Sports India win toss, choose to bowl v N.Zealand in first test AUCKLAND: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl on a green-tinged Eden Park pitch in the fir Published 05 Feb, 2014 10:11pm
World Puerto Rico to cut deficit, renegotiate debt WASHINGTON: Puerto Rico said Wednesday it would further reduce its deficit and seek to renegotiate some of its debt, a d Published 05 Feb, 2014 10:02pm
Top News UK's 'most-advanced' aircraft makes successful test flights LONDON: An unmanned drone said to be the most technologically advanced aircraft ever built in Britain has made its first Published 05 Feb, 2014 09:22pm
Markets US stocks dip on mixed economic data NEW YORK: US stocks Wednesday ended lower following mixed economic data and as investors looked ahead to Friday's US Published 05 Feb, 2014 09:11pm
Business & Finance Aston Martin issues recall over throttle fault LONDON: British luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin on Wednesday announced it was recalling 17,590 of its sports cars d Published 05 Feb, 2014 09:05pm
World Nine die battling Buenos Aires blaze BUENOS AIRES: At least nine firefighters and rescue workers were killed in Buenos Aires Wednesday when the wall of a war Published 05 Feb, 2014 08:55pm
World 'Bionic hand' can now sense shape, texture WASHINGTON: An amputee with a bionic hand has for the first time been able to feel the texture and shape of objects in h Published 05 Feb, 2014 08:26pm
Sports Tendulkar and Warne to lead teams in Lord's bicentenary LONDONL: English cricket fans are set to get one more chance to see Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne in action at Lord&# Published 05 Feb, 2014 08:12pm
Sports Spot-fixing trio dream of comebacks LAHORE: Pakistan's talented but tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer Wednesday vowed to ret Published 05 Feb, 2014 07:20pm
World Air India Dreamliner diverted to Malaysia after "glitches" NEW DELHI: An Air India Dreamliner was diverted to Kuala Lumpur Wednesday after suffering "software glitches", an airlin Published 05 Feb, 2014 06:48pm
Markets Tokyo's Nikkei stock index falls more than 3pc TOKYO: Tokyo stocks plunged more than three percent in opening trade Tuesday after weak US manufacturing data sent New Y Published 04 Feb, 2014 12:08am
Markets Gold rises 1.1pc after weak US, China data; S&P dives NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold rose more than 1 percent on Monday after disappointing manufacturing data from the United States a Published 04 Feb, 2014 12:07am
Markets Euro recovers slightly after last week's losses NEW YORK: The euro rebounded slightly against the dollar Monday after sharp losses last week, helped by fresh data showi Published 04 Feb, 2014 12:02am
World Strong 6.1 quake hits off eastern Indonesia, E. Timor: USGS JAKARTA: A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Indonesia Tuesday but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists s Published 04 Feb, 2014 12:02am
Markets ICE Canada canola futures weak ahead of StatsCan report WINNIPEG: ICE Canada canola futures fell on Monday as investors staked out positions in anticipation of a bearish supply Published 04 Feb, 2014 12:00am
Markets Argentina soy prices rise for third straight day BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's closing soy prices and trends on Monday:In the Rosario grains market, soy closed at $336 p Published 03 Feb, 2014 11:57pm
Sports New Zealand favourites for India Tests: Hadlee WELLINGTON: New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee has declared the Black Caps slight favourites for the two-Test series agai Published 03 Feb, 2014 11:37pm
Markets Cotton group raises forecast for record 2013/14 global supplies NEW YORK: The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) on Monday raised its outlook for record global cotton inven Published 03 Feb, 2014 11:23pm
Markets US, China data drag TSX to one-month low TORONTO: Canada's main stock index dropped to a one-month low on Monday as weak economic data from China and the Uni Published 03 Feb, 2014 11:16pm