44cup Worlds Brunnen – Can Charisma make it a hat-trick? by 44Cup 21 Aug 18:20 UTC 21-25 August 2024 44Cup World Championships 2024 in Brunnen, Switzerland © Nico Martinez / 44Cup The 2024 44Cup Worlds in Brunnen, Switzerland, sets sail tomorrow for the nine high performance one design fleet of owner-driver RC44s. The...
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Why is Switzerland offering cash prizes to retrieve munitions from lakes?
The Swiss Federal Department of Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) is offering 50,000 Swiss francs ($57,800) for the three best ideas on how to retrieve some 12,000 tonnes of old munitions from the country’s lakes, including Lake Thun, Lake Brienz and Lake Lucerne. “Armasuisse wants to involve academia and industry in the considerations on how environmentally friendly...
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Former Sporting Lagos Attacker Becomes An Instant Hit In Switzerland
Former Sporting Lagos Attacker Becomes An Instant Hit In Switzerland Sampson Adedeji With less than six months in Switzerland, former Sporting Lagos attacker Paschal Durugbor Onyekachi has become an instant hit in the Swiss League, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The lanky attacker joined Sporting Lagos from the Nigeria National League side 1472 FC on a free transfer...
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Olympic golf leaderboard: Women’s scores, results from Round 3 at Le Golf National
It’s onto the final round of women’s golf at the 2024 Paris Olympics. And following a day of golf that saw quite the movement and change across the leaderboard, Friday’s Round 3 set up what should be an entertaining and big final round of golf at Le Golf National on Saturday — including the possibility...
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US woman who was due to be first person to die in ‘Suicide capsule’ has ‘gone missing’ in Switzerland since company behind the euthanasia device decided she was not a suitable candidate
An American woman who was due to be the first person to die in a ‘suicide capsule’ has gone missing after being told she was not a suitable candidate for euthanasia, according to the company behind the device. The 55-year-old woman, dubbed Person X, had traveled to Switzerland to use the ‘Sarco’ pod – designed to...
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Europe’s war on tourism spreads to Portugal and Switzerland as Byron”s ‘glorious Eden’ gets fed-up with two-hour taxi queues clogging roads and the Swiss get cheesed off with Edelweiss Instagrammers
Europe’s war on tourism has now spread to Portugal and Switzerland. In a Portuguese town that was once described by Lord Byron as a ‘glorious Eden’, locals are calling for ‘guerrilla action’ to be taken to combat the numbers of visitors. Meanwhile, the Swiss have complained that rare flowers – such as the edelweiss –...
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Man questioned after Hong Kong fashion model partner stabbed to death in Bangkok
Thai police have questioned a man suspected of killing his 24-year-old partner, an international model who previously worked in Hong Kong. Media outlets in the country said on Tuesday that Gwendoline Cretton, a Swiss passport holder, was killed at her residence in Bangkok’s Prawet district on Thursday night last week. She was reportedly stabbed to...
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Teck closes sale of B.C. coal mining operations to Swiss giant Glencore after federal approval | CBC News
Teck Resources Ltd. says it has completed the sale of its remaining 77 per cent interest in its steel-making coal business to Glencore PLC. The news comes as no surprise following the announcement last week by the federal government that it had approved the sale of the operation to the Swiss commodities giant. Vancouver-based Teck received $7.3 billion US...
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Agritech startup Arya.Ag raises $29 million from investors
Agritech startup Arya.Ag on Wednesday said it has raised USD 29 million (Rs 242 crore) in a funding round from investors to expand its business. The company, an integrated grain commerce platform, said in a statement that the amount was raised in a Pre-Series D funding round, led by Switzerland-based investment firm Blue Earth Capital....
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Le grand escape! Panicking French elite bombard wealth managers with enquiries about moving to Italy and Switzerland amid growing fury over victorious hard-left’s plans for 90% tax on rich and huge spending increases
The surprise victory of the New Popular Front (NFP) in France‘s elections has set alarm bells ringing for the nation’s wealthy as the hard-left alliance plans to roll out an eye-watering 90% income tax on high earners. Even before the election took place, financial advisers reported a huge influx of enquiries off the back of...
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‘Astonishing’ Lulu Sun wins praise from British media over Wimbledon win
Lulu Sun in action in the fourth round at Wimbledon. Photo: AFP Lulu Sun’s ”thunderbolt” forehands and her calm demeanour have won praise after her victory over British star Emma Raducanu in the fourth round at Wimbledon. Sun, who was born in the Southland town of Te Anau and earlier this year switched allegiance from...
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Lulu Sun’s Wimbledon win marks an ‘incredible day’ for NZ tennis
Lulu Sun clinched a three-set win over Emma Raducanu and is into the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals. Photo: AFP Tennis star Lulu Sun’s victory at Wimbledon marks an “incredible day” for the sport, Tennis NZ says. Sun, who was born in Te Anau, defeated the pre-match favourite, Britain’s Emma Raducanu 6-2 5-7 6-2, earning her a...