A top American media firm has unveiled its list of the best countries in the world, revealing that Switzerland is the at the top of the rankings, with 14 other European nations making it into the top 25. The rankings, released by U.S. News & World’s report in its annual Best Countries rankings, saw 15...
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Switzerland calls on citizens to leave Lebanon as tensions rise
The Swiss government is calling on its citizens to leave Lebanon in face of escalating tensions in the region following the killing of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and the strike against a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, in Lebanon. Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) wrote on Wednesday: “The risk of...
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Emirates Switzerland Welcomes Mohammad Lootah as New Country Manager – Travel And Tour World
Home » AIRLINE NEWS » Emirates Switzerland Welcomes Mohammad Lootah as New Country Manager Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates has announced the appointment of Mohammad Lootah as its new Country Manager for Switzerland, effective July 2, 2024. In his new role, Lootah will be based at Emirates’ Zurich office, where he...
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Entertainment News Roundup: Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98; Nemo’s Eurovision win fires up Swiss advocates for non-binary rights an more | Entertainment
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98 Low-budget cinema maestro Roger Corman, who cranked out hundreds of outrageous films over six decades and helped launch the careers of acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron and...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Entertainment
Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest has been thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded over its...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision, as Israel-Gaza war casts shadow over contest
Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest has been thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded over its military...
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Eurovision: Switzerland Wins the Most Divisive Song Contest In Competition’s 68-Year History
Swiss performer Nemo has won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, beating Croatian artist Baby Lasagna, who finished second, in what was perhaps the most divisive competition in its history. The nonbinary singer, representing Switzerland, won with their track “The Code” collecting 591 points from a combination of music industry juries in each participating country and...
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Switzerland leads race for Eurovision Song Contest trophy | Entertainment
Switzerland was leading in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday after a partial vote count, ahead of France and Ireland in what remains a wide-open race as protests continued in host city Malmo over the war in Gaza. The winner of the competition is decided by votes from television audiences...
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Iran–Israel conflict LIVE: UN Security Council to meet today
Iran-Israel conflict LIVE: This video grab shows explosions lighting up Jerusalem sky during Iranian attack on Israel. Welcome to our live coverage of the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, which threaten to plunge the region into a deeper crisis. The situation has taken a dramatic turn as Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile...
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Down with WHO, the John Fetterman-RFK ‘resistance’ and other commentary
Pandemic journal: Down With the WHO! “The response to COVID was the greatest mistake in the history of the public-health profession,” thunders City Journal’s John Tierney — and now the World Health Organization, chief author of the catastrophe, “wants new authority to make its bureaucrats’ whims mandatory” and “to censor those who disagree.” That’s via...