At a presentation as booming and flashy as its cars, Ferrari has unveiled its 488 Pista speedster at the Geneva auto show. It features lighter weight than its predecessor and the most powerful V8 engine ever produced by the fabled Italian brand.
Read moreA Swiss mobile phone operator says its data systems were breached late last year and the contact details of about 800,000 customers were compromised.
Read moreSwitzerland’s market regulator said Thursday it has banned the Swiss affiliate of Russia’s Gazprombank from taking new private clients over money-laundering concerns over a 10-year period that emerged from the Panama Papers leak.
Read moreThe recent positive turn in the global economy shouldn’t lull anyone into complacency, financial leaders said Friday, the closing day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Read moreDeclaring that America is open for business under his leadership, President Donald Trump told a wary gathering of political and business elites on Friday that the economic growth taking place in the U.S. due to his “America first” agenda also benefits the rest of the world.
Read morePresident Donald Trump says the Palestinians must return to peace talks with Israel to receive U.S. aid money.
Read moreBritish Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reaffirm her country’s central role in world affairs on Thursday, when she delivered a speech to the World Economic Forum and met with President Donald Trump to dispel any perceptions of tensions between them.
Read moreResearchers have identified a mummified body found in a Basel churchyard as a wealthy 18th-century Swiss woman who is an ancestor of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
Read moreArmed with his “America First” philosophy, President Donald Trump arrived in Switzerland on Thursday to tout his economic agenda at a global summit that stresses free trade and international cooperation.
Read moreThe United States is committed to free and fair trade while bracing itself for possible retaliation from China over new tariffs, top U.S. Cabinet members said Wednesday, ahead of a much-ballyhooed visit by President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Read moreIn Davos this week, participants can experience “a day in the life of a refugee.” Or hear about ways to uphold the Paris climate accord and promote free trade. Or rub elbows with any number of leaders of African countries.
Read moreThe White House said Monday that Cabinet members are delaying their departure for this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, amid the federal government shutdown.
Read moreA team of researchers has developed a new algorithm that can help governments and resettlement agencies place refugees in cities or towns that are well-suited for them based on the refugees’ characteristics and data on thousands of others who came to the host nation before them.
Read moreA train packed with tourists left from a snowbound resort town near Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn peak Wednesday, marking the resumption of railway service that had been halted for two days because of avalanche risks and had stranded around 13,000 visitors.
Read moreSwiss authorities near the famed Matterhorn peak have closed ski slopes, hiking trails, cable cars, roads and train service into the nearby town of Zermatt amid a heightened risk of avalanches, stranding some 13,000 tourists in the town.
Read moreSeveral people have been injured after a train derailed in Switzerland amid gusty winds.
Read moreThe Swiss division of J.P. Morgan “seriously breached” anti-money laundering rules relating to the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, Switzerland’s financial market regulator said Thursday.
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A Swiss art museum on Wednesday showcased a new exhibit of artwork deemed “degenerate art” by the Nazis, drawn from a collection of some 1,500 works found hidden in the homes of German collector Cornelius Gurlitt five years ago.
Read moreA British national entangled in the FIFA corruption scheme received a 15-month prison sentence from a New York federal judge, but nearly a year will be credited to time served in a Swiss prison.
Read moreFederal prosecutors in Switzerland on Thursday announced indictments of the leader of a prominent Swiss Islamic group and two other top members over alleged al-Qaida propaganda videos posted on YouTube. Contacted by phone in Bangladesh, one of the suspects rejected the case as “politically motivated.”
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