CULTURE AND SPORT

Republican lawmakers Thursday challenged Democratic foes to vote for their debt plan or risk a calamitous US default.

South Koreans were cautioned about rogue landmines and explosives after deadly landslides swamped homes and military sites, officials said.

A plane carrying 10 tons of nutritional supplements to treat malnourished children has landed in famine-hit Somalia, a U.N. official said.

Surging inflation, Japan's weak conomic recovery and debt woes in the U.S. and Europe threaten East Asia's economic outlook, the ADB said.

The lawyer for a New York maid said that a phone recording proved she was no gold-digger after the ex-IMF chief's money.

The Vietnamese film industry knows little about making money, Hollywood legendary film instructor Dov Siemens said.

Walls of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students outside Seoul, and flash floods submerged streets in Seoul, killing at least 36 people.

Michael Phelps broke his gold medal drought in Shanghai with a 200m butterfly win to claim his 3rd straight world title in his favourite event.

Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through Seoul and a northern town in South Korea, killing 17 and leaving at least 3 missing, officials said.

The New Vietnam Circus interprets the daily life of a traditional village through a mixture of acrobatics, juggling and music at the Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris.

The White House and its divided Republican foes clashed but failed to break an impasse that could see the US default on its debt.

Le Quang Liem won a memorable victory over former Dortmund champion Ponomariov in the 5th game of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting.

Seventy-eight people were killed when a Moroccan military aircraft crashed into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says.

Pianist Nguyen Bich Tra and young male baritone Nguyen Hai Dang will perform ‘Piano & Voice’ as part of a classical night in HCM City.

The Dak Lak team came out on top at the 7th National Sports Festival for Ethnic Minorities which closed in the central province of Quang Nam.

Japan announced a plan under which beef tainted with radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be bought up and burnt.

Michael Jackson's mother and four siblings plannned a star-studded tribute concert for the late pop icon, but two other Jacksons don't agree.

US President Barack Obama stepped up the pressure on Republicans over the US debt crisis, scheduling a rare primetime speech.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh returned to his No 7 world ranking after successfully completing the US Open Tournament.