Jan 02 Swiss investigators believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited fatal bar fire By Jamey Keaten, Stefanie Dazio, John Leicester, Associated Press Swiss investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a ski resort when they came too close to a crowded bar’s ceiling. Continue reading
Jan 02 Swiss hospital director describes the rush to treat those injured in Alpine resort bar fire By John Leicester, Associated Press The general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in several dozen injured people said those with severe burns face months of treatment but expressed hope that their youth will speed their recovery. Continue reading
Jan 02 What to know about the deadly fire at a Swiss Alpine bar's New Year celebration By John Leicester, Jamey Keaten, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Swiss investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a ski resort when they came too close to a crowded bar’s ceiling. Continue reading
Jan 01 Fire at Swiss Alpine resort bar during New Year's celebration kills at least 40, injures 115 By Jamey Keaten, Stefanie Dazio, John Leicester, Associated Press The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies. Continue reading
Nov 14 More than 5,200 cheeses compete at the World Cheese Awards in Switzerland By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Connoisseurs, culinary experts and curious consumers flocked to the three-day event in a country where cheese is both food and folklore. Continue reading
Aug 05 Swiss president rushes to Washington to seek deal averting tariffs By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Switzerland’s president and other top officials are traveling to Washington in a hastily arranged trip aimed at striking a deal with the Trump administration over steep tariffs. Continue reading
Jun 25 Climate change is making Switzerland's ebbing glaciers look like Swiss cheese By Fanny Brodersen, Matthias Schrader, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The glaciers of Switzerland, which has the most of any country in continental Europe, are fading because of global warming. Their fragility became starkly apparent last month as a mudslide swallowed up the village of Blatten. Continue reading
May 10 U.S.-China tariff talks begin in Geneva as the world looks for signs of hope By Paul Wiseman, Didi Tang, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The U.S. treasury secretary and America’s top trade negotiator began talks with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland Saturday aiming to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world’s two biggest economies and damage the global economy. Continue reading
Jun 16 78 countries at Swiss summit agree Ukraine's territorial integrity required for peace By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 2:51 News Wrap: Harris announces $1.5 billion aid package for Ukrainian infrastructure In our news wrap Saturday, Vice President Harris pledged aid for Ukraine’s hard-hit energy sector at a peace summit in Switzerland, eight Israeli soldiers died in an explosion in southern Gaza, nearly 2 million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat for… Continue watching