ANGELINA JOLIE AND BRAD PITT HAVE CHARITY CHRISTMAS

A moved Jolie said, “My Christmas message to Colombian refugees and t...

The Year the World Bank Fused Sustainable Development with Its Goals for the Future

The World Bank Group set two ambitious goals in 2013, and i...

Climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations

Shifts in climate – both large and small – are at least partly responsible for the rise and fall of many ancient civilizations. Could today’s climate chan...

Bollywood year in review: groans and some moans

Full-throated huzzahs, polite claps, furrowed brows and growly boos in the direction of Bollywood in 2013

A year of high-concept and low-recall movies, numbers twos...

President makes ‘symbolic’ enrollment in ObamaCare, picks least expensive plan

President Obama enrolled over the weekend for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the White House said Monday. The president, who is vacationing in Hawaii wi...

Experts discover new greenhouse gas

Scientists in Canada on Tuesday announced the discovery of a greenhouse gas with unprecedented potential to warm the Earth, and said the chemical has been lurking...

True Review: THE WEEK NIGHT DHAMAAL

THE WEEK NIGHT DHAMAAL

It?s the longest running sitcom on Indian television. Over 1200 and it's still running. Inspired by Duniya Na Oondha Chashmah written by colu...

Having given up on world peace, here's a modest Christmas wish list for Santa Claus

Top of my list would be for Americans to stop confusing politics with morality, law with ethics. Government has an important job: to protect us in the exercise of our right...

Hope of new treatment for Malaria

Scientists have identified a new method to stop malaria parasites from multiplying, paving the way for new treatments for the disease.

Researchers found that blocki...