A video demonstrating the power of Cubli, a cube capable of balancing on edges and vertices, jumping into an upright position and even "walking," has quickly gone viral.

Will there be any extra chairs at your dinner table this Christmas Eve? IKEA wants to change that with their new "No Empty Chairs" campaign in Switzerland.

A Russian law enacted in June of this year, banning "gay propaganda" was met with heavy criticism worldwide. Since that time, the Russian government has said athletes in the Olympics would not be discriminated against. The IOC has gone a step further.

Not everyone is perfect in this world. Pro Infirmis, an organization for the disabled, did something amazing earlier this month, which astonished passersby on Zurich's popular shopping street, Bahnhofstrasse.

The Victoria SPCA claim two dogs they killed last month, Bear and Dozzer, were put down due to behavior. But while they call it euthanizing, and necessary, that's not how it looks from the outside. From the outside it looks unwarranted and uncaring.

Just how large would this single piece of paper need to be for origami master Sipho Mabona to fold into a life-sized elephant? A 50 by 50-foot piece, or 2,500 square feet. The project would be undertaken at the Art Museum in Beromünster, Switzerland.

The World Cup draw earlier turned up some shockers, with some of the best teams in the world pitted against each other so early in the tournament.

The draw for the group stages of the World Cup have churned out a number of tricky groups with several top teams set to face off in the group stages of the competition.

According to a leaked report, French scientists examining the death of Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat say he probably died of natural causes.

Corsier - Chaplin's World is a 55 million franc ($60 million) project, set to convert the Swiss home of Charlie Chaplin into a museum by 2015. However, plans have now been delayed as asbestos has been discovered in the building.

The Geneva 2 peace conference on Syria is set to meet on January 22. The western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) leader, General Salim Idriss said that he would not agree to a ceasefire during the talks.

Geneva - The long-promised peace conference aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis has been given a start date of January 22. The conference will be held in Geneva and will be the first talks to include representatives of the regime and the opposition.

A referendum to limit salaries of executives in Switzerland was soundly defeated in that country on Sunday but it's not an issue that's about to go away soon, there or elsewhere. Worldwide the overpayment of execs has gained the public's attention.

Geneva - After years of distrust, disagreement and wrangling on the Iran’s nuclear aspirations, the clock is reportedly inching toward a nuclear deal with Iran is as the West gets ready to shed its inhibitions on Tehran’s nuclear aspirations.

Berne - The iconic Tina Turner is no longer an American citizen. In October, she voluntarily relinquished her U.S. citizenship at an embassy in Berne, Switzerland.

Geneva - Talks on curbing Iran's nuclear aspirations ended without a deal early Sunday when France objected that proposed measures were not satisfactory. However, both sides agreed that significant progress had been made on the remaining differences.

Ramallah - The Palestinian committee investigating the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat declared Friday that Israel is the only suspect.

Vaud - Just when you thought the whole horse meat scandal was over, two Swiss restaurants have been caught using horse meat instead of beef in their steak tartare dishes.

The Scots toss the caber, and apparently Alpine farmers have a traditional stone toss event, and now some firemen in the canton of Aargau have come up with their own version. The first-ever national "toss the fire hydrant event."

New York - Beautiful Syria, home of some of the West’s most sacred roots is now an ugly thing. Its long running civil war has claimed over 100,000 Syrian lives , has created millions of refugees, and has ravished treasure never to be part of our heritage again.