Big Bang won Best Worldwide Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Sunday evening.It was the first time a Korean act has won at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), Big Bang’s agency YG Entertainment said.South Korean Pop group Big Bang arrive at the MTV European Mus

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Monday that thousands of supporters have donated more than $550,000 to help him pay a government tax bill, a show of support and a form of protest that a state-run newspaper warned could be illegal. In this June 23, 2011 file photo, activist ar

Two premier South Korean pitchers have signed with a famed U.S. baseball agent, eying opportunities to play in Major League Baseball.Yoon Seok-min, a right-handed starter for the Kia Tigers in Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), and Ryu Hyun-jin, a left-hander for the Hanwha Eagles, have joined with

Miss Venezuela Ivian Sarcos reacts as she is crowned winner at the Miss World competition held at Earls Court in London, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, was crowned the 2011 winner of the Miss World beauty pageant on Sunday at a glittering final ceremony in London

Police investigating the cause of a 34-car pile-up on a major British highway that killed seven people and injured 51 said Sunday they are focusing on a fireworks display near the accident site. A general view of the scene on the M5 motorway close to Taunton in southwestern England, Saturday No

ROME (AP) ― Tens of thousands of opposition activists demonstrated in central Rome on Saturday for the ouster of Premier Silvio Berlusconi.Democratic Party leader Pierluigi Bersani told the crowd that his party is prepared to work with other opposition groups to lead a new government. “If there is discontinuity and change, we are ready with the other opposition to create a new government,” Bersani told the crowd in Piazza San Giovani.Berlusconi’s grip on power has been weakened by the ongoing

Rep. Kim Song-sik (center) addresses a news conference Sunday. (Yonhap News)The ruling Grand National Party is pushing to introduce a so-called “Buffett Tax” on the wealthy, party officials said Sunday.It is the latest populist gesture to appeal to young voters, who election experts say have turned

BEIJING (AFP) - Health authorities in south China said Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive.The probe is taking place at the Nanhai Red Cross Hospital in the Guangdong provincial city of Foshan where the

 McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ A judge who presides over child abuse cases said Thursday that his daughter posted a YouTube video of him beating her several years ago because he told her he was reducing her financial support and taking away her Mercedes.