Switzerland

A person speaking at a podium with United Nations and Brazilian flags in the background.
G7 removes ‘climate change’ from environment talks
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49:59
A dreamy Swiss pop song for the road
0:56
A group of people sitting on the ground, clapping, and holding a banner that reads 'Liberen a todos los presos políticos' in Spanish, with a Venezuelan flag displayed in front of them.
Venezuela amnesty law raises hopes, but doubts still linger
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50:05
Invasive quagga clams found in Northern Ireland already wreaking havoc in Swiss lake
8:01
A skier in full gear descends a snowy slope, creating a spray of snow behind them as they turn. They are wearing a helmet, goggles, and a black racing suit with various sponsor logos.
Sports
New rules aim to safeguard skiers in an inherently dangerous sport
6:03
‘Tell the world I was here’: Documenting life in Gaza
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50:18
Treaty negotiations have collapsed, but the plastics problem demands solutions
7:56
Plastic pollution treaty in deadlock
1:43
Energy
How solar fuel could help decarbonize air travel
4:10
How solar fuel could help decarbonize aviation
4:10
How the disruptive power of AI threatens democracy
15:39
Israel-Iran war continues for 5th day as residents flee
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48:37
In Switzerland, residents float by river to work
3:39
A new hope for Syria
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48:23
This Swiss Moroccan musician finds the underground art scene
1:44
A case of the coveted cat goes to court
0:42
Authoritarians justify targeting dissidents abroad as ‘counterterrorism’
7:34
Ukrainian troops push deeper into Kursk region
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48:21
Swiss contest to clear munitions from lakes
0:41
In Switzerland, drive-in movies bring out the car lovers
5:48
Report says Nestle adds sugar to products sold only in developing countries
4:09
Swiss women clinch climate win
5:09
Olaf Scholz is shown wearing a dark suit and standing inbetween two other top German politicians with all three waving their right hands.
Top of The World
Germany’s Social Democrats claim narrow election victory
A man victoriously holds up a piece of paper and smiles as other people around him also smile
The Big Fix
Climate activists get more strategic with their use of the courts
A police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover, England, after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following a French government's announcement.
Top of The World
Officials fear mutated coronavirus from UK; Moderna vaccine ships out; Navalny poisoning details revealed
Environmental activists hold a banner that reads: "Because watching is not an option [anymore]," as they protest outside of a court during a hearing in a case environmentalist and human rights groups have brought against Royal Dutch Shell to force the ene
Energy
Climate activists are taking their case to court — at The Hague and beyond
A facility for capturing carbon dioxide from the air of Swiss Climeworks is placed on the roof of a waste incinerating plant in Hinwil, Switzerland, July 18, 2017. 
The Big Fix
Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?
Medical staff use thermometers during checks for coronavirus (COVID-19) at the border crossing with Italy in Vrtojba, Slovenia, on March 11 , 2020.
COVID-19
World leaders must act so coronavirus won’t ‘overwhelm the systems,’ epidemiologist says
People are shown in all white medical protective gear and face masks while working on a medical supply line.
COVID-19
Geneva car show axed; coronavirus wipes $5 trillion off world markets
A man speaks into a microphone in front of a blue wall.
Business, Economics and Jobs
At Davos, Trump touts US economy, but dismisses climate ‘prophets of doom’
An illustration shows several bodies layed out in in various positions with one red body.
Conflict
In the western Balkans, DNA tests help families discover fate of dead relatives
People line up outside a hospital.
Health & Medicine
There’s a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren’t profitable
Protesters carry banners and placards at a demonstration during a women's strike (Frauenstreik) in Zurich, Switzerland June 14, 2019.
Protest
Thousands of women walk off jobs in Switzerland
Commander Jeff Schoep of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest white nationalist type groups in the country, speaks during a rally at the state capital in Little Rock, Arkansas,
White nationalism, born in the USA, is now a global terror threat
Protesters are shown with placards that read, "Climate change is worse then Voldemort."
Environment
‘Worse than Voldemort’ — global students’ strike targets climate change
Defendents sit in a juror box and at tables during the Nuremberg trials in this historic photo
This scientist used imaging techniques to rescue sound from the Nuremberg trials
Tennis players Serena Williams and Roger Federer are shown embracing as they walk off the court together.
Sports
Roger Federer emerges victorious in historic clash with Serena Williams
Kofi Annan
Former UN leader Kofi Annan dies in Switzerland
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace
Global Politics
There are 28 other monarchies in the world
Arts, Culture & Media
Fire Vortex
Global average CO2 concentrations rose at a record rate in 2016 to more than 403 parts per million up from 400.00 ppm in 2015, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Concentrations of CO2 are now nearly 50% higher than pre-industrial levels.
Science
There’s more CO2 in the atmosphere now than any point in almost a million years
French President Emmanuel Macron with U.S. President Donald Trump in Paris in July. After Trump's decision to pull the US out of the global Paris Climate Agreement, Macron invited scientists and others from the US and elsewhere to come to France to help s
Global Politics
US scientists answer France’s call to come ‘make our planet great again’
hadron supercollider
Technology
In small collisions, scientists find big new physics questions
Staffan de Mistura
Conflict
There’s ‘higher potential’ for achieving peace in Syria, UN envoy says
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.
Books
Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the World Economic Forum
Economics
China’s Xi Jinping goes to Davos to deliver a defense of globalization
Residents of Oberwil-Lieli outside Zurich, Switzerland
Global Politics
A Swiss town is divided over whether to take in refugees
At 310 feet, Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio is now the world’s seventh tallest roller coaster. It was built by the Swiss company Intamin, which has designed seven of the world’s top 10 tallest coasters.
Business
Make American-built roller coasters great again!
A traffic sign is pictured at the Swiss-Italian border in Chiasso
Business
Swiss region tries to favor local job candidates — creating new problems for the EU
Mural artist Mona Caron uses city walls all over the world as canvases for her magnified portraits of wild plants.
Arts
A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society
Science
In physics, failure brings almost as much excitement as success
Protesters dressed as robots demand a basic income
Economics
Swiss voters reject a plan to give everyone a guaranteed basic income
bandaged cheddar wedge
Food
How a particular type of cheese captured the minds — and tongues — of fans
Thomas Thwaites spend six days in the Swiss Alps to experience what it's like to live life as a goat.
Arts
Man attempts to cross the Alps wearing prosthetic hooves
Cows stand in a meadow in front of a 10.5cm gun at the former artillery fort of the Swiss Army in the town of Faulensee.
Culture
That picturesque barn in the Swiss countryside might be a former Army bunker
The premier of "Quantum Dance," by Gilles Jobin and Juilius von Bismarck, with a backdrop image of the CMS detector (Gregory Batardon)
Arts
Should we use art or science to explore the origins of the universe?
Executive Committee member Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (R) congratulates FIFA President Sepp Blatter after he was re-elected at the FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, May 29, 2015.
Sports
The men who want to clean up world soccer all have mud on their shoes
David Hyde stands in front of his tent in Geneva, Switzerland.
Business
Update: Tent-living UN intern ‘comes clean,’ planned stunt to publicize intern conditions
OY
Music
Art-pop duo OY’s new album is part-documentary and includes recordings of local sounds, people and music from across Africa
Matee Ullah Khan and members of his ski school at the Malam Jabba ski area in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
Sports
Pakistan’s only ski school is back in business, in the ‘Switzerland of Pakistan’