CULTURE AND SPORT

J.J. Abrams won't return as director, but he will produce with Cruise.

Toyota on Tuesday announced another global recall -- this time involving more than 400,000 Priuses and other hybrid cars with braking problems.

Authorities in Haiti say a man has been pulled alive from rubble in Port-au-Prince where he may have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake.

Laura Chinchilla has won a landslide victory to become the next president of Costa Rica.

Conrad Murray freed on $75,000 bail after pleading not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

The New Orleans Saints have won Super Bowl XLIV. They beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 here at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida.

A wall of booby-trapped mines has been laid by the Taliban to protect their last strongholds in central Helmand as they prepare to hold off a major allied assault.

Life in Washington ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell.

The winners for top 3 faces of the year in 2009: Miss Brazil Isabel Correia, Miss Ethiopia Melat Yante and Miss Venezuela Andreina Castro.

“Arts of Ancient Vietnam: From River Plain to Open Sea” — matchless in quality, straight from the source.

The Vietnam Football Federation had to delay the negotiation meeting with coach Calisto because he hasn’t yet returned to Vietnam.

China complained to the World Trade Organization on Thursday about anti-dumping duties imposed by the European Union on Chinese-made shoes.

The border region between China and Vietnam is bustling with trade and people come from across the region to make a living.

An Australian banker is in hot water after being filmed looking at semi-nude photos of a model while a colleague was doing a television interview nearby.

Mui Ne, Vietnam, was site of the latest Kite Tour Asia contest, and local riders fared well.

A new high-tech suction device could allow humans to walk on walls like Spider-Man.

Supermodel Ha Anh will take part in the "Top Asian Model" contest, after Huong Giang turned down her nomination.

Two decades after she first visited the country, Isabelle Aragon has not had her fill of Vietnam.

With nine nominations each, "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" led the pack as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the noms.