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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will celebrate 60 years on the throne next month along with huge crowds expected for a pop concert at Buckingham Palace, a grand procession through the streets of London and a 1,000-strong flotilla along the River Thames. The Diamond Jubilee comes just over a year after the royal …

Two-time world champions Russia moved to within a step of the London Olympics when they defeated Serbia for a fifth straight win in the women's volleyball qualifying tournament on Friday.

The Philippines' top judge on Friday disclosed he had more than $4 million in his bank accounts as he wound up an emotional testimony to try and save his job at his closely watched impeachment trial.

Google+ users are celebrating “Towel Day” on May 25 in honor of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams.

Malaysia was in anguish Friday over an injury to badminton world number one Lee Chong Wei that threatens the country's only serious hope of capturing its first Olympic gold medal.

A top referee and a former Malaysian international have been charged with plotting to fix a match in Singapore, as corruption claims again overshadowed football in the Southeast Asian state.

India's hockey coach ripped into his squad Friday over its pummelling by New Zealand a day before, saying much work remained before the former power was ready for the London Games.

Toyota said Friday it will roll out a number of new compact cars priced around $12,500 in developing nations, targeting sales of more than one million of the models annually in emerging markets by 2015.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi next week during the first visit by an Indian premier to Myanmar in a quarter of a century, according to her party.

Toyota said it would roll out a number of new compact cars priced around $12,500 in developing nations, targeting sales of more than one million of the models annually in emerging markets by 2015.

(Reuters) - Athens Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat has criticised badminton's ruling body in the run-up to this year's London Games after Indonesia crashed out of the Thomas Cup.

With summer coming, festivals include music, dance and the arts with Bonnaroo, Montreal Jazz Fest and Jacobs Pillow's 80th anniversary. Awards are presented to Brodway's best and MTV's favorite movies and trade expos include E3 and Comic-Con.

At the 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards in London this week, the Chenin blanc, a white wine grape variety, pulled off a particularly good performance with a 92 percent success rate.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel overseas next week for the first time in more than two decades to attend an economic forum in Bangkok, her party said on Thursday.

Nearly 500 people were seized by police across Asia over an $11.5-million telecom scam targeting people in China, state media said on Thursday.

MONACO (Reuters) - Force India expect Paul Di Resta to stay with them next season but would be understanding if the highly-rated British Formula One driver wanted to move elsewhere, team owner Vijay Mallya said on Thursday. Di Resta won the German touring car championship with Mercedes in 2010 and has been touted as a possible …

As billions of dollars pour into Asia's gleaming casinos, they are becoming the front line of a sometimes hugely lucrative battle between cheats and the house, say experts.

The current Sarawak coach spoke of the issues with S.League on the Football Fever Podcast with Jason Dasey, Mayur Bhanji and Neil Humphreys