Top moments from the week gone by

Here are the best images from across the world from the previous week.  A rider goes through flames during the annual "Luminarias" celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day, Spain's......

The Jaya you didn't know

'We spoke of everything but politics.''She was well-versed in the Eng. Lit. canon of Dickens and Austen, but had also read Oscar Wilde's famous epistolary tract from jail, De Profundis.'Sunil Sethi......

Trump, the 'elephant not in the room' at GOP debate

American Republican candidates -- or most of them -- gathered on-stage in Iowa to tangle, one last time; however, the shadow of the real estate mogul loomed large. Republican presidential......

Snowden accuses Obama of blocking asylum requests

United States intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has accused President Barack Obama of denying him his right to asylum, in a statement, a first since flying to Russia on June 23, published by......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

Shekhar Kapur, toast of Toronto

After many abortive attempts to make a film in the last six years, Shekhar Kapur has returned with a pulsating, gorgeous looking and solidly acted film that has propelled him into the Hollywood......

What if the Oscars surprise?

By all accounts, the real race for the Oscar crown is between the lean and suspenseful $30 million Million Dollar Baby and the huge, colourful and intermittently engaging $110 million The......

Beware the West Indies!

Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the West Indies from World Cups.   Result Summary IMAGE: The West Indians celebrate the fall of a Pakistan wicket at Trent Bridge on May......

Year's fastest man Lyles ready to be a 'big dog'

20-year-old American runs 100m in 9.88 seconds at US Championships. IMAGE: Canada's Aaron Brown, Noah Lyles of the US and Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards in action during the men's 200m at......

Sports Shorts: Rodgers speeds to year's fastest 100 metres

IMAGE: Mike Rodgers of the US wins his men's 100 metres. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Veteran American sprinter Mike Rodgers cruised to the year's fastest 100 metres when the......

Sachin hits second ton for Lashings

Sachin Tendulkar hit his second successive century for Lashings World XI in a drawn match against Reigate Priory Cricket Club, Surrey, in London.The Indian batting maestro, who is making a comeback......