Published On: November 23, 2016 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
India have called up wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel for the third test against England after Wriddhiman Saha was ruled out of the match in Mohali with a thigh strain, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday.
Published On: November 22, 2016 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
Lufthansa said it was canceling more than a third of its flights on Wednesday due to a 24-hour strike by its pilots, the latest disruption to its operations to be caused by a long-running pay dispute.
Published On: November 22, 2016 02:32 PM NPT By: Reuters
SINGAPORE, Nov 22: Oil prices rose to their highest level since October on Tuesday as the market priced in an expected output cut led by producer cartel OPEC, but analysts warned that a failure to agree on a cut could lead to a deepening supply glut by early 2017.
Published On: November 22, 2016 01:11 PM NPT By: Reuters
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been banned for one test and his team fined for their slow over rate during the first match against New Zealand in Christchurch.
Published On: November 22, 2016 01:07 PM NPT By: Reuters
Sri Lanka paceman Suranga Lakmal has been fined half of his match fee for throwing the ball dangerously at Zimbabwe opener Chamu Chibhabha during their abandoned one-day international in Bulawayo on Monday.
Published On: November 22, 2016 09:21 AM NPT By: Reuters
A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011.
Published On: November 21, 2016 04:55 PM NPT By: Reuters
Striker Harry Kane has confirmed he is in talks to sign an improved contract with Tottenham Hotspur and reiterated that he has no intention of agitating for a transfer away from his boyhood club.
Published On: November 21, 2016 02:38 PM NPT By: Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Nov 21: Canadian rapper Drake won his first ever American Music Awards on Sunday, Ariana Grande was named artist of the year, and punk band Green Day took aim at newly-elected U.S. President Donald Trump.
Published On: November 21, 2016 11:58 AM NPT By: Reuters
Indian rescue workers picked their way through the last of the mangled carriages of a derailed train on Monday to pull out more bodies from a disaster that killed at least 133 people and injured more than 200.
Published On: November 21, 2016 11:04 AM NPT By: Reuters
The dollar nudged up to a six-month high in early Asian trading on Monday, as investors continued to back bets that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump would embark on expansionary fiscal policies and boost growth.
Published On: November 20, 2016 01:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
Wayne Rooney believes he was the victim of "disgraceful" treatment following the publication of photos that showed him socialising at England's team hotel when on international duty last weekend.
Published On: November 20, 2016 11:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a U.S. auction on Wednesday for $850,000.
Published On: November 20, 2016 08:43 AM NPT By: Reuters
PUKHRAYAN/NEW DELHI, Nov 20: At least 107 people were killed and more than 150 injured when an express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, with the toll set to rise amid a scramble to locate survivors in the wreckage.
Published On: November 19, 2016 01:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19: Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Malaysia's capital on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak over his alleged involvement in a multi-billion dollar misappropriation scandal.
Published On: November 17, 2016 09:53 AM NPT By: Reuters
Private rocket launch service SpaceX is requesting government approval to operate a massive satellite network that would provide high-speed, global internet coverage, according to newly filed documents with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Published On: November 17, 2016 08:50 AM NPT By: Reuters
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last month, has decided not to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.
Published On: November 16, 2016 05:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Nov 16: The BBC said on Wednesday that its World Service will begin broadcasting in 11 additional languages in a drive to reach millions more people, including in places like North Korea where impartial news is hard to get.
Published On: November 16, 2016 04:20 PM NPT By: Reuters
India captain Virat Kohli has demanded better catching from his fielders after they let England off the hook on the opening morning of the drawn series opener in Rajkot.
Published On: November 16, 2016 11:05 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Nov 16: An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new administration could push ahead rapidly on construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall without seeking immediate congressional approval.
Published On: November 16, 2016 10:57 AM NPT By: Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16: One of the world’s most popular means of communication, Facebook's (FB.O) WhatsApp, is adding fully encrypted video calling to its messaging app on Monday, a move that comes as privacy advocates worry about the potential for stepped-up government surveillance under a Trump administration.