CULTURE AND SPORT

Google on Monday gave users of its Chrome Web browser the ability to block search results from low-quality websites known as content farms.

A court in Ecuador ordered US oil giant Chevron to pay an estimated USD8 billion in a lawsuit alleging the firm caused environmental damage.

US President Barack Obama unveiled a USD3.73-trillion spending blueprint for 2012 on Monday, including a raft of tax hikes and spending cuts.

Egypt's military government urged a halt to widespread strikes inspired by a popular uprising that threatened to paralyse the country.

Three-time World Footballer of the Year Ronaldo is set to announce his retirement on Monday, Brazilian media said.

An aspiring poet in search of true love. A student who has found it. And a young woman on the cusp of a major life change.

Barack Obama unveils his fiscal 2012 budget, an election year plan forged from conflicting needs to cut spending and stoke the economic recovery.

The Indonesia SEA Games Organizing Committee has announced that female football will not be played at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam is taking the lead with five points at the international elite chess tournament Aeroflot Open 2011.

A slowdown in the increase of Kenya's elephant numbers is raising fears among conservationists.

A dazzling Valentine night fest for 100 couples will light up the romantic Anh Sao Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 Sunday night.

Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum and Jay-Z were among the winners at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

The military dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution and promised a referendum on political reform.

The “Miss Spring 2011” beauty contest organised by the Vietnam Students’ Association in France took place in Paris on February 12.

Switzerland voted Sunday on whether to abolish its long-standing tradition of letting citizens keep army-issued weapons at home.

Egypt's new military leadership vowed to pave the way for democracy and abide by its peace treaty with Israel.

At least 30 people died in a staggering surge in drug-related violent crime in Mexico rocking the cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara, and the northern state of Chihuahua.

Nineteen people, including 15 police and an intelligence agent, died in a string of devastating attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar claimed by the Taliban.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni is currently recording her fourth album in Paris and not as reported in Los Angeles, her agent said.