Saudi Arabia's stock benchmark Tadawul All Share Index made its largest one-day gain Sunday since April 21, advancing 1.3 percent to close at 6,749.49 points.
Kingdom Holding jumped 5.5 percent to its highest close since May 15. Al Rajhi Bank rose (...)
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but for Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor they were a lifelong passion that could now strike gold for the AIDS sufferers she championed.
Rubies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls — many of them given to Taylor by (...)
LONDON: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara gave a batting masterclass in the shortest version of the game to lead Sri Lanka to an emphatic nine-wicket win over England in a one-off Twenty20 International in Bristol Saturday.
Chasing a mediocre (...)
NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped Friday as Middle East unrest kept supply threats in focus, pushing both Brent and US crude to their highest settlements since 2008.
US non-farm payrolls registered solid growth for a second month in March and the jobless (...)
care kids who just graduated toss their graduation caps into the air during a graduation ceremony in Pandacan city, Metro Manila, Monday, to demand for the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her successor to prioritize giving (...)
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West Indies opening batsman Xavier Marshall has tested positive for a banned substance, a senior cricket board official told website www.cricinfo.com.
Jamaican Marshall and Tonito Willett from Leeward Islands tested positive last month at a camp to (...)
rounder Manoj David helped lead Canada to a 25-run victory over Bermuda in the opening match of the Canada Cup Tri-Series at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario on Monday.
Sri Lanka-born David top-scored with a well-paced 48 as Canada (...)
Guyana batsman Leon Johnson and Jamaica all-rounder Brendan Nash will make their debut for West Indies in an international one-day cricket tri-series with host Canada and Bermuda.
Johnson, who turned 21 last Friday, was a former West Indies (...)