Anyone who wants to appear especially cute apparently also makes their voice sound smaller. A new study involving the University of Zurich shows how adults alter their voices when using aegyo, a speaking style that is widespread in South Korea. Aegyo...

Around 30 million meals could be saved if Swiss households did not throw away any food for a week. With this in mind, a large-scale national week against food waste is beginning on Saturday. From September 12-20, more than 50 organisations will be ra...

The Dutch ambassador to Bern, Karin Mössenlechner, has visited those injured in the coach crash in the Engadin in which five people died. She found people in a state of shock, she told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. Mössenlechner added that sh...

The canton of Aargau in northern Switzerland wants to slow down the further spread of raccoons. However, it is virtually impossible to halt the growth of the population, according to the authorities. Last year, 60 raccoons were shot or recovered as r...

A Swiss parliamentary report on the absence of a fixed-price agreement for the procurement of new F-35 fighter jets from the US has sparked controversy. For now, however, no changes are expected, while former Defence Minister Viola Amherd has yet to ...