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Taste history in New York's first chocolate museum

The sweet history of chocolate is assembled in New York's first chocolate museum founded by Jacques Torres – a famed pastry chef and chocolatier. For Torres, the museum is an opportunity to share his passion with others. “I love to transfer the love that I have for chocolate and the knowledge that I have for chocolates to whoever wants to learn about it. So museum makes the perfect sense to bring a museum here around the store,” he said. The space – located at Torres' flagship store – showcase
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DiCaprio's Twitter plea over rare porpoise forces Mexican President to respond

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote to Leonardo DiCaprio on Twitter on Thursday in a bid to reassure the Hollywood actor his government was taking steps to protect a rare porpoise in Mexican waters teetering on the brink of extinction. Populations of the vaquita, a tiny snub-nosed porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California, have dropped sharply in recent years because of gillnet fishing for shrimp and totoaba, a popular delicacy in Asia, sparking increased international concern.  
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Shah Rukh Khan clears disturbing rumours about AbRam, once and for all

Even the sons of Bollywood’s romance king Shah Rukh Khan aren’t an exception to gossip of alleged affairs that commonly surround celebrities. Nevertheless, the actor laid the rumours to rest in a definitive statement made during his TED Talk on April 28. Khan took the stage in Vancouver, Canada – the video of which was officially revealed on Thursday – and spoke about his life in general and the struggles he has faced during his career, among other things. Yet one of the most important topics o
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10 killed, deputy chairman Senate injured in Mastung blast

QUETTA: At least 10 people have been killed while several others including Deputy Chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri injured in a roadside blast in the Mastung area of Balochistan, police sources confirmed on Friday. According to reports, the deputy chairman Senate was returning from an event at Ittehad Bainul Muslimeen at Jama Masjid Hammadia when his vehicle was targeted.  JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Malik while speaking to Geo News confirmed that Maulana Haideri had been injured in the b
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Judicial commission be formed over May 12, 2007 bloodshed: Faisal Sabzwari

KARACHI: A judicial commission should be made to probe the incident of May 12, 2007, in which many citizens, including 14 workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement were killed, said MQM leader Faisal Sazbwari on Friday. He added they want the issue to be investigated rather than a resolution be passed. "The series of indiscriminate fire started from Patel Para [area of Karachi]," he said, talking about the MQM rally that was under way in the area of May 12, 2007. "There were many people, including
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Mashal?s father demands arrest of facilitators

ISLAMABAD: I want justice for all the Mashal’s in Pakistan. It will be good for our country and politicians if the seeds of justice are planted; our image abroad will also improve this way. This was stated by Iqbal Khan, father of Mashal Khan, the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, student who was brutally killed by a mob over blasphemy allegations on campus on April 13.    “My demand from day one has been that my son Mashal who was murdered cannot return, but there should be justice for othe
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Opposition senators walkout after Nisar no-show

ISLAMABAD: Opposition members in the Senate staged a walkout on Friday after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan did not show up for a planned briefing on the Dawn Leaks issue. Commenting on the issue, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani said they are not satisfied with the government’s claims of having settled the matter. Speaking during the session, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan came down hard on the civilian government for its ‘inept’ handling of Dawn Leaks. He said if the issue has been ‘settled’ b
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Mexican beef exporters look to Muslim markets as US alternatives

MEXICO CITY/CHICAGO: Mexico's growing beef industry is targeting Muslim consumers in the Middle East for its prime cuts as it seeks to reduce dependence on buyers in the United States. The potential for a US-Mexico trade war under President Donald Trump has accelerated efforts by Mexican beef producers to explore alternative foreign markets to the United States, which buys 94 percent of their exports worth nearly $1.6 billion last year. Trump has vowed to redraw terms of trade with Mexico and
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Pakistan calls for more non-permanent seats in Security Council

Pakistan has called for expansion of the Security Council in a manner that allows for more non-permanent seats representing regional groups. Speaking in the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council Reform, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN, Dr Maleeha Lodhi said the Council needed to be expanded in a manner that gives a greater chance of representation to the regional groups that are under-represented due to the increase in the number of Member States. She argued that the expansion was
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CJP takes notice of stage collapse at private news channel?s show

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has taken a suo motu notice of an incident at a private news channel’s show recording in which scores of participants were reportedly injured after the stage collapsed. The chief justice has ordered the Islamabad chief commissioner and inspector-general of police to submit a report on the incident within 48 hours. According to media reports, on April 28 an entertainment show was being recorded at a private housing society in Islamabad when
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Pak-American prosecutor takes down terrorists far and wide

NEW YORK: Zainab Ahmad is one of America’s top counterterrorism prosecutors, specialising in extra-territorial cases, trying bad characters not present in the United States or gathering evidence related to crimes committed in far-off lands to present before juries here. Ahmad, 37, was born in New York to immigrant parents from Pakistan, that international slouch on counterterrorism that could not have done more to sully its record on the issue. It was her dogged pursuit over years and across t
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FIFA to rule on Israel settlement clubs in October

MANAMA: FIFA will rule on the issue of Israeli clubs playing in the West Bank in October, president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday, once again delaying a decision on the contentious issue. FIFA´s annual Congress voted to back -- by a majority of 73 to 27 percent - a proposal that pushed football´s governing body to report by March 2018, but Infantino said feedback would come before then. "We will take responsibility and we will take a decision on this matter," he said. He said a decision w
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New CERN particle accelerator likely to help doctors, art sleuths

GENEVA: A new particle accelerator unveiled at CERN, the European physics research centre, is expected to spawn portable accelerators that could help doctors treat cancer patients and experts analyse artwork. CERN is gradually upgrading its hardware to get more data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), its 27-kilometre circular accelerator that smashes protons together at almost the speed of light to probe basic questions about the universe. Its latest upgrade, resembling a 90-metre oil pipel
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Shakira to release new album this month

NEW YORK: Shakira announced Thursday that she will release a new album later this month after the superstar sported a reggaeton sound on her first single. Shakira, one of the top-selling Latin artists of all time, told her nearly 45 million Twitter followers that her 11th studio album, "El Dorado," will come out on May 26. The album´s title refers to the mythical city of riches which Spanish explorers sought in her native Colombia. The cover art of "El Dorado," however, is somber with Shakira´
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Sehwan blast ?facilitator? held in Balochistan raid

QUETTA: Intelligence agencies have nabbed a suspected facilitator of the Sehwan shrine bombing during an operation in Uthal area of Balochistan. The suspect, identified as Tahir, is accused of transporting the suicide bomber from Uthal to Sehwan, in Sindh. He is also suspected of having worked for Abdul Hafeez Pandrani, a leader of the Hafeez Brohi group affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) who now is reported to have joined Daesh. Police and intelligence agencies suspect Pandra
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No mention of Jindal in PM, COAS meeting: Marriyum Aurangzeb

There was no mention of Indian businessman Sajjan Jindal in meeting between the prime minister and chief of army staff, said Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb, adding that the news report which made rounds on Thursday was incorrect.    "Jindal is a friend of the prime minister and met him in his personal capacity," she said in a statement issued on Friday.  On May 11, a news report quoted official sources as saying that during a meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had taken
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South African police minister scolds driver online

A South African woman seeking advice on Twitter about buying a driver's license got more than she bargained for on Wednesday when her inquiry caught the eye of police minister and prolific tweeter Fikile Mbalula.     "It's a criminal offence to buy a driver's license (like a) ngathi ligwinya," Mbalula tweeted back, using a local word for a doughnut. "It will get you, the traffic department, and the driving school arrested."     Mbalula, nicknamed "Razzmatazz" from his time as sports and
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Nawaz leads high-level delegation to China

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with four chief ministers and several federal ministers left for China on a six-day visit early Friday morning.  Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited the premier to attend the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.  In the six-day sojourn, the premier is also scheduled to meet high-level Chinese leadership. Sharif is accompanied by chief ministers of all four provinces, as well as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Plann
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PM Nawaz leads high-level delegation to China

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with four chief ministers and several federal ministers left for China on a six-day visit early Friday morning.  Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited the premier to attend the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.  In the six-day sojourn, the premier is also scheduled to meet high-level Chinese leadership. Sharif is accompanied by chief ministers of all four provinces, as well as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Plann
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WHO wants transparency, market revamp for fairer drug pricing

The world needs greater transparency on the pricing of medicines, and an overhaul of some approaches, in order to increase access to life-saving drugs, global health experts said on Thursday. Drugmakers are under growing fire, given a wave of new treatments for serious conditions like cancer and hepatitis C coming to market at sky-high prices, putting them out of reach of many patients and national health services. "The problem has become global," said Suzanne Hill, head of essential medicines
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'King Arthur' director says David Beckham 'great on screen'

David Beckham has received some scathing reviews in the British press for his cameo in the film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, but director Guy Ritchie has given the former soccer star the thumbs up for his performance. "I love him and I think he's great on screen. I find him very talented," Ritchie told Reuters at the film's European premiere when asked if Beckham had the potential to be as good at acting as at soccer. Ritchie's take on the medieval legend follows King Arthur, played by Ch
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Hot, dry weather expected in most parts of Pakistan: Met

ISLAMABAD: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next 12 hours, stated the Met department on Friday. However, rain and dust storm with gusty winds is expected in isolated places in Quetta, Kalat, Zhob, Makran, Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar, Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad divisions, Islamabad, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir. The hot weather accompani
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No use taking Jadhav issue to ICJ: Indian media

KARACHI: Reports in the Indian media have acknowledged the futility of Delhi taking the matter of RAW agent Kulbhushan Jadhav to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Jadhav — nabbed by security forces from Mashkel, Balochistan in March last year — was recently sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan on espionage and sabotage charges. Indian analysts have commented in the media that the hearing of the Jadhav case — scheduled for May 15 — will not yield substantial results as “Pa
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US airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban

WASHINGTON: US Homeland Security officials met with major US airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports, three sources briefed on the meeting said. The afternoon meeting included high level executives from Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines and trade group Airlines for America, the sources said. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to p
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Maid among five robbers arrested in separate Karachi raids

KARACHI: Police arrested a maid involved in robberies at several houses, besides busting a gang of robbers in Karachi late Thursday, officials said. The maid, Iqbal Bibi, was said to be involved in thefts at over a dozen houses in North Nazimabad area of the city, police said. Officials also recovered cash and jewellery from her. In Baldia Ittehad Town, a man was injured due to firing during a domestic dispute. A woman died after wall of a house collapsed in Orangi Town late this night. The
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