CULTURE AND SPORT

European Union agriculture ministers are holding emergency talks in Luxembourg on the bacteria crisis that has left 23 dead.

A Chilean volcano sent ash across South America, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina.

The UN's climate chief urged negotiators gathering for new talks over news that global warming could bust a threshold widely considered safe.

Japan has more than doubled its initial estimate of radiation released from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in the week after March 11.

The bones of an extinct sea cow species that lived about 20 million years ago have been discovered in a cave in the Philippines.

Apple has unveiled a free service called iCloud that stores music, photos and other content on the Web and shares it across multiple devices.

German Falko Goetz will be the head coach of Vietnam ’s national football squad and Olympic team for the next two years.

One hundred and twenty policemen were killed by "armed gangs" in northwest Syria, state television said on Monday.

Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared at a New York court Monday, expected to launch a fight to clear his name.

Former IMF chief arrived at a New York courtroom Monday for a new hearing on charges of sexually assaulting a chambermaid.

A student won first prize at a music contest with his impressive Vietnamese flute and piano performance.

NATO warplanes battered Moamer Kadhafi's command network in Tripoli, it said Monday ahead of a visit to Libya by an envoy from Russia.

Young Hanoians decked themselves out in their finest ‘cosplay’ costumes, paying homage to their manga favourites.

The Malaysian world heritage city of Malacca will be smoke-free from June 15, a first for the country, the health minister said Monday.

Vietnam has entered its bid to host the Asian Games in 2019, according to an official from the Vietnamese Olympic Committee.

The OPEC oil cartel meets in Vienna this week, widely expected to hold production levels unchanged as it balances a weak economic outlook.

The damage bill from massive floods which hit northeastern Australia this year will likely be US$7.3 billion, an official said.

It was a monumental project with modest beginnings: a small group of scholars and some index cards.

An outbreak of killer E. coli that has spread to 12 countries and killed 19 people may be linked to a Hamburg festival in May, according to new reports.