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BASEL, Switzerland ( AFP ) — Lucas Perez made the most of a rare start by scoring a hat-trick in Tuesday’s 4-1 rout of Basel that sent Arsenal through to the Champions League last 16 as group winners. The Spaniard missed over a month with an ankle injury following his move from Deportivo la Coruna in August but played a leading role in Switzerland as Arsene Wenger’s men stole first place from Paris Saint-Germain in Group A. The […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Switzerland on Tuesday, November 28 convened the Inaugural ASEAN-Switzerland Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AS-JSCC) Meeting to mark the launch of their formal partnership. This meeting formalises ASEAN-Switzerland partnership following the conferment of the status of an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner on Switzerland during the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting on 24 July 2016 in Vientiane. Befitting the significance of the occasion, Switzerland sent a […]
(Eagle News)– United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday (September 13) criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for his statements regarding human rights. “The President of the Philippines’s statements of scorn for international human rights law display a striking lack of understanding of our human rights institutions and the principles which keep societies safe,” Al Hussein commented in his speech at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council in […]
From Eagle News Europe Bureau
ZURICH (Reuters) – Migration to Switzerland slowed in early 2016, authorities said on Tuesday, as the country moves closer towards its self-imposed deadline to curb the influx of European Union workers. Switzerland is two-thirds of the way through a three-year timetable to enforce a binding 2014 referendum vote in favour of migration quotas which would violate a bilateral pact with Brussels guaranteeing freedom of movement for EU workers. Compromise talks are on ice before Britain […]
The Syria peace talks in Geneva struggled to continue into a second day as the Syrian government did not accept opposition’s precondition for official negotiation. The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was scheduled to meet with the Syrian main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) delegation for the second time on Tuesday afternoon at the UN headquarters in Geneva. But the meeting was canceled after the Syrian government denied the opposition’s […]
On the eve of the first Syrian peace talks in two years, the UN Syria envoy made an emotional plea on Thursday (January 28) for a peaceful resolution to the bloody and bitter five-year-long war. However, earlier on Thursday the Syrian opposition said it will not attend peace talks due to begin in Geneva on Friday (January 29), derailing the first attempt in two years to hold negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. An opposition […]
Zika virus – linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil – is spreading “explosively”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday (January 28). Director-general Margaret Chan told members of WHO’s executive board in Geneva that the spread of the mosquito-borne disease had gone from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions. “Last year, the virus was detected in the Americas, where it is now spreading explosively. As of today, […]
Technological innovations are boosting the transformation of the global economy and society, as the 46th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting is being held under the theme “Mastering the 4th Industrial Revolution” in Davos, Switzerland. A robot named Hubo, which can replace people to conduct search and rescue work in disaster-stricken areas, caught much attention at the Davos forum. A report of the forum forecast that the rise of robots and artificial intelligence will overset […]
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden criticised modern corporate “short-termism” on Wednesday (January 20) and urged chief executives gathered in Davos to look after their workers as well as their shareholders. Relishing his nickname of “middle-class Joe”, he told delegates at the World Economic Forum annual meeting that the middle classes, the backbone of economies and democracies, now faced unprecedented threats from technological change. “For I believe the underlying question for world leaders, civil society, academia, […]
The opening ceremony of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was held in the Swiss city of Davos on Tuesday. The theme of this year’s forum is “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” Other topics on the agenda include sustainable development of the world economy, global warming and the environment, as well as the refugee crisis and anti-terror issues. “I hope you go home and you are, as myself and all my colleagues, […]
