Can Xi help resolve Trump-Kim dispute?

Ahead of the G-20 summit in Osaka this week, Xi has reasserted China's role as a global player, points out Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un......

Planet Earth's most brutal ruler

Whom will North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un kill next, and how? Image: North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un watches a drill by the Korean People's Army. Photograph: Reuters Tales of Kim Jong-un's......

US slaps sanctions on N Korea in response to Sony cyber attack

US President Barack Obama imposed fresh financial sanctions on North Korea and its senior officials in America's first public retaliation against the "provocative" cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.......

The world's youngest billionaires

Ah, to be young and rich. The average age of the world's 946 billionaires is 62, close to retirement, but a handful get to enjoy the trappings of wealth well before crow's-feet set in. Thirty-three......

G-20 meet kicks off in China

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday opened the seventh G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting with a call to respect diversity of development models to promote the......

Satwik, Chirag doubles pair bows out of China Masters semis

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action.Photograph: BAI/X The Indian men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out in the semifinals of the China......

China Masters: Satwik-Chirag storm into semis; Lakshya ousted

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action during the China Masters tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Friday. Photograph: BAI Media/X Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj......

Sindhu, Prannoy advance; Srikanth out of Asia Championships

IMAGE: P V Sindhu took just 33 minutes to get the better of China's Han Yue in Dubai on Thursday. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty Images Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Saturday, August 6

IMAGE: Ravi Dahiya celebrates with Indian flag after defeating Nigeria's Ebikewenimo Welson in the men's Freestyle 57 kg wrestling gold medal match on Day 9 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth......

CWG: Sen sails into semis; Sindhu, Srikanth in last four

IMAGE: World No 10 Lakshya Sen eased past Mauritius' Julien Georges Paul to advance to the singles semi-finals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Young......