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Solar Impulse in place for Pacific crossing

This content was published on Apr 22, 2015 The Solar Impulse 2, piloted solo by Bertrand Piccard while his colleague André Borschberg is recovering from an illness in Switzerland, touched down in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing at close to midnight local time on April 22. Borschberg, who joined Piccard at a press conference in Nanjing via video conference, will soon return…

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Insurers grapple with wearable big data ‘revolution’

This content was published on Apr 22, 2015 “This has the potential to be a mini revolution when it comes to the way we underwrite for life insurance risk,” Swiss Re managing director Neil Sprackling recently told Insurance Networking news. “If you’ve got a groundswell of people who are actively engaging with these wearable devices, through which health information is being provided willingly,…

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Employers’ group names 400 women for boardrooms

This content was published on Apr 21, 2015 Switzerland has at least 400 women who should be serving on Swiss boards of directors, according to the Swiss Employers’ Association.

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Consumer products thrive in uncertain times

This content was published on Apr 21, 2015 Swiss companies are getting stronger, according to a ranking of the world’s top consumer product makers.

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Common European solution needed for refugee crisis

This content was published on Apr 20, 2015 It is important to consider all options to help the people caught in the “deathtrap”, said Sommaruga. There are enough ideas on the table, but no easy solutions, she said, and it is difficult to set up an effective system in North African states, which are already struggling. In March 2015 the Swiss cabinet agreed…

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‘Faced with boat disasters, Europe must act’

This content was published on Apr 20, 2015 The weekend’s refugee disaster off the coast of Libya has prompted indignation in Switzerland.

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In the wrong body

This content was published on Apr 19, 2015 Niklaus Flütsch has reservations about the red tape surrounding his transgender identity. He is a successful gynaecologist who lives as a man. But as he was born a woman and doesn’t want to go through the bureaucratic procedures to change his official records, his passport still has an “F” next to the word gender. Sabine…

A microcosm on the north-south axis

This content was published on Apr 18, 2015 The A2 motorway is a thoroughfare for travellers, a freight route and a part of the journey of countless commuters.

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100 years of a special cake

This content was published on Apr 17, 2015

‘Nostalgia as a weapon against fundamentalism’

This content was published on Apr 17, 2015 In Iraqi Odyssey, film director Samir traces the history of his family from the Iraq of the 1950s to the modern-day country, torn by violence.

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