Singapore, Sep 1 (DPA) Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd, the biggest bank in South-East Asia, said Tuesday that it has appointed Piyush Gupta from Citibank Inc as its chief exec...More

London, Sep 1 (IANS) Actress Denise Welch has bared all for a magazine shoot. The 'Loose Women' presenter and former 'Waterloo Road' actress stripped for...More

London, Sep 1 (IANS) Actress Renee Zellweger, who had a minor car accident Monday, has walked away from the scene unscathed, an officer said. She was inv...More

London, Sep 1 (IANS) Pop star Madonna, who acted in 1996 movie 'Evita', is now ready to go behind the camera with 'Wallis' - a film she will direct and produce. ...More

Sydney, Sep 1 (IANS) Scientists have deciphered the DNA code that practically paints the apple red - an advance that is helping breeders develop new apple varieties. ...More

Toronto, Sep 1 (IANS) Canada, which has not seen a majority government since 2004, faces the prospect of its fourth general election in five years. In hi...More

Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) Enrolling kids for sports also seems to imbue parents with positive qualities like self-confidence and team spirit, says a new research. ...More

New York, Sep 1 (DPA) The Boeing executive in charge of the aerospace giant's much delayed 787 Dreamliner project will step down, the company has said. B...More

Brasilia, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) The sixth ministerial meeting of the India-Brazil-South Africa forum will begin here Tuesday, an official statement said. ...More

Los Angeles, Aug 31 (DPA) Walt Disney Co is to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, the companies announced Monday, giving the family entertainment conglomerate a powerful squ...More

Taipei/Beijing, Aug 31 (DPA) Taiwan and China launched regular direct flights Monday, ending Taipei's six-decade ban on air links with the mainland imposed at the end of the Chine...More

Los Angeles, Aug 31 (DPA) A raging California wildfire doubled in size Monday and two firefighters were killed when their vehicle tumbled down a mountain as they were fighting the...More

New York, Aug 31 (DPA) Discussions at the UN General Assembly Monday were aimed at setting up a process for the scientific study of oceans, which cover 70 percent of Earth but are...More

Pyongyang, Aug 31 (Xinhua) US and South Korean spy planes conducted over 170 reconnaissance missions over North Korea in August, the official media reported Monday citing a milita...More

Bled (Slovenia), Aug 31 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Trade Minister Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi met Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor here to explore ways for deve...More