Gopalkrishna Gandhi, 77, a diplomat turned politician said he had declined the request of the 17-party alliance to be their nominee for the largely ceremonial role. "I am most grateful to them. But having considered the matter deeply I see that the...

Moose Wala -- also known by his birth name Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu -- was shot dead in his car in the northern state of Punjab last month. The 28-year-old was a popular musician both in India and among Punjabi communities abroad, especially in Canada...

The 25th anniversary is approaching of that rainy day and the midnight handover to China on July 1 that the BBC at the time called "the epilogue of empire". For Patten, now 78, the memory of his departure is still vivid. "It was a big wrench. I ha...

Outside his office in this small leafy city in the Donetsk region, people were on Monday filling up bottles from a large water barrel. The situation "is complex, because the front in recent weeks has come closer, to within 15-20 kilometres (9-12 mi...

The 52-year-old has constant cough, allergies and skin rashes, and doctors have told him the vile-smelling sludge that has also wiped out marine life in one of Dhaka's main waterways is to blame. "Doctors told me to leave this job and leave the riv...

The giant freshwater stingray, which measured four metres (13 feet) from snout to tail, was caught last week and released back into the wild after being fitted with a tag to track its behaviour. The monstrous bottom-dweller beat the previous record...

Starting his car under star-dotted skies unpolluted by light, he works alone in the pre-dawn chill, marking sightings or absences in a planner, interrupted only by the crackle of a walkie-talkie. The bird he is looking for is called "toki" in Japan...

In late May, Cortizo's doctors detected "a decrease in hemoglobin and white blood cell count" during routine testing, the president said in a televised statement. Specialists recommended that a bone marrow biopsy be performed, and samples were sent...

The downpours have dangerously swelled waterways in the low-lying Pearl River basin in recent days, threatening manufacturing, shipping and logistics operations at a time when supply chains are already stressed because of China's strict Covid-19 con...

A judge last July had ruled that Roberto David Castillo, a former member of the armed forces who graduated from the West Point military academy in New York, was the "co-perpetrator of the crime of murder." The victim, Berta Caceres, was a fervent o...

"I hope that this will end one day and I can come back and see her," said Svitolina. The 27-year-old was speaking a week after she and Ukrainian Champions League-winning football legend Andriy Shevchenko were asked on a Zoom call by Ukrainian Presi...

Humiliated 7-0 by the Avalanche on Saturday to go 2-0 down in the best-of-seven finals, the Lightning signalled their determination to go down fighting with a battling performance in game three in Florida. "People can say whatever we want but we kn...

While there was no catalyst from Wall Street owing to a public holiday, a healthy performance across Europe provided a little boost, while bargain-buying was also lending support. However, there remains an overarching sense of gloom as traders spec...

It isn't meant to be this way: the 1958 constitution designed by the father of the modern nation, Charles de Gaulle, reduced the power of MPs, with subsequent changes amplifying this shift. "The fifth republic was made for decisiveness," Frederic F...

While Basra is used to scorching summers, this year it has started sooner than expected, bringing misery to residents in a city also plagued by chronic electricity shortages. "By God, we are tired," Umm Mohammed said faintly, adding that the heat ...