Irma devastates Caribbean islands, Florida braces for 'most powerful storm'

IMAGE: People pick up debris as Hurricane Irma howled past Puerto Rico after thrashing several smaller Caribbean islands, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Photographs: Alvin Baez/Reuters......

Hurricane Harvey continues rampage in Texas, 20 dead

Tropical storm Harvey continued to batter Texas on Wednesday with rain and floods leaving at least 20 people dead and submerging homes and turning streets, highways into lakes. Thousands of......

Meet Trump's Cabinet and Inner Circle

Incoming US President Donald Trump has assembled a core team that is -- not surprisingly -- overwhelmingly white and male.Monali Sarkar introduces you to Team Trump. IMAGE: Donald Trump, the 45th......

'Yes we can, yes we did!' Teary Obama bids farewell

United States President Barack Obama said goodbye to his nation in an emotional address enriched with wisdom and optimism, asserting that he would never give up on his vision for change and......

As oil plummets, how much pain still looms for US energy firms?

A closer look at valuations and interviews with a dozen of smaller firms ahead of fourth quarter results from their bigger, listed rivals, shows there are reasons to be nervous.  With nearly a......

Obama inches closer to historic Wall Street Bill

US President Barack Obama inched closer to realising the sweeping Wall Street reforms bill, with two Republican Senators announcing their support for it giving the ruling Democrats the needed 60......

Improve trade ties with India: US Senators to Pak

A bipartisan US Congressional delegation, comprising of influential lawmakers who recently visited Pakistan and Afghanistan, have asked the leaders in Islamabad to focus on improving trade......

Shriti Vadera among UK's 20 most powerful people

Shriti Vadera of Indian origin working inUK's Department of Business Enterprise and Competitiveness, has been named among the 20 most powerful business people in the country's public sector by......

Elvis Hasn't Left The Building... He's In Cannes

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis got a 10-minute standing ovation at Cannes, making it a record of sorts at the famed French film festival where standing ovations are a genre by itself. We in India know Baz......

CRIME. ROMANCE. HORROR

Justice in medieval times, whodunit in the woods, mafia boss in the making, Sukanya Verma takes a look at the sheer variety on OTT this week. The Last DuelWhere to watch? Disney HotstarLanguage:......

Oscars 2019: Rami Malek wins Best Actor

The complete set of winners on Oscar night! IMAGE: Olivia Colman, winner of Best Actress for The Favourite, Mahershala Ali, winner of Best Supporting Actor for Green Book, and Regina King, winner......

Roma, The Favourite lead 2019's Oscar nominations!

Which films are *you* rooting for? IMAGE: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born. The nominations for the 91st Annual Academy Awards are out. Hosts Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) and......

Scottish Cup: Celtic clinch historic quadruple-treble

IMAGE: Celtic's Scott Brown celebrates with the trophy and teammates after winning the Scottish Cup final. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters Scottish champions Celtic beat Heart of......

Surprising facts about Buttler, Ashwin and Mankading

Jos Buttler has been 'Mankaded' twice Ravichandran Ashwin hit the 'Bull's Eye' in his second attempt after an aborted one seven years back IMAGE: Sachithra Senanayake of Sri Lanka appeals to the......

PIX: Drama-free Super Bowl halftime show

IMAGE: Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Maroon 5 threw just about everything at the Super Bowl halftime show:......

AMAZING Super Bowl PIX: Families take centre-stage after Patriots win sixth title

IMAGE: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots kisses his wife Gisele Bündchen after the Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams. Photograph: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The New England......

Laxman's 281: India's best against the Aussies?

Rajneesh Gupta surveys the batting landscape in India-Australia Test encounters. IMAGE: Inarguably, the finest Indian knock in the history of India-Australia cricket: V V S Laxman celebrates his......