Lady Gaga and a producer have settled a lawsuit in which the latter accused the pop star owed him royalties, local media reported Frdiay.
Bangladesh ruling Awami League suffered a blow in the first phase of local elections on Wednesday.
Russia's cultural capital St. Petersburg Monday celebrated the 177th anniversary of the death of its greatest son, the poet and national cultural icon Alexander Pushkin.
The economic slowdown in India has greatly affected the on-going Delhi auto show which failed to make a hit impression at its opening Wednesday, said local media.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, also co- leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, announced Monday afternoon that he will run in a snap election for mayor soon after resigning from his post to gain further public support for his " Osaka Metropolis Plan" that would merge the prefectural and municipal governments.
A 17-year-old boy suspected of being an outstanding runaway was shot by police on the campus of Roosevelt High School in Honolulu Tuesday morning after allegedly stabbing a Honolulu police officer.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung on Tuesday questioned local residents' diet habit of cooking live poultry bought from market, since the deadly H7N9 bird flu has forced the government to cull thousands of live chickens to prevent spread of the epidemic.
"In Ningbo, Shanghai and Xi'an, tall buildings are everywhere. Pingyao is a very nice change. I like the atmosphere here," said french tourist Elene Bonnet, 60.
The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted the western Greece island of Cephalonia on Sunday caused no casualties but just material damages, according to initial information issued by local authorities.
One plus one equals two. But it's not always the case, especially when you are talking about the calculating of local and national gross domestic product (GDP) data in China.
Four elderly patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at a hospital in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, local press report
A Boeing 787 dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) was grounded after discovering a battery problem during a checkup at Japan's Narita airport, reported local media Wednesday.
Vietnamese farmers cultivating ornamental trees in central Binh Dinh province and fruits in the Mekong Delta are earning good income from their products ahead of the traditional spring festival.
A student suspect was taken into custody on Monday after a potentially explosive device was found on a high school campus in the U.S. state of Texas, local media reported.
China should establish a more market-oriented and standardized system for local government financing partly to fuel the enormous capital need of its urbanization, a central bank official said Tuesday.
Firefighters are continuing to battle a large bushfire on North Stradbroke Island in Australia's Queensland, local media reported on Wednesday.
A train carrying crude oil collided with another train in the northern U.S. state of North Dakota, sparking a large fire, local media reported Monday.