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Cairn Energy victim of $3.5 billion HSBC forex fraud

An India link has emerged in the alleged $3.5-billion forex trading fraud case at British banking giant HSBC, where two senior executives, have been accused of doing ‘front-running’ by cheating a clie

22 Jul 2016 2:34 AM

Yasir Shah best leggie since Shane Warne: Ben Stokes

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has hailed Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah as the best the game has seen since the days of Australian great Shane Warne.

22 Jul 2016 12:35 AM

Theresa May taunts Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in first PMQs

Taunting the Opposition over women’s rights and a bitter leadership battle, new British Premier Theresa May delighted her party at her first session of Prime Minister’s Questions with an assured perfo

21 Jul 2016 3:24 AM

Twitter helps solve Milky Way mystery

Two astronomers — with the help of Twitter — have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that an enormous X-shaped structure made of stars lies within the central bulge of the Milky Way galaxy.

21 Jul 2016 3:08 AM

Indian from Hyderabad wins Mr World 2016 title

Mr World 2016 winner Rohit Khandelwal of India (centre) is flanked by first runner-up Fernando Álvarez (right) and second runner-up Aldo Esparza Ramírez (left) in Southport, England, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

21 Jul 2016 3:07 AM

Vijay Mallya ready for probe in London

Embattled Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya has accused Indian authorities of conducting a “witch hunt” against him even as he invited them to come to London for interviewing him, claiming he has “nothing to

21 Jul 2016 3:03 AM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP)

Turkey blocks WikiLeaks after document dump

Turkey blocked access to the WikiLeaks website on Wednesday after nearly 300,000 emails from President Recep Tayyip Erdo an’s ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) were put online even as Ankara

21 Jul 2016 1:31 AM

Britain won’t start EU divorce this year

Britain will not begin its formal divorce from the EU this year, a government lawyer said on Tuesday at the start of the first legal action prompted by June 23 referendum vote to exit the bloc.

20 Jul 2016 2:18 AM

Pippa Middleton gets engaged

The Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister Pippa Middleton and hedge fund manager James Matthews announced their engagement on Tuesday, setting the stage for a celebrated society wedding in the coming

20 Jul 2016 1:40 AM

Favelas to White House: Tiles turn footsteps into electricity

It was in Morro da Mineira favela, in Rio de Janeiro, that British engineer Laurence Kemball-Cook first saw how his floor tiles could make a difference.

20 Jul 2016 1:34 AM

The investigation was led by Canadian sports lawyer Richard McLaren

IOC to act tough against Russia’s rampant doping

Russia is already banned from international athletics because of a doping storm.

19 Jul 2016 12:47 PM

GoT star loses title of European strongman

Ha-fbor Bjorn-sson, who plays Greg-or “The Mountain” Clegane in fantasy dra-ma series Game of Thrones, is no longer Europe’s Strongest Man after Laurence Shahlaei beat the star to claim the title.

19 Jul 2016 2:38 AM

Youngest kids more likely to be bizmen

The last-born children of non-entrepreneurial parents are more likely to go into business than first-borns, according to a new research into birth order effects.

19 Jul 2016 2:35 AM

UK PM to visit Berlin, Paris in first foreign trip

Theresa May will visit Berlin on Wednesday in her first foreign visit as Britain’s new Prime Minister, Downing Street said, for talks with German Chancellor Ange-la Merkel on the UK’s pre-parations to

19 Jul 2016 12:52 AM

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland may stay both in EU, UK

Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would not rule out the possibility of Scotland remaining in the European Union as well as part of Britain, which backed Brexit in a referendum mainly

18 Jul 2016 2:54 AM

Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott hail pacer Chris Woakes

Chris Woakes has gone from a “Skoda to a Ferrari” in just three months, says former England captain Michael Vaughan.

17 Jul 2016 11:59 PM

Policing levels are expected to be upgraded at major events across the UK in the coming months. (Photo: AP)

UK snipers trained to counter Nice-style terror attack: Report

British police fear that Islamic State sympathisers in UK may attempt a copycat attack.

17 Jul 2016 6:47 PM

Turkish Army one of the best-trained in world

A section of the Turkish military, the second-largest Army in Nato after the United States’, caught the world off guard on Friday by staging an attempted coup.

17 Jul 2016 7:24 AM

Are we a step closer to invisibility cloaks

In a first, scientists have made an object disappear by using a composite material that can enhance an object’s surface properties, an advance that may lead to practical invisibility cloaks.

17 Jul 2016 1:48 AM

Sherlock next series could be last: Steven Moffat

TV drama Sherlock creator Steven Moffat thinks that the upcoming series of the hit drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, could be the last as its stars have busy Hollywood careers.

17 Jul 2016 12:46 AM

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