A weaker Russia, a sobered China at a time when Xi Jinping is manoeuvring to protect his third term prospects, a reunited West, a chaotic Pakistan.This is a perfect set of strategic......
Millions of people worldwide are having to embrace life under lockdown -- confined to their own four walls or neighbourhoods for weeks on end as countries battle to reduce the spread of the......
Superstar Rajinikanth, tennis icon Sania Mirza, former US Ambassador Robert D Blackwill and actor Priyanka Chopra were among the 56 eminent persons who were honoured with Padma awards on Tuesday.......
Pyongyang wants the world to recognise its nuclear capability, says Srikanth Kondapalli. IMAGE: Kim Jong-un guides a multiple-rocket launch drill. Photograph: Reuters Two major events in North......
These photos prove we live in a truly bizarre world. Image: A woman wearing a bikini tops up fuel at a petrol station in Kiev, Ukraine. One of the largest networks of petrol stations in......
Google boss's absence at US-China internet forum meet raises eyebrows. The photograph below has some of the world’s powerful technology leaders in one frame. We would have said all of the......
Savitri Jindal, Asia's richest woman and the widow of the founder of steel and power conglomerate O P Jindal Group, is the richest billionaire mother with a net worth of $12.2 billion. Savitri, 60,......
Like other rural residents of southern Mississippi, Jamie Lucenberg, 35, faced a huge cleanup job last fall in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He needed a tractor fast to clear debris and trees from......
These characters have entertained us despite the fact that they do not have any name at all. “My name is Anthony Gonsalves.” “Rahul, naam toh suna hoga?” “Prem......
With economic problems and job cuts, Hangzhou locals and people in other parts of China are not very pleased about hosting the Asian Games. IMAGE: Police officers walk on a street following the......
Novak Djokovic has now reached the last four at Grand Slams for the 44th time. He is six ahead of Rafael Nadal and only two behind his other great rival and 20-times major champion Roger Federer.......
Images from Day 1 of the 2022 US Open, at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Monday. IMAGE: Serena Williams celebrates victory over Montenegro's Danka......
Cameron Norrie holds off third seed Carlos Alcaraz to make semis. IMAGE: Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates victory over John Isner of the United States in their men's singles quarter-final at......
IMAGE: Russia's Daniil Medvedev acknowledges the spectators after defeating Canada's Denis Shapovalov at the Western & Southern Open at the at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio,......