CULTURE AND SPORT

The IMF gave Greece an ultimatum to introduce more budget austerity to win the release of rescue funds and escape bankruptcy.

An increasing number of Vietnamese stars are more than happy to press release the media with shocking or titillating images.

A powerful earthquake rocked a vast and remote Himalayan region, killing at least 53 people in India, Nepal and Tibet.

Cult ad agency drama "Mad Men" won the best drama Emmy for the fourth year Sunday.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy and American David Toms, both past major champions, secured berths in this year's Presidents Cup golf matches.

An earthquake rocked a vast swathe of northeastern India and Himalayan states, causing at least 36 deaths.

Gender equality is shrewd economics as well as a human right, the World Bank said on Monday in a report.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has hit northeast India, killing at least 19 people, including three caught in a wall collapse at the British Embassy in neighbouring Nepal.

Swiss bank UBS increased the amount it said it had lost on rogue trades to $2.3 billion and gave details of how a trader concealed his risk exposure.

An Egyptian court has sentenced one of Hosni Mubarak's cabinet ministers to three years in prison after convicting him of corruption.

The death toll rose to nine in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact.

They are “Floating Lives”, “The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long”, and “Thang Long Aspiration”.

At least two people were killed and 54 injured when a vintage aircraft ploughed into spectators at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials said.

At least two people were killed and dozens injured when a vintage aircraft crashed into the ground at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials and reports said.

Chairmen of Vietnam’s top football teams met to discuss measures to heighten the quality of the country’s top-tier V-league.

A strong 6.6-magnitude undersea quake and a series of aftershocks hit off the coast of Japan's Honshu island, geologists said.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went into exceptional talks with European finance ministers on the debt crisis on Friday.

Model Ngoc Thach, the winner of Vietnam Supermodel Contest 2010, will represent the country at the 11th Miss Earth to be held in Thailand.

NTC fighters regrouped for a new assault on Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte, remaining upbeat despite suffering heavy losses.