The army is planning to position soldiers and surface-to-air missiles on top of a block of flats to prevent any airborne terror threat during this summer’s Olympic Games. Residents of the block in Bow in east London received a leaflet on Saturday informing them up to 10 soldiers and police will be stationed at the […] Read more
Angry Birds has been catapulted to glory as it was named best game at an event honouring apps. The popular game took the title for the second year running at the Carphone Warehouse Appys in London. Top award went to Sky Sports News which was the app of the year, according to judges. It also […] Read more
Global car makers such as GM, Daimler, BMW and Peugeot are counting on China to maintain growth in their premium offerings, even as all the signs point to an overall slowing in the world’s largest auto market. Even conservative forecasts have China’s automobile market surging to 30 million vehicles a year by 2020 from last […] Read more
The Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead next week as planned, Formula One bosses declared on Friday, despite fears it could be targeted by violent anti-government demonstrations. The sport’s governing body, the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile), and commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone made separate announcements in Shanghai, venue of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. […] Read more
England need 94 for a victory that would draw the series and protect their No. 1 Test ranking in the process after dismissing Sri Lanka for 278 a few minutes before lunch on the final day. Sri Lanka, six down overnight, lost three wickets in a rush, but Angelo Mathews countered briefly to turn an […] Read more
A mythical statistic attributes one third of India’s road accidents to drivers craning their neck out to catch a glimpse of Sachin Tendulkar reaching a century on a television set in a roadside shop. Roads in India should be marginally safer for the pedestrians now that the man from Mumbai has got his 100th international […] Read more
Pininfarina and Bertone put new “supercar” concepts on display at the Geneva Auto Show, demonstrating that the two design houses are putting their financial troubles behind them, executives said. Both family-held bodymakers have been forced to sell their manufacturing plants and focus on becoming “pure” design firms, penning dream cars for mainly Asian clients on […] Read more