April 12, 2024 4:15 AM EDT Armed with some 130,000 certified signatures, Swiss activists submitted a petition in Bern on Thursday that would pave the way for a national vote in the coming months on proposed constitutional amendments to enshrine Switzerland’s longstanding policy of neutrality in international affairs. An initiative needs 100,000 signatures to get … Read more
The FCC is defrosting net neutrality once again, bringing back internet protection laws intended to keep users from paying high prices for the same web. In an exclusive statement to Reuters, FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel said the federal committee would be voting to bring back net neutrality laws at the end of the month, despite … Read more
A JAS 39 Gripen C/D fighter aircraft takes off from Lulea-Kallax Airport, Sweden on March 4, 2024 during the NATO Nordic Response 24 military exercise, a Norwegian national exercise carried out in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland with associated airspace and waters. Anders Wiklund | AFP | Getty Images Sweden officially joined NATO as its … Read more
It’s been six years since internet service providers were granted a boon allowing them to push and pull the levers of internet speeds for any website that may not want to pay a ransom. The end to limitations of what is called net neutrality has tugged at the heartstrings of many internet advocates Vizio’s Latest … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s international minister accused the United Nations of abandoning its neutrality on Tuesday, a day after the U.N. Safety Council criticized building work by Turkish Cypriots contained in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus and condemned their assault on U.N. peacekeepers. In an announcement issued Monday, the Safety Council described the development of … Read more
Neutrality, Thomas Borer will inform you, is as engrained in Swiss nationwide consciousness as milk chocolate, costly watches, and Alpine cheese. And he ought to know: 30 years in the past, the previous Swiss diplomat led the event of the nation’s world-famous coverage of official neutrality. Now, he’s calling for that coverage to be scrapped. … Read more