Geetha Pillai

Major world powers including the US, China and Russia seek more time to consider issues and a possible UN vote at the end of 2012.

The Google doodle depicts a female archer aiming at the target, the third alphabet in the Google logo, which has been turned into the bullseye.

Though William Hill is fast expanding overseas, 90 percent of its revenues are generated in Britain.

Credit rating agencies Moody's and Fitch also put warnings on Britain's triple-A rating

World icons such as David Beckham, James Bond and Michelle Obama gearing up for launch event.

Citi also expects Britain to lose its AAA rating over the next two to three years due to the continued economic weakness.

Angry North Korea players abandon Hampden Park stadium after televised image shows them next to South Korean flag.

JLR sold more than 29,000 vehicles globally in the first half of the year, an increase of 19 percent from the same period last year.

Steel demand is poised for slow growth in 2012, according to an estimate by the World Steel Association.

The study comes ahead of the second quarter GDP data which is expected to show a 0.2 percent contraction.

The marginal rise in beer duty revenues the government is achieving offset by a fall in income from jobs and other taxes.

Migration Watch accuses coalition government of 'bottling out' in the face of pressure from university heads and business leaders.

A negative outlook points to chances of a high risk of annual cut in the rating within a couple of years.

Amelia Earhart completed her Atlantic crossing in 1932, but vanished five years later.

Syria, which has the fourth largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, says it will use them only in cases of external aggression.

The Aurora incident is just the latest in a series of shootings in the US, yet neither political party is prepared to risk making an issue out of gun control.

Torrential rain kills 10, forces 30,000 out of their homes and leaves 80,000 stranded at Beijing airport.

Murdoch steps down from boards of UK newspapers after leadership called into question by phone hacking scandal.

Church services, commemorative gatherings and concerts have been organised to mark the anniversary of last year's massacre in Oslo and on Utoeya island.

The Heineken offer is expected to invite counter-bids from rivals in the beer industry.

Explosive booby-traps prevent police from entering apartment of murder suspect James Holmes

The Bell 212 helicopter, flying to Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, crashes in the rural district of Ulu Belait.

Hundreds of mourners gather to pray for the victims of Dark Knight Rises premiere

The 29-year-old Csanad Szegedi is known for his extreme anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Vodafone's strong performance in emerging markets was weighed down by weak demand in European countries.

Loss mainly on account of a multi-billion write-off on the value of its unprofitable online advertising business Aquantive.

The existence of different regulators for Libor is a major obstacle for banks to opt for group settlement.

Majority of prostate cancer patients suffer from conditions such as incontinence and impotence, side effects of aggressive treatments, a reference to prostatectomy.

The merits of Libor, and its alternatives, are expected to be discussed by the Economic Consultative Committee on 9 September.