World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning
March 20, 2023 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change's future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.
Stocks rise on Wall Street after bank deal, regulator moves
March 20, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Monday after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend and made other moves to build confidence in the struggling industry.
Credit Suisse-UBS deal offers hope, but bank doubts persist
March 20, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price.
Will the Credit Suisse bank takeover calm financial fears?
March 20, 2023 GMTFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In a bid to ease turmoil in the world financial system, Swiss authorities engineered a plan for the UBS bank to acquire its troubled smaller rival Credit Suisse at a marked-down price.
Germany seeks to buy mothballed Swiss Leopard 2 tanks
March 3, 2023 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to buy mothballed Leopard 2 battle tanks from Switzerland to replace tanks that Berlin and its Western allies are sending to Ukraine, the Swiss government said Friday.
The Swiss Defense Ministry said that Germany's defense and economy ministers wrote on Feb.
Swiss lawmakers visit Taiwan, say they want closer ties
February 6, 2023 GMTTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of Swiss lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president and said Monday their government wants to deepen political relations, adding to shows of support by foreign politicians for the self-ruled island democracy in the face of Chinese intimidation.
Panel seeks to allow re-exports of Swiss weaponry to Ukraine
January 25, 2023 GMTGENEVA (AP) — A parliamentary panel in Switzerland has recommended waiving a law that bars countries from re-exporting Swiss armored vehicles, weapons and other war materiel to Ukraine for its defense against Russia, insisting the move would not violate the country's much-vaunted neutrality.
Davos report: Cost-of-living crisis overshadows climate
January 11, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Climate change is the global economy's biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday.