Billionaires pledge to give away half of riches
Reuters: Another 17 U.S. billionaires, including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, have pledged to give away at least half their fortunes in a philanthropic campaign led by Wa
Rolling Stones publishes Lennon’s last interview
Rolling Stone magazine is publishing an interview with John Lennon, conducted three days before the former Beatle was gunned down in New York, in full for the first time.
Nobel Peace prize is West's 'conspiracy' against China
Beijing: Chinese state-run media accused the West of 'launching a new round of China-bashing' ahead of Friday's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.
China has flexed its
'India's war plan against Pak is just all talk'
Reuters: A strategy developed by the Indian military to fight a lightning and limited war with Pakistan without crossing nuclear red lines has stirred concern across the border and in the United State
Global firms: Gear for CWG held up in India
Organisers of the Delhi Commonwealth Ga-mes were accused on Tues-day of owing companies millions of dollars and blo-cking equipment used for the opening and closing ceremonies from leaving India.
Tribute to 26/11 martyrs
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attends a ceremony at Police Memorial at Marine Drive, Mumbai, on Tuesday.
Google laptops: Attack on Microsoft, Apple delayed
Reuters: The first laptops powered by Google Inc's Chrome operating system will reach store shelves months later than expected and miss the holiday shopping season as the Internet company fixes softwa
Julian Assange defends WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange defended his Internet publishing site on Wednesday, saying it was crucial to spreading democracy and likening himself to global media baron Rupert Murdoch in the quest
China out with own peace prize ahead of Nobel
Reuters: China will award its answer to the Nobel Peace Prize a day before it is bestowed upon jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, giving the 'Confucius Peace Prize' to a former Taiwan vice-president
'Control freak' US responsible for cables leak
The Australian government on Wednesday blamed the United States, not the WikiLeaks founder, for the unauthorised release of about 250,000 secret US diplomatic cables and said those who originally leak