Briton sues mom for failing to protect him
A 32-year-old Briton has sued his mother for failing to protect him from his father’s beating.
Fergie may face House inquiry
Barely three days after she was filmed offering to sell access to UK’s trade envoy and her ex- husband Prince Andrew for £500,000, the Duchess of York has been urged to come clean or face a parliament
UK sets 225 limit on N-arsenal
Britain announced for the first time on Wednesday that it had set a limit on its nuclear weapons stockpile, at 225 warheads, and said it would re-examine its policy on use of nuclear weapons.
‘Vienna world’s best city to live in, B’luru tops in India’
Bengaluru is the best city in India offering the highest quality of living.
F1 returns to US in 2012, race in Texas
Formula One will return to the United States in 2012 with a 10-year deal for a race in the Texas state capital Austin, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone announced on Tuesday.
‘Cricketer offered bribe to fix game’
In a shocking revelation, a seasoned English county player on Wednesday claimed that an Indian businessman had approached him to fix one-day domestic matches, a development which sent alarms in the cricket fraternity.
Pride at stake for Bangladesh in opener
Bangladesh have another chance to confound critics of their Test status when they face England in the first of a two-match series starting at Lord’s on Thursday.
Since their promotion to the five-day format a decade ago, the Asian side have won just three out of a possible 66 matches and lost all six of their Tests with England, including two in Bangladesh earlier this year.
Europe oldest swastika unearthed
Archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be Europe’s oldest swastika during the excavations of a religious site at Altimir in Bulgaria.
Queen: Reducing deficit priority
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government put forth its economic and political reforms agenda in Queen Elizabeth II’s speech at the state opening of Parliament on Tuesday.
Tamim ready to play in pain for Bangladesh
Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal expects to play against England in the first Test at Lord’s starting here on Thursday despite struggling with a wrist injury that could yet require surgery.