The White House voiced regret on Monday at a disagreement between Google and the Chinese government.

President Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill has been accepted following narrow victory in the House of Representatives.

A wild bison strayed out of its habitat and went on the rampage in a village in West Bengal killing one man and injuring six others.

Recently I covered the opening of Singapore’s first casino with my colleague Pablo Sanchez. It’s a big change for a city where gambling used to be illegal. You might be interested to know that to pacify folks who said it would lead to the moral downfall of Singapore, the government introduced an “entrance levy” of S$100 as a deterrent.

It only applies to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents, everyone else including foreigners who work here get to enter for free. Photography is banned inside and Pablo and I had barely 15 minutes on opening day to shoot as much as we could. It was complete chaos, as every other person with a still or video camera was trying to do the same thing.

A few days ago Southeast Asia’s first Universal Studios theme park opened in Singapore, and I was lucky to be among the first people in the place. The highlight is a “dueling roller coaster”, where 2 coasters are launched at the same time and cross each other as they run on the track.

On media preview day we were invited to have a go on rides and being a coaster junkie I tried both the dueling coasters.

I shot pictures of people screaming as the coasters made their first vertical drop, and snuck a small point and shoot camera on to see what photos looked like from on board.

I don’t remember being THIS terrified, but thanks to a friend of mine from the Straits Times newspaper I’m immortalized in a photo of me screaming like a baby on the drop!

Japan has officially announced the start of the cherry blossom season.

    Today, March 22 is World Water Day and Reuters photographers in Asia were given an open brief to shoot feature pictures to illustrate it.  The only requirement I asked of them is that they included in the captions, the fact that while the Earth is literally covered in water, more than a billion people lack access to clean water for drinking or sanitation. At the same time in China 50 million people are facing dought conditions and water shortages and the two stories seemed to tie in with one another.

Looking at the file today three pictures really stuck home to me as to just how enormous the problem of getting clean water to people in the world is.

A boy swims in the murky waters of Manila Bay March 21, 2010. The Earth is literally covered in water, but more than a billion people lack access to clean water for drinking or sanitation as most water is salty or dirty. March 22 is World Water Day.    REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

A Hindu devotee wraps his cloth after a ritual dip in the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi March 21, 2010. The Earth is literally covered in water, but more than a billion people lack access to clean water for drinking or sanitation as most water is salty or dirty. March 22 is World Water Day. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

A floating restaurant is stranded in a branch of the Yangtze River in Chongqing Municipality, March 21, 2010. A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, state media said on Friday. REUTERS/Stringer

What is obvious from the pictures I have seen people are worried about water; the pollution, its scarcity and its future. March 22 is same day the U.S House of Representatives gave its final approval to President Obama's healthcare reform. What will it take to get global approval and the necessary motivation for clean water around the globe?

A storm has blasted across northeast Australia, tearing roofs off homes, smashing boats into rocks and cutting power to tens of thousands.