Swiss glacier melt exceeds average in 2024 after hot summer
ZURICH - Swiss glaciers melted at an above-average rate in 2024 as a blistering hot summer thawed through abundant snowfall, monitoring...
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Oct 13 min read
New Swiss central bank chief takes charge in shadow of Credit Suisse trauma
ZURICH - As the Swiss National Bank's new chairman Martin Schlegel takes office this week, the jury is out on the central bank's handling...
Aug 293 min read
Swiss court convicts two executives over $1.8 billion 1MDB fraud
BELLINZONA, Switzerland - The Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicted on Wednesday two executives at an oil exploration company for...
Aug 291 min read
Switzerland to scrap ban on building nuclear power stations
ZURICH - The Swiss government said on Wednesday it plans to overturn a ban on building new power plants to strengthen local energy supply...
Aug 292 min read
Swiss banker says super-rich tax proposal is 'nuclear bomb' for Switzerland
ZURICH - A tax on the super-rich pitched by the youth wing of one of Switzerland's main political parties is "extremely dangerous" for...
Aug 231 min read
Ukraine says it hosts first follow-up to Swiss peace summit
KYIV - Ukraine said representatives of more than 40 countries and international organisations took part in a meeting on Thursday to...
Aug 221 min read
Athletics-Duplantis soars to another Diamond League win two weeks after world record
LAUSANNE - Two-times Olympic champion Armand Duplantis soared to another victory in his illustrious resume, winning the city pole vault...
Aug 162 min read
Sudan peace talks begin in Switzerland despite army's no-show
CAIRO - Talks aimed at ending Sudan's shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland although the absence of the...
Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Shooting-Leone keeps women's rifle 3 positions gold in Swiss hands
CHATEAUROUX, France - Switzerland's Chiara Leone ensured Olympic gold in the women's 50-metre rifle three positions remained in her...
Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Swimming-Hungary's Kos wins men's 200m backstroke gold
PARIS - Hubert Kos won the men's 200 metres backstroke to give Hungary a first gold of the Paris Olympics on Thursday while Apostolos...
Jul 172 min read
Portuguese 'DJ priest' plays upbeat tunes to spread hope
LAUNDOS, Portugal - Portuguese priest Guilherme Peixoto rose to fame playing electronic dance music near his church in a tiny Portuguese...
Jul 121 min read
German railways shuts main line for five months for revamp
BERLIN - Germany's state railways will on Monday close for five months a main line connecting the financial centre of Frankfurt with the...
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