A new law regulating gold mining in Venezuela will require mining companies to sell all the gold they extract to the government.

Kings of Leon have cancelled their US tour after singer Caleb Followill was hit by vocal problems and exhaustion.

Actor Randy Quaid's application for refugee status in Canada remained in limbo after an immigration hearing to determine his admissibility in the country was postponed.

Actor Randy Quaid said a group of Hollywood bankers, lawyers and executives were out to ruin him as he continued to seek refugee status in Canada following his arrest on US warrants.

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have been released from a detention centre after she was declared a Canadian citizen, border officials said.

About 2,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in western Canada after a landslide triggered fears of a flood.

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have tied the knot, it was confirmed tonight.

Heath Ledger’s death has boosted sales and interest in the late actor’s films.

US agents said they shut down a California factory that made cannabis-laced snacks intended for medical users of the drug.

In the last days before the world learns whether Harry Potter lives or dies, spoilers are spreading on the internet.

Lawyers have made their final arguments in the murder trial of two Sikhs charged over the 1985 bombing of an Air India jumbo jet, ending one of the most exhaustive and expensive trials in Canadian history.

A 60-year-old Irish woman with no college degree or legal training has successfully argued a case against her insurance company before the Washington state Supreme Court.

International Olympic Committee Vice President Kim Un-yong was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on embezzlement and bribery charges in Seoul today in a ruling that will probably end his long, powerful career at the IOC.

A Canadian stripper is suing America’s National Enquirer magazine, saying the tabloid libelled and slandered her in an article claiming she had a sexual liaison with actor Ben Affleck.

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has talked of her hurt over claims that she is a demanding diva.

More than 2,000 demonstrators marched in the rain shouting ‘‘Free the people, not the market’’ and ‘‘G8, shut it down!’’ at the end of a G8 summit in Canada, free of the kind of violence that left a protester dead last year.

A Scotsman seen driving down a US motorway with a woman’s legs dangling outside his rented Jaguar no longer faces kidnapping charges.