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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Agnès PEDRERO

Neues Museum Biel's director Bernadette Walter holds a picture of the clown Grock next to a bust of him in the Museum's reserve, in Biel on June 12, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 4:51 am
Swiss museum probes Nazi links to ‘king of clowns’ Grock
Hitler said to have attended 13 shows of the renowned musical clown, and received seasonal greetings; Neues Museum Biel recently acquired some 1,000 items from Grock’s collection
By Agnès PEDRERO
An employee of Sotheby's auction house holds up the 'Sunrise Ruby' ring, a cushion shaped Myanmar ruby of some 25.59 carats of pigeon blood colour during a photocall in London, April 8, 2015. (Alastair Grant/AP)
May 10, 2023, 10:11 am
Jewelry tainted by Nazi links up for auction despite criticism from Jewish groups
Items valued at over $150 million belonged to billionaire whose German husband took over property seized from Jews; Christie’s says proceeds going to charity, Holocaust education
By Agnès PEDRERO
A radio frequency particle accelerator is displayed in an exhibition during a press tour at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on the Future Circular Collider (FCC) feasibility study, in Geneva, on April 19, 2023. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
April 22, 2023, 4:34 pm
Europe’s CERN takes first steps toward building giant particle accelerator
Nuclear research organization says goal of Future Circular Collider is to ‘push the energy and intensity frontiers’ of particle smashers ‘in the search for new physics’
By Agnès PEDRERO
The Switzerland national flag waves in the wind on Lake Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland Sunday, June 13, 2021. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
January 28, 2023, 8:58 pm
Lawmakers in Switzlerand’s Geneva move to ban Nazi symbols
Canton’s legislature votes to send proposal to human rights commission; if okayed, bill will need to be approved by Swiss parliament before a local referendum
By Agnès PEDRERO
Illustrative: Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 28 September 2008. (CC BY SA, Wikimedia commons)
August 25, 2022, 10:57 am
Woman facing trial next week over rare ‘jihadist’ attack in Switzerland in 2020
Suspect accused of attempting to kill two women with a knife at a department store on behalf of the Islamic State terror group
By Agnès PEDRERO
Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum of Dubai in a video aired by the BBC, on February 16, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)
February 19, 2022, 8:00 pm
Year after ‘hostage’ video, Dubai princess assures UN she is well
Sheikha Latifa, who last year said she feared for her life, meets with rights chief Michelle Bachelet, seeks ‘respect for her privacy’
By Agnès PEDRERO
The Kunsthaus in Zurich, seen in 2009. (CC BY, Daniel Lobo, Flickr)
December 22, 2021, 10:43 pm
Jewish artist to pull works from Swiss museum over Nazi-era collection
Miriam Cahn says she’ll buy back her paintings from Zurich’s Kunsthaus after its decision to permanently house pieces stolen from Jewish owners in WWII France
By Agnès PEDRERO
The Kunsthaus in Zurich, seen in 2009. (CC BY, Daniel Lobo, Flickr)
December 16, 2021, 5:18 am
Swiss museum to reinvestigate origins of Nazi-era art collection
Works from Picasso, Renoir and more amassed by Emil Buhrle under new scrutiny after book raises questions about whether they were stolen from Jews during World War II
By Agnès PEDRERO
Cars transporting members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team, investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, arrive at the closed Huanan Seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on January 31, 2021. Hector RETAMAL/AFP)
March 15, 2021, 10:26 am
US, China mount pressure ahead of WHO report on origins of COVID pandemic
Director of international health body says all hypotheses are on the table; Washington voices concerns about probe in tug-of-war with Beijing
By Robin MILLARD and Agnès PEDRERO
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz comes back to Geneva's courthouse during his trial over allegations of corruption linked to mining deals in Guinea, on January 11, 2021, in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
January 18, 2021, 8:26 pm
Lawyer for Israeli magnate: Bribery trial ‘impossible’ due to witnesses’ absence
Diamond dealer Beny Steinmetz, tried in Geneva over alleged corruption in Guinea mining deal, claims woman he supposedly bribed wasn’t a public official; verdict expected Friday
By Agnès PEDRERO
Illustrative: Women wearing burkas. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 21, 2018, 10:09 am
Regional ‘burka ban’ up for vote in Switzerland
St. Gallen expected to follow example of southern canton of Ticino, where 2016 law attempted to ban full face-covering Muslim veil
By Agnès PEDRERO
A general view of the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 26, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. (AFP Photo/Jean-Guy Python)
June 15, 2018, 4:31 pm
UN rights body reopens amid US threat to withdraw over anti-Israel bias
US widely expected to quit Human Rights Council after the body fails to implement any of the reforms it sought
By Agnès PEDRERO
US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One before leaving the White House on January 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
January 10, 2018, 7:15 pm
Swiss campaigners petition to keep Trump out of Davos
Protest comes after US president announces surprise attendance at World Economic Forum’s annual meeting later this month
By Agnès PEDRERO
Opposition members of Ahmad Jarba's Syrian Elite Forces, fighting alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), ride a truck in a neighborhood on the eastern front of the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian bastion of Raqa during an offensive to retake the city from the jihadists on June 14, 2017. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
June 16, 2017, 10:07 am
UN slams ‘staggering loss of civilian life’ in US-backed Syria airstrikes
At least 300 killed in Raqqa as forces battle to oust Islamic State, though number likely to be much higher
By Agnès PEDRERO
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