Rescue ops intensify as Hurricane Harvey kills 50

Rescue workers are desperately searching flooded neighbourhoods across Texas for survivors stranded by Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive storms in American history that......

World Press Photo 2019: The nominees

After going through more than 78,000 photographs from over 4,700 photographers, the expert judges of the World Press Photo contest have announced the finalists of the 2019 competition. The......

A life in photos: George H W Bush

With a rich political and personal legacy, former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush left no shortage of memorable images from his time in and out of office.'Pappy' Bush passed into......

REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 16 images Image: A dancer takes part in the Copenhagen Carnival parade May 23, 2015. The annual carnival takes place from May......

Apple ordered to pay nearly $533 mn for patent infringement

Tech giant Apple has been ordered to pay $532.9 million in damages after a federal jury found it guilty of wilful patent infringement. The jury, sitting in the US District Court for the Eastern......

Court bans Microsoft from selling Word in US

A United States judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft Corporation to stop selling Microsoft Word in its current form in the US as it infringes upon a patent owned by a Canadian company, i4i. Judge......

Infosys settles visa row with US for $34 mn

Infosys, the nation's second largest software exporter, on Wednesday paid a record $34 million fine to settle a visa row in the US. Infosys allegedly sent employees to the US with B-1 visitor visas......

Infosys likely to be fined $35 mn for visa violations

The US Justice Department is expected to resolve on Wednesday a visa fraud investigation against Infosys Ltd, according to a media report. The company is expected to be slapped a fine of $35......

FIFA's Blatter, Valcke hire top US lawyers for corruption probe

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and its secretary general Jerome Valcke have both hired high-powered US lawyers to represent them as a corruption probe roils soccer's global governing body.Blatter......