Ricciardo, in blistering form since Thursday practice around the streets of the tiny Mediterranean principality, made sure of the top slot for his team's 250th race start with a quickest lap of one minute 10.810 seconds.
Guus Hiddink is in talks with Chelsea to take over as manager until the end of the season while continuing as Russia coach, he told Reuters on Tuesday.
Indian magnate Vijay Mallya refuses to let the global credit crunch cramp his style, even if other high rollers may be keeping a lower profile at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
BPOs in Bangalore, which rely heavily on Internet services, say that there has been a 'slowdown' but they 'have been able to tide over the crisis' by using 'backup or alternate lines.'
Renault's Fernando Alonso refused to rule out a Monaco Grand Prix hat-trick on Wednesday while tipping former employers McLaren as favourites for Sunday's showcase race. Renault have not won a race since 2006 and Alonso has yet to appear on the podium since he left McLaren after one acrimonious season.
Nayantara Patel lists four hotels to visit for the fabulous food they serve.
The destinations to bear the brunt of the changing weather include hotspots in Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Australia and New Zealand.
As they have for millennia, the world's holy sites continue to exert a powerful draw over the faithful and the curious.
'Till the foreseeable future, our evenings are chock-a-block with nuptial festivities and merrymaking,' sighs Kishore Singh.
An enforced vacation to rest his aching knees may have been just the tonic Rafael Nadal needed as he had a bounce in his step on Wednesday when he bludgeoned Richard Gasquet of France at the US Open.
In the wake of recent submarine cable cuts that disrupted Internet and telephony services across the world, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is looking at putting in place a mechanism to ensure immediate restoration of lines in case of such incidents in the future.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
Freight rates between India and China have dropped by more than half following introduction of express services between the two countries by leading international container shipping liners.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday that Monaco's metal barriers would be the only limits to his bravery in chasing a boyhood dream at this weekend's Grand Prix.
Hamilton and double world champion team mate Fernando Alonso will wear helmets with 'Monaco 07' written in white diamonds on the side.
In Greece, olives were said to have been created by the goddess Athena, and were considered so esteemed that only "virgins and chaste men" could tend the groves. Olives were a rare and precious commodity to lovers of fine foods.
Geetanjali Krishna approached her trip to Greece -- the cradle of democracy where the notions of equality, free speech and civic liberty first took shape -- as much as pilgrimage as a holiday.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher claimed his 67th career pole in controversial circumstances in Monaco
What would it be like to be on the world's largest cruise ship? You won't have to wonder any more, as here's the first look inside the largest cruise ship -- the 228,081-ton Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas. Take a look at this mammoth ship, which boasts of dozens of eateries, bars and showrooms as well as an array of deck-top amusements including a multi-deck water slide area, surfing pools and rock climbing walls.
The Nobel committee in its citation said it had awarded Santos the prize for "his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people".
The government on Friday gave its nod to ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp, to acquire Royal Dutch/Shell's 33 per cent stake in a deepsea gas field off Egypt.
Italian watch-maker Panerai is eyeing the Indian market and has contacted few a celebrities from India to be a part of its adventure 'Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge' in Mediterranean scheduled for June next year.
Europeans are feeling the effects of the "Beast from the East," which refers to frigid winds blowing east to west from Siberia toward the United Kingdom. Temperatures have plunged as much as 20 degrees Celsius below average for this time of year, thanks to these frigid winds. Take a look at how Europe is coping after being dumped with heavy snow.
Lonely Planet unveiled its list of Asia's Top 10 destinations for 2018.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took pole position for the showcase Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with world championship leading German team mate Sebastian Vettel alongside him on the front row.
Nearly 400 migrants died in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said.
Hindi lyrics are no bar to the global appeal of his music.
The Spanish Mediterranean town of Bunol turned red when around 22,000 people gathered to throw 150 tonne of ripe tomatoes at each other during the Tomatina festival -- the world's biggest annual tomato fight.
The BAR driver explained team chief David Richards his decision to leave the team at the end of the year and join rivals Williams.
She urged the US administration to "recognise that we cannot in one breath speak of protecting Syrian babies and in the next close America's doors to them."
the 2.46 km Millau motorway rests on seven pillars -- the tallest measuring 1,122 feet, 53 feet more than the Eiffel Tower.
Paolo Castagna who took over as the managing director of Fiat India in March this year, is trying to revive its fortunes.
The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest.
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