By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday that migrants were being exploited as "pawns" on...
Read moreBy Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very...
Read moreGENEVA (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday the World Health Organisation required reliable financing with higher donations...
Read moreZURICH (Reuters) - The first probable case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Switzerland, the government...
Read moreBy Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government's pandemic response plan by a bigger...
Read moreZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government's pandemic response plan in a referendum by a clear majority,...
Read moreZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Saturday widened quarantine requirements to stem the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant to...
Read moreGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) became the first major diplomatic casualty of the new coronavirus variant on...
Read moreBy Stephanie Nebehay and Alexander Winning GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday classified the B.1.1.529 variant detected...
Read moreGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday cautioned countries against hastily imposing travel restrictions linked to the...
Read moreGENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland is open to compromise in talks on the intellectual property (IP) rights of COVID-19 vaccines and...
Read moreGENEVA (Reuters) - Trade ministers are holding a conference at the World Trade Organization in Geneva for the first time...
Read moreLONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review its COVID travel rules in January and is looking at reforming its airport slots...
Read moreBy Joe Bavier, Maytaal Angel and Ange Aboa DJIGBADJI, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -This cocoa-growing settlement was all but destroyed last...
Read moreZURICH (Reuters) - Same-sex couples can wed in Switzerland from July 1 next year, the government said on Wednesday, enacting...
Read moreZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters look set to support the government's pandemic response plan in a binding referendum this month,...
Read moreBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union urged Switzerland on Monday to set out a clear timetable for resolving issues over...
Read moreBy Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand defended its controversial law criminalising criticism of its powerful monarchy on Wednesday, as...
Read moreZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's foreign minister played down prospects for his neutral country to embrace Western sanctions against China over...
Read moreBy Denis Balibouse BERN (Reuters) - A Swiss father of three on his eighth day of a hunger strike said...
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