AUGUST 30, 2008, and Kevin Keegan is on the look-out for signings to strengthen a Newcastle United side that has taken four points from its opening two matches of the Premier League season.

People in rich and poor countries alike have faulty understanding of what causes cancer and need better education on how to ward off the disease, according to an authoritative report issued on Wednesday.

It’s supposed to be bad luck for sailors to kill an albatross, if Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is to be believed.

Spain and Portugal lead the parade in next Saturday’s Vintages release. Next Saturday’s release of wines in Vintages includes a number of great values.

Just one can of the popular stimulant energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, Australian medical researchers said on Friday.

While many drivers use it for point-to-point navigation purposes, professionals use it for land surveying and map-making, and ‘treasure hunters’ use it for geocaching, a new phenomenon called GPS drawing is just being discovered by the motorcycling community.

KAMAL Nath, the Indian minster of trade, was gritting his teeth, doing his best to justify a wrecking operation that has earned him brickbats from all round, in Geneva this week.