CULTURE AND SPORT

The Dutch government said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from "coffee shops".

Egypt on Saturday reopened its Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years, an AFP correspondent reported.

A 22-year-old Australian university student has discovered part of the so-called "missing mass" of the universe during her summer break.

FIFA announced they have opened a probe for alleged corruption against president Sepp Blatter.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew into Pakistan with "tough questions" for the country's leadership.

Well-known Japanese mime artist Iimuro Naoki will perform in Ho Chi Minh City from June 7-8 and Hanoi from June 10-11.

Google faced a lawsuit on Friday hours after it unveiled a free mobile application that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet.

Six University of Chicago scholars have received named and distinguished service professorships, including Vietnam's Ngo Bao Chau.

The crew of the US space shuttle Endeavour are preparing for their fourth and final spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Judokas Van Ngoc Tu will compete in the Judo Grand Slam in Rio, Brazil on June 18-19.

Officials Thursday said 232 people were still missing four days after a tornado tore through a Missouri town.

Foreign direct investment disbursements in Vietnam are forecast to reach $4.52 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Serbia announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic on Thursday, ending a 16-year manhunt.

The Vietnam Football Federation’s selection of German coach Falko Goetz has been approved.

Leaders of the world's richest nations begin a summit in France dominated by the Arab Spring, the economy, and Japan's nuclear disaster.

Three explosions including two car blasts struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, leaving at least five injured.

The EU raised EUR4.75 billion for Portugal in a new bond issue, while the IMF gave its first tranche of emergency funding as part of a joint bailout.

The 2nd International Comics Festival will be held in Hanoi from May 30 to June 4.

A US astronaut Drew Feustel learned a valuable lesson about being teary-eyed on a spacewalk, NASA said.