Touring jazz guitar master Al Di Meola talks to Graham Reid about the music in his soul.

Western food manufacturers are buying so little sustainable palm oil that the system set up to limit damage to tropical forests caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil is in danger of collapse.

An extreme sports enthusiast from Austria looks set to break the speed of sound as he attempts the world's highest ever parachute jump.

Queen (mother) of pop Madonna and her Brazilian boy toy lover Jesus Luz are planning to try for a baby, writes Myrddin Gwynedd.

Michael Buble is getting married to his girlfriend Luisiana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre, it has been revealed.

The All Blacks' demolition of France last weekend has set the benchmark for their rivals to follow, says England coach Martin Johnson.

Jim Eagles gets up close and personal with the incredible array of fauna on the isolated Galapagos Islands.

In the Galapagos you can walk as close as you like to the local sea lions and they simply don't react.

To combat the effects of tourism, the Ecuadorean Government has brought in increasingly strict controls on both the tourist industry and life on the Galapagos Islands.

John Key had "quite a fruitful" discussion with US president Barack Obama during the official Apec leaders' dinner last night, and also breakfasted with him today, writes John Armstrong.