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WRS The president, Guy Parmelin, returned from Brussels empty handed after talks with the EU. Switzerland is trying to negotiate a new all-encompassing framework agreement with the bloc. But there were too many differences to bridge. Parmelin told the SonntagsBlick newspaper that the government would only sign an agreement when it was satisfactory for Switzerland. Unions say any agreement must protect wages. But the head of the Swiss Trades Union, Pierre-Yves Maillard, says talks m...

Monday, April 26th, 2021 - 7 minutes Daniel Johnson joins Katt Cullen on the WRS Breakfast Show to look at whats happening at the United Nations this week.  Daniel explains the Cyprus talks starting tomorrow and the multiple Mediterranean shipwreck alerts that the UN migration agency IOM reported on last Friday.   

  Tenet (Sky Show) that will bend your reality, Big Shot (Disney +) that will bend your concept of high school sports and  The Serpant (Netflix) that will probably change your mind about a nice holiday to Thailand.  Grab the popcorn... on with the show...     

Photos/Supplied She tells us how the city and its people inspired her in terms of her writing career. There are many of us who feel we have a novel or a book in us, just waiting to be written. While that may be so, we often dismiss the idea saying we have no time or it isn’t “the right time” or we are waiting to be “inspired”. Then there are those who take serious breaks from their jobs and daily routines to write, but end up with nothing concrete. For all such people (myself included...

Pakistan minister Qureshi visits Dubai Expo 2020 site Staff Reporter/Dubai He was accompanied by the Pakistani ambassador and consul general, as well as other officials. Pakistans foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited the Dubai Expo 2020 site as well as the Pakistani pavilion on Sunday. Qureshi was accompanied by Pakistans Ambassador to the UAE Afzal Mahmood, Consul General Ahmed Amjad Ali and other senior embassy officials. The foreign minister arrived in Dubai on Saturday on a three-d...

Hong Kong has been crowned the most expensive location in Asia and in the world for expat accommodation for a fourth year in a row, even though the citys rental costs dropped considerably due to Covid-19, ECA Internationals latest survey revealed. The average monthly rental price for an unfurnished, mid-market, three-bedroom apartment in areas commonly inhabited by international executives in Hong Kong was US$10,769 (HK$83,600), a drop of 5.95% compared to 2020. “Hong Kong has seen a rare dec...

The police have honoured the expat.