Marriott is world’s largest hotel chain

New York: Several of the best-known names in travel are now united in one hotel company. Marriott International has closed on its USD 13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, bringing together its Marriott, Courtyard and Ritz Carlton brands with Starwood's Sheraton, Westin, W and St Regis properties. In total, 30 hotel brands now fall under the Marriott umbrella to create the largest hotel chain in the world with more than 5,700 properties and 11 lakh rooms in more than 110 countries. AP

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Sanders’ brother to fight on Cameron’s seat

London: Larry Sanders, the 81-year-old brother of former US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, has been selected by the UK’s Green Party to contest from former PM David Cameron’s old parliamentary seat. Larry grew up in New York and has lived in Oxford since 1969, making him eligible to contest the election on October 20 from Cameron’s Witney constituency in the university town. PTI 

Farrow’s son committed suicide

Los Angeles: Actress Mia Farrow's India-born son Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, 27, died from a "suicide gunshot wound" to the torso, the medical examiner's office said. She asked fans to lend support to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. A paraplegic due to polio, Thaddeus was adopted by Farrow in 1994 from an orphanage in Kolkata following her divorce from Woody Allen. PTI

Helmet rules for Canadian Sikhs too

Toronto: Three Sikh truck drivers have been ordered to wear hard hats at work by a Canadian court which ruled that no exception can be made for them as the men lost a 10-year legal battle against religious discrimination. Three Sikh men at the Port of Montreal had argued they had a right to wear a turban instead of a helmet. PTI