CULTURE AND SPORT

Around a third of the food produced in the world every year, equal to around 1.3 billion tonnes, gets lost or wasted, FAO says.

The Cannes film festival got off to a glittering start on Wednesday, paying hommage to the creator of "Last Tango in Paris".

A magnitude 5.1 quake killed at least eight people in southern Spain, sending historic buildings crashing down.

Syrian security forces and unidentified gunmen killed at least 19 civilians on Wednesday.

Al-Qaeda's supremo in Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland, has warned Americans of a bloodier jihadist struggle to come following the terror mastermind's killing by US commandos.

NATO has insisted its bombing blitz in Libya is not aimed at Moamer Kadhafi.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is expected to book losses of over USD12 billion due to the crisis at its tsunami-hit nuclear power plant.

Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan has won the Asian Model Search in Singapore, beating 100 other top models around Asia to the crown.

Amid tensions between the United States and Pakistan, a top US senator said he will visit Islamabad seeking to mend ties.

More than 1,100 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The United States and China inked a broad economic framework Tuesday.

A team of seven Japanese film makers started work on a 3D documentary on the world's largest cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

Google began letting people store music collections in virtual online libraries in a challenge to Apple and Amazon.

US software giant Microsoft is near to clinching a deal to buy Internet telephony pioneer Skype for USD7-8 billion.

The highly acclaimed Ballroom Dance company from the US’s Brigham Young University will make its first appearance in Vietnam on May 13.

The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant said Monday it would temporarily shut down its last two running reactors.

Quebec unveiled an USD80-billion plan to rev up forestry and mining development over the next 25 years in its vast northern region.

A NATO bombing blitz rocked Tripoli Tuesday while rebels in besieged Misrata said they are pushing back Moamer Kadhafi's forces.

German coach Falko Goetz is most likely to be the head coach of Vietnam’s national football squad.