US couple abandons toddler to play Pokemon Go, arrested

A couple has been arrested in the United States for abandoning their two-year-old son alone at home while they drove around playing the widely popular location-based augmented reality game Pokemon......

Portraits, gun salutes as Britain's Queen Elizabeth turns 90

Britain on Thursday celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II with gun salutes and fireworks and Prime Minister David Cameron paying tributes to the UK’s oldest and......

Ready for Hillary: She drives around in Scooby, has a belly laugh

On Sunday, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton announced she was running for president in the 2016 elections. After being a fixture in American politics for the last three decades,......

Big question from the Greece crisis: Do history and geography trump economics?

How did Greece, the country of Archimedes and Socrates and Plato and Pythagoras, come to such dire straits, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Like any Indian schoolboy, or should I say any schoolboy......

CWG 2026: What's next after host Victoria pulled out?

IMAGE: Victoria withdrew citing a projected budget blowout. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Australia's state of Victoria has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, placing the......

Defibrillator gives Dutchman Blind life-line ahead of WC quarters

IMAGE: Netherlands defender Daley Blind (17) vies with United States of America defender Sergino Dest (2) during the second half of a round of sixteen match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Khalifa......

Van Dijk says it's Netherlands vs Argentina, not Messi

IMAGE: Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk celebrates after the Netherlands progress to the quarter-finals. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk remains wary about the......

Depay, Dumfries put Dutch into quarters

IMAGE: Netherland's Memphis Depay celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match against USA. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images......

Criticism was a boost for Dumfries to turn up the style

IMAGE: Netherlands' Denzel Dumfries celebrates scoring their third goal. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters Winger Denzel Dumfries said recent criticism had helped fire him up for a match-winning......