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Criminal case opened against FIFA president Gianni Infantino

GENEVA – A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino was opened by a Swiss special prosecutor on Thursday, plunging the soccer body into a new scandal and potentially threatening...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

UN health agency tackles misinformation over virus outbreak

GENEVA – The World Health Organization chief has traveled a dozen times to monitor the Ebola response in Congo . But when he planned to visit China’s capital last week over a new viral outb...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Sports’ future in balance as Caster Semenya-IAAF showdown opens

Five-day hearing is among longest ever heard by sports court

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

UCI steps up bid to deter would-be motorized-cycling cheats

Cycling’s governing body aims for credibility

DATE: Mar 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Snow, avalanche risks strand 13,000 tourists in Switzerland

GENEVA – Unusually heavy snowfall and a high risk of Alpine avalanches stranded some 13,000 tourists Tuesday in the Swiss resort of Zermatt at the base of the famed Matterhorn mountain. ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

UN says refugee population hits record high

GENEVA – Imagine the entire population of France uprooted from their homes, forced to flee danger, persecution or starvation. The U.N. refugee agency says more people than that – 65 million ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

$12 billion tunnel under the Alps sets record

17-year Swiss project will ease traffic, cut pollution in Europe

DATE: Jun 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More migrant drownings feared as summer nears

GENEVA – The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of more than 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats founder...

DATE: May 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Swiss may OK expulsions of criminals

Country to vote on plan that targets foreigners

DATE: Feb 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Swiss boost security after terror plot report

Police looking for four suspects in Geneva

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Turkey won’t apologize over Russian warplane downing

BRUSSELS – Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the military was doing its job defending...

DATE: Nov 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Team Sky races to Chris Froome’s defense at Tour de France

Team Sky airs Froome data as race nears its Alpine finale

DATE: Jul 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports