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World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland to advance the Ukrainian peace process.
2024-06-15

The National Council of Switzerland votes 151–29 to approve a ban on full-face coverings, such as burqas worn by a small minority of Muslim women. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs.
2023-10-29

In a medical first, a paralyzed man is able to walk naturally through the use of electronic brain implants implanted by Swiss scientists.
2023-05-24

More than a dozen people are injured in separate incidents after two trains derail during a storm in Switzerland.
2023-03-31

Switzerland and Israel confirm their first cases of monkeypox.
2022-05-21

Official results show that the "yes" campaign won and that same-sex marriage will be legalized in Switzerland. Results show 64.1% voting yes with 35.9% voting no.
2021-09-27

Swiss research, published in the medical journal "The Lancet", found that paracetamol -- sold as Tylenol and as a generic, acetaminophen, in the United States -- was not effective at reducing pain or improving movement in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. The analysis examined 74 randomly-selected trials published between 1980 and 2015 with 58,556 patients who had osteoarthritis. The study did find the prescription drug diclofenac, sold in the U.S. as Cataflam or Voltaren, is the most effective NSAID available. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the makers of Tylenol, disagree with the study's conclusions.
2016-03-18

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says the country's recent tensions with Iran will not interfere with Syrian peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva, Switzerland, later this month.
2016-01-5

Swiss referendum, 2013: Voters in Switzerland pass measures limiting CEO pay and outlawing golden parachutes.
2013-03-3

Belgium holds a day of national mourning in memory of the victims of the Sierre bus collision in Switzerland earlier this week.
2012-03-16