CULTURE AND SPORT

Some time last year, in all probability, the "billionth African" was born, a milestone that will only benefit the poorest continent if it can get its act together and unify its piecemeal markets.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told the BBC that a vaccine for malaria could be just three years away.

All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean.

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly "fine" and not headed for splitsville, a US media report says.

Osama bin Laden endorsed the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and threatened new attacks against the United States in an audio message released Sunday.

The couple have reportedly signed papers paving the way for a legal separation with joint custody of their children.

Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the UN said Saturday.

After failed contract negotiations with MLS, Lee Nguyen has decided to return to the V-League and continue playing for Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

As Haitians begin rebuilding a crippled economy, the rapid surge in prices of crucial products is just one of the many challenges they face.

Indian airports were on high alert Friday after intelligence services received information that al-Qaida-linked militants were plotting to hijack a plane.

Vietnam’s striker Huynh Kesley from Becamex Binh Duong won the Vietnam’s golden shoes award for the 2009 season at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 21.

Google Inc. reeled in more Internet advertising during the holiday shopping season and approached $2 billion in quarterly profit for the first time.

Vietnam’s representative at the 2010 Oscar “Dung Dot” is rejected from a shortlist of movies entering the next round for The Best Foreign Film category.

Toyota announced a second huge recall of vehicles for another problem that could cause the throttle to stick open.

Within days, the government will move 400,000 people made homeless by Haiti's epic earthquake to new resettlement areas.

Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid to Haiti, according to an AP estimate.

China shook off the global crisis as growth surged to 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009 but inflation picked up, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rising prices without disrupting the recovery.

Breathlessly, they came, carrying suitcases, plastic bags and just about anything that would hold the few belongings they still had.