CULTURE AND SPORT

China and Germany inked more than $15 billion in business deals but China warned Europe against interfering in its internal affairs.

Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, the UN said.

Manchester United winger Nani has insisted he is "not going anywhere" despite the arrival at Old Trafford of England international Ashley Young.

China is set to launch its once-a-decade panda census, state media reported Monday.

Idecaf lines up a moviefest with French, German and Vietnamese films being shown throughout next month.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday warned that the ongoing Arab uprisings could lead to an upsurge in internet censorship.

NATO operations in Libya entered a 100th day with airstrikes having eased the siege of key rebel cities but with Moamer Kadhafi still in power.

Judges at the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 

Gunmen have kidnapped at least 60 migrants, who were aboard a freight train in Mexico trying to get to the United States, an official said.

The red and black leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" video went under the hammer for $1.8 million.

The event marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic ties (August 6).

The eurozone is preparing for the worst in the Greek debt crisis and will cope even if Athens defaults on its loans, German Finance Minister said.

Brazil's former food security minister Jose Graziano da Silva became the first Latin American to head the UN's food agency.

At least six people were killed when a big rig truck hauling gravel slammed into the side of a California-bound passenger train in the high desert of Nevada, officials said.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is in Cuba following emergency surgery, is in "critical" but stable condition, Miami's El Nuevo Herald reported.

A small asteroid the size of a tour bus will make an extremely close pass by the Earth on Monday.

Moamer Kadhafi's regime accused NATO of killing 15 more people in strikes on civilian sites in the eastern city of Brega, a claim promptly denied by the alliance.

IAEA is in favour of strengthening checks on nuclear power plants, but how this should be financed was still up in the air, a UN official said.

A total of 60 pictures painted by pupils from 35 primary schools in Hanoi will be showcased in an exhibition from June 25-28.