Centre-left leader Matteo Renzi was set to be nominated as Italy's youngest Prime Minister in a matter of days after a party coup forced Enrico Letta to resign as premier of the euro zone state struggling to pull out of recession.

Some 1,000 flights were cancelled at all three airports in the New York area on Friday morning due to a strong winter storm that has dumped several inches of snow in the region.

Tim Cook gave up about 7,100 shares tied to an annual performance-dependent award, based on shareholder returns.

Perez went against the flow of popular opinion by backing a controversial rule change for F1 to award double points at the final race of the season.

CNR Rao is an icon in the field of science, the most famous scientist of the country, a renowned Chemist in the World.

Dehradun: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna on Tuesday appeared before a CBI court in Dehradun in connection with a fake document case, but proceedings could not be held due to the death of a lawyer.

Pakistani troops fired on forward Indian posts along the Line of Control in Mendhar and Hamirpur areas of Poonch district late on Friday in yet another instance of ceasefire violation, drawing retaliation from India. There was no immediate report of casua...

France clocked a time of 3:31.51 to take gold, with Australia winning silver in 3:31.64 and Japan bronze in 3:32.26.

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The 26-year-old Birmingham man pleaded guilty in March to threatening the President's life.

During the all-party meeting on Telangana in New Delhi on December 28, 2012 , Shinde had allegedly claimed that the Telangana issue would be resolved within "a month".

Factbox on Rafael Nadal who won his eighth French Open tennis title on Sunday.

The 23-man squad will also play the friendly against France in Montevideo and a World Cup qualifier against Venezuela.

Datawind had won the contract to supply 1 lakh unit of Aakash tablets priced at USD 49.98 apiece in 2011, translated into a price of Rs 2,276 at that time.

President Barack Obama said the government would increase security around the United States "as necessary".