China's golf boom has been in full swing for more than a decade but officials have finally moved to close a surprising loophole by translating the sport's rules into Chinese. Now China's players and officials -- and its unruly fans -- can become experts in the sport's complex etiquette after the move by the China Golf Association (CGA) and rules body the Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A). Zhang Xiaoning, executive vice-president and general secretary of the CGA, called the move "crucial" as China transitions from rapidly growing upstart to a mainstay of the world game.

A Bulgarian man set himself on fire in the southern town of Smolyan on Wednesday, police said, bringing to seven the number of self-immolations since February in the EU's poorest country. Ventsislav Kozarev, 47, was hospitalised in a serious condition with third-degree burns over seventy percent of his body, Smolyan regional police chief Kiril Hadzhihristev told state BNR radio. The official said "personal problems" were behind the desperate act as the man was divorcing his wife.

A Catholic priest in southeastern Brazil was excommunicated on Monday after publicly resigning from his duties to protest against the church's opposition to homosexuality. "Father Roberto Francisco Daniel can no longer celebrate the divine rite because he has been excommunicated," a statement from the Bauru diocese in Sao Paulo state said.

Julien has had girlfriends, it's just that he has never felt any desire for them. Men don't do it for him either. Instead, the 27-year-old Frenchman says he has found happiness by coming out as asexual. It may seem odd in a country known for love and seduction. But according to studies on the subject, people who have no or little sexual appetite could make up one percent of the global population.