Using a machine kept colder than space, scientists at the world’s most ambitious international research facility are puzzling out the questions of the universe, working to re-create the cosmic soup served up by the Big Bang. But the famous...

A court in Libya has dismissed a case against a Swiss businessman who was accused of illegal business activities, his lawyer has said. Rachid Hamdani, who was also cleared last month of charges of overstaying his visa, is free to leave the country.

A Swiss company geologist pleaded not guilty to knowingly causing $8.7 million in damage after his pioneering geothermal project caused earthquakes. Markus Haering, a project designer with Geopower Basel AG, said local people knew of the risks in his...

A Swiss shoe-shop owner has built a mock minaret on the top of his warehouse in defiance of a ban on the Muslim architecture. Guillaume Morand extended a chimney, gave it the form of a minaret and sprayed it in gold paint to protest against a...

The World Council of Churches on Thursday called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the Copenhagen climate change summit on December 13 as a call to action on global warming. The leading council of Christian and Orthodox...

Precisely a century ago, in a suburb of Boston, a child called Bette Davis erupted into the world. She was not only a woman; she was an electrical storm with skin. With nothing but raw talent and raw determination, she became the most famous woman in...