Profit at commercial vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck fell by 34 percent in 2025. The group’s earnings fell from around 3.1 billion euros to two billion euros last year compared to 2024. This was announced by the DAX group from Leinfelden-Echterdingen near Stuttgart, as “Focus” reports. (hkl) More coming soon… …(Read on https://www.watson.ch)
Continue ReadingMar 12, 2026, 7:12 amMar 12, 2026, 7:12 am It is believed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to groom his daughter as a political successor. Now photos from the North Korean state news agency KCNA show him testing his skills at the shooting range with the girl – whose age is estimated […]
Continue Reading03/12/2026, 06:4803/12/2026, 06:48 After recent legal setbacks for US President Donald Trump’s customs policy, the government is launching an investigation. The aim is to find out whether structural overcapacity in manufacturing sectors in Switzerland and other countries leads to disadvantages for the US economy. The results of the investigation could serve as the basis for […]
Continue ReadingFederal figures show: Many of the Swiss stranded in the Middle East were able to leave on their own. Mar 12, 2026, 6:41 a.mMar 12, 2026, 6:41 a.m Stefan Bühler / ch media Suddenly the Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar were no longer warm summer holiday paradises, but war zones. After the USA and Israel […]
Continue ReadingThe US President presents his own view of things in a speech.Image: keystone The US President once again irritated people on Thursday night (Swiss time) with statements about the Iran war. Attacks by the Iranian regime immediately afterwards exposed the statements as wishful thinking. 03/12/2026, 06:1803/12/2026, 06:27 follow me During a speech to supporters in […]
Continue ReadingAn increasingly heated dispute is breaking out between Budapest and Kiev over the planned visit of a Hungarian delegation to Ukraine that wants to check the condition of the “Druzhba” (“Friendship”) oil pipeline. 03/12/2026, 02:1803/12/2026, 02:18 Because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he knew nothing about such a trip, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accused […]
Continue ReadingIn the future, Austria’s gas stations will only be allowed to increase fuel prices a maximum of three times a week instead of once a day as before. 03/12/2026, 02:1503/12/2026, 02:15 Germany, on the other hand, wants to adopt the previous Austrian rule: fuel can only become more expensive once a day. Germany and Austria […]
Continue ReadingThe parliament in Senegal has decided to tighten criminal laws against homosexual relationships. 03/12/2026, 01:4403/12/2026, 01:44 On Wednesday evening, the National Assembly passed a government bill with 135 votes in favor and three abstentions that provides for significantly longer prison sentences and higher fines for so-called “unnatural acts”. Same-sex sexual relationships will in future face […]
Continue ReadingThe war in the Middle East – problem or stroke of luck for Moscow?image: Imago, montage watson While the US-Israeli war against Iran is giving Russia higher oil prices and diverting attention from Ukraine, it is also endangering a key ally and Moscow’s interests in the Middle East. Mar 11, 2026, 10:37 p.mMar 11, 2026, […]
Continue ReadingMar 11, 2026, 9:04 p.mMar 11, 2026, 9:04 p.m Kirill Dmitriev, pictured here on the right, in conversation with US envoy Steve Witkoff. (Archive image, January 2026Image: keystone According to media reports, the Kremlin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev met with representatives of US President Donald Trump in Florida. The Russian state news agency Tass reported […]
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