Doctors say five people who collapsed after they were given drug-tainted drinks at a Vienna bar are no longer in life-threatening condition.

Police in Vienna say they have arrested a man suspected of poisoning five people by serving them tainted drinks at a bar.

Authorities in western Austria say they have recovered the bodies of six people who died when an avalanche struck as they hiked in the Alps.

The gods were OK. The giants looked neat and the evil dwarf was scary.

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany and Austria became the latest European nations hit b

Germany and Austria confirmed cases of swine flu Wednesday, becoming the third and fourth European countries hit by the disease. As the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, the World Health Organization called an emergency m

Oil prices rose above $50 a barrel Wednesday on hopes of a nearing end to the global economic slump but concerns that a swine flu outbreak could further depress demand tempered market optimism.

Fears that the spread of swine flu could further undermine demand for crude by cutting air travel pushed prices down near $49 a barrel Tuesday.

The United States advanced to the second round of the ice hockey world championship Monday by beating Austria 6-1, getting goals from six different players.

The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, the U.N.’s top anti-torture envoy said Friday.