Moscow,:Russia set an oil extraction record of 10.578 million barrels a day, the largest volume over the past 24 years, local media reported on Wednesday.

What cancer-stricken cricketing great Martin Crowe didn't say yesterday was as revealing as his words during a 25-minute media conference on Eden Park.

Tokyo, The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that it will make a last attempt to place Akatsuki spacecraft in the orbit of Venus in December this year, before its fuel runs out.

United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will travel to India this week on a four-day agenda including meetings with authorities and attending events, Prensa Latina Agency Reports said quoting  his spokesman Stephane Dujarric to have confirmed.