Obama bonds with Cameron over basketball, hot dog

United States President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday enjoyed a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament......

7-year-old air crash survivor praised for her courage

Sailor Gutzler of Nashville, Illinois, escaped death when the Piper PA-34 aircraft went down on Friday evening in rural western Kentucky, killing her parents, her sister and a cousin. Kentucky......

Why Trump's immigration ban should worry Indians

'We are going to see relatively soon an executive order that deals with H-1B and other temporary visas.''We are also going to see an executive order on undocumented people.''Undocumented Indians......

Vietnam's Bengal connection

When Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyentan Dung begins his maiden to India on July 4 with a trip to Kolkata, it will underline the "special relationship" between his country and West Bengal and Hanoi's......

Why wealth is moving out of US

He who has the gold makes the rules, which is why Asia and Arabia are buying gold today. As nations get rich, typically, they buy gold - or they steal it. What else can they do? How else can they......

Fast food, fast discarding, quality control

During peak hours, long queues worm their way towards five counters at a fancy fast food outlet in south Mumbai. With clockwork precision, the production caller monitors the traffic.He knows what......

Malls on the highway now!

Builders across the country have caught mall fever, with hundreds of sophisticated shopping marts planned both in metros and smaller cities. So the concept of a "highway mall" was perhaps......

The new global hot spots for business

You may never have heard of Chengdu, a city of 4.1 million people in central China. But you will soon. The Chinese government has invested billions of dollars to entice U.S. companies to start......

David Cameron to teach Obama cricket. Can you help?

Sports can be a novel way of strengthening bilateral relations. Barack Obama and David Cameron seem to have gone ahead and taken the initiative in that direction. During the British Prime......

Bardy ends Gauff's run; Bencic withdraws from US Open

Brady defeats Gauff in straight sets to reach first WTA final IMAGE: Jennifer Brady plays a forehand. Photograph: Dylan Buell/Getty Images American Jennifer Brady defeated compatriot Coco......

Muhammad Ali's life celebrated by thousands at prayer service

IMAGE: Boxing gloves with well wishes are left at a makeshift memorial for late boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Louisville. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters. A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on......