Meatballs may be modish, but I think they’re best done simply: beef and pork, peppery parsley, sweet onion and the aromatic anise of fennel seeds, lightened with breadcrumbs and quick fried to give a deep brown, caramelised crust. If they were good enough for Lady and the Tramp … Serves 4 6 tbsp milk 1 [...]
Master of romance Shah Rukh Khan is the man of the moment, thanks to his first ever superhero movie “RA.One”, an ambitious Rs.150 crore ($30 million) project that boasts of world class VFX, mindblowing graphics and his own presence. Billed as a technological masterpiece, it will be unleashed on about 3,500 screens across the globe [...]
Poverty rate in Bangladesh has declined sharply from 49 per cent to 31 per cent as Bangladesh has progressed in various categories of human development, a new report by the United Nations has said. But the poverty reduction rate was not the same in vulnerable areas, according to the Human Development Report 2011. “There are [...]
The Greek government stands on the point of collapse, with the country set for a general election over membership of the euro rather than the referendum planned for early December. Calls for a national unity government embracing the opposition also intensified as EU political leaders and financial markets demanded an end to the regional uncertainty [...]
President Barack Obama said he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed during talks on Thursday on the need for pressure to be maintained on Iran over its nuclear program. “We had the opportunity to talk about a range of security issues,” Obama told reporters following talks with Sarkozy ahead of a G20 heads of state [...]
Lionel Messi netted a hat-trick including his 200th goal for Barcelona in a resounding 4-0 victory at 10-man Viktoria Plzen on Tuesday that put the rampant Champions League holders and their Group H rivals AC Milan through to the last 16. The World Player of the Year converted a penalty in the 24th minute to [...]
Riot police have clashed with demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street group at one of America’s busiest ports, Oakland in California. Police fired tear gas as some of the protesters lit a fire and threw stones and bottles at officers. It followed a day of action against “corporate greed”, which saw a mass protest march [...]
Iran issued a warning to Israel on Wednesday, with a top military figure saying Iran will “punish” any threat. “The United States is fully aware that a military attack by the Zionist regime on Iran will not only cause tremendous damage to that regime, but it will also inflict serious damage to the U.S.,” said [...]