California devastated by deadliest fire in history

At least 42 people have died so far in the fast-moving wildfire which began in California on November 8. The numbers are expected to rise. Authorities confirmed that as many as 228 people are......

REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 9 images. An aeroplane flies past the sun as it goes into a partial solar eclipse in Singapore on Wednesday. Photograph: Edgar......

Kamala Harris: The World's Top Thinker

Kamala Harris -- California's Indian-American Senator -- has topped Foreign Policy magazine's 2017 list of '50 Leading Global Thinkers'.'They are the doers who defined 2017,' Foreign Policy......

Kamala Harris wins most votes in California Senate primary

California State Attorney General Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez battle each other to become California's next senator, after winning the top two spots in an open primary on......

'Ramdev is a symptom of today's India'

Ramdev's Patanjali is a low-cost, low-margin business that gets away with pretty much what it wants because wily old Ramdev knows how to get around all politicians, says Vir Sanghvi.   IMAGE:......

Foreign buyouts: Is India Inc on right path?

If it pans out, it will be the biggest M&A deal involving an Indian company. The proposed $23-billion mega deal between Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN is even bigger than Tata Steel's......

What US biz leaders must do in 2009

Happy New Year, leaders of corporate America. It's resolution time. One: Get to the gym. Two: Spend more quality time with the kids. Three: Restore the firm's reputation and return it to......

Yahoo! to pay damages to jailed Chinese scribes

Internet company Yahoo! has settled a lawsuit with two Chinese nationals, a journalist and a dissident. The company was sued for passing on personal information of the two to the Chinese......

Hollywood's Ten Most Romantic Films Of All Time

While the verdict is out on the most romantic Hindi films of all time, a movie renting firm recently conducted its own survey to determine the most popular romantic Hollywood film among......

The Revenant, Mad Max, Star Wars sweep Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 88th Annual Academy awards were announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, and actor John Krasinski at the Academy's......

'Star Trek' composer dead

Hollywood composer Jerry Goldsmith is dead. He was 75.Goldsmith was suffering from cancer. The musician breathed his last on Wednesday night in his Beverly Hills, California, home.Trained in......

Nirvana is the most overrated

Nirvana's 1991 record, Nevermind,has been votedthe most overrated album of all time byBBC6Music listeners.Coldplay'sX&Y came in second, followedbyThe Libertines' self-titled second album.6Music's......

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies at 80

Jerry Buss, who parlayed a $1,000 real estate investment into ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 10 National Basketball Association championships and making the team one of the most......

Campbell wins Bay Hill by six shots

American Chad Campbell won the Bay Hill Invitational by six shots on Sunday over Australian Stuart Appleby after a bogey-free six-under-par 66 delivered his second PGA Tour career victory.Campbell,......

Wannabe golfer beats Tiger Woods and Co!

He doesn't claim to be a great golfer. In fact, he doesn't even claim to be any kind of golfer. He has, he says, only played around 25 rounds in his entire life, and has never broken 100."My best......

Woods continues march

World number one Tiger Woods continued his quest to win his first World Matchplay Championship with a comfortable third-round victory on Friday. Woods, who beat Australia's Stephen Leaney seven and......

Golf's magic moment of 2003

It was, unquestionably, the shot of the year and, in many ways, it symbolised the unpredictable pattern of the 2003 PGA Tour.Unheralded American journeyman Shaun Micheel was standing in the first......