China and Russia sign 10 'crucial' agreements

Allaying apprehensions of an emerging military alliance between them, China and Russia beefed up their ties with 10 "crucial" agreements including setting up Russian nuclear plants and development......

Putin files prez nomination; Gorbhachev for re-election

Days after suffering a setback in the Duma polls and allegations of ballot rigging, Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin on Wednesday went ahead to file his nomination for contesting the March 2012......

Nashi, Russia's new militant nationalist movement

A new militant nationalist youth movement in Russia, known as 'Nashi' (Russian for Ours), has developed a formidable organisation to oppose alleged enemies at home and abroad to glorify imperial......

Milosevic could be buried in Russia

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who was found dead in his prison cell at the UN detention centre near The Hague, could be buried in Russia where his brother and wife now reside, even......

'Robo Brain' to teach robots how to mimic humans

Researchers, including Indian-origin scientists, have designed a 'Robo Brain' that gathers information from the Internet to teach robots how the world works and how the humans around them behave.......

Professionals take over in pharma global play

The face of the Indian drug manufacturing industry has changed over the past year or so, with a string of changes in the top management of major pharmaceutical companies. Many attribute this to the......

Common sense is not that common

Although economic and financial projections do not use the same level of abstruse mathematical techniques as, for example, thermodynamics or particle physics do, it does not make economic......

How PodZinger co-opts pirates

There are two ways to confront the pirating of copyrighted material on the Web. One, pioneered by the music industry and embraced now by Hollywood, throws lawyers in the path of digital progress.......

PIX: Unstoppable Duplantis vaults to a record of firsts

IMAGE: Armand Duplantis is the first pole vaulter to have won gold at the Olympics, World Championships, World Indoor Championships, World Junior Championships, World Youth Championships and......

PIX: US men, women storm to 4x400m World relay gold

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday, Day 10. IMAGE: Bryce Deadmon, Michael Norman, Elija Godwin and Champion Allison of the United States pose after winning......

Talking points from the English Premier League weekend

Manchester City remain top of the Premier League on goal difference from Liverpool after their 6-0 crushing of Chelsea. Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 while third-placed Tottenham Hotspur remain in......

Football Extras: Barcelona to meet Real Madrid in Copa del Rey semis

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Spain's two biggest clubs will play each other three times in the space of four weeks. Photograph: Barcelona FC/Twitter......

Transfer talk: Leicester reject Man City bid for Mahrez

IMAGE:  Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez arrives at the stadium. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters. Manchester City failed in an audacious transfer deadline day move for Leicester City......