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The writer is author of ‘Red Queen: The Authorised Biography of Barbara Castle’ In her old age Barbara Castle, Labour’s leading female politician of the 1960s, lived in an absurdly…

By IANS PANCHKULA: Four years back, Maharashtra's Aryan Kadam took the long flight to Jamaica, hoping to become a top-class 100-metre sprinter. He and a couple of…

LONDON: Joe Root's hunger to succeed with England burns as bright as ever after a masterful unbeaten 115 carried the side to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test at…

Social media investors can be as faddish as teenagers. When Snapchat was released a decade or so ago it was dismissed as little more than a sexting app. Popularity with users then…

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Tom and Barb Hansen’s search for a retirement spot reads like the script to a road movie. California’s Lake Tahoe. Sedona and Scottsdale…

Decades of low interest rates, now being rapidly unwound, created vast fortunes for risk asset holders. The breadth and depth of that wealth is apparent in the group that has agreed…

PUNE: Winless after four games, Mumbai Indians (MI) will be desperate to reverse the trend when they face Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday. It has…

It was in 2012 that Faf du Plessis made his IPL debut and for a decade after that, he remained a pillar of strength for CSK. Faf was a player CSK desperately wanted to retain but RCB bid…

But as Ms. Scott’s fame for giving away money has grown, so, too, has the deluge of appeals for gifts from strangers and old friends alike. That clamor may have driven Ms. Scott’s already…

Spain’s battered and bruised opposition People’s party proclaimed Alberto Núñez Feijóo, one of the country’s most experienced politicians, as its new leader on Saturday, as it seeks…