Celebrations as Australians vote 'Yes' to same-sex marriage

Emotional embraces, tears of joy and an overwhelming message of equality washed over Australia after a majority of 61.6 per cent voted in favour of legalising gay marriage. Thousands of......

Sydney hostage crisis continues, 5 flee cafe

A woman is seen in a window of the Lindt cafe, where hostages are being held, at Martin Place in central Sydney. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Several people, including an Indian techie, were......

PHOTOS: The crazy, odd world we live in!

We bring you a collection of some of the odd moments from around the world.   Winner of the Body Art Awards celebrates during the Christchurch New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington......

Australian PM Tony Abbott lays flowers at Sydney siege site

Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday led a shocked nation in mourning the death of 2 Australians who lost their lives at the cafe siege in Sydney that ended with the killing of lone Iranian-born......

US: Planned layoffs in Feb lowest in 4 years

Layoffs announced by the US employers in February this year fell to the lowest since 2006 to over 42,000, as companies begun to shift focus from downsizing to hiring workers, a report said on......

US: Planned job cuts by firms rise to 5-month high

The US employers began year 2010 by announcing 71,482 planned job cuts, the highest job-cut tally in five months, a report by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas has said. The......

US: Job cuts down 55% in March

US job cuts have declined about 55 per cent in March this year to 67,000 compared to the same month in 2009, though it will take a while before hiring picks up, says a report. While the job cuts......

97,000 jobs cut in US in July

Job cuts announced by US employers jumped 31 per cent in July to over 97,000, increasing for the first time in six months, warning of a further hike in downsizing activity by the last quarter of......

PIX: COVID-hit Liverpool beat Newcastle; Chelsea held

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Liverpool's players celebrate after Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the third goal against Newcastle United at Anfield on......

Will Steyn get chance to break Test record?

IMAGE: File pic of injured South African bowler Dale Steyn sits on the boundary. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Dale Steyn has been close to the milestone for more than a year now but, at the age......

Why have Liverpool gone from monsters to minnows?

IMAGE: Six successive home defeats have put champions Liverpool's top four finish in doubt as their collapse from the leading team in the land has been fast and furious. Photograph: Laurence......

EPL PHOTOS: West Ham's Pellegrini sacked, United win

Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of moving into the top four stalled in a 2-2 draw at bottom club Norwich City, while several VAR interventions overshadowed the action.  Images from EPL matches......