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UN votes to probe NKorea suspected rights abuses
The United Nations' top human rights body unanimously approved Thursday a formal probe into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity.
Museum to showcase contemporary Latin American art
Long a cultural backwater, Rio de Janeiro has taken another leap toward becoming an art hot spot with this week's opening of a museum built around one ...
Airlines raise 2013 profit outlook
The global airline industry has forecast a modest improvement in global net profits for 2013, crediting a backdrop of rising optimism about the ...
Indian police say 5 admit to raping Swiss tourist
Five men have been arrested and have confessed to raping a Swiss woman who was attacked in central India while on a cycling vacation with her husband, ...
Tina Maze ends WCup season with giant slalom win
Tina Maze got the anger out of her system Sunday, one day after her heartbreaking World Cup slalom title defeat to American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin.
Felix Neureuther wins final World Cup slalom
Felix Neureuther of Germany edged overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher to win the men's season-ending slalom race on Sunday. Neureuther hung on ...
Shiffrin beats Maze for World Cup slalom title
Mikaela Shiffrin cried and left Tina Maze in tears. A thrilling climax to the World Cup slalom season delivered all its promised drama Saturday.
Swiss tourist gang-raped in central India
A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes ...
Ted Ligety gets 6th World Cup giant slalom win
Ted Ligety capped his dominant season in giant slalom with a sixth World Cup win Saturday, fueling comparisons with the best GS skier in history.
Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson
It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. In what ...
A closer look at the Higgs boson
Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last ...
Ferrari and McLaren unveil hybrid supercars
Hybrids aren't just for fuel economy any more. Ferrari and McLaren both on Tuesday unveiled sleek hybrid supercars sculpted from carbon fiber at the ...
New Chinese carmaker eyes European market
A Geneva Motor Show newcomer is threatening to shake up the European automotive industry. Qoros, a joint venture between Chinese carmaker Chery ...
Spyker's B6 Venator inspired by vintage airplanes
The average owner of a Spyker Aileron has seven cars. CEO Victor Muller says his customers don't need to choose between a Porsche and a Spyker; they ...
Renault CEO: Let shareholders vote on exec pay
Just days after Swiss voters struck a blow against corporate greed, Renault's CEO Carlos Ghosn gave his support to the idea of giving shareholders ...
Swatch surprises investors with report in dialect
How to show your attachment to your small Alpine country when you're a globally known watch manufacturer? Try writing your annual financial report in ...
Carmakers don't see European recovery this year
It is still a tough time to be a European carmaker. Profits are falling as idle factories produce more costs than cars. And fewer consumers are buying ...
Lamborghini unveils $3.9 million car - all 3 sold
Who buys a €3 million ($3.9 million) car? Not you. Lamborghini's run of the new Veneno is sold out — though it only made three. The latest in its ...
Renault CEO: Carmakers must push outside Europe
The European car market is going to be tough for five more years, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn predicted Tuesday, and the only way for struggling ...
Hyundai executive: Europe needs to close plants
A Hyundai executive says it's unclear what will happen in the European car market this year because manufacturers still haven't gotten a handle on ...
Zetsche sees European sales pick up later in 2013
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche remains confident that European auto sales will pick up in the second half of the year despite a slow start. Zetsche says ...
Glencore sees sharp fall in 2012 earnings
Commodities trader Glencore's net earnings fell 75 percent last year due to weaker sales prices and charges related to its holding in Russian aluminum ...
Ford expects some Europe market recovery in 2013
Ford Europe CEO Stephen Odell says the uncertain Italian election results "possibly didn't help" the European car market but he still expects some ...
Toyota Europe seeks profits through efficiency
Toyota Europe will post for the first time in five years a profit from just its car business for the 2012 fiscal year thanks to cost-cutting and ...
Volkswagen's Golf named Europe's Car of the Year
The Volkswagen Golf has been named Europe's Car of the Year by automotive journalists from more than 20 countries. Introduced in 1974 and recently ...