UK Prime Minister David Cameron to face questions in parliament's emergency session over phone hacking scandal, a day after Rupert Murdoch and other News Corporation executives face parliament committee over their role in the fiasco .

France is daring to dream that a Frenchman could be wearing the yellow jersey when the Tour de France reaches Paris next weekend - but Thomas Voeckler has to survive the Alps yet.

The Lebanese capital has been stalked by pain, but one encounters boundless optimism when walking through her streets as a tourist.

The tragedy here is that this crisis is as much man-made as it is natural.

East Asia's atheist superpower is investing in a religious tourism venture in Nepal, to build a temple, hotels and an airport in the Buddha's birthplace.