DON'T MISS! Best photos of the week

We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace Reuters photographers. DON’T MISS! Best photos of the week A sadhu, smokes marijuana in a chillum on the......

Two plead guilty to attack on Sikh cabbie in US

Two men have entered guilty pleas to hate crime charges in the vicious attack on a Sikh taxi driver in Sacramento the United States late last year as the police and Federal Bureau of Investigation......

Taliban training monkeys for jihad?

The US-led forces fighting the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan might soon encounter 'gun-totting' monkeys, trained for 'jihad', if a rumour doing the rounds in the Chinese media is to be......

Another blow to Bush and Blair

The US and UK's case for going to war in Iraq suffered a blow as experts confirmed they had failed to find any evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.A leak from the Central......

Microsoft to acquire Nokia handset business for $7.2 bn

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would buy Nokia's <NOK1V.HE> mobile phone business for 5.44 billion euros, and the Finnish firm said its CEO, Stephen Elop, would join Microsoft when the......

Chanda Kochhar on her success story

In June, CNN's ‘Leading Women’ focused on a woman widely acknowledged in the banking industry for her intelligent innovations – Chanda Kochhar. She is the Managing Director and......

Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett win top awards

The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......

Your Favourite Oscar Speech? VOTE!

Heartfelt, sharp, aware, bright, and sincere, these are the best speeches from the show. There’s an art to a great Oscar speech, and it comes accompanied by massive odds: a ticking......

The truth about Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jean Mortensen was, in matters of personal hygiene, a slut. She ate in bed and pushed the remains under the sheet; had irritable bowel syndrome and flatulence; rarely bathed; and preferred to......

Undoubtedly together!

Gwen Stefani, lead singer of No Doubt, has reassured fansthat her band is not splitting up.A reportin People magazine quotes the pop star saying, "I thought it would be a good publicity stunt to......

Kyrgios, Tsitsipas enter quarters; Vekic tames Azarenka

IMAGE: Nick Kyrgios hits a forehand during his match against Yoshihito Nishioka. Photograph: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Australian Nick Kyrgios blasted 15 aces to blow past Japan's......

F1: Vettel wins Canadian GP to take championship lead

This is the German’s 50th career win IMAGE: Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Ferrari and third place finisher Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrate on the......

Hamilton v Vettel, the Formula One season so far

Lewis Hamilton can clinch his fifth Formula One world championship at Sunday's US Grand Prix. IMAGE:  Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton after winning the race alongside third placed Ferrari's......

Force India's new car makes test debut in Jerez

VJM-04, Force India's car for the 2011 Formula One season, completed its first ever laps with Adrian Sutil on driving duties on the first day of the second pre-season test at the Jerez de la......

Sutil 7th on rain-marred day in Barcelona

Sporadic rain literally poured cold water on Force India's testing at the Circuit de Catalunya with Adrian Sutil setting the seventh quickest time of the day. After a switch to the second race......