Aftermath of Cyclone Idai

Ten days ago, Cyclone Idai, one of the most devastating storms to hit Africa in decades, made landfall in Mozambique, damaging or destroying thousands of structures. The tropical storm then moved......

Bangladeshi bomber arrested after attempted 'terrorist attack' in New York

“Terrorists won’t win,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour on Monday, which injured......

NY blast suspect arrested after shootout with cops

A 28-year-old naturalised American citizen of Afghan descent was arrested on Monday by United States authorities following a shootout hours after the New York mayor conceded that the blast that......

Day after bombing, New Jersey rocked by explosion

A suspicious backpack, containing up to five improvised explosive devices, was found at a New Jersey train station on Monday, one of which exploded while a police robot was examining it, a......

AWS upbeat on India market, sees massive headroom for growth in cloud adoption

Within days of announcing mega investments for building in Hyderabad its second data centre cluster in India, Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday said it is excited about the India market, where......

The watch dogs that didn't bark for IL&FS

Did men and women of redoubtable experience and public service, upholders of the country's steel frame and paragons of corporate governance, never smell a rat? asks Sunil Sethi. Photograph:......

SEC guns for billionaire Mark Cuban

With pressure mounting to crack down on manipulative trading, the federal government is hunting some big game these days. In the cross hairs now: Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas......

20 great stocks to buy in 2008

Stock selection will be the key factor in determining returns in 2008, given concerns of a global slowdown and premium valuations in domestic markets. Year 2007 saw the market deliver good returns......

Tests return with Stokes and Holder head-to-head

IMAGE: England's Ben Stokes during nets. Photograph: Andrew Boyers /Reuter When the players of England and West Indies walk out on to the lush Ageas Bowl pitch, on Wednesday, it will be a......

Sunderland hold Manchester United to goalless draw

Manchester United's faltering away form continued to blight their title challenge when they were held to a 0-0 draw at Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday. The match started 20 minutes......

'Only some CWG shortcomings have been highlighted'

Two Canadian Athletes have withdrawn from the Commonwealth games, both of themarchers. One is former World Champion Dietmar Trillus and other is Kevin Tataryn and both have citedconcerns about......

When Harry Potter queued for Tendulkar's autograph

It was boy wizard meeting the batting wizard as Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter on screen, queued for an autograph of Sachin Tendulkar at the end of India's drawn cricket Test match......

'Beef and Lamb' delight in Mumbai

Ian Botham was looking beefy as ever. Allan Lamb, short and stocky and without his strapping moustache, made up with his treasure of anecdotes. After ten years on the road, and almost 150......