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See the world through a microscope

At first glance, few would be able to identify what’s in the images below. But that’s the beauty of microphotography. The winning photos this year in Nikon’s annual Small World......

Debunking 10 myths about China and the South China Sea

An international tribunal in the Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines Tuesday, concluding that there was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within South China Sea......

Modi gets Bollywood-style welcome in Toronto

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper were treated to Bollywood tunes upon their arrival at the Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday. The two......

Canada to supply uranium to India from this year

Canada on Wednesday agreed to supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium to energy-hungry India from this year under a $254 million (Rs 1,584 crore) five-year deal to power Indian reactors as the two......

Missing jet: Searchers race against time as ships fail to detect new 'pings'

Search ships on Tuesday failed to detect any more underwater pulses after signals possibly from the missing Malaysian jet were recorded over the weekend, even as investigators were racing against......

The world's richest people

It has been a busy year for Forbes' team of fortune hunters. Strong equity markets combined with rising real estate values and commodity prices pushed up fortunes from Mumbai to Madrid. Forbes......

Argo, Life of Pi win at Oscars 2013

The 85th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les......

Life Of Pi, Django Unchained bag Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards are out, and it has its fair share of surprises and expected nods. The nominations were announced by Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlene in Los Angeles. The......

Lincoln leads BAFTA 2013 nominees

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln dominates the 2013 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). The American historical drama film earned 10 nominations including Best Film, Best Actor for......

Oscars Winners at a Glance: The Artist wins 5 awards

The 84th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best Picture The ArtistThe DescendantsExtremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe HelpHugoMidnight......

Team America is often silly, tasteless

It doesn't long to figure out that Team America: World Police wants to skewer politicians and activists of all hues. There are no sacred cows in this fast moving political satire, though......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

Transfers: Sterling, Sancho seal loan deals; Toney makes Saudi move

IMAGE: Ivan Toney, once Brentford's lynchpin in attack, moved to Al-Ahli for 40 million pounds ($52.50 million). Photograph: Al-Ahli/X A flurry of activity on transfer deadline day finished with......

EPL PIX: Arsenal go top; Man United down Everton

Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday, March 9. Late Havertz header sends Arsenal top IMAGE: Arsenal's Kai Havertz heads to score the winnwer against Brentford at......

PIX: Arsenal rally to hold Chelsea; City, United win

A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League. Arsenal rally from two goals down to draw at Chelsea IMAGE: Leandro Trossard scores Arsenal's second goal during the Premier League match......

Austria seal Euro 2024 place as Belgium-Sweden abandoned

IMAGE: Austria players celebrate after the match. Photograph: Aziz Karimov/Reuters Austria sealed a place at Euro 2024 on Monday but Sweden missed out on the finals for the first time in 28......

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