20 photos you won't believe were taken on an iPhone

The best camera is the one you have in your pocket. Ever since the release of the first iPhone, the iPhone Photography Awards, now in its 11th year, highlights the best of the best. This......

Weinstein, Padmavati, women's jobs...

'Now with many itchy-fingered ex-bosses being raked through the mud, their marriages ruined, their careers trashed, their finances hit, the inclination of many male hiring managers will be to hire......

US successfully tests ICBM intercepts

The United States has successfully shot down a mock intercontinental ballistic missile, its first-live fire test, using its own upgraded long-range interceptor warhead, in what was widely......

Woman zookeeper dies after tiger enters enclosure in 'freak accident'

A female zookeeper was killed on Monday by a tiger at Hamerton Zoo in the county of Cambridgeshire, about 80 miles north of London. The zookeeper, Rosa King, was attacked inside the enclosure at......

Max your gas mileage -- use a plug-in

With its quirky vintage cars and grease-stained floor, Pat's Garage looks like a typically hip San Francisco auto repair shop. Until you notice that the street outside is overweighted in Toyota......

When coffee shops turn into offices

Jeet Thayil, poet and writer, might be alarmed at comparisons with Joanne Kathleen Rowling, though it would be impossible not to make at least some superficial ones. If the first of the Harry......

10 problems that gold mining faces

More than 85 percent of gold mined today will end up as jewelry tomorrow. Gold mining is not an essential industry like the harvesting of food or even paper production. It is certainly not......

56% urban Indians living in slums

Forget about Utopia or even the dystopian Los Angeles depicted in Blade Runner. The future of the city is a vast Third World slum. This year, the world will pass a milestone so profoundly......

How I survive in a family of actors!

'Everyone at home has a very strong point of view about how it should have been.''So opinions clash, points of view clash.''Everyone will have their favourites, and that '"I didn't like that moment......

Oscars 2017: Emma Stone, Viola Davis win!

The 89th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion......

Prince no more: Fans, peers pay tribute to legendary musician

Fans and fellow musicians have paid glowing tributes to legendary musician Prince, who passed away on Thursday in his Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg tweeted:......

Review: Amy is a fitting tribute

There’s enough emotion in every single frame to break your heart, Paloma Sharma says after watching Asif Kapadia's documentary Amy. Award-winning British filmmaker Asif Kapadia returns with......

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday. IMAGE: Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault final. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Sweden's......

Bayern footballer Davies's letter to Refugee Paralympians

IMAGE: Alphono Davies was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before moving to Canada. Photograph: Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Bayern Munich's Canadian defender Alphonso......

EPL PIX: Man City thrash Watford; Aston Villa stun Arsenal

Watford slip into bottom three after thrashing by Man City IMAGE: Manchester City's Raheem Sterling celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/Reuters Watford’s......

Buzz: ICC urges people to donate in Aus bushfire relief fund

IMAGE: Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services volunteer and carer Tracy Dodd holds a kangaroo with burnt feet pads after being rescued from bushfires in Australia's Blue Mountains......

EPL PIX: City suffer shock defeat, Liverpool five points clear

On a frantic day of Premier League action United earned a first victory since the opening weekend by beating Leicester City 3-1, with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur registering emphatic wins IMAGE:......