The wonderfully weird world we live in!

Ten images that prove we live in a odd, odd world! A woman touches a giant face-shaped pillar outside the Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka, Japan. Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters   A DJ performs......

Modi in Israel is making all the waves

Before winding up his ‘historic and groundbreaking’ visit to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the Indian cemetery at Haifa and then enjoyed a stroll on Olga......

14 images from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

It's a wild and brutal world outside and it is evident in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. Chosen from almost 50,000 entries submitted from 92 countries around the world,......

The world's best food companies

"Stack 'em high, and sell 'em cheap" was the credo by which Jack Cohen and his sons-in-law turned a 1919 market stall in the East End of London into Tesco, the world's second-largest supermarket......

Growth to continue despite security threats

There may be threats galore from insurgents and terror groups inside India and around in the region, but experts have expressed confidence in New Delhi's ability to tackle these and continue its......

Lifestyles of Wall Street's top earners

It's no secret they make piles of cash. What's not as well known? The idiosyncrasies of Wall Street's elite. Take SAC Capital Partners top dog Steven A. Cohen. He buys the rights to photos of......

How the market tells you when to stop

If you are having a string of winners, don't stop trading arbitrarily. If you stop trading thinking that the odds are that the string will end soon, you are trying to impose your will on the......

Will The Crown sweep the Golden Globes?

The nominations for the Golden Globes have been announced. While Netflix's Mank led the nominations for the films, Netflix's The Crown was a popular choice among Web series. The Golden Globes will......

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......

Madge makes it to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Pop star Madonna has been selected to enter the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The announcement from the Hall of Fame Foundation also named The Dave Clark Five, poet and folk-rocker Leonard Cohen,......

Funnier than Aishwarya's lips: The week in the movies

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us. I am in Delhi these days. Delhi, most months, is not an easy city to live in but in May it's just impossible. When not cursing the unbearable......

FIFA's Blatter, Valcke hire top US lawyers for corruption probe

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and its secretary general Jerome Valcke have both hired high-powered US lawyers to represent them as a corruption probe roils soccer's global governing body.Blatter......

Arsenal beat Burnley 3-1 to go second

Arsenal climbed above Manchester United into second place in the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over Burnley on Saturday but if Nicklas Bendtner had shown any sort of finishing ability they......

Man Utd on top after 100th league goal by Scholes

Manchester United took advantage of Chelsea's inactivity on Saturday to reclaim top spot in the Premier League, the 35-year-old Paul Scholes clinching a 1-0 victory at struggling Wolverhampton......

All Blacks destroy England

New Zealand, their forwards rampant and their three-quarters in overdrive,crushed England's world champions 36-3 in the first Test.They produced a stunning first-half performance on Saturday,......