Steve Clarke insists Scotland have to do better when they face Switzerland in a crucial Euro 2024 game in Cologne on Wednesday night. There was a lot of hype and excitement surrounding the opening Group A match against Germany in Munich on Friday but it evaporated in an excoriating 5-1 defeat. A sound thrashing left Scotland needing […]
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Kwadwo Duah nets his first goal for Switzerland in win over Hungary at Euro 2024
Kwadwo Duah’s maiden goal for Switzerland helped kick off their Euro 2024 campaign with a 3-1 victory over Hungary at Cologne Stadium. The 27-year-old had played just 45 minutes for the Swiss senior side, and had to wait for VAR to confirm his milestone moment after he found the back of the net 12 minutes […]
A peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland, but Russia won’t be taking part
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched and is continuing the war, won’t take part. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government didn’t want Russia involved, and the Swiss — aware of Moscow’s reservations about the […]
Germany hosts recovery conference for Ukraine before Switzerland peace summit
Germany is hosting a conference to gather support for Ukraine’s recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia’s war, sending a new signal of solidarity with Kyiv at the start of a week of intense diplomacy. The two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin, which begins on Tuesday, comes before the Group of Seven summit of Ukraine’s […]
US teen falls over 300 feet to her death while sightseeing in Switzerland
A 16-year-old American girl died when she stumbled and plunged more than 300 feet down an embankment while on a sightseeing walk in Switzerland, authorities said Monday. First responders who rushed to save her found the girl’s lifeless body in the environs of the Trient River below a popular walking path, police in the country’s […]
U.S. teen falls over 300 feet to her death while sightseeing in Switzerland
A 16-year-old American girl died when she stumbled and plunged more than 300 feet down an embankment on a sightseeing walk in Switzerland, authorities said Monday. First responders who rushed to save her found the girl’s lifeless body in the environs of the Trient River below a popular walking path, police in the country’s Valais […]
Switzerland says 90 states, organizations signed up for Ukraine summit
BERN (Reuters) – Ninety states and organisations have so far registered to take part in a summit aiming to pave the way for peace in Ukraine that Switzerland will host from June 15-16, the Swiss government said on Monday. Russia has not been invited to the summit due to be held in central Switzerland, but […]
Putin criticizes upcoming peace summit in Switzerland
The Ukraine peace summit planned next month in Switzerland is a bid to impose conditions on Russia to end the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at the close of his two-day trip to China. He said he had spoken with China’s President Xi Jinping about the operations in Ukraine. Putin has consistently upheld […]
A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler’s remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.
A hiker discovered the 400-year-old remains of a wealthy man on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. Melting ice revealed the mysterious man had traveled with many coins, weapons, and possibly mules. The discovery points to an ancient economy supported by dangerous routes through high mountain passes. The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in […]
Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.
An aerial view of the Maud Rise polynya . Scientists have finally discovered what’s causing a Switzerland-size hole to repeatedly open up in Antarctica’s sea ice. Researchers first spotted the hole, called the Maud Rise polynya, in 1974 and 1976 in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, and since then it has reappeared fleetingly and sporadically — opening […]
Rolex Bucherer of Switzerland “Zurich” 6 Spoons With Decorative Cityscape Bowl
Switzerland signs Artemis Accords to join NASA in moon exploration
Add Switzerland to the list! Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin joined NASA administrator Bill Nelson Monday (April 15), at the space agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to become the latest country to sign on to the agency’s Artemis Accords for moon exploration. “Today, we marked a giant leap forward in the partnership between the United […]