Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Two mountaineers killed in Swiss Alps ice fall

killed

Following a rescue mission involving numerous helicopters, authorities confirmed a Frenchwoman and a Spaniard were killed and nine other mountaineers were injured in an ice fall in southwest Switzerland on Friday. Police received calls at 6:20 am (0420 GMT) reporting that mountaineers had been caught up in falling seracs — columns of glacial ice formed … Read more

Zelensky tells Davos: send us weapons, stop Russia trade

ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine used Monday’s Davos meeting to call for additional weapons and “maximum” sanctions against Russia, regretting that countries could have saved tens of thousands of lives if they had moved sooner. Appearing by video link, Zelensky delivered the headline speech to the first World Economic Forum to be held in the … Read more