Fortress Davos: Soldiers prepare defences ahead of international elite's annual gathering at Swiss resort where leaders are due to discuss global conflicts with virtual address by Trump

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

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Armed soldiers have been standing guard around erected metal fences at a temporary airfield set up at Lake Davos in Switzerland ahead of the WEF meeting starting next week

Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 10:39 UTC

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World Economic Forum says responses from experts in business, politics and academia also highlight climate crisis

Global leaders have said that escalating armed conflict is the most urgent threat in 2…

Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, dies in avalanche in the Swiss Alps

found 2024 › Dec › 25 (Wed) @ 11:43 UTC

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Switzerland's skiing federation announced the heartbreaking news on Tuesday, revealing that the incident happened at the Arosa resort in the Swiss Alps.

Disgraced head teacher banned after pupils had sex, possessed knives and drank alcohol on a Swiss ski trip is now a swimming coach who organises 'wild', naked sessions

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 18:41 UTC

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A disgraced former head teacher banned from the profession after pupils had sex, possessed knives and drank alcohol on a Swiss ski trip is now a swimming coach who organises 'wild', naked sessions.

Lindt releases new chocolate flavour that people are travelling 4,000 miles to get their hands on

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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The Swiss chocolatier has introduced a new treat in its UK stores today inspired by a viral flavour that has amassed more than 90million views on TikTok.

Head teacher is banned after one girl pupil slept with three boys on Swiss ski trip, another had sex with a boy for £30 as group had knives and stole booze

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 14:59 UTC

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Head teacher Mrs Justine Drury, 52, organised the ski trip for a dozen pupils to Switzerland between 29th January to February 4th 2017.

Assad uncle used Guernsey adviser to secretly manage vast wealth

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 16:44 UTC

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Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘Butcher of Hama’, identified as client of consultant who received ban and fine this year

An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used an adviser in Guerns…

Jocelyn Wildenstein, 84, displays her smooth visage while stepping out with fiancé Lloyd Klein, 57, in Paris - after claiming she's NEVER had plastic surgery despite dramatic transformation

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

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The Swiss socialite, 82, dubbed Catwoman due to her feline appearance, looked effortlessly stylish as she layered a fur coat over a plunging black top and trousers.

Eurotrash by Christian Kracht review – blackly comic autofiction

found 2024 › Dec › 14 (Sat) @ 08:36 UTC

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A writer takes his elderly mother on a road trip through the Swiss Alps in an attempt to break with his privileged family’s dysfunctional past

Christian Kracht is a Swiss novelist who writes in German…

September 5 review – taut media procedural revisits Munich Olympics

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 10:12 UTC

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Journalists take centre stage in Tim Fehlbaum’s tense thriller focusing on 1972’s infamous terrorist massacre through a TV crew lens

The story of the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist massacre – in which…