Switzerland has unilaterally decided to suspend the most favoured nation (MFN) clause in its Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with India. The move comes after the Supreme Court of India’s ruling in the Nestle case. The move is expected to have a significant impact on the operations of Indian companies in Switzerland as well as...
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Lindsey Vonn eager for her return to World Cup ski races next weekend in Switzerland at age 40
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Lindsey Vonn now has a firm target for her return to World Cup ski racing at age 40: next weekend for a pair of super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland. She has a goal, too, and it’s not showing up at the starting gate simply to show up. “You know...
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Lindsey Vonn to enter World Cup ski races next weekend in Switzerland in her comeback at age 40
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn will return to World Cup ski racing next weekend for a pair of super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, as she continues her comeback at 40 years old. Vonn teased her return in an Instagram post through her sponsor, Red Bull, on Friday morning. She said, “I hear St....
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Switzerland plans to update Cold War-era nuclear bunkers amid global tensions
Switzerland wants to update its network of aging nuclear shelters, which are increasingly seen as an asset at a time of greater global uncertainty, notably since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thanks to a 1963 law, Switzerland is already ahead of neighbors like Germany. Each of its 9 million residents, including foreigners and refugees, is guaranteed...
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FM Sa’ar congratulates Switzerland for designating Hamas as terror org.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar congratulated Switzerland for independently designating Hamas as a terrorist organization through primary legislation in a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday. Switzerland has independently designated Hamas as a terrorist organization through primary legislation with overwhelming support. I commend Switzerland for this critical step and urge other nations to follow suit. Hamas...
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Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects Swiss allegation that its first user may have been strangled
The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled. Philip Nitschke of advocacy group Exit International said Wednesday he wasn’t on hand for the woman’s death on Sept. 23 involving the “Sarco” capsule in a forest...
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Advocacy groups behind ‘suicide’ pod in Switzerland suspend its use. Know why
Advocacy groups in Switzerland behind a so-called suicide capsule said on Sunday (Oct 6) that they suspended the process of taking applications to use it – as an investigation into its first use in the country was completed. A report by the news agency Associated Press said that the president of Switzerland-based The Last Resort, Florian Willet, was...
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Melting glaciers force Italy and Switzerland to redraw border in the Alps
Swisstopo, Switzerland’s national mapping agency, says that the country’s borders with Italy, France, Austria, Germany and Liechtenstein have to be amended fairly frequently. The changes are normally based on readings taken by surveyors, without politicians getting involved. Across the Alps, glaciers are melting at alarming rates. In the summer of 2022, 11 hikers were killed...
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US woman meant to be first to use ‘suicide pod’ accused company of trying to get her life savings: report
An American woman who was meant to be the first person to use the controversial new Sarco “suicide pod” in Switzerland backed out while accusing the company behind it of being “heartless” in exploiting her for publicity and trying to get her life savings, according to a report. The 55-year-old, identified under the alias Jessica Campbell,...
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Sarco ‘suicide pod’ gave chilling command before American woman took her own life
The American woman who became the first person to take her own life in the new “suicide pod” in Switzerland was given a chilling command by the morbid machine before she took her last breaths. After entering the Sarco suicide pod on Monday, the machine allegedly asked the 64-year-old woman, who has not been publicly...
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‘Immune-compromised’ woman, 64, uses ‘suicide pod’ dubbed ‘the Tesla of euthanasia’ to end her life — several arrested
A 64-year-old US woman this week became the first person to use a “suicide pod” to end her life — and several people have been detained in Switzerland over the death. The woman, a Midwesterner who was not named publicly, died Monday afternoon in the portable, 3D-printed chamber called a Sarco, short for “sarcophagus” —...