CULTURE AND SPORT

The fifth Conference on ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organisations (CACPPFO), opened in Singapore on July 29.

A nursing assistant admitted killing eight of her newborn babies and stashing their tiny remains in plastic bags in a village in northern France, officials said.

French authorities said a couple have been arrested after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in a northern village.

Catalonia\'s parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to outlaw the centuries-old tradition.

A Pakistani airliner carrying 152 people crashed in Islamabad amid heavy rain and poor visibility, killing everyone on board.

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of more than 100 people after a Pakistani jet crashed in Islamabad and there are still no signs of survivors.

Credit card fees  and rewards programs exacerbate income inequality by acting as a transfer of wealth from poor to rich, according to a new study.

A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed in Pakistan. At least five people were killed and three wounded, but many more were feared dead.

BP\'s outgoing chief executive was the target of fresh US anger after claiming he had been \"demonised and vilified\".

The winner of the upcoming Miss Vietnam World 2010 contest will get to take home a crown worth VND1 billion.

The release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised.

Nineteen-year old Le Quang Liem’s second place finish in an elite chess tournament has caught the chess world’s attention.

U.S. bank failures this year have surpassed a bleak milestone of 100

A UN-backed war crimes court on Monday sentenced a former Khmer Rouge prison chief to 30 years in prison for his role in Cambodia\'s \"Killing Fields\" atrocities.

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.