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WTO warns protectionism threatens strong trade growth forecast

12 April 2018 |

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The World Trade Organization said Thursday that it expects strong trade growth through this year and next but warned progress would be "undermined" if governments implement threatened protectionist measures....

Sulzer steps away from Russia's sanctions-hit Renova

12 April 2018 |

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Swiss engineering company Sulzer on Thursday said that Russia's Renova, hit by US sanctions, no longer holds a controlling stake in the firm following a transfer of shares aimed at reassuring investors...

Sulzer ‘free from US sanctions’ after share buyback

12 April 2018 |

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Swiss industrial pump manufacturer Sulzer says it is no longer threatened by United States sanctions having reduced the stake of Russian holding company Renova below a 50% threshold.The company said on...

Babies link vocal and facial emotions, say Swiss researchers

11 April 2018 |

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Babies can differentiate between happiness and anger, say Swiss researchers using eye-tracking technology to record how babies react to faces after hearing voices.In a study of 24 six-month-olds, researchers...

US banks freeze Sulzer accounts after Russia sanctions

11 April 2018 |

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Swiss engineering company Sulzer said Wednesday that its bank accounts in the United States had been partially frozen after one of its top shareholders was targeted by US sanctions.Spokesman Rainer Weihofen...

First Responsible Mining Index dishes the dirt

11 April 2018 |

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The world’s biggest mining companies must improve their human rights record and step up efforts to curb environmental damage, the Responsible Mining Foundation has said in its first review of global mining...

Swiss intelligence service to be led by senior army member

11 April 2018 |

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The government has named Jean-Philippe Gaudin as new head of the Swiss intelligence service.The 56-year-old Gaudin has had a long career as member of the armed forces, notably as an instructor, and led...

Viktor Vekselberg: a discreet Russian oligarch in Switzerland

11 April 2018 |

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Publicity-shy Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg is again attracting the type of headlines he could do without. Vekselberg has been named on a list of United States sanctions targets, which is bad news...

Markets 'overreacting' to trade war rhetoric: UN official

11 April 2018 |

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Market gyrations in response to tariff threats from political leaders show that financial traders do not grasp the intricacies of global trade, a senior UN official said Wednesday.Arancha Gonzalez, who...

Sulzer’s US accounts frozen but sanctions to be lifted soon

11 April 2018 |

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Swiss pump maker Sulzer has confirmed its bank accounts in the United States have been frozen as part of Washington’s sanctions against Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.A spokesman said that the Winterthur-based...

German billionaire vanishes on Swiss Alps skiing trip

11 April 2018 |

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The billionaire chief of Germany's sprawling Tengelmann retail group has gone missing while skiing in the Swiss Alps, the company said Wednesday, although searchers have not given up hope of finding him."Search...

The group giving a voice to the elderly

11 April 2018 |

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Since 2001, the Swiss Council for the Elderly (CSA, according to its French initials) has given this ever-larger sector of the population a means of speaking out and being heard. But challenges still lie...

WHO demands access to victims of alleged Syria chemical attack

11 April 2018 |

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The World Health Organization on Wednesday demanded "immediate" access to the victims of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, voicing indignation at the strike that caused symptoms consistent with exposure...

Swiss ski slopes saw 6.9% more guests than last year

10 April 2018 |

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As the ski season comes to a close, Swiss cable car operators say it was a better winter than last year – but point out how poor some previous years were.The start of the current season brought lots of...

Lynx dead after botched capture attempt in Switzerland

10 April 2018 |

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Swiss gamekeepers have had to put down a badly injured Eurasian lynx that was hurt during efforts to catch him. The animal was supposed to start a new life in a country with too few lynx.The authorities...