Category: World

Switzerland has won Eurovision, topping the leaderboard in a competition fraught with last-minute changes and backstage incidents. The first non-binary performer to take the trophy, Nemo used their childhood opera experience to pull together an impressive performance mixing rap, rock, drum ‘n bass and classical opera, as well as balancing on a revolving disc spinning...

The Swiss winner of Eurovision 2024 says the song contest may need “a bit of fixing” after claiming they were forced to smuggle in a flag celebrating the non-binary community, in a competition that was filled with controversy amid protests over Israel’s inclusion and the shock disqualification of an entrant. Nemo became the first non-binary...

PRAGUE (AP) — Last year’s runner-up Germany topped Slovakia 6-4 to open the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Dominik Kahun, Jonas Muller, Lukas Kalble, Marc Michaelis, Leonhard Pfoderl and Tobias Eder had a goal each for the Germans and Philipp Grubauer stopped 35 shots in the Group B game in the eastern city of...

Switzerland enjoyed a comfortable win to start its 2024 IIHF World Championship campaign. Nino Niederreiter and Romain Loeffel had two-point games while the ageless Andres Ambuhl began his 19th Worlds with an assist in a 5-2 victory. “I feel like we had some great looks at the start of the game,” Niederreiter reflected. “But we...

An upcoming Ukraine peace summit, ostensibly the most ambitious bid in years by neutral Switzerland to mediate a major conflict, is instead showing how Swiss economic and security interests increasingly align with Western Europe over Russia. This is the view of both Swiss advocates of closer cooperation with Western powers and nationalist opponents who say...

SPI International has partnered with Quickline to launch the FightBox channel in Switzerland. The agreement brings FightBox to Quickline’s audience, offering an array of combat sports programming as part of the sports pack, including MMA, boxing, wrestling, karate, kickboxing, taekwondo, capoeira, judo, jiu-jitsu and more. “We are delighted to partner with Quickline to bring FightBox...

Nashville’s captain concluded the 2023-24 campaign leading all NHL defensemen in goals (23), power-play goals (9), shots on goal (268) and shot attempts (602), second in even-strength points (51), tied for second in game-winning goals (5), third in points (85) and points per game played (1.04), tied for fourth in power-play points (33) and fifth...