The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled.

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara is suggesting that dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front could be one way to settle the decades-long conflict.

Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule say they have suspended the process of taking applications for its use as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed.

Winter sports are facing a long-time crisis because of climate change and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has teamed up with the United Nations weather agency.

Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%.

Swiss 18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer has died one day after sustaining a head injury in a crash at the road world championships.

Police in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”.

South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men’s 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final in Paris.

The Swiss city of Basel will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest from May 13 to 17.

Sudan’s paramilitary leader has announced plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland next month arranged by the United States and Saudi Arabia.

England coach Gareth Southgate is expecting his players to peak in the final stages of the European Championship after blaming their sluggish performances so far on increased expectations among the public.

England beat Switzerland 5-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals of Euro 2024 after a 1-1 draw in extra time.

Defending champion Italy has crashed out of the European Championship with a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in Berlin.

Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content — including from prominent news sites — without approval.

Turkey has welcomed a decision by an international watchdog to remove it from a so-called “gray list” of countries that have not fully implemented measures to fight money laundering and terrorism financing.

Germany found a stoppage-time goal from substitute Niclas Füllkrug to draw 1-1 with Switzerland on Sunday and ensure the host nation finished top of its group.

Artificial intelligence could be misused to spread misleading or false claims about the Holocaust.

With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune.

Eighty countries have jointly called for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in.

Health authorities say a man in Mexico died from a type of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of helping Russia to disrupt a Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine.

David Pastrnak and David Kampf scored as the Czech Republic shut out Switzerland 2-0 to win the ice hockey world championship.

Dylan Cozens scored two goals and had an assist to rally Canada past Switzerland 3-2 for the sixth win from six games at the ice hockey world championship.

Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready to give a hero’s welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing a nongender identity.

The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the world economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of higher interest rates and the shock of war in Ukraine and Gaza, but “there is plenty to worry about,″ including stubborn inflation and rising levels of government debt.

The head of the International Monetary Fund says strong economic activity in the United States and emerging markets is projected to help drive global growth by about 3% this year.

Switzerland says it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day.

Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that its member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change.

Lara Gut-Behrami has secured the women’s World Cup overall and giant slalom titles after finishing 10th in the GS at the World Cup finals.

Spain's prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state.

Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor said Friday that it has reached $661 million settlement with U.S. and Swiss prosecutors after a conviction for bribery of foreign officials in connection with the petroleum industry in Ecuador.

A person with knowledge of the deal says Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein has reached an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles for $1.725 billion.

Israel’s president has accused the U.N. world court of misquoting him in a ruling that ordered Israel to take steps to protect Palestinians and prevent a genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault, Corinne Suter.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to visit four African countries as the Biden administration tries to keep its eyes on all corners of the world while being consumed by crises in Ukraine, the Mideast and the Red Sea.

Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is having a second operation five days after his shocking crash and airlifted exit from Switzerland’s signature World Cup event.

Ukraine has won praise for stabilizing its economy under dire circumstances.

More executives are feeling better about the global economy.

Climate, conflict and the rise of artificial intelligence round out a to-do list of global priorities at this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum gabfest of business, political and other elites.

The U.S. has advanced to the semifinals of hockey's world junior championship after routing Latvia 7-2.

The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 percent more compared to the previous ten years, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change.

The Netherlands, Switzerland and Romania have all secured places at next year’s European Championship.

A European Championship qualifying game between Switzerland and Israel ended with a 1-1 draw on Wednesday.

The captain of Israel’s soccer team displayed the shoe of a young boy that he said was kidnapped by Hamas militants during their deadly Oct. 7 raid, an act of solidarity with those Israelis still being held captive in the Gaza Strip ahead of the team’s Wednesday game in Hungary.

The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will offer a record total of $9.6 million in prize money.

The Russian Olympic Committee has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports against a suspension by the IOC last month for incorporating Ukrainian sports councils.

Spain’s women’s players hope to start talking more about soccer than the off-the-field problems that marred their Women’s World Cup title celebrations.

The deputy mayor warns “no one is safe” as the blood-sucking insects are sighted on subways, high-speed rails, cinemas and Paris’ main international airport.

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A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter.

Spain’s women’s team has received the support of a record crowd in its first home match since winning the World Cup title.

Swiss federal prosecutors say they have indicted a former employee of the Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor over bribes paid to obtain access to the Republic of Congo’s petroleum market more than a decade ago.

A former member of Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is to face trial in Switzerland next month for the forced disappearances of political opponents in the late 1990s.

The Swiss weather service says a heat wave has driven the zero-degree Celsius level to its highest altitude since recordings on it in Switzerland began nearly 70 years ago, a new ominous sign for the country’s vaunted glaciers.

British police say a sting operation at a London hotel helped authorities recover a 15th-century Chinese vase worth about 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) and break up the criminal ring believed to have stolen the artifact from a Swiss museum.

A new scientific study suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that emerge from under the disappearing ice, as a warming planet is inevitably causing glaciers to melt.

The Women's World Cup suddenly seems wide open with the elimination of many of the top teams in the world.

New Zealand outshot Switzerland and even moved goalkeeper Victoria Esson into an attack position several times, but failed to break a 0-0 tie Sunday in the Women’s World Cup.

The head of the Switzerland's dairy association says the country will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time.

Switzerland’s main intelligence agency says Russia continues to have dozens of spies disguised as diplomats at its embassy in Bern and its mission to the United Nations in Geneva, making the Alpine nation a hotspot for Russian espionage activity in Europe.

The German government says it is launching a campaign against deaths from heat waves that are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change.

A majority of Swiss citizens have voted in favor of a bill aimed at introducing new climate measures to sharply curb the rich Alpine nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.

A Singapore court says Credit Suisse owes former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to protect the billionaire's money in a trust pilfered by a manager.

In her adoptive country, Tina Turner was more than just a swivel-hipped rock, R&B and pop superstar.

The U.N. chief is decrying the “terrible truth” that the world is failing to live up to its commitments to protect a growing number of civilians caught in conflicts.

French Open organizers say that three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the clay-court event.

Stragglers packed up belongings in cars, trucks and at least one pickup truck before a looming deadline to evacuate a village in eastern Switzerland facing an urgent rockslide threat.

The world’s divided nations agree on one thing: There is a lack of trust in a world beset by conflicts and crises.

Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has voted to tighten ties with the legislature in Taiwan, a move that could further rankle China after recent visits by Western lawmakers to the island.

Russia couldn’t escape its war against Ukraine during it highly contentious presidency of the U.N. Security Council, and the war will still loom over Switzerland as it takes over the monthlong presidency for the first time since becoming a full member of the United Nations in 2002.

U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse of limiting the scope of an internal investigation into Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland captured his sixth men’s wheelchair Boston Marathon title.

Four former bankers with the Swiss affiliate of a key Russian bank have been found guilty of failing to properly check accounts opened in the name of a Russian cellist with longtime ties to President Vladimir Putin.

Swiss pensioners are taking their government to a top European court over what they claim is its failure to take stronger action on climate change.

Longtime troubles at Credit Suisse have come to a head this week with a record stock plunge that spread fears of a banking crisis jumping from the U.S. to Europe.

Fears about the world banking system spread to Europe as shares in the globally connected Swiss bank Credit Suisse plunged.

A Swiss newspaper reports a spying operation on behalf of World Cup host Qatar bugged a 2017 hotel meeting between FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Switzerland’s then-attorney general.

The U.N. says Yemen’s warring sides have begun talks aimed at implementing a U.N.-brokered deal on a prisoner exchange.

Four former bankers with the now-shuttered Swiss affiliate of a major Russian bank have gone on trial over allegations that they didn’t properly check accounts opened in the name of a Russian cellist with longtime ties to President Vladimir Putin.

The makers of Toblerone are stripping images of Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn and the Swiss flag from the packaging of the milk-chocolate treat as it moves some production to Slovakia.

The Swiss government says Germany wants to buy mothballed Leopard 2 battle tanks from Switzerland to replace tanks that Berlin and its Western allies are sending to Ukraine.

Sofia Goggia has raced toward another World Cup downhill title with a fifth win in her dominating season.

Russia's president and the deposed leader of Afghanistan were among the top gift givers to President Joe Biden and his family in 2021, according to federal documents.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says he's “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.”.

Prominent climate activists including Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate are condemning corporate VIPs and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, for prioritizing short-term profits from fossil fuels over people affected by the climate crisis.

Trade ministers from a handful of nations have announced an initiative to promote trade policies that support action on climate change at a press conference in Davos, Switzerland.

The World Economic Forum is back with its first winter meetup since 2020 in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos.

The Swiss town of Davos will host 52 heads of state and government and nearly 600 CEOs as the World Economic Forum hosts its annual meeting in the Alps next week.

Marco Odermatt has carried his remarkable streak in giant slalom to another World Cup win at Adelboden.

Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year.

A future for Portugal's national team without Cristiano Ronaldo could be a daunting prospect to the country’s up-and-coming generation of internationals.

The dream is still alive for Cristiano Ronaldo at the World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo's replacement scored a hat trick to lead Portugal over Switzerland 6-1 and into the World Cup quarterfinals.

FIFA has brought disciplinary charges against Serbia for alleged misconduct by players and fans including offensive chants at a World Cup game against Switzerland.

Switzerland advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup for the third tournament in a row after a 3-2 win over Serbia.

Brazil overcame the absence of Neymar to beat Switzerland 1-0 and advance to the round of the 16 of the World Cup.

The lights at Stadium 974 briefly dimmed dramatically just before halftime during a World Cup match between Brazil and Switzerland.

Breel Embolo’s goal has lifted Switzerland to a 1-0 win over Cameroon at the World Cup.

Switzerland has won the biggest prize in women’s team tennis for the first time after Belinda Bencic completed a near-perfect tournament by beating Australia’s Alja Tomljanovic in straight sets in the Billie Jean King Cup final.

The crystal-clear waters issuing from the Alps in Europe could become increasingly contested as climate change and glacier melt become more apparent.