Disasters

With a few notable exceptions, such as Italy and Jamaica, most Olympic team outfits were far from winning combinations.

BP hit by $6.5bn in costs on reduction of US shale gas asset value and post-Gulf of Mexico oil spill payments plus smaller income from TNK-BP oil production.

Government official admits that Beijing floods exposed planning and infrastructure problems.

Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne face a nervous test of their core economic strategy

Global business hub of Hong Kong battered by 140km/h winds as Typoon Vincente slams into southern China.

If BP sells its stake in Anglo-Russian joint venture TNK-BP, it will not only be a key turning point in the company's future but it could possibly spur foreign investment into the Russian oil sector, say analysts.

Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft begins talks with BP over its stake in the embattled UK and Russian joint venture TNK-BP

AAR is offering to end years of dispute with BP in deal that could see it acquire 12 percent of British oil major

American Meteorological Society research finds climate change link to extreme weather including heatwaves and flooding.

Since the disaster, many countries have turned back on nuclear energy but countries like the UK and the US still vouch for it.

More 600 million people across the world will be jobless, if initiatives are not taken by governmental institutions.

Shares rise as BP is on the cusp of settling one of its many cases related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for at a lower settlement fee, say reports.

UK oil major was approached by a Russian government owned oil and gas group to sell its 50 percent stake in Russian joint-venture TNK-BP, according to a source cited by Reuters

BP tops FTSE 100 after oil major says it may sell its 50 percent stake in Russian joint-venture TNK-BP

Fashion disasters at cannes 2012. From Sonam Kapoor to Delphine Chaneac, they got it all wrong.

Oil giant hit by US investigation into employee claims about Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while TNK-BP is dealt another blow

Sony share price fell seven percent to a 32-year low after the company reported record annual losses for 2011.

Sony has recorded a £3.5bn loss for 2011, beating its own forecast, but predicts a return to profits for the coming year.

Europe's biggest insurance group plans China listing, sees solid 2012 profit growth

Scientists bust myths that the super moon causes natural disasters like tsunami and earthquake.

Super Moon occurs when the moon makes its closest approach to earth on its elliptical orbit.

Facebook helps to increase daily organ donor registers in California by 800 percent.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched an update for Timeline users on its social networking site that allows them to easily become organ donors.

The Lloyd's of London insurance market, the world's oldest, has said it suffered no significant first quarter losses after a difficult 2011.

Russian media mogul launches project in which the human brain is transported into robots, other bodies and even holograms.

Man chosen by Beijing as Tibet's second highest spiritual leader makes first appearance outside mainland.

In Denmark, people die of cancer and in Afghanistan because of excessive drug abuse.

The volcano had destroyed the ancient seafaring Minoan civilization about 3,600 years.

Greek village of Potidaea was saved by tsunami from Persians invading it nearly 2,500 years ago.

The passengers on the memorial ship included relatives of those who lost their lives on the great vessel, relatives of survivors, authors, historians and people who are just fascinated by the Titanic story.