$800 mn effort on to save shipwrecked Concordia

For the first time ever an operation to salvage a cruise ship as enormous as the Costa Concordia was put in motion on Monday off the coast of Italy, near the island of Giglio. The luxury......

Costa's captain admits he was 'showing off' when doomed ship sank

The captain of the Costa Concordia admitted in court he attempted a tricky manoeuvre to show off when the vessel sank with the loss of 32 lives. Francesco Schettino, 52, said he was trying to......

Costa Concordia captain sentenced to 16 years in prison

The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which sank off the Italian island of Gigilo in 2012 killing 32 people has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for manslaughter. The cruise ship Costa......

Playback: BEST PHOTOS of the week gone by

The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia is shown run aground off the coast of Giglio in this January 17, 2012 DigitalGlobe handout satellite photo obtained by Reuters January 18.Click on NEXT to read...

10 things that can wreck the finances of a company

All of us may have at some point read about best of companies reeling under financial crisis, be it any sector. Image:  A cargo ship stuck on an offshore reef. Photograph: Reuters A......

Heysel 1985: Football's forgotten tragedy remembered

On May 29, 1985, an hour before the start of the European Cup (now Champions League) final between Juventus and Liverpool at the Heysel Stadium, in Brussels (Belgium), a large group of fans of the......