http://www.mail.com/locations/1408-geneva.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1408-geneva.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087002-geneva-auction-sells-huge-diamond-267m.html GENEVA (AP) — A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of well-heeled bidders flocking or phoning in to Geneva's luxury sales. The pear-shaped gem accounted for more than a quarter of the $102 million in sales rung up by Christie's Wednesday night, a n... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:18:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087002-geneva-auction-sells-huge-diamond-267m.html 2013-05-15T21:18:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while state media reported that government troops have secured a strategic highway between the capital and the southern city of Daraa. The reported fighting came as an activist group said U.S. ambassa... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:32:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html 2013-05-11T19:32:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html GENEVA (AP) — A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals. But participants fell short in their efforts to require more information and consent among nations trading in a con... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html 2013-05-10T19:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073490-hezbollah-syria-to-supply-weapons-to-militia.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of advanced Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah. Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future weapons shipments, meaning it coul... Thu, 09 May 2013 22:18:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073490-hezbollah-syria-to-supply-weapons-to-militia.html 2013-05-09T22:18:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070858-31-detained-probe-50m-belgium-diamond-heist.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Unlike the brilliant thieves in "Ocean's Eleven," it appears that those behind the clockwork-precision, $50 million diamond heist at Brussels Airport may not get a Hollywood ending. After three months of virtual silence on the matter, authorities struck this week, detaining at least 31 people in a three-nation sweep and recovering so many ... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:44:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070858-31-detained-probe-50m-belgium-diamond-heist.html 2013-05-08T19:44:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2071010-un-global-youth-unemployment-rate-rising.html GENEVA (AP) — Youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery, the U.N.'s labor office said Wednesday. As of last year, some 12.4 percent of people aged 15 to 24 worldwide were unemployed, up from 12.3 percent in 2011, according to a report published by the International Labor Or... Wed, 08 May 2013 12:52:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2071010-un-global-youth-unemployment-rate-rising.html 2013-05-08T12:52:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068080-president-assad-syria-to-face-israel.html BEIRUT (AP) — In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short of threatening retaliation for the strikes near the Syrian capital of Damascus. Assad spoke after a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, who paid an unexpected visit to Damascu... Wed, 08 May 2013 02:14:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068080-president-assad-syria-to-face-israel.html 2013-05-08T02:14:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069302-us-russia-seek-to-revive-peace-plan-syria.html MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian civil war but gave no indication how they would convince President Bashar Assad into talks with the rebels seeking to overthrow him. Secretary of State John Kerry said that if such a gambit we... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:56:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069302-us-russia-seek-to-revive-peace-plan-syria.html 2013-05-07T21:56:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068946-diplomats-brazil-wins-race-wto-director.html GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization has settled on Roberto Azevedo of Brazil, a well-known diplomat and consummate insider in Geneva circles, to serve as its director-general for the next four years, officials said Tuesday. Azevedo won by positioning himself as someone who could turn around — even heal — the organization as it struggles for relevan... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:19:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068946-diplomats-brazil-wins-race-wto-director.html 2013-05-07T20:19:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061158-nations-nuclear-meeting-too-alert.html GENEVA (AP) — More than 100 nations concluding a round of global nuclear talks Friday expressed alarm that many nuclear weapons are kept at a high-alert level and are still being modernized, despite a promise to get rid of them. The statement was, in effect, a complaint about — and by — some of the most powerful members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tr... Fri, 03 May 2013 17:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061158-nations-nuclear-meeting-too-alert.html 2013-05-03T17:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046838-mexican-brazilian-lead-race-to-wto-chief.html GENEVA (AP) — A Latin American is set to take the helm of the World Trade Organization after the field for the agency's next director general has narrowed to Mexico's former trade minister Herminio Blanco and Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevedo. The two are all that remains of an original list of nine candidates, the WTO announced Friday. The race pits an ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:42:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046838-mexican-brazilian-lead-race-to-wto-chief.html 2013-04-26T16:42:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2027890-gorbachev-sees-global-failure-to-address-eco-risks.html GENEVA (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the environmental group Green Cross International. Laying much of the blame on a lack of leadership and vision, he railed against governments for falling short on nuclear disarmament, waste, development... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:48:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2027890-gorbachev-sees-global-failure-to-address-eco-risks.html 2013-04-18T14:48:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015374-lavrov-russia-would-nkorea-talks-geneva.html NEUCHATEL, Switzerland (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday his nation would welcome a fresh round of talks on Swiss soil over North Korea's nuclear program, if all the parties were to agree. Flanked by his Swiss counterpart at a news conference, Lavrov supported renewed talks in Geneva, if Pyongyang were to agree to hold discussions ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:27:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015374-lavrov-russia-would-nkorea-talks-geneva.html 2013-04-12T13:27:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011086-swiss-takers-yet-offer-to-defuse-koreas.html GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland says it is standing by as a potential negotiator to defuse the tensions between the United States and North Korea but so far no one has taken it up on the offer. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Carole Waelti told The Associated Press in an emailed statement Wednesday that Switzerland is willing to help ease tensions on the Korean Pe... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:02:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011086-swiss-takers-yet-offer-to-defuse-koreas.html 2013-04-10T18:02:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1995448-scientists-find-hint-dark-matter.html GENEVA (AP) — It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but scientists are pretty sure it's out there. Led by a dogged, Nobel Prize-winning gumshoe who has spent 18 years on the case, scientists put a $2 billion detector aboard the International Space Station t... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:53:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1995448-scientists-find-hint-dark-matter.html 2013-04-03T20:53:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992656-syrian-forces-pound-rebel-held-areas-damascus.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation to try to free hundreds of political detainees from the city's central prison, activists said. The fighting has escalated across Syria in recent weeks, particularly in Aleppo and Da... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:59:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992656-syrian-forces-pound-rebel-held-areas-damascus.html 2013-04-02T19:59:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984782-russia-criticizes-arab-league-move-syria.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday harshly criticized the Arab League's recognition of the Syrian opposition as the only representative of the country, saying it effectively kills efforts to negotiate a peaceful end to the civil war there. At a summit in Qatar on Tuesday, the Arab League let the main Syrian opposition coalition take over the country's seat ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:21:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984782-russia-criticizes-arab-league-move-syria.html 2013-03-28T18:21:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern about the escalating violence — and their intent to prosecute abuses. By a vote of 41-1, the U.N.'s top human rights body, based in Geneva, reauthorized its panel of four independent experts to co... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html 2013-03-22T17:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970440-un-votes-to-probe-nkorea-suspected-rights-abuses.html GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights body unanimously approved Thursday a formal probe into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity. The 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council signed off on the resolution backed by the U.S., Japan and the European Union that authorizes an investigation into what U.N. officials describe as suspected wid... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:55:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970440-un-votes-to-probe-nkorea-suspected-rights-abuses.html 2013-03-22T01:55:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1966916-airlines-raise-2013-profit-outlook.html GENEVA (AP) — The global airline industry has forecast a modest improvement in global net profits for 2013, crediting a backdrop of rising optimism about the world's economy — particularly in the United States and Europe. The International Air Transport Association, whose 240 member airlines carry 84 percent of all passengers and cargo, upgraded its finan... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:09:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1966916-airlines-raise-2013-profit-outlook.html 2013-03-20T12:09:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954554-closer-higgs-boson.html GENEVA (AP) — Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last summer is a version of the long-sought Higgs boson. The particle bears key attributes of the so-called "God particle" that was theorized nearly a half-century ago as fundamental to the creation of the universe. It ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:45:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954554-closer-higgs-boson.html 2013-03-14T16:45:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931912-ferrari-mclaren-unveil-hybrid-supercars.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 Geneva Motor Show. LaFerrari is the name of the new special edition Ferrari, meant to be the definitive. "Owners say they have a Ferrari," Chairman Luca di Montezemolo said. "This is THE Ferrar... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:35:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931912-ferrari-mclaren-unveil-hybrid-supercars.html 2013-03-06T18:35:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935676-chinese-carmaker-eyes-european-market.html GENEVA (AP) — A Geneva Motor Show newcomer is threatening to shake up the European automotive industry. Qoros, a joint venture between Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile Ltd. and an Israeli investor, previewed a compact sedan at the Geneva show that it aims to launch in eastern Europe later this year. Qoros Vice Chairman Volker Steinwascher, a former VW ex... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:30:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935676-chinese-carmaker-eyes-european-market.html 2013-03-06T15:30:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935504-spykers-b6-venator-inspired-vintage-airplanes.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 can buy both. "They have all the Porsches in their life they can buy. They buy a Spyker because they want something else," said Muller on the sidelines of the Geneva Motor Show. "They want to ha... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:39:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935504-spykers-b6-venator-inspired-vintage-airplanes.html 2013-03-06T14:39:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935374-renault-ceo-shareholders-vote-exec-pay.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 more power over pay packages. The global financial crisis has fueled anger at corporate "Fat Cats," especially as some company earnings — and bosses' pay — are bouncing back before the rest of the... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:26:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935374-renault-ceo-shareholders-vote-exec-pay.html 2013-03-06T13:26:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1933392-carmakers-european-recovery-this-year.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 new cars. Yet despite the gloom, automakers began the rollout of new models at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, from a pair of hybrid supercars to a sedan to a raft of smaller SUVs. All done ... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:10:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1933392-carmakers-european-recovery-this-year.html 2013-03-05T20:10:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932986-lamborghini-unveils-39-car-3-sold.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 tradition of bespoke cars, the Veneno is the fastest, most powerful Lamborghini ever built. At the Geneva Motor Show, where it was revealed Monday night, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann made sur... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:37:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932986-lamborghini-unveils-39-car-3-sold.html 2013-03-05T16:37:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932228-renault-ceo-carmakers-push-europe.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 carmakers to survive is to push into other markets. Europe's carmakers are finding it harder to recover from the collapse of the car market in 2008 than some of their rivals in the U.S. and Asia. Europ... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:36:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932228-renault-ceo-carmakers-push-europe.html 2013-03-05T14:36:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932534-hyundai-executive-europe-to-close-plants.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 their overcapacity problem. In addition to the difficult economy, idle factory floors are weighing on European manufacturers. But stringent labor protections have meant few factories have closed i... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:04:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932534-hyundai-executive-europe-to-close-plants.html 2013-03-05T14:04:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932452-zetsche-sees-european-sales-pick-up-2013.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 the Italian elections, with no clear winner, "have not contributed to the overall notion of stability." But he says Mercedes sales outside of Europe provide a means of balancing the unstable mar... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932452-zetsche-sees-european-sales-pick-up-2013.html 2013-03-05T13:02:11Z