SINGAPORE: More than 900 people turned up for the First XI trials at Bishan Stadium on Saturday morning.MediaCorp Channel 5's football reality series is back for a second season.Football hopefuls lined the streets outside the stadium as early as 7.30...

SINGAPORE: 620 needy Malay-Muslim families in the central part of Singapore are getting help from a newly-formed Central Mosque Cluster.The group of nearly 30 mosques is the fifth and final cluster formed by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore...

SINGAPORE: 37 individuals and 67 companies have received this year's May Day Model Partnership Award.It recognises the collaborative efforts among individuals, companies and unions in providing better jobs for workers.The awards were presented for th...

Opera houses the world over are scrambling to pay tribute to Richard Wagner, the controversial German composer often referred to as Hitler's favourite, who would have turned 200 this year. 

Data released last week showed Greece entered its sixth straight year of recession, but there is now cautious optimism about the economy's prospects although unemployment is still hitting record highs and consumers are squeezed by pay cuts and tax hikes.

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.

Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market.

US computer giant Dell said Thursday its quarterly profit plunged 79 percent from a year ago, as a shift away from PCs hammered the company's bottom line.

Four members of the LulzSec international hacking group were sentenced to prison terms in Britain on Thursday for masterminding cyber attacks on major global institutions, including Sony Pictures and the CIA.

Prague underground commuters looking for love will soon be able to try their luck at romance in designated dating cars, a transport spokesman said Friday.

A hard-partying village postman on the Italian island of Sardinia was too "lazy" to deliver post in the morning and instead hoarded some 400 kilos (882 pounds) of it in his home, local residents and the police said.

A tiny Australian town better known for cotton-picking than culture was relishing the limelight Friday as thousands of electro-pop fans descended for French group Daft Punk's album launch.

The recovery of the Japanese economy, just as a recession in Europe digs in, is renewing pressure on European policymakers to shift course from austerity to stimulus.

Zambia police on Saturday freed the 31 university students detained on the president's orders after they staged protests against the government's decision to scrap staple food subsidies.

Air Algerie planes were grounded for several hours on Saturday when the national carrier's pilots staged a wildcat strike over pay, officials in the North African country said.