Spectacular PHOTOS of the Month: April

We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by Children sit in front of a tombstone waiting for their relatives at a public cemetery during the......

4 lakh evacuated as typhoon hits China

Typhoon Longwang struck Sunday night in China's south-eastern coast from where nearly four lakh people were relocated to safer places to minimise casualties.The typhoon, named after the fabled......

Are the forces of globalisation losing steam?

Trade barriers have not risen significantly anywhere and now the values of both imports and exports have fallen, notes Daniel Gros China has just announced that last year, for the first time since......