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Two children among six tourists feared dead after plane crashes off Costa Rica
Rainer Schaller was reportedly on the flight (Picture: Getty) Six people, reportedly including a German millionaire, are feared dead after a luxury plane crashed into the Caribbean sea just off Costa...
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Bouncer who appealed after murdering heiress girlfriend has 18-year sentence...
Marc Schatzle strangled his girlfriend Anna Reed to death in April 2019 A German bouncer who strangled his British heiress girlfriend to death has had his sentence increased after he appealed to get...
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Cristiano Ronaldo dropped to the bench for Portugal’s World Cup clash against...
Ronaldo will be among the subs at kick-off (Picture: Getty) Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped for Portugal’s World Cup last 16 clash against Switzerland tonight. It comes after Portugal manager...
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Get some cold comfort with the coolest ice hotel breaks – from Canada to Lapland
Hotel de Glace in Quebec, Canada (Picture: Hotel de Glace) Take the coolest break possible by staying at an ice hotel, complete with sleigh rides, fondues and even DIY igloos. Seems a bit weird given...
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Scientists find a solution for the annoying problem of foggy glasses
A transparent coating of gold is the answer (Picture: ETH Zurich) Annoyed at your glasses fogging up, especially in this freezing weather? Scientists may have finally come up with a permanent solution...
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Which ski resorts are going to get snow over the next 10 days
Global warming is wrecking havoc on ski getaways (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Tourists who jetted off to ski resorts in Europe over the holidays have been faced with a slight inconvenience: a...
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My wife and son were given terminal diagnoses – she chose assisted dying but...
Five years after his mum’s death, Max was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma – a soft tissue and bone cancer – aged 25 (Picture: Brian Sacks) When my children and I accompanied my wife to Switzerland for...
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Man with explosives arrested outside Swiss parliament
A police robot stands next to the suspicious car in front of the Swiss Parliament (Picture: AP) A man wearing a bulletproof vest and a gun holster was arrested outside the Swiss Parliament. Security...
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Mummified ancestor of Boris Johnson did not die of syphilis, reveal new scans
Bone lesions, which are visible in Bischoff’s remains, are a known symptom of untreated late-stage syphilis (Picture: PA) A mummified ancestor of Boris Johnson didn’t die of syphilis, shocked...
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Toblerone to be redesigned and things will never be the same again
New packaging for the chocolate bar includes its founder’s signature, a new typeface, a more generic mountain and will read ‘established in Switzerland’ rather than ‘of Switzerland’ (Picture:...
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Direct train from London to Basel could be a step closer to reality
There could soon be a direct train linking the UK and Switzerland (Picture: Getty) UK communters could one day get another direct route into Europe after a Swiss MP called for an inquiry into a direct...
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First Toblerone bars without the Matterhorn logo go on sale
Toblerone has debuted its new design which eschews its iconic Matterhorn logo in favour of a generic mountaintop (Picture: Getty) Iconic chocolate brand Toblerone is facing fury after new packs went...
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Four bankers convicted after helping Putin’s friend set up Swiss bank accounts
Cellist Sergei Roldugin receiving a medal from Vladimir Putin in September 2016 (Picture: AP) Four bankers have been convicted for managing the bank accounts of one of Vladimir Putin’s friends. The...
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Previously unknown Nazi monument uncovered in Swiss cemetery
One local MP said: ‘Switzerland wasn’t Nazi free, I knew that. But I didn’t know about this monument.’ (Picture: SRF / Volksbund German War Graves Commission) A stone monument in a Swiss town is...
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Tiny village on brink of being completely wiped out by collapsing mountain
The village sits under a mountain where two million cubic metres of rock is coming loose (Picture: AP/EPA) Imagine living in a village that could literally be completely wiped off the face of the...
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Paralysed man walks again after 10 years thanks to new brain technology
The 40-year-old engineer from the Netherlands, was living and working in China when he had a cycling accident in 2011 ( Pictures: Redbull ) A man paralysed in a bicycle accident over a decade ago has...
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Seven injured after hot air balloon catches fire and crashes
Three people have been seriously injured in a hot air balloon crash (Picture: Zuger Polizei) A hot air balloon plummeted to the ground after catching fire during take-off – leaving seven people...
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Heatwave in Europe to reach peak today and could continue for weeks
Wildfires have struck in a number of countries across southern Europe (Picture:Getty/Reuters) Europe’s latest heatwave is forecast to reach its highest peak yet later today – and the ‘unprecedented’...
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One dead and many injured after ‘tornado’ knocks over crane in Swiss town
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video One person has died after crane was toppled over by a ‘likely tornado’ in a north-western...
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First picture of missing woman, 48, feared to have fallen overboard on ferry
Ebla Yusuf is feared to have fallen into the English Channel during a ferry crossing (Picture: SWNS) A ferry passenger who is feared to have fallen overboard has been named and pictured for the first...
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