CULTURE AND SPORT

US President Barack Obama stood his ground to defend his vision of an Israel-Palestinian peace deal.

"The Tree of Life", an epic and ambitious coming-of-age film, won top honours Sunday at the Cannes festival.

Kate Middleton and Prince William are back on home turf after their 10-day honeymoon in the Seychelles.

A new volcanic eruption in Iceland shut down the country's airspace, a year after the eruption of nearby Eyjafjoell caused aviation chaos across Europe.

The Cannes film festival wraps up on Sunday with no clear favourite to win the Palme d'Or.

Chinese Premier said Beijing would ease some bans imposed on Japanese food imports as leaders of Japan, China and South Korea held a trilateral summit.

They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse. And so they waited, vigilantly, on Saturday for the appointed hour to arrive.

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Barack Obama against chasing what he called a Middle East peace "based on illusions".

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was spending his first day outside a prison on Saturday after his lawyers posted $6 million bond.

BP had recovered over $1.0 billion in costs linked to last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill from a US subsidiary of Japanese Mitsui & Co.

The week-long festival is expected to attract around 5 million domestic and foreign visitors.

IMF approved a EUR26-billion three-year loan to Portugal as part of a European Union bailout of the struggling eurozone country.

An US computer security research firm uncovered new ways that hackers could sabotage power plants, oil refineries or manufacturing operations.

The Vietnam Football Federation has selected Falko Goetz from Germany as new coach for the men’s national football squad .

NATO-led aircraft hit eight vessels of Moamer Kadhafi's navy as US President Barack Obama predicted the Libyan strongman would "inevitably" leave or be forced from power.  

Cannes barred provocative Danish director Lars von Trier amid a growing backlash over his remarks about Hitler.

The Cannes is also a glamorous fashion venue where female artists provide photographers a chance to take countless photos about their dresses.

Tokyo Electric Power is expected to post an annual net loss of up to $18 billion and announce the resignation of its president.

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn won bail but was ordered to remain under house arrest with an armed guard and post $1 million in cash.