Composer Philip Glass became famous–or infamous–when his minimalist opera “Einstein on the Beach” debuted in 1976. His second major work, “Satyagraha” (1979) is being staged with much fanfare at New York’s grand...

India and African nations are calling on the Western world to rethink the diversion of huge amounts of food for biofuel, which has created shortages and driven up prices in poorer countries. Faced with record-high oil prices, governments in Europe, the...

Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2008 winners Parvathy Omanakuttam(Miss India World) Simran Kaur Mundi (Miss India Universe) and Harshita Saxena (Miss India Earth) shopped at the new Pantaloons store at Mega Mall, Oshiwara, Andheri in Mumbai Tuesday, April...

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka’s highways minister and at least 11 others on Sunday gathered for a marathon race near the capital, the government said. “Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is dead from the...

China on Friday reported a fresh outbreak of violence as it sought to contain the biggest challenge to its rule of Tibet in decades, saying police were forced to fire warning shots to quell “rioters.” One local official was seriously...

In a remote corner of the Himalayas, a small Tibetan refugee community felt helpless as it watched protests erupt all over the world against Chinese rule in their homeland. For in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, ethnically, culturally and...

We’ll all be asked to go dark again next year. That became evident when, as soon as Saturday’s Earth Hour began, the timer on the official website flipped to 365 days and began a new countdown. But should it continue? How long can...

A man caught up in an online sex sting involving a former Miss America pleaded guilty two weeks into his trial, giving up on a defense that claimed he was exploited for the sake of a true-crime television show. Lawrence Carulli faces a 5-year prison...

Capcom announced today that its developing Plunder for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Developed by Certain Affinity, known for their previous work on the Halo series, Plunder is a real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players...