CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Three men will simulate walking on Mars next month as part of a project that has seen a multinational crew locked up inside a mock Moscow spaceship since June, the head of the project said Friday.

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday promised to help create needed jobs in the United States as he basked in a warm welcome in Chicago.

Thailand has closed a host of popular dive sites to tourists indefinitely to allow coral reefs to recover from widespread bleaching caused by warmer sea temperatures.

South Korean navy commandos stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all the crew and killing eight pirates, according to military officials.

The UN's World Meteorological Organisation said Thursday that 2010 was the warmest year on record.

The male pop group Backstreet Boys will perform in Vietnam in March, following their tour to Latin America.

Google unveiled a surprise shakeup of its top management on Thursday, announcing that co-founder Larry Page would replace Eric Schmidt as chief executive of the Internet giant in April.

A new hotel has opened in the heart of Madrid proudly declaring that it's complete rubbish.

Venezuela says it has dethroned fellow OPEC member Saudi Arabia to become the nation with the largest proven crude oil reserves in the world, at nearly 300 billion barrels.