Another day of shootings in California, 7 killed

At least seven people were killed and one person critically injured after shootings were reported from two locations in the Half Moon Bay area in north California of the United States, CNN reported......

Jump in Covid hospitalisation of kids in New York amid Omicron surge

A jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations of children in New York has sparked concerns in California amid a surge in Omicron variant infections. IMAGE: A child receiving her first dose of COVID-19......

My Floyd Cardoz story

For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz -- who sadly passed away last week after being infected by coronavirus -- was a partner, mentor, friend, colleague. And family. IMAGE: Chef Floyd......

Best of International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards

It's hard not to get skin tingles when you see these stunning images.  They are winning pictures and shortlisted entries from the sixth annual International Landscape Photographer of the Year......

Audi TT: A practical, luxurious car but price is a dampener

The new, third-generation TT doesn't have the curves of its predecessors; apparently Audi wants the car to look sharper and edgier.   It feels like yesterday that Audi launched the first......

America's most overpriced cities

Vexed by gang wars and rising real estate prices, late rapper Tupac Shakur mused in 1996 that the overall cost of living in Los Angeles was so high he would almost rather "live life in the......

BPO: India in danger of being dethroned?

In 2000, when employment-screening service provider HireRight was looking for a low-cost locale for software development, the Irvine (Calif.) company turned to an unlikely destination: Estonia. The......

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......

How the coronavirus virus has impacted sports events

IMAGE: Empty seats inside the Allianz Stadium in Turin after fans were banned from attending the Italian Serie A match between Juventus and Inter Milan on Sunday. Photograph: Massimo Pinca/Reuters......

Olympic sailors, rowers shrug off reports of Rio's polluted waters

Rubbish is pictured at Fundao beach, on the banks of the Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters Sailors and rowers were not worried about getting sick during the Rio......

Sports Shorts: 'No late-night swimming finals in Rio'

Cate Campbell of Australia celebrates. Photograph: Matt Roberts/Getty Images Australian Olympic officials say they will oppose plans to stage the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming finals late at night.......

Brit sailing champ dies as boat capsizes in US at training

British yacht-racing champion Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, was killed on Thursday when his vessel capsized in San Francisco Bay......