Pakistani designers shine at Milan Fashion Week
Daily Times Exclusive
Renowned Pakistani designers Maheen Khan, Rizwan Beyg and Deepak Perwani showcased their elegant collections at this year's Milan Fashion Week. The talented threesome, along with acclaimed fashion photographer Tapu Javeri, narrated to Daily Times their enriching experience...

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Chris Brown announces tour, Rihanna has new single
R&B singer Chris Brown announced a month long “fan appreciation” tour on Tuesday - the same day that ex-girlfriend Rihanna released a new single seen by some as evoking their stormy relationship. Both Rihanna’s single ‘Russian Roulette’ and Brown’s tour announcement were firsts since their relationship...

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100,000 Italian women protest ‘offensive’ Berlusconi
Some 100,000 women joined a protest against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, accusing him of “offending” women, the daily La Repubblica reported. The women signed a petition launched by the left-leaning paper after the prime minister said on a television broadcast that...

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14th Latin American Clown Convention Mexico City: A group of clowns pose during the opening ceremony of the 14th Latin American Clown Convention. At least 500 clowns are taking part in the event. afp

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Yahoo! apologises for lap dance at event in Taiwan
US Internet company Yahoo! has apologised to Taiwanese clients over a lap dance show organised during a brainstorming meeting for Internet engineers in Taipei over the weekend. The rare move came after girls wearing bras and miniskirts performed in front of male participants seated on stage during an...

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General Electric unveils pocket-sized ultrasound tool
General Electric (GE) unveiled an ultrasound device about the size of an iPhone, saying the gadget could become “the stethoscope of the 21st century”. “We are going to put this in the clinicians’ hands,” GE chief executive Jeffrey Immelt said after pulling a Vscan from a suit jacket pocket during an...

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Blue roses to debut in Japan
Which colour would you like your roses? Red, white, yellow... or perhaps blue? Japan’s Suntory Ltd said it would start selling the world’s first genetically-modified blue roses next month, 20 years after it began research to create the novelty flowers. The major whisky distiller said it succeeded in...

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Dogs sniff out endangered species at Frankfurt airport
A pilot project involving two dogs sniffing out products made from endangered species at Germany’s top airport is so successful it should be implemented Europe-wide, organisers said. Amy and Uno, a German Shepherd and a Labrador, helped customs officials at Frankfurt airport discover snakeskin handbags,...

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Bride hits policeman, spends wedding night in jail
A Spanish bride spent her wedding night in jail after she hit a policeman trying to break up a brawl between her family and relatives of the groom, police said. The fight broke out just as the newly weds were about to leave the reception in a hotel in Salou, a resort 150 kilometres southwest of Barcelona....

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