CULTURE AND SPORT

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has set a collision course with Israel and the United States, to force a vote on his bid for full UN membership.

A series of Bob Dylan's drawings and paintings will be coming to the Gagosian Gallery in New York City for the first time, the gallery said.

An impassioned President Barack Obama set up an acerbic and personal clash with Republicans, demanding $1.5 trillion in new taxes on the rich.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics will file lawsuits to try to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 as part of its global legal tussle with the US technology giant, a report said Tuesday.

UK-based DJ Eddie Halliwell, known internationally for his stage presence and mixing skills, will perform this weekend in Hanoi.

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.

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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.