CULTURE AND SPORT

Supermodel Thanh Hang has refused to attend Miss Universe 2010, reasoning that she lacks enough time to prepare.

Increasing numbers of southeast Asian men are marrying foreigners because fewer women in their homelands are willing to wed, a new study said.

Top technology and media executives grappled with -- and left unresolved -- the question of whether readers will pay for news online.

Authorities were searching for clues as to what touched off a sudden stampede at the Love Parade dance party in Germany that killed at least 18 people.

Santa Clara County court in California, USA, has charged Ly Tong, who attacked Vietnamese singer Dam Vinh Hung, with six crimes.

Russia is ready to restore military cooperation with NATO almost two years after relations were frozen during the Georgian war, Russia\'s top general was quoted as saying.

The US called on ASEAN countries and China to reach agreement on a full code of conduct in the East Sea.

President Barack Obama will invite Southeast Asian leaders to a summit in Washington later this year, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Three Philippine fishermen survived on a diet of seaweed and raw fish while adrift at sea for six days after a typhoon damaged their boat.

Venezuela broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia in a worsening row over accusations from Bogota that it is providing a safe haven to hundreds of guerrillas.

Half a billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it a nice number.

U.S. President Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depression.

China has said it plans to invest 738 billion dollars developing clean energy over the next decade.

The general public will be given priority for tickets for the 2012 London Olympics and everything possible will be done to fill stadiums, the chief organiser said.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to convince an international conference in Kabul that his government could assume full leadership by 2014.

Even while on a diplomatic mission to Vietnam and other Asian countries, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finds time to be a nervous mother.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh triumphed in the Australian Open Grand Prix.

A speeding express rammed into the back of a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing more than 50 people.

Iranian MPs passed a bill obligating Tehran to continue 20-percent uranium enrichment, defying mounting Western pressure to halt such work.