A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with Swiss police on Tuesday saying several people had been arrested. The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which fills with nitrogen and causes death by hypoxia, was used on Monday outside a village near the German border. The...
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Centuries-old Swiss sport stays fresh – Taipei Times
AFP, HOCHSTETTEN, Switzerland Hornussen, a centuries-old Swiss sport where a puck is lashed with a stick sending it flying at speeds of up to 300kph is embracing modernity with each shot now recorded using a smartphone app and clips shared on TikTok. The quirky sport gets its name from the puck, known as a hornuss...
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Switzerland is getting squeezed between China and the US – Taipei Times
A decade into a free-trade agreement with China, Swiss companies worry about a proposed US technology transfer bill By Levin Stamm / Bloomberg Back in 2013, several dozen Swiss business representatives traveled to Beijing to attend the signing of a free-trade agreement (FTA) between Switzerland and China, toasting the success with champagne. Implemented the following...