twitter, Alexa users have described the laugh as “creepy,” “evil,” “bone-chilling” and “freaky.” By Wednesday Amazon had gotten to the bottom of the mystery. …
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