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Swiss President Rushes To US To Avert Steep Tariffs
Switzerland's president and economy minister were due to fly to Washington on Tuesday in a last-minute push to stop steep new tariffs that have blindsided the Alpine country.Switzerland faces...
UN Starts New Bid To Forge Plastics Treaty Amid ‘Global Crisis’
Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating...
Bangladesh’s Yunus Calls For Reform On Revolution Anniversary
Bangladesh's interim leader on Tuesday marked the one year anniversary since the overthrow of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina by calling for people to seize the "opportunity" of...
Saudi Aramco Profit Drops For 10th Straight Quarter
Oil giant Saudi Aramco announced its 10th straight drop in quarterly profits on Tuesday as a slump in prices hit revenues, putting more pressure on the key driver of...
Water Shortages Spell Trouble On Turkey’s Tourist Coast
Ali Alyanak and his neighbours in Turkey's tourist hub Izmir now have to draw water from a shrinking aquifer 170 metres underground even as hotel pools remain full --...
Swiss ‘Mountain Tinder’ Sparks High-altitude Attraction
Cathy and Patrick relish describing how they found each other: through a message left on a Swiss mountaintop."It was just a beautiful way to meet," said Cathy Rotzetter during...
Trump Tariffs Don’t Spare His Fans In EU
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promised that the return of his "dear friend" Donald Trump as US president would usher in a new "golden age".But trade unionist Zoltan Laszlo...
Five Years After Beirut Port Blast, Lebanese Demand Justice
The loved ones of those killed in a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port five years ago gathered to demand justice on the anniversary of the blast Monday, as Lebanon's...
Brazilian Judge Places Ex-president Bolsonaro Under House Arrest
A Brazilian judge on Monday placed former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaking a social media ban, escalating a dramatic standoff between the court and the far-right...
NGOs Caught Between Juntas And Jihadists In Turbulent Sahel
NGOs in the violence-wracked Sahel region are dangerously caught between military juntas who accuse them of being spies, and jihadists who view them as symbols of Western influence.In the...
