An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, to provide death without medical supervision, they said on Wednesday. The space-age looking Sarco capsule first unveiled in 2019 replaces the oxygen inside of it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia. The recently...
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“Press This Button”: Portable Suicide Pod To Be Used In Switzerland Soon
The space-age-looking Sarco capsule was first unveiled in 2019. (File) Zurich: An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland potentially within months to provide death without medical supervision, they said Wednesday. The space-age-looking Sarco capsule first unveiled in 2019 replaces the oxygen inside of...
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Switzerland targets global abolition of executions
Death penalty is still practised in some regions of the world. Switzerland has now declared the global abolition of executions to be one of the goals of its foreign policy. Keystone-SDA Switzerland has declared the global abolition of the death penalty to be one of the goals of its foreign policy goals. The foreign ministry...
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Switzerland’s Shaqiri ends international career
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland forward Xherdan Shaqiri retired from the national team on Monday. Shaqiri announced the news nine days after his 125th game for Switzerland, a penalty shootout loss to England in the European Championship quarterfinals. Going on as an extra-time substitute, the former Liverpool and Bayern Munich player struck the England crossbar...
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Xherdan Shaqiri finishes international career as Switzerland’s second most-capped player
Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football on Monday after winning 125 Switzerland caps and becoming the only player to score in each of the last three World Cups and European Championships. Xherdan Shaqiri announces his retirement from international football.(AFP) Midfielder Shaqiri, 32, who now plays with Chicago Fire in the United States, is...
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Xherdan Shaqiri announces his international retirement after setting an unbelievable record at Euro 2024… before Switzerland’s dramatic exit by the hands of England
LISTEN to It’s All Kicking Off! EUROS DAILY: Will Gareth Southgate stick around for the World Cup? Shaqiri is the only European player to score in the last sixth major tournaments The 32-year-oldl ends his international career on 125 appearances and 32 goals By Tum Balogun Published: 18:54 BST, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 19:56 BST,...
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Switzerland’s Shaqiri announces international retirement
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32. Shaqiri earned 125 caps during a 14-year international career and represented his country at seven major tournaments. He is Switzerland’s second most-capped player behind only Granit Xhaka (130) and their fourth all-time top scorer with 25 goals. “Seven tournaments, many...
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Swiss star Xherdan Shaqiri retires from international football
Xherdan Shaqiri Keystone / Peter Klaunzer Former Bayern Munich and Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football on Monday, after a 14-year spell with the Swiss national team. This content was published on July 15, 2024 – 16:11 Check out our selection of newsletters. Subscribe here. Shaqiri played 125 matches for Switzerland, scoring 32...
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Shaqiri retires from international football Switzerland’s quarterfinal exit from Euro 2024
Former Bayern Munich and Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football on Monday, after a 14-year spell with the Swiss national team. Shaqiri has played 125 matches for Switzerland, scoring 32 goals. He is the only Swiss player to appear in seven major tournaments, from World Cup 2010 to Euro 2024. The...
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Switzerland: ETH Zurich And EPFL To Raise Tuition Fees Threefold For International Students By 2025
Switzerland has declared that beginning in the fall of 2025, fees for foreign students attending ETH Zurich and EPFL would be raised. According to the Schengen.News, new international students would pay three times as much for bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes. Impact on international student At present, ETH Zurich and EPFL charge about CHF 730...
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Excitement as FEI Vaulting World Championships heads to Switzerland
Excitement is mounting as the FEI Vaulting World Championship for Seniors, alongside the FEI European Championship for Juniors and Young Vaulters, returns to Switzerland for the first time since it was hosted in Bulle in 1986. The event, set to kick off in Bern on July 17th, promises fierce competition and showcases the pinnacle of...
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At least three dead as scaffolding collapses in Switzerland
Lausanne: At least three people were killed and eight injured on Friday when scaffolding collapsed off a 19-storey building under construction in the western Swiss city of Lausanne, police said. The scaffolding collapsed shortly before 9:30 am (0730 GMT), falling “like a house of cards”, according to one witness. The entire scaffolding structure on one...