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Ever Seen Camels Wrestle?

Please click on the images for glimpses of the 40th annual Efes Selcuk Camel Wrestling Festival in the Aegean town of Selcuk, near Izmir, Turkey. IMAGE: Wrestling camel Ozarslan Bey, adorned......

REWIND: Best moments from October

United States polls, coronavirus lockdowns and protests... Here's a look at the best images from October. A man pushes against police officers during an anti-government protest, in Bangkok,......

Karnataka's last resort politics

'Where in parliamentary democracies around the world do political parties drag Supreme Court judges in the middle marches of the night to decide who will rule?' asks Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: Karnataka......

It's an odd, crazy world out there!

Here's your weekly digest of unbelievably unusual images from across the world. Revelers participate in a parade on the streets during a carnival to mark the annual Orthodox St. Vasilij Day in the......

Meet the real life 'Queen' who went on honeymoon without her groom

Resembling the story of Kangana Ranaut-starrer Queen in which her character went for honeymoon all alone after her fiancé calls off their wedding, a newly-wed woman has shared......

Start-ups, IPL auctions & the Veblen Effect

India added three unicorns per month in 2021 to nearly double the overall number to about 85 at last count.And there are many gazelles and cheetahs in the pipeline. All gunning to be unicorns (and......

Hay for cheese? Barter booms in cash-squeezed rural Greece

A rising number of Greeks in rural areas are swapping goods and services in cashless transactions. Image: Barter booms in Greece. Photograph: Reuters Wild boar and power cuts were......

Greece crisis fails to make a dent on rupee

Domestic currency emerges fifth best performer among major global onesAlthough Greece is debt crisis adversely impacted global currencies last month, India’s rupee has emerged as one......

Germany rules out possibility of Greece's EU exit

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has for the first time ruled out the possibility of debt-stricken Greece sliding into bankruptcy or leaving the euro zone."I think there will be no state......

Drive the Xceptional BMW!

Athens. To me, it always was a city that surrounded a crumbling mansion atop a hill. And guess what, I was right all along. What I didn't know was that the capital of Greece which houses 40 per......

PIX: Pregnant Esha Deol looks gorgeous on her Babymoon

Esha Deol makes pretty pictures in Greece. To-be-parents Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani have taken off to the beautiful Santorini island in the Aegean Sea, in Greece, for their Babymoon.......

PIX: TV actors Karan-Ankita's beautiful Greece holiday

Stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. So we decided to bring you their travels with a special series. Raai Laxmi had an awesome US holiday.......

PHOTOS: Syrian amputee carries Rio Olympic flame through Athens refugee camp

- 'I want to send a message to every athlete who was an athlete in his country and had to migrate, to become a refugee ... To not stay in the camp and do nothing. To go out there and work for their......

This refugee amputee will be a torch-bearer for Rio Games

‘I am carrying the flame for myself but also for Syrians, for refugees everywhere’ IMAGE: Ibrahim al-Hussein, refugee amputee swimmer a torch-bearer. Photograph: UNHCR A Syrian......

Greek's 2nd division league players protest in support of migrants

IMAGE: A video grab shows players of AEL Larissa and Acharnaikos sit on the pitch in protest before kick-off of their Greek 2nd division match in in the Thessalian city of Larissa on Friday A......

Turkey eyes benefits of Formula One

Turkey hosts its first Formula One Grand Prix this weekend and believes the event will generate serious money further down the road.Sunday's race at the $70 million Istanbul Speedpark could......

Van Moorsel strikes gold again

Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands retained her individual time trial title on Wednesday to become the first woman in Olympic history to win three gold medals on the road.Deirdre......

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