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Ukraine to receive more artillery shells from EU after agreement ok'd

BRUSSELS, Belgium: While chairing a meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers in Brussels this week, European Union (EU) foreign ...

UBS to buy Credit Suisse for fraction of its value, Swiss government to underwrite losses

ZURICH, Switzerland - Depositors will be fully protected, shareholders will have their equity dwarfed, while bond holders will be largely ...

Book on war crimes during Bangladesh Liberation War released at UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): A book titled 'War and Women' depicting war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War was ...

Kashmiri women at UNHRC praise PM Modi, expose terrorism by Pakistan

Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): Two Kashmiri women from Kashmir, who are taking part in the 52nd Session of the ...

Swiss banks may impose sanctions on secret Chinese accounts

Beijing [China], March 24 (ANI): Since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, the Switzerland government has moved in ...

Prosperity has returned to Kashmir: Activist tells UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): An activist from the Geneva-based Universal Rights Group apprised the United Nations Human Rights Council ...

Artwork That Secretly Honored Hong Kong Dissidents Removed

A Hong Kong department store took down a digital artwork that contained hidden references to jailed dissidents, in an incident ...

Swiss investigate how armored vehicles got to Ukraine media

Bern is struggling to explain how Mowag jeeps made it to the frontline, after photo evidence emergesThe government in Bern ...

WHO calls for intensified actions to eradicate TB in South East Asia

Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): On World Tuberculosis Day (TB), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for intensified actions ...

China Tries to Block Prominent Uyghur Speaker at UN

Geneva, Switzerland - China attempted on Thursday to block a prominent Uyghur activist from speaking at the United Nations Human ...

PV Sindhu crashes out of Swiss Open

Basel [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): Indian badminton player PV Sindhu bowed out of the women's singles while HS Prannoy and ...

China's repression in Tibet, Xinjiang raised at UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): A research analyst exposed China's repressive policies in Tibet and Xinjiang during the 52nd Session ...

Swiss-made armor appears in Ukraine

Switzerland struggles to explain how Mowag vehicles got to the front, after photo evidence emergesThe government in Bern is trying ...

Pakistan neglects millions of flood victims in Sindh, activist tells UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): A Sindhi political activist has drawn the urgent attention of the UN Human Rights Council ...

US economy heading for train wreck, billionaire warns

Continued interest rate hikes by the Fed could worsen the banking turmoil, according to Bill AckmanThe US economy is facing ...

Opening Sharda Peeth Corridor is "welcome step," says PoK political activist

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Jamil Maqsood, Central Secretary for Foreign Affairs Committee, United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on ...

Environmental crisis anthology 'Interactions, When Cinema Looks to Nature' screened in Geneva

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): A special screening of environmental crisis anthology 'Interactions, When Cinema Looks to Nature' was held ...

Human rights violation escalating in Balochistan after CPEC project, activist informs UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Baloch political activist informed the United Nations Human Rights Council about the ongoing human rights ...

India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempts to foment communal disharmony in India

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): India has slammed Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council during its right of ...

Kashmir on path of development, peace, activist informs UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): A socio-political activist from the Kashmir Valley has informed the UN about intense development, peace ...

Swiss Open: PV Sindhu advances to second round, Lakshya Sen bows out of competition in first round

Basel [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of women's competition ...

How a Russian prince helped shape the CIA & U.S. Army Special Forces

Prince Serge Obolensky became a U.S. commando at the age of 53 and single-handedly liberated Sardinia from thousands of enemy ...

Pashtun activist at UN exposes Pakistan's ties with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): A Pashtun political activist during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in ...

Dow sinks 530 points after Fed rate hike

© Provided by Xinhua Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the rate-setting committee considered a pause in rate hikes in light ...

Uyghur activist asks China to enforce UN recommendations to curb human rights abuses in Xinjiang

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): An Uyghur activist has asked China to implement the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee ...

PoK, Gilgit Baltistan witness rise in human rights abuses, activists inform UN

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan have informed the United Nations Human Rights Council ...

China's expansionist designs in South Asia exposed at UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Director of the Amsterdam-based think-tank, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies, Junaid Qureshi, has ...

Centring race: Why we need to think about gentrification differently

When we think of gentrification, we often think of how a neighbourhood's demographics and landscape are transformed. Luxury apartment blocks ...

India believes Human Rights Council needs to function in "cooperative, non-confrontational manner": Pawankumar Badhe

Geneva [Switzerland], March 22 (ANI): India strongly believes that Council needs to function in a "cooperative, objective, non-confrontational and non-politicized ...

No freedom of expression in PoK, terror hideouts intact, activists tells UN

Geneva [Switzerland], March 22 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir lambasted Pakistan for curbing the freedom of expression and giving ...

UN Security Council members UAE, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland announce sweeping new Climate, Peace and Security Pledges

NEW YORK, 22nd March, 2023 (WAM) -- The UAE, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland today announced a series of pledges to ...

What is systemic risk and how does it lead to a banking crisis?

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a regional US bank that funded start-up companies in the technology and ...

Indian NGO asks UN to add more provisions, budget for people with disability

Geneva [Switzerland], March 22 (ANI): An Indian NGO, Samarthanam International has asked the United Nations to add more provisions and ...

Samarthanam raises awareness about impact of post-Covid on persons with disabilities at UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 22 (ANI): In an oral intervention in the general debate on persons with disabilities at the 52nd ...

Swiss Open 2023: Badminton duo of Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly crash out in first round

Basel [Switzerland], March 22 (ANI): The Indian Women's badminton double pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Tressa Jolly, who reached the ...

Activists raise concerns over human rights situation in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan

Geneva [Switzerland], March 22 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday organised an event to discuss the worsening ...

China's developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts

Geneva [Switzerland], March 21 (ANI): Ongoing China's mega development projects in the South Asia region are impacting the climate and ...

Picking Up The Pieces

Just months before the Taliban was ousted from power in 2001, the hard-line Islamist group took a wrecking ball to ...

Switzerland risks becoming financial banana republic industry expert

The banking crisis has shattered the country's reputation as a pillar of the Western financial system, CEO of Opimas claimsThe ...

More than 530 killed in Haiti gang violence: UN

Geneva [Switzerland], March 21 (ANI): Amid raging violance and a fast deteriorating situation in Haiti, the Office of the High ...

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Despite promises, girls again barred from schools in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's education ministry has announced that the country's school year has begun, but the United Nations children's agency, ...

Seeking to reduce tensions, ex-Taiwan PM Ma Ying-jeou to visit China

TAIPEI, Taiwan: In an effort to ease tensions between Taiwan and China, former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou will visit Beijing ...

Following kidnapping, Frenchmen, US worker released in Africa

NIAMEY, Niger: Four weeks after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Niger, an American aid worker and a French ...

Ukraine to receive more artillery shells from EU after agreement ok'd

BRUSSELS, Belgium: While chairing a meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers in Brussels this week, European Union (EU) foreign ...

Media reports nine Chinese killed at Africa mine

BANGUI, Central African Republic: Authorities from the Central African Republic have said that nine Chinese nationals were killed and two ...

Australian river town reports millions of dead fish

MENINDEE, Australia: After recent floods and hot weather, millions of dead fish have washed up in southeastern Australia, which authorities ...

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