The German police had received information about plans to carry out a bomb attack on a gurdwara in Essen by a group of teenagers from one of the suspects' mother some weeks before an explosive was......
Martin Winterkorn, the former boss of Volkswagen who quit last month, will step down from his remaining posts related to the company, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and TV stations NDR......
Tom Friedman has got his challenger. The world is not flat, says the World Bank, in its latest World Development Report. And don't you believe in the "death of distance", because distance from a......
Taking a dig at India and other countries that believe economic activities must be spread geographically to benefit the poor, a new World Bank report has called for concentration of production,......
World Development Report 2006 (WDR 2006) makes a persuasive case for equity as the guiding principle of development. Equity denotes equality of opportunities to pursue a life of one's choice and......
In his address to the National Development Council in July, the prime minister stated, "Rare are moments of history when a nation suddenly captures the imagination of the world."Indeed, India is......
IMAGE: Russian athletes celebrate with their national flags. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said allegations he had helped cover up a top......
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is considering a blanket ban on countries whose athletes regularly dope in the wake of a series of damaging blows for the sport in recent days, according to its......
A general view of the signange at the China National Stadium, also known as Bird's Nest. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images World athletics' governing body has suppressed a 2011 survey......
'The IAAF's delaying publication for so long without good reason is a serious encroachment on the freedom of publication' Some of the study's headline figures were leaked in America in 2013 but the......
Jamaica’s sprinter Usain Bolt with UK distance runner Mo Farah. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Athletes must themselves decide the future they want for their sport following the latest......