Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:42:05 GMT
Myanmar's Rakhine War Produces Grim Child Casualty Toll
The intensifying war in Rakhine state between Myanmar government troops and rebel Arakan Army soldiers, often fought in populated civilian areas, is killing and maiming increasing numbers of childr...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:40:32 GMT
Top-seeded Halep survives tough Rome opener
No. 1 seed Simona Halep of Romania weathered a stern challenge from Italian wildcard Jasmine Paolini to win her opening match 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.
Facing ...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:49:08 GMT
Uzbek activists say Tashkent not ready to receive Gulnara's cash
Switzerland and Uzbekistan have agreed to the terms under which Bern may return to Tashkent some $131 million seized from the disgraced daughter of former President Islam Karimov. But activists say...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:42:23 GMT
Newly discovered mass extinction event triggered the dawn of the dinosaurs
Huge volcanic eruptions 233 million years ago pumped carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour into the atmosphere. This series of violent explosions, on what we now know as the west coast of Canada...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:55:25 GMT
AEHRF slams derogatory epithets leading to hatred
Geneva [Switzerland], September 16 (ANI): Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF), a Delhi based NGO with ECOSOC status has criticized "unwarranted" use of derogatory epithets publicly leading to "g...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:05:12 GMT
UN Sets Up Emergency Shelters for Lesbos Refugees After Fire
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - U.N. officials say they are erecting temporary shelters at lightning speed to accommodate thousands of refugees and migrants left homeless by the fire that destroyed the Moria...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:37:17 GMT
SCOTT Sports India launches SCOTT Spark
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): SCOTT Sports India launches the SCOTT Spark RC 900, one of the most decorated full-suspension bikes, ridden by the likes of Nino Schurter, an ...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:42:05 GMT
Myanmar Denies Destroying Rohingya Expulsion Evidence From 2017
Myanmar on Tuesday rejected concerns raised by the top U.N. human rights official about recent government actions in Rakhine state, saying there had been no effort to destroy evidence of the milita...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:16:16 GMT
Why is Germany faring better than France in the Covid-19 epidemic
France is witnessing one of Europe's highest rates of Covid-19 infection despite adopting similar principles of testing, tracking and isolation as its neighbour Germany, which has fared better sinc...[read more]
Published: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 02:18:04 GMT
Market exchange rates in China -- Sept. 18
BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Friday by the China Foreign Exchange...[read more]
Published: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 01:51:01 GMT
Italian teenage sensation continues run at Italian Open
ROME, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Lorenzo Musetti continued his sensational run of form on home soil at the Italian Open as he beat Japanese Kei Nishikori in straight sets to reach the third round here on...[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:18:01 GMT
BioNTech to acquire plant in Germany to produce COVID-19 vaccine
BERLIN, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Thursday it would acquire the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis' production facility in Marburg, western Germany, to man...[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:18:01 GMT
Albania, Switzerland sign deal in support of vocational education
TIRANA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Albania and Switzerland signed an agreement worth 9.6 million Swiss Francs (around 10.5 million U.S. dollars) here on Thursday in support of vocational education in Alb...[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:18:01 GMT
Bundesliga challengers spoil Bayern's hunger
By Oliver Trust BERLIN, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- One question has been on the minds of Germany's clubs for decades. In advance of the 58th Bundesliga season, things don't seem to have changed....[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:59:01 GMT
German shares lose 1.25 percent at start of trading on Thursday
BERLIN, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- German stocks were off to a shaky start on Thursday, with the benchmark DAX index losing 165.19 points, or 1.25 percent, opening at 13,060.18 points. All of Germ...[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:30:01 GMT
Market exchange rates in China -- Sept. 17
BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Thursday by the China Foreign Exchan...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:59:01 GMT
U.S. dollar rises after Fed keeps interest rates near zero
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose in late trading on Wednesday as market participants digested the Federal Reserve's latest decision on monetary policy. The dollar index, w...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 03:30:01 GMT
Wawrinka loses to Italian teenager at Italian Open
ROME, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Three-time Grand Slam winner Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland was bundled out of the Italian Open in the first round on Tuesday after he lost to 18-year-old Italian Lore...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:30:02 GMT
Market exchange rates in China -- Sept. 16
BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Excha...[read more]
Published: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 01:10:39 GMT
Hitachi ABB Power Grids' Report Highlights Greening of the Grid
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:47:09 GMT
Catalina hires new subsidiary CEOs from Swiss Re and StarStone
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:38:09 GMT
Amsterdam to Zurich night train service to launch next year - NL Times
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:34:49 GMT
Pakistan persecutes, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians- India at Geneva - Oneindia News
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:18:45 GMT
Cobalt can be sourced responsibly, and it's time to act - SWI swissinfo.ch
Business and human rights professor Dorothu00e9e Baumann-Pauly calls for human rights to be at the centre of a ''green recovery''....[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:18:26 GMT
Immigration vote- u2018The People's Party campaign just hasn't caught on' - SWI swissinfo.ch
For such a high-stakes decision, the campaign is lacklustre. Have Swiss voters lost interest in the issue of immigration?...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:45 GMT
Precision Medicine- A game changer for brain and mental health - SWI swissinfo.ch
Cancer patients benefit from advances in precision medicine, but a personalised approach to treating neurological disease such as Alzheimers is in its relative infancy. Neuroimmunologist Maria-Teresa ...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:45 GMT
Crypto Nation Switzerland evades Covids clutches (for now) - SWI swissinfo.ch
The Swiss blockchain industry appears to be in rude health despite the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The number of new companies and jobs produced by the sector increased in the first ...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:43 GMT
Anti-EU immigration initiative set to flop, pollsters say - SWI swissinfo.ch
A right-wing proposal to scrap an immigration accord with the European Union is unlikely to win approval in a nationwide vote later this month. But voters look set to back CHF6 billion ($6.6 billion) ...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:41 GMT
Wolves and immigrants- votes expose our fears - SWI swissinfo.ch
Reasonable fear is a prerequisite for survival. Analyst Daniel Warner asks how we determine what is a reasonable fear, looking at the example of upcoming Swiss votes on wolves and immigration. I was o...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:39 GMT
Masks, half-empty lecture halls- Swiss universities hybrid approach - SWI swissinfo.ch
The USI university in Ticino, one of the most coronavirus-affected parts of Switzerland, has chosen a 50-50 split between campus and online teaching for the autumn semester. Enrolment numbers among st...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:39 GMT
Cobalt can be sourced responsibly, and its time to act - SWI swissinfo.ch
Business and human rights professor Dorothe Baumann-Pauly calls for human rights to be at the centre of a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and argues the cobalt mining industry is ripe for...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:38 GMT
Treating mental illness in pregnancy still a grey area - SWI swissinfo.ch
The lack of research data on pregnant women means there is no global standard of care for expectant mothers with a history of mental illness, experts have said. With one in ten pregnant women experien...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:37 GMT
Immigration vote- The Peoples Party campaign just hasnt caught on - SWI swissinfo.ch
On September 27, the Swiss will vote on an initiative to abolish the free movement of people deal with the European Union. With new concerns on the agenda, however, voters are no longer so het up abou...[read more]
Published: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:45:43 GMT
MHI Vestas wind projects in Taiwan use Hitachi ABB Power Grids transformers
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has signed a purchase agreement with the wind turbine manufacturer, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind...[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:47:12 GMT
Cuba rejects in Geneva politicization and selectivity in human rights
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:15:46 GMT
Complete Discovery Source (CDS) Expands to Offer RelativityOne in Switzerland and the Netherlands
Complete Discovery Source (CDS) Expands to Offer RelativityOne in Switzerland and the Netherlands PR Web...[read more]
Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:56:56 GMT