CULTURE AND SPORT

BP was facing angry protesters and disgruntled shareholders on Thursday at its first annual general meeting since an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Movie-goers flocked to see what is billed as the world's first 3D porn film as it opened to packed cinemas across Hong Kong on Thursday.

Japan's seismologists were so entrenched in outdated beliefs about seismic hazard that they became blinkered to the risk of the March 11 quake, the journal Nature charged.

One of the leading French pianists, Roger Muraro, will perform in Hanoi and HCM City on April 23 and 26 2011.

World powers offered cash to Libya's rebels and the means "to defend themselves" as they issued fresh demands for Moamer Kadhafi to relinquish power.

US President Barack Obama unveiled a $4 trillion deficit reduction drive on Wednesday and savaged Republican plans that he said would reward the rich.

The United States has turned to oversized puppets in Pakistan by funding a $20 million remake of popular children's TV programme Sesame Street.

Philex Mining Corp. said its international oil exploration affiliate has found encouraging oil and gas flow rates in Block 07/03 offshore Vietnam.

Scientists have for the first time shown a link between intensifying climate events and tectonic plate movement.

Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak has been placed in detention for 15 days, shortly after his two sons had also been detained.

US President Barack Obama is set to try and wrest control of Washington's fevered debate over the economy and bulging deficit.

A leading climate scientist warned that Europe should take action over increasing drought and floods.

Japanese auto giant Toyota said it would temporarily halt production at five European plants for several days in April and May.  

Japan upgraded its month-old nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises Tuesday.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara urged his troops not to carry out reprisals on his captured rival Laurent Gbagbo's supporters.

A not-so-bright future stares at Vietnam's badminton after Nguyen Tien Minh's unexpected early exit from the Australian Open Grand Prix.

Young penguins in the Antarctic may be dying because they are having a tougher time finding food, US researchers suggested.

The White House warned that failing to raise the USD4.29 trillion debt limit would spark "Armageddon-like" consequences for the US economy.

Foreign ministers and diplomats from ASEAN member countries discussed a wide range of issues at a meeting in Thailand.