U.S. bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi weapons storage sites in Yemen — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
Israeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor and five others killed — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
North Korea claims 1.4 million young people joined or applied to rejoin its military this week — 16 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 63 media reports (LINK)
New tax regime for cross-border remote workers begins in 2025: teleworking by a cross-border worker can continue to be taxed in Switzerland up to a certain limit (in Italy up to 25% of annual working time and in France up to 40%) — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
Cross-border shopping to be taxed at lower threshold: purchases above CHF150 made across the Swiss border will be subject to VAT — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
Breaking nuse
At least 90 people killed and 50 injured after a gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria while people tried to scoop fuel from it, police say — 16 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 244 media reports (LINK)
Miscellaneous nuse
How do WhatsApp and similar messaging services make money? — 17 October 2024 (LINK)
Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad — 16 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 62 media reports (LINK)
CNN Fact check: Trump makes at least 19 false claims in one-hour Fox town hall with women — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
Heather Cox Richardson: Two Fox News Channel interviews with US Presidential candidates — (LINK)
Faked news
CNN Fact check: Trump makes at least 19 false claims in one-hour Fox town hall with women — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
Heather Cox Richardson: Two Fox News Channel interviews with US Presidential candidates — (LINK)
Agenda
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: 89 Session (07 Oct 2024 - 25 Oct 2024) — 14 October 2024 (LINK)
Sustainable development and taxation: UN tax experts to meet in Geneva 15 to 18 October — 12 October 2024 (LINK)
— Key items on the session's agenda include finalizing updates to guidance on tax treaties and transfer pricing; addressing taxation of the digitalized and globalized economy; advancing work on environmental taxation, extractives industry taxation, and tax transparency; and ongoing work to develop new guidance on indirect taxes, health taxes, and wealth taxes.
Switzerland to host Ukraine mine action conference in Lausanne on 17 and 18 October — (LINK)
Swiss Digital Days: 24 October in Canton Schwyz to 19 November in Central Switzerland — (LINK)
Gaza cultural heritage on show in Geneva in 'Patrimony in Peril' exhibition at Museum of Art and History: 5 October-9 February — 5 October 2024 (LINK)
— The artefacts are from a collection of more than 530 objects that have been stored in crates in a secure warehouse in Geneva since 2007, unable to return to Gaza. The exhibition, which runs until February 9, also includes artefacts from Sudan, Syria and Libya. It was staged to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
Musica ex Machina: an exhibition about algorithmic music: EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, till 29 June 2025 — (LINK)