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Prince William and Kate Middleton arrive in Pakistan on five-day visit; trip dubbed 'most complex' royal tour to date

Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived in Pakistan amid tight security for their 'most complex' tour to date, the first royal trip to the country in more than a decade.

Writer Annie Zaidi wins $100,000 Nine Dots Prize for 'Bread, Cement, Cactus', exploring concepts of home, belonging

Annie Zaidi's essay Bread, Cement, Cactus that won her the Nine Dots Prize combines memoir and reportage to explore concepts of home and belonging rooted in her experience of contemporary life in India

Brain of SKA: Scientists finish designing brain of world's largest radio telescope

A team led by Cambridge University has designed the many elements going into the 'brain' of the SKA.

National Mathematics Day: On Srinivasa Ramanujan's 131st birth anniversary, a look at his unique legacy

At an age when students struggle with algebra, trigonometry and arithmetic problems, Ramanujan not only mastered them but also found theorems to solve many trigonometric problems.

Stephen Hawking's final scientific paper on "the information paradox" released

The work tackles with "the information paradox" and was completed days before Hawking's death

Facebook and Twitter pledge to defend against foreign intrusion in US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing; Jack Dorsey says he's scrubbing '200% more accounts'

Facebook and Twitter executives pledged on Wednesday to better protect their social media platforms in the 2018 elections and beyond, and told Congress of aggressive efforts to root out foreign intrusions aimed at sowing divisions in American democracy.

Sheryl Sandberg uses Facebook's woes as lesson for MIT grads; says 'we didn't see all the risks and didn't do enough to stop them'

Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg didn't shy away from her company's ongoing privacy scandal in a Friday commencement speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Instead, she turned it into a lesson about accountability.

Hundreds flock to Stephen Hawking's funeral in Cambridge, including Theory of Everything star Eddie Redmayne

The theoretical physicist who captured the imagination of millions around the world died on 14 March at the age of 76.

Stephen Hawking funeral: Crowds line streets of Cambridge as film stars, astronomers gather to pay final tributes

Film stars, supermodels and astronomers joined Stephen Hawking's family and friends for his funeral in Cambridge, the city where he dedicated his life's work

Thousands are expected to arrive in Cambridge for Stephen Hawking's funeral

There will be no public access to the church because the funeral has been designated as a private service for family, friends and colleagues.