CULTURE AND SPORT

A second South Pacific community has declared a state of emergency in a drought crisis that has seen water rationing imposed in parts of the region.

Apple's Tim Cook is expected to kick off his reign as chief executive on Tuesday by unveiling a hot new iPhone model that some analysts are predicting will be a bestseller.

One of Toronto's most in-demand vocalists in Canada, jazz singer Kate Bowen, will swing audiences in Hanoi from October 4.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been placed 7th on the latest World Badminton Federation ratings with 57,779 points.

Manchester City confirmed that they are due to open talks with Carlos Tevez over the striker's refusal to play in a Champions League match.

Three scientists shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for ground-breaking work on the immune system.

Vietnam’s newly-selected tourism ambassador, actress Ly Nha Ky, has denied that she faked her university degree.

An ozone hole five times the size of California opened over the Arctic this spring, scientists said.

Women's rights in Afghanistan risk being forgotten as international troops withdraw and the government struggles for a peace deal 10 years after the Taliban were ousted, Oxfam said Monday.

Streams of civilians fled Sirte as battles raged for control of Moamer Kadhafi's bastion.

Rescuers scrambled to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops because of flooding in the Philippines, where typhoons have left at least 59 people dead.

A government warplane mistakenly bombed an army position in southern Yemen, killing at least 30 soldiers and wounding many more, officials said.

Thousands of Vietnamese fans had a chance to enjoy the sweet voices of the Irish band Westlife at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on October 1.

Overseas Vietnamese singers have flocked to Vietnam for live performances, but crowds are often left unsatisfied.

Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge after more than 500 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes and attempting an unauthorized march across the span.

Manchester City put a turbulent week behind them with a 4-0 victory at Blackburn as Manchester United rode their luck in a 2-0 win over Norwich.

All 18 people aboard a plane that crashed on Indonesia's Sumatra island were found dead, an official said.

President of the Mrs World Organisation David Marmel has invited Mrs Congeniality 2005 Doan Thi Kim Hong to chair the jury of the Mrs World 2011 competition.

President of the Mrs World Organisation David Marmel has invited Mrs Congeniality 2005 Doan Thi Kim Hong to chair the jury of the Mrs World 2011.