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Spectre rules global box office with $300 million

Spectre rules global box office with $300 million

The 24th James Bond thriller Spectre, starring Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz, has earned $300 million at the global...

10 Nov 2015 12:42 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo: AP)

Queen may face legal battle over Koh-i-Noor

A lobby group made up of Indian businessmen and actors is mounting a legal challenge against Queen Elizabeth II...

9 Nov 2015 12:34 AM IST

Complex animals evolved 550 million years ago

Complex animals evolved 550 million years ago

The first animals to have complex skeletons existed about 550 million years ago, millions of years earlier than...

9 Nov 2015 12:28 AM IST

Elvis Presley still topping the UK charts

Almost 40 years after his death, Elvis Presley has topped the UK album charts for a 12th time.

8 Nov 2015 12:36 AM IST

Dutch PM steps into row over Sesame Street

A mini storm has broken out in the Netherlands ruffling some feathers amid plans to move popular children’s...

8 Nov 2015 12:35 AM IST

‘Young adults more envious than elders’

‘Young adults more envious than elders’

Young adults are more envious than older adults over looks and for a wider range of other reasons, according to a new...

8 Nov 2015 12:26 AM IST

Malala Yousafzai (Photo: AFP)

I’m a feminist thanks to you, Malala tells Emma Watson

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage rights activist who in 2014 won the Nobel Peace Prize, has told actor Emma...

7 Nov 2015 12:54 AM IST

Designer cells reverse 1-year-old’s cancer

A one-year-old girl in Britain has become the first in the world to be treated with “designer” immune cells...

7 Nov 2015 12:52 AM IST

Chile admits Pablo Neruda may have been killed

Chile’s government has acknowledged that Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda might have been killed after the 1973 coup...

7 Nov 2015 12:47 AM IST

‘Binge-watch’ is Collins’ word of year

Binge-watch — watching a large number of television programmes in succession — has been named the 2015 Word...

6 Nov 2015 1:51 AM IST

Asian collector snaps up $43m Modigliani in New York

Asian collector snaps up $43m Modigliani in New York

An Asian collector splurged nearly $43 million on an Amadeo Modigliani painting in New York, scooping the top prize in...

6 Nov 2015 1:42 AM IST

Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel

Vladimir Putin & Angela Merkel edge Obama to new Forbes low

Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting US President to slide out of the top two power rankings as published...

5 Nov 2015 5:38 AM IST