The 2014 World Cup in Brazil will kick off next month under less than ideal circumstances. Stadium construction is behind schedule and has proven deadly for Brazilian workers, while the Brazilian populace has been protesting, wondering just why its country ...

VIENNA: -A fourth round of talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at defusing the face-off over Tehran´s nuclear programme ended Friday after the US had voiced concern about lack of progress. "This round of E3/EU+3 talks with Iran has now ended," ...

VIENNA: -A fourth round of talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at defusing the face-off over Tehran´s nuclear programme ended Friday after the US had voiced concern about lack of progress. "This round of E3/EU+3 talks with Iran has now ended," ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US car safety regulator imposed a record US$35 million (S$43.8 million) fine on General Motors on Friday for its slow efforts to report faulty ignitions in its cars that contributed to at least 13 deaths. In a settlement with the National ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US car safety regulator imposed a record US$35 million (S$43.8 million) fine on General Motors on Friday for its slow efforts to report faulty ignitions in its cars that contributed to at least 13 deaths. In a settlement with the National ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The death toll in twin blasts on Friday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi rose to at least 10 with close to 70 people wounded, the National Disaster Operations Centre said. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals and the Kenyan Red Cross ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The death toll in twin blasts on Friday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi rose to at least 10 with close to 70 people wounded, the National Disaster Operations Centre said. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals and the Kenyan Red Cross ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Friday that Russia is Europe's main trading partner in natural gas and that there should be therefore no sanctions against Moscow's energy sector over the crisis in Ukraine.

ATHENS (Reuters) - European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Friday that Russia is Europe's main trading partner in natural gas and that there should be therefore no sanctions against Moscow's energy sector over the crisis in Ukraine.

Barcelona have announced that they have reached an agreement with Lionel Messi over a new and improved contract. The Catalan club had been in talks with the Argentina international over a renewal for a number of weeks and the forward has now agreed ...

Around 400 British tourists are being evacuated from the Kenyan resort of Mombasa after Britain stepped up travel warnings following a wave of terrorist attacks, travel agents said on Friday. Thomson and First Choice said they had also decided to cancel all ...

We've been speculating about what really happened in that Standard Hotel elevator since Monday when surveillance footage of Solange Knowles violently attacking her brother-in-law Jay Z surfaced. And we can keep speculating, because a statement ...

AMETHI: The bad show by Aam Aadmi Party's Kumar Vishwas in Amethi is an eye-opener for him, said voters. You can't make elections a stage for poetry competition, said a local Sachin Kumar. Despite making initial strides in Amethi, Vishwas failed to ...

ZURICH – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has admitted it was a mistake to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar because of the extreme heat players will face in the Gulf state. “Of course, it was a mistake. You know, one makes a lot of mistakes in life,” he said ...

The operator of a Turkish mine where hundreds of workers were killed in an underground fire has denied that corporate negligence contributed to the country's worst industrial disaster. Alp Gurkan, the chairman of the mine operator Soma Holding, said the ...

343 Industries has revealed that Halo 5: Guardians will launch on Xbox One in the fall of 2015. Bonnie Ross, general manager at 343, made the announcement on a blog post that detailed the future of the Halo franchise as a whole. Ross talked about Master ...

The history of this election is a history of our intellectuals being willfully blind to what was in front of them. Comments (1). Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3. Modi's win: Did our intellectuals fail to see the wave? The history of this election is ...

A Turkish mining company defended its safety record Friday, four days after at least 284 people died in an underground blaze at its coal mine in western Turkey. Images from the Turkey coal mine disaster. A maximum of 18 miners remain missing and the final ...

Microsoft has named and dated Halo 5: Guardians for release on Xbox One in autumn/fall 2015. In a prepared statement, 343 Industries general manager Bonnie Ross described the shooter as "a massive and exciting project" that "takes full advantage of the ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has admitted that it was “a mistake” to choose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · Sepp Blatter; More Topics. Fri, May 16, 2014, 09:46. First published: Fri, May 16, ...