'Female Obama' Kamala Harris among potential US presidential aspirants

Kamala Harris, the first Indian-origin United States Senator also known as the “female Obama”, is considering to run for the White House in 2020, media reports said, days after a strong......

Clinton for President in 2016? Republican Party already worried

The Republican Party has warned several mainstream United States news channels against airing programmes on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is seen as a potential Democratic......

Track hate crimes against Hindus, Sikhs, demand Senators

Citing last year's Gurdwara shootout in Wisconsin, a group of 26 Senators from the Democratic party has asked the US Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller to start tracking......

Muslims demand NYPD chief's resignation over 'jihad' film

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is under fire from civil rights group, who are demanding his resignation over his appearance in an inflammatory anti-Muslim film shown to his department's......

Global banks: Of bailouts and beggars

Banks completed a full circle in 2008, as famed lenders from New York to Tokyo turned beggars who lined up for bailouts from their respective governments. The over a century-old institution Lehman......

The 400 richest Americans

The nine-figure fortune won't get you much mention these days, at least not on these pages. This year, for the first time, everyone in The Forbes 400 has at least $1 billion. The collective net......

The world's richest people

It has been a busy year for Forbes' team of fortune hunters. Strong equity markets combined with rising real estate values and commodity prices pushed up fortunes from Mumbai to Madrid. Forbes......

Indra Nooyi, world's 4th most powerful woman

Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia are among the 100 most powerful women in the world.India-born......

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......

Golden Globes 2018: Did the right films win? VOTE!

Veterans Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lost out to Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman at the Golden Globes 2018.  Were you rooting Dunkirk instead of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri? Did......

Ben Affleck running for US Senate?

Ben Affleck could be in the running to become a future US senator. According to CBS Boston, the 40-year-old actor is on a list of possible successors to Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, the......

The Most Controversial Movies Ever

What, you think making a song out of the National Anthem is controversial?Clearly gimmick-loving master director Ram Gopal Verma isn't pushing the envelope as much as he can -- and thank heavens......

Jamaica's Campbell-Brown fails dope test - sources

Jamaica's 200 metres world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters. The sources said the doping violation......

Here's the secret formula to sporting success

IMAGE: Michael Phelps with his medals. Photograph courtesy: Sports Illustrated Improving performances across a range of activities, including sport, might be as simple as applying an established......

Bolt-less Jamaicans double up in relays as US men drop baton

Jamaica won the showcase 4x200 metres relay without Usain Bolt as their American rivals dropped the baton at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas on Sunday. Nickel Ashmeade, Rasheed Dwyer,......

World's fastest man Bolt loses opening race of season

Jamaica's Usain Bolt (left) runs next to Tyquendo Tracey. Photograph: Gilbert Bellamy/Reuters World's fastest man Usain Bolt lost his opening race of the season on Saturday, anchoring the Racers......

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When Wayne Rooney played his hundreth match for England on Saturday, he was honoured with a trophy. Djokovic was in sublime form at the recently concluded ATP World Tour Finals, seeing him end the......