From twinkling lights to festive markets, explore the top destinations to enjoy a magical Christmas holiday season.
Seventeen Indo-Canadians, including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, won Canada's parliamentary elections on Tuesday with Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returning to power in the snap polls.
Kyrgios did not face a single break point and hit 18 aces, including two to close out the final.
Ahead of Friendship Day, Rediff readers tell us about their best friends.
A few days back a news report mentioning that a cat in Crimea had adopted four orphaned baby squirrels turned viral and made netizens across the world go 'awww'. Following that we take a look at the surprising bonds between predator and prey -- animals forming the unlikeliest of friendships.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Raonic advances, Sock ousted in Rogers Cup
Trump abruptly rejected the text of the consensus statement and bitterly insulted Canadian PM Trudeau.
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Alexandre Bissonnette, a French-Canadian political science and anthropology student, appeared at a Quebec City court on Monday, he also faces five counts of attempted murder.
"Muslim-Canadians are an important part of our national fabric, and these senseless acts have no place in our communities, cities and country," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
Supninder Singh Khehra, an Indian citizen from Patiala and a resident of the Toronto suburb of Brampton, was verbally abused and beaten by a group of men who seemed to be drunk.
20 shades of unusual buildings and homes around the world.
India is seen as a good destination to relocate to as expat parents enjoy greater opportunities to make significant financial savings.
Germany was the fourth best place for older people to live.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there!
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.
Shot in 2014, these images from across the globe will tell that it is a crazy world out there!
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign at the Bilbao Final Masters with a crushing win over former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in Bilbao, Spain.
The vote assumes significance as it could end Scotland's 307-year union with England and Wales as Great Britain -- and see it launch into the world as an independent nation of some 5.3 million people. Here's what you need to know about the landmark referendum.
Recently, The World Bank has come up with the latest figures on the wealthiest countries in the world.
Factbox on Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who announced her retirement from tennis at 28 after a second round loss at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Two men accused of hatching a terror plot, backed by Al Qaeda elements in Iran to target a passenger train on the New York-to-Toronto route, have denied allegations against them in Canadian courts.
The chase to host the 2020 Summer Games was reduced to a three horse race between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Doha and the Azerbaijan capital Baku were dropped from the running by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday.
The Ukraine National Olympic Committee launched an investigation on Tuesday and suspended a top official accused of offering to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Olympics on the black market.
Saudi Arabia looks set to send women athletes to an Olympics for the first time later this year.
The outdoor shoe and apparel maker wants eco-friendliness to become its brand recall.
Former world number one Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable comeback by crushing third seed Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1 in the Quebec City Challenge final on Sunday.
English has many words that look and sound similar, but have completely different meanings! Read on for examples and definitions
If you're young and would like to holiday abroad living free of cost with hospitable foreigners, look up The Hospitality Club today!
Shikha and Neha Uberoi were knocked out of the doubles competition at the WTA Bell Challenge.
Shikha and Neha beat the Russian duo of Galina Voskoboeva and Anastassia Rodionova in the first round of the $175,000 Bell Challenge.
The US-based Indian was beaten by Germany's Greta Arn in the final singles qualifying round at the $175,000 Bell Challenge.
Police shot Gill in the arm before he turned his own weapon on himself and fired a bullet in the head.
The Russian beat France's Tatiana Golovin in the the grass-court DFS Classic tournament in Edgbaston.
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