Switzerland

New digital piggy bank helps Swiss kids save

ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) -- In Switzerland, one of the world's wealthiest countries, financial planning starts young. The country's number two…

Search and rescue efforts continue for 8 missing after landslide

BONDO VILLAGE, BREGAGLIA, Switzerland (Reuters) --  Rescue crews continued to search on Thursday (August 24) for eight people including Germans,…

Hunt for Swiss chainsaw attacker widens

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss police issued an international arrest warrant on Tuesday for a chainsaw-wielding attacker who remained on…

Robot builders working on Swiss digitally fabricated house

ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Construction recently began on a three-storey house near Zurich that was designed and planned using digital…

Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- A couple who disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending…

Mastering manners at Switzerland’s last finishing school

by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GLION, Switzerland (AFP) -- Eight women sit primly around an elaborately set table making…

Vision algorithms teaching drones to ‘see’

ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) -- With demand for drones booming, both for hobby and commercial use, the race is on to…

Swiss chemical maker Clariant to merge with US Huntsman

  ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - Swiss group Clariant on Monday said it planned to merge with US counterpart Huntsman to…

Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Swiss voted Sunday in favor of a massive overhaul of the country's…

Switzerland has best healthcare; Indonesia, Brunei, PHL among “underachievers” in Asia

By Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a…

Swiss test wireless cameras to monitor newborns’ vital signs

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss researchers said Monday they have developed a wireless camera system to monitor vital signs in…

Two killed in shooting at Basel cafe, one badly injured: Swiss police

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe…

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