Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead hostage crisis response
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo’s response after Islamic militants threatened to kill two nationals unless he pays a $200 million ransom. A defiant Abe vowed he would not bow to “terrorism” as Japan... read more »
‘Baby’ is a well-carved film; talks about terrorism, says Aksha...
New Delhi: After impressing audiences and critics with his army officer act in “Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty” in 2014, Bollywood’s action star Akshay Kumar is once again broaching the subject of terrorism in his forthcoming film “Baby”. He says the intent is to... read more »
Australian Open 2015: Novak Djokovic & Stan Wawrinka win
Djokovic, a four-time champion in Melbourne, beat Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-2 6-4, while Wawrinka saw off Turkey’s Marsel Ilhan 6-1 6-4 6-2. Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova opened with a 6-1 6-4 win over Dutch qualifier Richel Hogenkamp in the women’s draw. World number one... read more »
4th ODI: Williamson, Ronchi seal New Zealand’s win over Sri Lanka
Nelson: Kane Williamson scored 103 to rescue an ailing New Zealand innings Tuesday and steer them to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international for a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series. Williamson returned to the line-up after a two-match absence with a shoulder injury to... read more »
BUTT-ASIF-AAMER CASE TO BE RE-EXAMINED
Prosecutors are re-examining the criminal convictions of three Pakistan players jailed in 2011 over spotfixing allegations, according to a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, The... read more »
RSS wants Modi government to ban Flipkart, Amazon and eBay?
Claiming that foreign e-commerce firms such as Amazon and eBay are ‘killing domestic players in the Indian market’, the economic wing of the RSS has asked the government to ban... read more »
Google in Talks to Buy Mobile-Payments Company Softcard: Report
Google Inc is in talks to buy mobile-payments company Softcard, technology news website TechCrunch reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could help pair... read more »
US oil spill finding could cost BP $13.7bn in fines
A US judge has said more oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico following the deadly rig explosion in 2010 than BP estimated — a decision that could potentially cost the oil giant... read more »
Boko Haram: ‘For five kilometres, I kept standing on dead b...
Washington: It’s a “brief” war, which is to say that media reports on the brutal, dehumanising violence as Boko Haram consolidates its hold on a nation-sized slice of Nigeria... read more »
