APRIL 9, 2019
Chennai Super Kings 111 for 3 (du Plessis 43*, Narine 2-18) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 108 for 9 (Russell 50*, Chahar 3-20) by seven wickets
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU - Chennai Super Kings stomped all over Kolkata Knight Riders to register a seven-wicket victory at Chepauk and claim pole position halfway through the IPL season. Deepak Chahar's early wickets...
APRIL 9, 2019
Malaysia Airlines' MH370 flight vanished in March 2014 (file image) AFP/Getty Images
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have landed before taking off a short time after it mysteriously vanished, an 'expert' claims.
Author Jeff Wise believes that a gap of one hour and 13 minutes in the doomed flight's record touch have seen the plane touch down.
Mr Wise,...
APRIL 9, 2019
Phuket International Airport is one of the most visited airports in Thailand.- Getty
PHUKET, THAILAND - Thai islanders have warned aviation authorities they could ruin tourism in the region if they use the death penalty to punish people for taking selfies near a local airport.
Tourists have been warned they could be sentenced to death for taking selfies...
APRIL 9, 2019
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that the United States was the real "leader of world terrorism" after Washington blacklisted Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a "foreign terrorist organisation".
"Who are you to label revolutionary institutions as terrorists?" Rouhani asked in a speech broadcast live by state television.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark Iran's national nuclear technology day in...
APRIL 9, 2019
Bank of America is raising the minimum wage for employees this year and plans to hike it to $20 an hour in two years.
"If you get a job at Bank of America, you'll make $41,000," the Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan told MSNBC on Tuesday. "With the success our company has...we have to share that success with...
APRIL 8, 2019
In New York, there’s a plan to extend the Lower Manhattan coastline to guard against rising sea levels and other effects of climate change. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In February, the White House devised a plan to challenge the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is a main driver of climate change...
APRIL 8, 2019
The Federal Reserve is rebutting President Donald Trump's assertion that tightening monetary policy is hurting the economy.
In a paper published Friday, the St. Louis Fed said the central bank's move to reduce the level of bonds on its balance sheet — "quantitative tightening" as it has become known — will not have any noticeable negative impact on...
APRIL 8, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 151 for 4 (Rahul 71*, Agarwal 55, Sandeep 2-21) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 150 for 4 (Warner 70*, Ashwin 1-30) by six wickets
MOHALI, CHANDIGARH - KL Rahul's third fifty in four matches helped Kings XI Punjab over the line with a ball to spare, ensuring they maintained a perfect home record in IPL...
APRIL 8, 2019
It could be the plot of a sci-fi movie, but the international space station is being attacked by metal eating bugs in space...
Okay, that sounds a little far-fetched, but the bugs are real and they're the same kind you'd find in toilets, gyms and offices here on Earth.
Research has revealed the bug infestation on the ISS is...
APRIL 8, 2019
He was the richest person in history, whose wealth was too vast to be imagined, or ever equalled.
Even today’s mega-rich, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) doesn't get close to African emperor Mansa Musa.
The 14th-century ruler of Mali was “richer than anyone could describe,” according to Time.
And his fortune was infinitely...
