Business Auto makers save billions by launching OTA updates According to data company ABI Research, automakers in the United States will save $ 1.5 billion annually from 2028 thanks to over-the-air software updates. Currently, performing software updates and a… Read More
Politics Sanctions failed to restrict Russian businessmen movement Despite all the sanctions, many Russian oligarchs are still flying around the world. It was one of the first sanctions imposed by the West as a result of Russian aggression: all private jets of Russia… Read More
Fans lay flowers at Tina Turner’s Küssnacht villa 25 May 2023 At Tina Turner’s house in Küssnacht in Switzerland on Wednesday night, several people paid their last respects to the late singer. This happened soon after it was announced that the legendary singer had died. Flowers were laid and candles lit at the entrance gate, among other things. Also in Los Angeles on the famous Walk of Fame, fans were quick …
Extraordinary animals discovered in Mekong river basin 23 May 2023 A colour-changing fish, a fat thumb bat, and a venomous snake. These animals are three of the 380 new plant and animal species discovered by scientists in Southeast Asia in 2021 and 2022. The plants and animals live in the Mekong river basin. It involves 290 plants, 19 fish, 24 amphibians, 46 reptiles and one mammal, according to a new …
Sanctions failed to restrict Russian businessmen movement 21 May 2023 Despite all the sanctions, many Russian oligarchs are still flying around the world. It was one of the first sanctions imposed by the West as a result of Russian aggression: all private jets of Russian oligarchs would be seized on foreign soil. The US Department of justice hoped to put pressure on Putin’s confidants in this way. In practice, however, …
Parliament to investigate Credit Suisse’s downturn 18 May 2023 A special committee of the Swiss parliament is going to investigate in depth the demise of Credit Suisse and the rescue of the bank by the larger Swiss industry partner UBS. Among other things, it will look at the role of the government, the central bank and Switzerland’s financial regulator in the rescue of Credit Suisse in March this year. …
Swiss weapons are: a referendum to decide? 16 May 2023 In Switzerland, a majority is slowly but surely emerging in favor of supplying weapons to Ukraine. It is unique to the neutral country. Or does a referendum throw a spanner in the works? Using Swiss Piranha armored vehicles, Saudi Arabia crushed protests in Bahrain in 2011. During that same Arab Spring, Libyan rebels used Swiss ammunition. In Syria, insurgents threw …
Over 7 billion francs of Russian central bank blocked in Switzerland 11 May 2023 Some 7.4 billion Swiss francs in assets and reserves of the Russian central bank are currently ‘locked up’ in Switzerland. This was reported by the Ministry of Economy. The money has been blocked in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since March 25 last year, transactions for the management of reserves and assets of the Russian central bank …