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In the most recent attempt to alienate Muslim’s the minaret was a political symbol against integration; a symbol more of segregation and first above all a symbol to try to introduce Sharia law parallel to Swiss rights. That sounds insane...

Elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the addition of mixed doubles in tennis are up for consideration this week by the International Olympic Committee. At a two-day meeting that starts Wednesday, the IOC executive board will make final...

Testosterone is a steroid hormone secreted by the testes and to a lesser extent by the ovaries that affects brain development and sexual behaviour.Research has found it leads to a substantial increase in aggressive behaviour in rodents. "Folk wisdom generalises...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) said on Monday that further stimulus measures were necessary to fight global unemployment.     "The situation is still fragile and incomplete as there is still a jobs crisis," said Raymond Torres, director of the ILO's International...

Vonn just missed out on a three-race sweep losing Sunday's race by the razor-thin margin of .03 hundredths of a second to Elisabeth Goergl in the first super-G of the World Cup season. The 25-year-old American has been dominating the...

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only...UBS AG said Monday it wants to add Deutsche Lufthansa AG boss Wolfgang Mayrhuber to its board, completing a near-total revamp of the Swiss bank's supervisory body. Mr. Mayrhuber's election to the...

Follow Mark Yuasa this weekend as he hits Puget Sound in search of king salmon...A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in...

The 23-year-old, now a firm favourite for Olympic gold, wrapped up an astonishing weekend after victories in the super combined, downhill and giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado. World Cup overall leader Janka won Sunday’s giant slalom with a combined...

The Pentagon’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) offered a $40,000 (£24,350) prize to the first person to locate ten big, red balloons raised on tethers across America on Saturday, from Portland, Oregon, to Miami, Florida. The goal was to...