CULTURE AND SPORT

The number of Internet users worldwide has reached two billion, said head of the UN's telecommunications agency.

President Barack Obama bluntly told America to reinvent itself and unite to survive in a fast-changing global economy powered by rising giants like India and China.

Hezbollah-backed billionaire Najib Mikati has been named Lebanon's prime minister-designate, giving the Shiite militant group increased clout in the deeply divided nation and sparking angry protests.

The launching of the National Tourism Year in Phu Yen and a special art performance to celebrate the province’s 400th anniversary will be held on April 1.

President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to hunt down Islamist militants and lashed out at "anarchic" security lapses.

The British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations.

2010 was one of the worst years on record for natural disasters over the past two decades, leaving nearly 297,000 people dead, research for the United Nations showed on Monday.

With vast oil reserves that are far from exhausted, Saudi Arabia has decided to explore nuclear and renewable energy, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi has said.

The International Labour Organisation warned that the global economic recovery was not translating into jobs as world unemployment remained at a record 205 million for 2010.

Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh was ranked seventh in the world in January according to the Badminton World Federation.

Tunisia braced for a major cabinet shake-up Tuesday following days of protests to topple the interim government, in charge after a mass uprising ended president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's 23-year rule.

Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up Monday in Moscow's busiest airport.

Khieu Thi Huyen Trang won the championship title of Vietnam’s Next Top Model contest in its final round held in Ho Chi Minh City.

A story told through photos by Pham Vu Dung has won the Gold Cup of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists.

Climate-change litigation is emerging as a new frontier of law where some believe hundreds of billions dollars are at stake.

The eurozone's debt battle and the power shift towards emerging giants like China and India will be at the heart of discussions on a "fundamentally changed world".

There is a brutally frigid point on the thermometer -- minus 40 degrees -- where Celsius and Fahrenheit meet, and it was even colder than that in parts of the US Midwest.

Haiti braced for more unrest on Saturday after calls for fresh demonstrations to demand the annulment of November presidential elections marred by fraud allegations.

Vietnamese world No 8 Nguyen Tien Minh easily overcame Kazushi Yamada of Japan on January 20 at the Proton Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur.