In first meet with Xi, Biden brings up China's policies in Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday held their first in-person meeting in Bali, with both leaders underscoring the need to manage their differences and prevent a......

Russia denies reports of FM Lavrov falling ill during G20

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Monday denied the media reports of taking Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to hospital with a heart condition and called it the 'height of......

Biden, Xi come face to face for the 1st time amid tension over Taiwan

United States President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday held a much-anticipated first in-person meeting on the margins of the G20 summit, amid strained bilateral......

Jolly Joe At ASEAN Summit

Fresh from success in the mid-term elections, which were a referendum on his 23 months as POTUS, Joe Biden arrived in Pnomh Penh for the ASEAN summit.   IMAGE: From left: Vietnam Prime......

India opts out of RCEP as 'key concerns not addressed'

India has been forcefully raising the issue of market access as well as protected lists of goods mainly to shield its domestic market as there have been fears that the country may be flooded with......

RCEP a done deal, but signing put off to Feb: Sources

Leaders of India and 15 Asia-Pacific countries are expected to announce later on Monday the successful conclusion of seven-year negotiations to create the world's largest free trade region --......

CII explains how keeping out of RCEP will 'harm' India

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the ASEAN-India Summit on the sideline of the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, on Sunday. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Not being part of the......

India's 10 fastest growing cities; Surat tops

Besides Surat, which will also be the world's fastest growing city during 2019-35, the other nine cities are Agra, Bengaluru Hyderabad, Nagpur, Tiruppur, Rajkot, Tiruchirappalli, Chennai and......

Spotted: Angelina in Cambodia

Reader Shikha Tiwari-Negi sent us an old picture of her husband with Angelina Jolie, which was taken at their restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Jolie's former husband Billy Bob Thornton, whose......

Documentary fever hits NY!

Imagine a documentary that cost about $75,000 grossing $5 million -- and more to come from international runs and DVD and video sales. We are talking about Spellbound. Imagine a $3 million......

India outclass Cambodia in football friendly

IMAGE: Indian national football coach Stephen Constantine speaks to his players during a training session. The Indian football team today broke a 12-year-old jinx of not winning a match away from......

PHOTOS, World Cup qualifiers: Brazil crush Peru; Romania hold Italy

IMAGE: Brazil's Douglas Costa (left) celebrates a goal against Peru during their 2018 World Cup qualifying match in Salvador on Tuesday. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters An inspired......

2018 World Cup qualifier: Guam record first win; Philippines upset Bahrain

Guam players in action during the qualifying match. Photograph: Gareth Gay/Getty Images Tiny Guam beat Turkmenistan 1-0 to record their first ever World Cup qualifying victory, while the......

Lowest-ranked Bhutan win on World Cup qualifying debut; India bt Nepal

Bhutan, the world's worst international team according to the FIFA rankings, scored a 1-0 win over Sri Lanka in their World Cup qualifying debut on Thursday. Tshering Dorji scored the only goal of......