By Sarah Templeton An iconic New Zealand designer favoured by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she’s shutting her doors due to the financial toll of the COVID-19 lockdown. Ingrid Starnes’ designs have become a Kiwi favourite since launching in 2009. Her achievements include opening NZ Fashion Week and staging runway shows on Auckland city […]
Read MoreHumans of the future might look more like Pokemon characters with bigger heads, bigger eyes and improved night vision, two researchers have suggested. Artist Nickolay Lamm and computational geneticist Alan Kwan said that in 100,000 years, people might have larger heads, Google Glass type contact lenses and sideways-blinking oversized Disney eyes that glow green with […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Apart from assisting Pakistan in its fight against the COVID-19 contagion, the Government of Japan, in collaboration with a Japanese NGO and some private organizations, is all set to provide insecticide to the Government of Pakistan to support their efforts for combating the serious threats emanating from the desert locust’s attacks in the agricultural […]
Read MoreBeijing: China and Singapore had officially launched the “fast track” to facilitate the exchange of necessary business and public officials while some European and neighboring countries were communicating with China to establish similar arrangements, a Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. “After nearly two months of communication and preparation, China and Singapore have officially […]
Read MoreNaples: I fell in love with Naples when I was 18. I had taken a gap year and saved up some money, and much to the dismay of my mother, I wanted to go to Europe. There was no logical reason to go to Naples. I had never heard of the city. But I had […]
Read MoreIslamabad: As Pakistan crossed its highest 150 coronavirus-related deaths in a day, a survey reveals that only three percent Pakistanis are clear-headed about the disease, with no misconceptions about its prevention, spread and cure. A snap poll by Ipsos, a global market research and public opinion specialist released on Tuesday showed public perceptions, attitudes and […]
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