Switzerland

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

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.

Science, Tech & Environment

'Worse than Voldemort' — global students' strike targets climate change

Reuters

March 15, 2019

Tens of thousands of school students around the world walked out of classes on Friday in a global strike to protest against government inaction on climate change.

This scientist used imaging techniques to rescue sound from the Nuremberg trials

PRI's The World

February 04, 2019

All of the Nuremberg trials were recorded on 1,942 gramophone records but using a needle to play them — to digitize them — could also damage them. So, a scientist found a way to use photos to create sound.

Sports

Roger Federer emerges victorious in historic clash with Serena Williams

Reuters

January 01, 2019

Roger Federer emerged triumphant from an historic first meeting with Serena Williams in the Hopman Cup on Tuesday.

Former UN leader Kofi Annan dies in Switzerland

Reuters

August 18, 2018

In Geneva, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced his peaceful death after a short undisclosed illness with "immense sadness", saying he was surrounded in his last days by his second wife Nane and children Ama, Kojo and Nina.

Global Politics

There are 28 other monarchies in the world

PRI's The World

May 18, 2018

Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.

Science

There's more CO2 in the atmosphere now than any point in almost a million years

PRI's The World

October 30, 2017

The World Meteorological Organization says atmospheric concentrations of CO2 surged to a new record level in 2016. That puts even greater pressure for countries to cut carbon pollution to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Technology

In small collisions, scientists find big new physics questions

Science Friday

August 07, 2017

Three recent experiments at particle colliders around the world have turned up results that seem to flout the rules of physics. It may result in finding a new particle.

Global Politics

US scientists answer France’s call to come ‘make our planet great again’

PRI's The World

August 01, 2017

American climate scientists are responding to a plea made by French President Emmanuel Macron after President Donald Trump announced the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

Conflict

There's ‘higher potential’ for achieving peace in Syria, UN envoy says

Agence France-Presse

July 10, 2017

Staffan de Mistura ruled out any breakthrough at this week's negotiations to end a war that has claimed more than 320,000 lives and displaced more than half of Syria's population. But he pointed to a new ceasefire brokered with US and Russian help, covering three provinces in southern Syria, as one source of hope.

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Arts, Culture & Media

Zero emissions race

PRI's The World

February 24, 2011

You need a pretty big battery to drive an electric car for hundreds of miles a day. That's what participants in the 'Zero Emissions Race' did. The race began last August and ended today in a Swiss city that we want you to name…

New report ranks environmental efforts

PRI's The World

January 23, 2008

A new report was released today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranks countries for their efforts in addressing environmental issues

Love in Davos

PRI's The World

January 25, 2008

Davos, Switzerland is getting a lot of attention this week as the site of The World Economic Forum, but it's also drawing other forums that are exploring other subjects, like the science of love

Arts, Culture & Media

Global hit - King Kora

PRI's The World

February 27, 2008

The World's Marco Werman profiles the group, King Kora. They're based in Zurich, Switzerland, but their music was born in West Africa.

Arts, Culture & Media

Geo answer

PRI's The World

March 17, 2008

Today's Geo Quiz asks you to name the central Swiss town that gives its name to a famous cheese. The answer is the Swiss town of Gruyeres, producer of the well-known Gruyere cheese

Science, Tech & Environment

Geo answer

PRI's The World

April 30, 2008

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Basel, Switzerland. The city was home to Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who died yesterday. The World's David Leveille reports that Hofmann's discovery of LSD remains controversial.

Sports

Letter to hooligans

PRI's The World

June 05, 2008

The European Soccer Championships gets under way this weekend in Austria and Switzerland. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details on a Swiss plan to head off any potential bad behavior at the games. Swiss police have sent a letter to about 300 known "hooligans," warning them to behave.

Arts, Culture & Media

German national anthem mix-up

PRI's The World

June 18, 2008

Swiss TV has played the wrong version of the German national anthem - the wartime version, as The BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports.

Arts, Culture & Media

Geo answer

PRI's The World

September 03, 2008

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Geneva, Switzerland. The world's newest particle accelerator laboratory called the Large Hadron Collider is located near Geneva. Lisa Mullins speaks with Kate McAlpine, a science writer with the project and the author of a rap music video that explains the collider's goals.

Science, Tech & Environment

Large Hadron Collider launched

PRI's The World

September 10, 2008

A European scientific research organization near Geneva today switched on the world's most power particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).