Novak Djokovic tamed world number one Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-3 to claim his fourth Sony Open title on Sunday, denying the Spaniard a maiden win on the Miami hardcourts. The win was the second straight Masters series title for the second ranked Serb, who defeated Roger Federer in the BNP Paribas Open Continue Reading
Month: March 2014
As the musical animated film “Frozen” topped $1 billion in global sales, Disney studio has announced that it has become the top grossing animated film in box office history. The film has sold $398.4 million worth of tickets at domestic (U.S. and Canadian) theaters since its opening on November Continue Reading
France’s trade minister had to eat humble pie on Friday after she was caught on film saying that food served at a state dinner for China’s President Xi Jinping was “disgusting”. President Francois Hollande and Xi were all smiles at the dinner Wednesday at the Elysee Continue Reading
India’s two main political parties both broke laws barring foreign donations by accepting cash from local companies owned by London-listed mining group Vedanta Resources Plc between 2004 and 2012, the Delhi High Court said on Friday. The judgment was handed down 10 days before India holds Continue Reading
An Indian Air Force cargo plane crashed on Friday, killing its crew of five, in the latest of a string of accidents to spotlight poor safety standards across the country’s armed services. Last month, India’s navy chief resigned, taking moral responsibility for a series of accidents, Continue Reading
Mystical ice creatures, fire-breathing dragons, and the people caught in between return to the small screen come April 6, when HBO’s “Game of Thrones” unsheathes a fourth season that could see it crowned as the cable network’s most watched series in history. The medieval Continue Reading
The United Nations on Thursday launched an inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed by both Sri Lankan state forces and Tamil rebels during the conflict that ended in 2009, saying the government had failed to investigate properly. “The international community has become increasingly Continue Reading
A hammerhead shark dragged a college student in his kayak up the Atlantic coast for a two-hour “South Florida sleigh ride” that the kayaker taped with a head-mounted camera and posted on YouTube. Adam Fisk, 22, posted a five-minute clip of his adventure titled “Lone Man Gets Continue Reading
Lachlan Murdoch’s appointment to senior positions within his father Rupert Murdoch’s media empire marks the return of the prodigal son. Nearly a decade after walking away from the News Corp inner circle in New York to set up his own investment company and settle in Sydney with his Continue Reading
The Supreme Court called on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief N. Srinivasan to step down on Tuesday to ensure a probe into illegal betting during last year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), in which his son-in-law has been indicted, is fair. The involvement of Gurunath Continue Reading