The world's oldest woman, Maria Esther de Capovilla, succumbs to pneumonia on Sunday. She was 116. Relatives say she died in Ecuador's coastal city of Guayaquil. Her funeral was scheduled for Monday.

A giant asteroid is set to zoom past Earth on Monday under the close eye of astronomers. The mountain-sized rock was classified as a "potentially hazardous" one, but scientists say there is no danger of it colliding with Earth.

A businessman in China is offering bags of air from World Cup stadiums for $6. 25. Lie Jie tells the Beijing Daily Messenger he is the chief executive of the Lunar Embassy to China, which is selling his "World Cup air. "

A Cuban soap opera has been causing a stir on the streets of Havana and beyond, causing a controversy for its taboo take on homosexuality. The television show, called The Dark Side of the Moon, follows the life of a married man that 'discovers himself' through a sexual relationship with a friend, and who is rejected by his parents once he is exposed.

Former Microsoft software developer Charles Simonyi is set to become a space tourist for a visit to the International Space Station (ISS), the orbital tourism firm Space Adventures reported. Simonyi, 58, will ride a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS where he will stay in fairly low star accommodation for a week.