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2 Air-France flights bound for Paris diverted due to bomb threat

Two Air France flights from Los Angeles to Paris were on Wednesday diverted after a bomb threat was called in, a United States official said. It was not known if the same person called in both......

Meet the Indian behind G8, G20 summits in Canada

Sanjeev Chowdhury, director general, department of foreign affairs in Canada, headed the team that organised the G8 and G20 summits in Huntsville and Toronto from June 25 to 27. When Sanjeev......

Jamaica: Gunman releases passengers

A gunman took 180 passengers on board a plane hostage at a Jamaican airport late on Sunday evening, but released all its passengers unharmed later, according to a CNN report. However, five crew......

Paris attacks investigation: Latest developments

Five days after deadly attacks in Paris, which claimed 129 lives, details are emerging about the identities of the men who carried out the attacks. Here's a round up of the latest developments.......

Powerful winning images from the World Press Photo Awards

The best in international photojournalism was recently announced by World Press Photo’s Annual Photo Contest. Despite fierce competition, the jury was forced to select just a handful of......

Canadian PM promises free trade with India

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that a re-elected Conservative government will aim to complete bilateral free trade negotiations with India in 2013."Free trade agreements with India......

Apple to offer mobile payments service in UK in July

The payments service allows consumers using the latest Apple phones, tablets and smart watches to buy goods or services by holding the device up to contactless readers installed by merchants. Apple......

iGate's newly appointed chief paints rosy future

iGate Corp, the Nasdaq-listed information technology (IT) services company, on Thursday posted better-than-expected numbers for the quarter ended September 30, backed by impressive performance by......

A tale of two sinking banks

The experiences of HBOS and Indian Overseas Bank show that often loans make money for the lender in the initial years but losses come later when they turn bad, notes A V Rajwade. In one basic way,......

Darkest Hour Review: Exuberant bear. Shrewd fox. Vociferous lion

'The politics of it may be wishy-washy and the saviour at Darkest Hour's centre may well be a racist, an imperialist, and an alcoholic, but in Gary Oldman's nimble skin, smacked in layers and......

A year of empty stadiums and what soccer has missed...

IMAGE: Football players greet fans and relatives on a huge screen next to the field. Photograph: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images A year ago at The Shay, home to fifth-tier English soccer......

Leicester's Vardy is football writers' player of the year!

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has been voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association (FWA). The 29-year-old has scored 22 league goals to help fire his team from 5,000-1......

Davis Cup: Cilic leads Croatia to playoff win, Spain out of World Group

Marin Cilic of Croatia. Photograph: Chris Trotman/Getty Images for USTA Marin Cilic completed a dream week by steering Croatia into the Davis Cup World Group on Sunday but Spain found themselves......

Meet the 'fantastic man' in EPL

‘Fantastic man’ Vardy set for next fairytale chapter IMAGE: Leicester City's Jamie Vardy celebrates his record breaking goal during the Premier League match against Manchester United.......

Jamie Vardy's rise reads like an old-fashioned comic book

IMAGE: Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring the first goal for Leicester City to equal the record for scoring in consecutive Premier League games. Photograph: Craig Brough Livepic/Action Images via......