Frasers (FRAS), Watches of Switzerland (WOSG) and the Investment Association Frasers (FRAS) said it had subscribed for shares in the capital raising announced by Mulberry (MUL) on Monday that sparked its £83mn offer for the company. Following the share issue, Frasers will hold between 36.9 per cent and 37.3 per cent of Mulberry’s shares, depending on...
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18-Year-Old Swiss Rider Muriel Furrer Dies After Crash at UCI Road World Championships
After a crash in the junior women’s road race at the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, this Thursday, rider Muriel Furrer, 18, has died after suffering severe injuries to her head. The UCI confirmed her passing via a press release issued Friday. The crash happened on the same course all road racers will be...
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First-time use of controversial Swiss suicide capsule leads to multiple arrests
Swiss police make arrests after suicide capsule is used for first time Swiss police have arrested several people after a controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to commit suicide was used for the first time. FMM – F24 Video Clips ZURICH − Swiss police have arrested several people after a controversial futuristic-looking capsule...
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Switzerland opens probe into use of suicide booth
Police have detained several people over the death of a woman in Sarco suicide capsule. Swiss police have launched an investigation after a woman died in a “suicide pod”. Several people have been taken into custody and face criminal charges, the authorities announced on Tuesday. The action came after police learned that the Sarco suicide...
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Missouri woman, 79, reveals the tragic reason she is traveling to Switzerland to be euthanized – and what her daughter really thinks
A Missouri woman has detailed the tragic reason she is traveling to Switzerland to be euthanized. Gayle Hendrix, 79, spoke about her decision alongside her daughter Charlene Foeste Friday, in an emotional interview with Fox 19 Now. The mom-of-two explained how years ago, she was diagnosed with lupus and interstitial lung disease, and more recently,...
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Switzerland’s population exceeds nine million for first time
The population of Switzerland has surpassed the nine-million mark for the first time, according to government statistics on Thursday. The Federal Statistical Office reported 9,002,763 people were living in Switzerland at the end of June. Some 27 per cent of them hold a foreign passport, with Italians and Germans the first and second biggest groups....
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Jets Launch New Travel Platform ‘Jets Travel’ in Partnership with BookSeats
The Jets have announced the launch of Jets Travel, a BookSeats Experience, designed to help Jets fans globally, build and book custom travel packages to home and away games. Jets Travel, a one stop shop built for Jets fans travel and hospitality needs will offer custom flight, hotel, and ticket packages. Around the world, the...
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Jordan Chiles takes fight over Olympic bronze medal to Swiss high court
Jordan Chiles must give back her Olympic bronze medal This comes after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the judging panelmade a mistake in granting an inquiry filed by Chiles’ coaches. The fight over Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal is not over yet. Chiles’ attorneys announced Monday that they have filed a formal appeal...
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Full details of the murder that has stunned the world: Miss Switzerland finalist was decapitated and had her womb cut out before being pureed in a blender by husband… all while he watched YouTube videos on his phone
A Swiss man who killed his ex-model wife decapitated her and cut her womb out before using a blender to ‘puree’ some of her body parts, court documents exclusively obtained by MailOnline have revealed. The 41-year-old man, who was named in local media by the pseudonym of Thomas due to Swiss privacy laws, admitted to...
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Miss Switzerland finalist’s heartbreaking last social media post with family is revealed after she was ‘dismembered and “pureed” in a blender by her husband’
This is the heartbreaking final family photo shared by the former Miss Switzerland finalist who was allegedly killed and dismembered by her husband. Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was discovered in February at her ‘upscale’ Binningen home, near Basel, a day after her death. Her husband later confessed to having killed his wife, citing ‘self-defence’, and claiming...
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Switzerland is named ‘best country in the world’: US, UK and Australia all make the top ten in annual rankings based on global survey
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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Swiss take double Paralympic gold in wheelchair marathon as Games close
Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the United States on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. They had 94 golds, followed by Britain with 49...