Slum tours can improve locals' lives, writes Karen Phelps.

For mostly practical reasons the Brazilian constitution requires all of the nation's politicians to be able to read - even celebrity clowns.

One-time factory worker Zhang Xin rode China's property boom.

As head chef at Auckland's Savour & Devour restaurant, Jaqueline prepares Mediterranean and traditional French cuisine.

Mariah Carey is four months pregnant, it has been claimed.

David King and Bec Johnston discover the special joys of taking a 10-month-old girl on a six-month journey round South America.

The first man to walk the entire length of the Amazon river put his NZ-made backpacks through some serious paces.

The challenge is there for Brazil to host a great World Cup finals in four years time.

Herald sports writer Winston Aldworth lists the biggest 'fails' to emerge from South Africa 2010.

Germany saw off Argentina with a 4-0 goal fest in South Africa this morning.

An historic day for the Dutch and Uruguay left Brazilian fans to wonder what might have been.

Paris Hilton's publicist says she wasn't smoking dope in South Africa - it was "a complete misunderstanding".