Palestinian-American journalist Ali Abunimah says Swiss authorities have released him after detaining him for three days without any clear reason.

Mary and Sébastien Braun moved to Switzerland in 2022 and despite the higher cost of living, they have no plans of returning to the U.S.

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is on hold for now, on the order of a federal judge.

President Donald Trump, in a conversation with global business leaders Thursday, provided the clearest picture yet about how he plans to deliver on the economic promises he campaigned on: He proposed a carrot-and-stick approach to world economics that he believes will help solve the inflation crisis for good and fund his massive tax cut proposals.

President Donald Trump is emphasizing that targeting Russia’s oil revenue is the best way to get Moscow to end its nearly three-year war against Ukraine.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced cautious optimism on Tuesday on the potential for German-U.S. relations under President Donald Trump, citing good first talks with his administration, but stressed the importance of "cool heads" in the face of uncertainty.

Trump has signed executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement since he took office.

Trump spoke by video from the White House to the annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, on his third full day in office.

He tells reporters the US is protecting Nato members, but they are "not protecting us". Read more at straitstimes.com.

On Tuesday, Trump threatened a 10 percent tariff against China “based on the fact that they’re sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada,” and said he was considering tariffs against the European Union over a $350 billion trade deficit. But at Davos, these threats did not go over well.

The dichotomy between the gatherings of rich and powerful at Donald Trump’s inauguration and at the World Economic Forum in Davos was stark as the world woke up to a new reality under Trump.

​Trump’s image dominated the room from multiple screens. Below the movie-theater-size emperor at center stage sat five business and political leaders looking tiny in their WEF-logo seats. Once they might have been called “masters of the universe” themselves, but now they were just supplicants lobbing softball questions at the Übermensch.