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Scientists use big data to fight flu

This content was published on Dec 9, 2015 Flu epidemics occur almost every year around the world, with some strains, such as H1N1 (swine flu) External linkin 2009-2010, causing global pandemics. In recent years it has been found that some influenza A viruses (IAV) are resistant to existing flu drugs, which can result in patients not responding to medication. In Switzerland, seasonal flu…

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Switzerland is becoming a retirement home

This content was published on Dec 9, 2015

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Napout agrees to be extradited to US

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 Napout, who is from Paraguay and president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), agreed to be extradited at a police hearing on Tuesday. He was arrested along with Alfredo Hawit of Honduras, acting president of the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation (CONCACAF), in a pre-dawn police raid at the Baur au Lac…

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Switzerland not obliged to recognise child marriage

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 ZH (female) and RH (male), Afghan nationals, entered Switzerland via Italy and applied for asylum in September 2011. They said they had married in a religious ceremony in Iran in 2010. Their asylum request was rejected in December 2011 and March 2012. The migration authorities considered that under European Union law – the Dublin II…

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Switzerland and Kenya discuss Anglo Leasing scam

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 Swiss investigators have met their Kenyan counterparts in Nairobi to discuss legal cooperation surrounding an investigation into the multi-million-dollar Anglo Leasing corruption scandal.

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‘Federer defines Switzerland more than Blatter’

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer "plays a greater role" in shaping the world’s opinion of Switzerland than FIFA's Sepp Blatter.

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ICRC president calls for political solutions to wars

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 The International Committee of the Red Cross urges more respect for humanitarian law.

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Migrants continue to fuel population growth

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 Switzerland's population receives a further boost from rising migrant numbers.

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Billionaire’s cash brings medical research to patients

This content was published on Dec 7, 2015 The collaboration between the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) will ‘bridge’ the often difficult phase between pure research and its practical application outside of the laboratory. It is the second such project in Switzerland that Wyss has funded with a donation of more than CHF100 million. It follows…

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Should transport emissions be off the negotiating table?

This content was published on Dec 7, 2015 On Monday, the first day of ministerial talks in Paris at the United Nations climate change talks (COP21), Leuthard said that with “so many issues still open” in negotiations to achieve an agreement by the end of the week, “the priority was to achieve a universal agreement and not to open new pathways, where there…

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