Switzerland
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Indigenous advocacy group calls on Swiss collector to avoid private sale of artifactsBringing Them Home is calling for the return of thousands of Indigenous artifacts that belonged to a Swiss collector who is considering selling the items as he nears retirement.CanadaJun 23
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Swiss prosecutors order detention of ski bar owner in deadly blaze probeProsecutors are investigating the French owners of the "Le Constellation" bar on suspicion of crimes including homicide by negligence.WorldJan 9
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Sparkling flares on Champagne bottles fuelled lethal Swiss bar blaze: officialsPeople frantically tried to escape from the basement nightclub up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door, causing a crowd surge, one witness said.WorldJan 2
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Dozens presumed dead, several others injuries in fire at Switzerland barDozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured following a fire at a Swiss Alps bar during a New Year’s celebration. Investigators are working to determine the cause.Jan 1
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About 40 dead, 115 injured in New Year’s fire at Swiss Alps bar: policeThe Crans-Montana resort's crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of what Switzerland's president said was one of the country's worst tragedies.WorldJan 1
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‘A four-legged hero’: Chihuahua helps rescue owner who fell into glacierThe victim was found after a member of the rescue team spotted a small movement on a rock; it was the man's dog sitting patiently next to the hole down which its owner had fallen.TrendingJul 7, 2025
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Video shows Swiss village being flattened by glacier collapseThe village of Blatten's mayor, Matthias Bellwald, said 'the unimaginable' had happened before promising that the village would make it through.WorldMay 28, 2025
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Machete-wielding man injures 4 people and a baby in SwitzerlandSeveral tenants were wounded by the machete-wielding attacker as they tried to intervene and restrain the man until police arrived at the apartment building.TrendingJul 12, 2024
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Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song ContestNemo, 24, is the first nonbinary winner of the contest that has long been embraced as a safe haven by the LGBT community.EntertainmentMay 12, 2024
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Switzerland’s climate inaction violated human rights, historic court ruling saysThe European Court of Human Rights's ruling is expected to resonate across Europe and beyond, and to embolden more communities to bring climate cases against governments.EnvironmentApr 9, 2024
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