Switzerland

Officials fear mutated coronavirus from UK; Moderna vaccine ships out; Navalny poisoning details revealed

December 21, 2020

Additional countries have closed their borders to the United Kingdom, as officials try to stop a highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus from spreading. The first shipments of a second COVID-19 vaccine approved in the US were shipped out of a distribution center. And, in Russia, the government agent sent to follow dissident leader Alexei Navalny has revealed that he planted the lethal nerve agent Novichok in the politician’s underwear.

Energy

Climate activists are taking their case to court — at The Hague and beyond

The World

December 03, 2020

Environmental groups try fresh legal tactics with a new lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands, and also the first-ever climate-related case at the European Court of Human Rights.

The Big Fix

Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?

The World

July 03, 2020

Swiss direct air capture company Climeworks is counting on it.

COVID-19

World leaders must act so coronavirus won't 'overwhelm the systems,' epidemiologist says

The World

March 11, 2020

Despite medical experts and the WHO raising the alarm over coronavirus, world leaders — particularly in the Western world — must do more to show they are taking the threat seriously, says epidemiologist Marcel Salathé.

COVID-19

Geneva car show axed; coronavirus wipes $5 trillion off world markets

Reuters

February 28, 2020

The rapid spread of coronavirus raised fears of a pandemic on Friday, with countries on three continents reporting their first cases and Swiss authorities cancelling the giant Geneva car show.

Business, Economics and Jobs

At Davos, Trump touts US economy, but dismisses climate 'prophets of doom'

The World

January 21, 2020

With his impeachment trial beginning in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump shied away from environmental issues, which are top of the agenda at the gathering.

Conflict

In the western Balkans, DNA tests help families discover fate of dead relatives

The World

January 21, 2020

DNA testing is making it possible for thousands of families to recover and identify the skeletal remains of loved ones decades after they were murdered or disappeared. But some families are traumatized and distressed by these discoveries.

Health & Medicine

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

The Conversation

September 16, 2019

While private companies have little incentive to treat and cure many diseases, nonprofits have the potential to save lives by providing valuable funding to help society's most vulnerable people.

Protest

Thousands of women walk off jobs in Switzerland

The World

June 14, 2019

Switzerland lags behind other Western countries in terms of equal pay for women. Thousands walked off jobs in a general strike on Friday to draw attention to pay to salaries and other issues.

White nationalism, born in the USA, is now a global terror threat

The Conversation

March 20, 2019

As more people embrace a xenophobic and anti-immigrant worldview, it is fueling hostility and violence toward those deemed “outsiders” — whether because of their religion, skin color or national origin.

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