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Credit Suisse takeover hits heart of Swiss banking, identity

Analysts say the UBS takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse has shaken Switzerland’s self-image and dented its reputation as a global financial center

The Independent UK

Global crises put China at an advantage

As they say, you can't make this up. In the course of just over a week, China and Russia reaffirmed their friendship and military ties, the Iranian regime proxies lashed out with rockets at US forces in neighbouring Syria, North Korea shot off a few more missiles, France was rocked…

Bangkok Post

Rare T-Rex skeleton to go under the hammer in Switzerland

Millions of years after dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the skeleton of a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex was introduced to the public in Switzerland on Wednesday ahead of its auction next month.

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Switzerland and France accused of lack of climate action in ECHR hearing

Group of Swiss women and French ex-mayor suing their governments in first such cases heard by rights court

The Guardian - UK

Switzerland brings back its most successful banker to steer the merged UBS-Credit Suisse behemoth

Heeding the "call to duty," Lugano native Sergio Ermotti returns to his old post as CEO of the Swiss wealth manager to navigate it through choppy waters.

Fortune

French, Swiss climate policy goes on trial in European rights court

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday began hearing cases against the governments of France and Switzerland over their alleged failings to protect the environment.

Radio France Internationale

Switzerland vs. Israel, live stream, TV channel, time, lineups, how to watch Euro 2024 Qualifying

Switzerland will be aiming to maintain its winning momentum in the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign when they host Israel on Tuesday.

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'Climate lockdown' anger drives Swiss grandmother to sue Bern at European court

Last summer while dozens of Swiss pensioners were campaigning in the Alps to save their fast-melting glaciers, 85-year-old Marie-Eve Volkoff was instead stuck inside her small Geneva apartment watching pre-recorded TV programmes.

Reuters

Factbox: Swiss female pensioners vs the government: European court's first climate case

A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, the culmination of a six-year legal battle in which they claim their government's insufficient action on climate change violated their human rights.

Reuters

Switzerland should allow re-export of arms to Ukraine -Kyiv envoy

The Swiss foreign policy tradition of neutrality should not include blocking re-exports of Swiss weapons to Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador to Switzerland said on Monday, adding the weapons were urgently needed to win the war against Russia.

Reuters

The ‘too big to fail’ regime for banks just doesn’t work, Swiss minister says. ‘The economic damage would be considerable’

A restructuring or liquidation would have triggered “major international upheaval," said finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter.

Fortune

BCPG allots B39bn in capital spending

BCPG Plc, the power generation arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, plans to allocate 39 billion baht in capital spending to fund its domestic and overseas businesses and asset acquisitions, including those affected by ongoing banking problems in the US and Switzerland.

Bangkok Post

Switzerland Set To Roll Out Carpet-Like Solar Panels Between Railroad Tracks

The initiative could be a potential remedy for the energy problem and the rising cost of electricity.

Zenger

Liel Abada a major Celtic injury doubt for Rangers as Israel boss maps out recovery timeline after training knock

The forward will miss Israel's Euro 2024 double header against Kosovo and Switzerland.

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Daily Mirror

Woman, 18, feared dead after huge 50ft avalanche buries her on school skiing trip

Emily Franciose, from Colorado, US, was on a boarding school trip to the Bernese Alps when she was trapped under a 2,000ft-wide avalanche on the Gstelliwang slope in Bern, Switzerland

Daily Mirror

Inside luxury life of Vladimir Putin's secret girlfriend as Ukraine war rages

Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast and Vladimir Putin's bedfellow, Alina Kabaeva, 39, has been moved from Lugano in Switzerland to a forest hideaway in the depths of northern Russia

The Independent UK

British teenager killed by avalanche on ski tour in Switzerland

The 18-year-old was killed on Tuesday after an avalanche struck in Meiringen resort, in the canton of Bern

Bangkok Post

After Fed, European central banks hike rates

LONDON: The Bank of England joined Norway and Switzerland in hiking interest rates on Thursday to tackle stubbornly-high inflation, though banking-sector turmoil could soon lead to a pause in US tightening as hinted by the Federal Reserve.

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The Times of India

Swiss Open 2023: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy enter pre-quarterfinals

NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist and fourth seed PV Sindhu made a positive start to her title defence at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament, beating Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland 21-9, 21-16 in a lop-sided opening round of women's singles.

The Conversation

When banks go bust: the four factors at play - trust, confidence, contagion and systemic risk

Banks are in the news again. Two bank failures in the US, and the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in Switzerland, have triggered the worst turmoil in the banking sector since the 2008 financial crisis. There’s talk of a lack of trust, of a collapse in confidence, of…

The Independent UK

Credit Suisse customers feel mix of anger, relief after sale

Credit Suisse's customers are feeling a range of emotions after the government orchestrated a takeover of the country’s second-largest bank by rival UBS

Evening Standard

British teenager killed in avalanche while skiing in Switzerland

The teenager’s body was recovered and police are still searching for a second victim

Daily Mirror

Brit, 18, killed after avalanche swept him away while on ski tour in Switzerland

The British skier, 18, was swept away and killed in an avalanche while out on the slopes in Meiringen, in the Swiss canton of Bern, with another unidentified individual still missing as rescue teams trawl through the snow

The Guardian - UK

Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans

‘A monster is born’, say local press, as Credit Suisse takeover by UBS creates bank twice the size of the Swiss economy

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN, US Welcome Latest Prisoner Exchange Agreement in Yemen

The international community welcomed the latest prisoner exchange agreement reached between the legitimate Yemeni government and Iran-backed Houthi militias. The parties agreed to free 887 detainees and to meet again in May after 10 days of negotiations in Switzerland, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross…

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