Swiss Court Acquits Belarusian in Opposition Leaders’ Disappearance
Lawyers for the relatives of the three victims who vanished in 1999 said they planned to appeal the decision.
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Swiss glaciers lose 10% of their volume in two years
Volume lost during hot summers of 2022 and 2023 equal to total depletion between 1960 and 1990, says reportSwiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in just two years, a report has found.Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning o…
British hiker found dead in Switzerland three months after going missing
Aidan Roche, 29, from Middlesbrough was last heard from in June while walking Eiger trail in Swiss AlpsPolice in Switzerland have found the body of a British hiker who was missing for three months, his family have confirmed.Aidan Roche, 29, an offshor…
Iranian activists across Europe are targets of threats and harassment
Fifteen activists including in France, Germany and Spain believe Iranian regime behind campaign of repressionIran and its agents appear to be orchestrating a Europe-wide campaign of harassment, surveillance, kidnap plots and death threats targeting pol…
Former Algerian minister of defence indicted in Switzerland on war crime charges
Khaled Nezzar is to be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity during 1991-2002 Algerian civil warVictims of the 1991-2002 Algerian civil war have been given hope that they will finally receive justice after the highly unusual announcement by …
Two-thirds of Britons support legalising assisted dying, poll shows
Exclusive: MPs looking at how to respond to calls for UK to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to end their livesMore people believe it is acceptable to break the law to help a friend or loved who wants to die than believe it is wrong, a …
Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
Weather ballon climbs to 5,300 metres before temperature falls to 0C amid late summer heatwaveA Swiss weather balloon had to climb to an unprecedented 5,300 metres (17,400ft) before the temperature fell to 0C (32F), meteorologists have said, as a late …
Three convicted after Met police sting operation recovers £2m Ming vase
Detective from force’s specialist crime unit says cross-border operation was the result of four years’ workThree men have been convicted after a £2m vase stolen from a museum was recovered in a police sting operation.The Chinese Ming dynasty vase was s…
International Chess Federation bans trans players from women’s events: ‘No right to participate’
The International Chess Federation, or FIDE, has updated its policy on transgender players, effectively banning trans competitors from participating in official women’s tournaments. The world governing body for chess said its member federations have r…
Gotthard rail tunnel, world’s longest, closes for months after Swiss derailment
Sixteen freight carriages run off rails, tearing up eight kilometres of train track and leaving engineering marvel inaugurated in 2016 unable to take passengersTrain passengers between north and southernmost Switzerland will have to skip the world’s lo…