Violent anti-WTO protest in Geneva

Violence erupted in the Swiss city of Geneva Saturday as a scheduled peaceful protest of a World Trade Organization conference turned violent and police had to use tear gas and rubber bullets.

In September 1962, at a rally at Rice University in Houston, Texas, President John F. Kennedy told the American people: “We choose to go to the moon.”

The group gathers every weekday: At least four ladies, and sometimes as many as eight, gather at the cavernous, badly lit brokerage office on Shanghai’s Xiangyang Lu in what was known, when China was colonized by European powers in the 19th century, as the French Concession.

Visible winners of the volcanic ash flight chaos are rival forms of transport but there are other groups benefiting.

Stock investors return from a long weekend ready to embrace an encouraging piece of news: The economy added more jobs in March than in any month in the last three years.

After more than two years of delays, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner made its maiden flight Tuesday in a three-hour trip that the maker described as a success.

Looking for a hot stock in 2010? You might want to avoid some of the biggest winners of 2009.

International air passengers face tightened security on U.S.-bound flights following the alleged attempt by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to bomb a Christmas Day flight heading for Detroit. U.S. travel and security authorities, international airlines and airports and aviation organizations have all moved quickly to implement a range of measures that will impact travelers’ normal routine. Which flights are affected by the new measures? At present only flights to the United States are affected.

Defne Bayrak is ready to talk about the suicide bombing carried out by her double-agent husband, an attack that left seven CIA operatives dead in Afghanistan.

Got a job offer or thinking of making a career move in 2010? You would be wise to do your homework to avoid ruining your next move, new research suggests.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara hit a defiant century to give the tourists a slim hope of saving the third and final Test against India in Mumbai.

Shop at any of the high end stores in Hong Kong and it’s easy to see why luxury brands love Chinese shoppers.

Microsoft stocks soar after the software giant reports quarterly sales and profit that fell from year-ago results but easily beat Wall Street’s forecasts.

Since the Taliban’s overthrow, Bamiyan’s stunning terrain is again attracting tourists

Primatologists are giving “guerilla marketing” a whole new meaning. The study of “biological market theory” is showing how economics works among monkeys.

In a city where one can hardly see the horizon because of an almost constant cloud of filth and pollution, many Hong Kong residents have long given up on the idea of a clean, green life.