CULTURE AND SPORT

The German Football Federation is planning to cash in on hosting the Women's World Cup with a football version of the children's doll Barbie.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the country must demonstrate fiscal discipline to gain investor confidence, after its credit rating was cut for the first time in eight years.

Tunisia braced Friday for public reactions to a shake-up of the cabinet aimed at quelling huge daily protests.

The first screening of Vietnam’s first 3D movie entitled “Bong ma hoc duong” (School ghosts) was a hit with more students rushing to see it.

Yet another major winter storm has walloped the US East Coast, paralyzing Washington, stranding travelers and leaving hundreds of thousands without power

An exhibition of pictures to welcome the Year of the Cat was opened in Hue on January 26.

Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Thursday unveiled a portable touchscreen PlayStation as it looks to launch a fresh challenge to Nintendo and Apple in the competitive mobile gaming market.

Toyota Motor said it will recall 1.7 million vehicles worldwide over concerns about possible fuel leakages.

Macau tycoon Stanley Ho was coerced into a bizarre TV appearance declaring an end to a family feud over his vast fortune, Ho's lawyer said Thursday as the gripping saga goes to court.

Two more people died and hundreds were arrested as the biggest uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule widened, prompting Washington to prod its long-time ally on democratic reforms.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resembles a character from a detective novel and is "elusive, manipulative and volatile," the executive editor of The New York Times says in an upcoming book.

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.