カテゴリー: Switzerland
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Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and billionaire businessman who enjoyed a jet-setting lifestyleFast cars, yachts and racehorses are not the usual accoutrements of religious leaders, but they fitted the lifestyle of the Aga Khan, the spiritual leade…
Ukrainian president says Beijing is supporting efforts by Moscow to warn leaders off attending Swiss meetingVolodomyr Zelenskiy has accused China of discouraging other countries from attending a peace summit in Switzerland later this month that is aime…
Claimants say they are experiencing serious negative impacts and demand Swiss-based Holcim pay compensationResidents of an Indonesian island threatened by rising sea levels have begun legal action against the cement producer Holcim.The claim for compen…
Officers say 700-year-old artefact worth €650,000 was transported from Stuttgart on behalf of driver’s employerSwiss customs authorities have discovered an antique Japanese samurai sword made nearly 700 years ago, after it was smuggled into the country…
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in global ranking Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afgh…
After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promiseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first clinical trial results showing a positive effect for a pill that can b…
State media quietly erases articles on biologist Wilson Edwards after Switzerland says he does not existCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChinese state media articles quoting a Swiss biologist accusing the US of politicising C…
Moscow has reported the highest death toll of any Russian city, while the Delta variant is forcing tighter restrictions in the Asia-Pacific regionMoscow has recorded the highest Covid-19 daily death toll of any Russian city so far, as the highly contag…
Government says deal allowing Beijing officials to interrogate Chinese nationals was standard ‘technical arrangement’The Swiss government has strongly rejected accusations that a deal allowing Chinese officials to enter Switzerland and interrogate Chin…
Agents travelled from China at Swiss taxpayers’ expense to interview deportation targetsThe full text of a secret deal between Switzerland and China that allowed Chinese security officials access to the country at Swiss taxpayers’ expense has been reve…
Country also overtakes China in terms of total number of infectionsCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageItaly has recorded its single biggest leap in coronavirus deaths, announcing that 969 people have died from Covid-19 i…