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Indian businessman pleads guilty to UN bribery

An Indian businessman pleaded guilty on Thursday to bribing a UN purchasing official with two luxury apartments in return for being given more than $50 million in the world body's contracts. Nishan......

2022 Will Determine Xi's Political Future

Xi does not want to risk any political or economic crisis complicating his bid to remain in office, observes Ambassador Shyam Saran, the former foreign secretary. IMAGE: Xi Jinping, general......

Pak woman held for attempted murder of US soldiers

A Pakistani woman, who mysteriously disappeared from Karachi five years back, having alleged links with the Al Qaeda, has been arrested on charges of attempted murder and assault of US soldiers and......

American gets 15 yrs jail for supporting LeT

American national Mahmud Faruq Brent has been sentenced by New York court to 15 years imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to militant outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which is committed......

103 held in US gang crackdown

US immigration officials smashed a huge criminal gang involved in murders and trafficking of people, arresting 103 of its members. In a national sweep aimed at disrupting the fast-growing Latino......

World's top 10 richest self-made billionaires

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has topped the list of world’s top 25 richest self-made billionaires. Image: Bill Gates, is the world’s richest self-made billionaire. Photograph:......

Jurassic World Rebirth Review: Time Pass

As a nothing-better-to-do weekend watch, Jurassic World Rebirth is fine. But the franchise is losing steam, observes Deepa Gahlot. A paleontologist rues the decreasing interest in dinosaurs; the......

What Can You Watch This Week?

Action, drama, thriller and rom-coms, this week has a lot of entertainment coming up on OTT as well as in theatres. DahaadWhere to watch: Amazon Prime VideoRelease date: May 12 Directed by Reema......

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride.Like Michael Corleone, he got into it......

PIX: Beeba Boys, Julianne Moore, Clooney at TIFF 2015

The annual Toronto International Film Festival began on September 10.Several Bollywood and Hollywood stars made their presence felt over the weekend at the ongoing Canadian film festival. A look at......

Review: Fury is intense and raw

Fury may not be everyone's cup of tea but it serves as a great reminder of the devastation wars bring with them, says Paloma Sharma.It is April, 1945. The Allies are capturing German towns but the......

Ukraine stun Belgium with epic comeback

IMAGE: Ukraine's Illia Zabarnyi scores their third goal. Photograph: Pablo Morano/Reuters Ukraine came from behind to beat visitors Belgium 3-1 in the first leg of their Nations League......

Russia bars FIFA's Garcia over human rights abuse

Russia made clear on Thursday that FIFA's chief investigator Michael Garcia is barred from entering the country because he is one of the Americans blacklisted in a bitter dispute with the United......

PIX: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich score narrow wins

A round-up of Saturday's action in the LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and Bundesliga. Mbappe scores twice as Real scrape past Leganes IMAGE: Kylian Mbappe scores Real Madrid's third goal with a......

PIX: Barcelona extend LaLiga lead; Bayern, Dortmund draw

A summary of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Bundesliga and Serie A. IMAGE: Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates after Leganes's Jorge Saenz scores an own goal during the LaLiga match at Estadio......

FIFA rejects Garcia's appeal against handling of WC corruption report

A camera is seen by the FIFA logo outside the FIFA headquarters. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images Former US prosecutor Michael Garcia's appeal against the handling of his alleged......