Tag: Switzerland
Switzerland Extends Partial Unemployment Benefits To Dampen Tariff Shock
Switzerland on Wednesday extended partial unemployment benefits to limit layoffs by companies hit by rising US tariffs, which have particularly hurt watchmakers and small industrial [more…]
Driver Escapes After Car Plunges Off Ferry Into Swiss Lake
A car plunged off a ferry into Lake Zurich on Saturday, Swiss police said, with the driver able to escape with only minor injuries. The [more…]
UN Slashes Global Aid Plan Due To Funding Cuts
The United Nations on Monday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the “deepest funding cuts ever”. The UN’s [more…]
Internal Displacement In Africa Triples In 15 Years
Internally displaced persons from the flood queue at St. Luke school used as a shelter in Lokoja on October 22, 2024. – Human-caused climate change [more…]
Outrageous’, Israel Rejects UN Probe Findings On War
Updated October 11, 2024 A portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah sits amids debris at Beirut’s southern suburb Rouweiss neighbourhood on October 10, 2024, [more…]
Olympics Records 40-plus Covid Cases As Global Figures Rise: WHO
The Olympic rings are illuminated on the Eiffel Tower on June 7, 2024, ahead the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / [more…]
Record 120 Million People Forcibly Displaced Globally: UN
A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN said Thursday, branding the ever-increasing number [more…]
Women’s World Cup: Switzerland Lands Philippines 2-0 Blow to Top group A.
Switzerland on Friday morning Nigerian time spanked Philippines 2-0 in the second match of Group A played at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Auckland. [more…]
