Direct news input story index

More from Ireland at www.thetruth.ie

Direct news input items

>Local comment

Name:	Remember me
E-mail:	(optional)
Captcha

bignewsnetwork.com latest rss headlines

Five skiers found dead near Zermatt in Swiss Alps

ZERMATT, Switzerland: Five skiers were found dead on a mountain in Switzerland near the popular ski resort of Zermatt, officials said on May 25. Emergency teams were called after someone found abandoned skis at around 4,000 meters (13,000 feet).

Other skiers reported the skis over the weekend on the Rimpfischhorn mountain, east of Zermatt and south of the village of Saas-Fee. Rescue teams searched the area by ai

Nestle refocuses on core food business after diversification misstep

VEVEY, Switzerland: Nestle is realigning its focus on its core food and beverage operations after expanding into areas like health supplements that "weakened the fabric of the organization," CEO Laurent Freixe told the Financial Times this week.

Freixe, who took over as CEO in September, said the company does not see widespread portfolio reduction as necessary—u

Swiss doctor devotes five-decade career to traditional Chinese medicine

HEFEI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- In a quiet consultation room filled with herbs and meridian charts, a seasoned Swiss doctor takes a patient's pulse -- practicing a centuries-old Chinese healing art far from home.

Trained in both Western and Chinese medicine, Swiss doctor Kiu Caracani is currently seeing patients and engaging in medical exchanges at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine i

Column: 3 facts U.S.-China talks in Geneva reveal

The Geneva meeting was helpful, but it did not make all problems go away. Continued struggles may still lie ahead. China has shown in Geneva that if a bully is coming to get you, better fight back.

by Shao Xia

The recent China-U.S. high-level meeting on economic and trade affairs in Geneva delivered results that went beyond expectations and allowed the world a brief sigh of relief. Many ana

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-SWISS DOCTOR (CN)

(250530) -- HEFEI, May 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Swiss doctor Kiu Caracani (2nd R) practises Wuqinxi, a traditional Chinese exercise that imitates the movements of five animals, with other medical workers and patients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, March 24, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Swiss doctor devotes five-decade career to traditional Chine

French Open: Djokovic moves into third round with win over Moutet

Paris [France], May 30 (ANI): Serbian tennis icon Novak Djokovic marched into the third round of the ongoing French Open, defeating Corentin Moutet in his second round game in the French capital on Thursday.

As per ATP's official website, Djokovic, who is chasing his 25th Grand Slam title, eliminated Moutet from the competition with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(1) win. Moutet entertained the crowd with some fighting tennis,

France approves right-to-die law

Critics warn that vulnerable people may feel pressured to end their lives

France's lower house of parliament has approved a controversial bill to legalize assisted dying for adults with terminal illnesses, amid deep divisions in a country with strong Catholic traditions.

The National Assembly voted 305 to 199 in favor of the measure, which is backed by President Emmanuel Macron. The bill no

Tibetan delegation in Frankfurt seeks German backing against China's repression

Frankfurt [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Representative Thinlay Chukki from the Tibet Bureau in Geneva spearheaded a delegation's trip to Frankfurt from May 20 to 21, as reported by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The delegation engaged in a series of meetings aimed at bolstering global support for Tibet.

During their stay, the delegation conferred with Frank Auth, the President of Friends for Friends in Fran

EU Boosts Its Defense And Targets Russian Fertilizers

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's Eastern neighborhoods.

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: the EUs attempt to ramp up its defense and the bloc finally hitting Russian fertilizers.

Embed

sha

Brussels Unveils $170 Billion Plan To Boost EU Defense Capabilities

On May 27, the European Union will formally approve its 150 billion euro ($170 billion) scheme to boost defense spending in the bloc.

The so-called SAFE (Security Action For Europe) regulation was first proposed in March by the European Commission in response to calls from member states for financial and political support to meet new defense targets pushed by NATO -- and to potentially step in for Ukraine should

Brussels Approves $170 Billion Plan To Boost EU Defense Capabilities

On May 27, the European Union formally approvedits 150 billion-euro ($170 billion) scheme to boost defense spending in the bloc.

The so-called SAFE (Security Action For Europe) regulation was first proposed in March by the European Commission in response to calls from member states for financial and political support to meet new defense targets pushed by NATO -- and to potentially step in for Ukraine should the U

Passport to nowhere: Team Trumps new deportation game show

Washington is trying to outsource its migration problem to countries where people can just be forgotten

You know when you're a kid and your mom tells you to clean your room, so you just shove everything under the bed and pray that she doesn't look?

That's basically the Trump administration's immigration strategy, only instead of a bedroom, the mess is getting punted to countries like Ukrain

Across the Pacific, China-U.S. trade resurges amid shared win-win vision

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- At Yantian Port in south China's Shenzhen, Lin Risheng's voice often grows hoarse over long hours of coordinating operations, sometimes exhausting two batteries in his walkie-talkie before the day is done.

The bustling port handles more than a quarter of China's exports to the United States and now dispatches an average of six U.S.-bound cargo ships each day. The intensity of Lin's wor

Global trade war is the biggest investment risk in 2025 for family offices: UBS survey

New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Global trade wars are biggest risk to the investment this year, followed by major geopolitical conflict, and higher inflation, revealed Global Family Office Report 2025 by UBS.

According to the survey conducted in the first quarter of 2025, it reveals that, when asked about the greatest threats to their financial objectives over the next 12 months, more than two-thirds (70 per cen

Kidambi misses out on Malaysia Masters title, loses to Li Shi in final

Bukit Jalil [Malaysia], May 25 (ANI): Indian World Championships silver medalist shuttler Kidambi Srikanth missed out on the Malaysia Masters title, losing to China's Li Shi Feng in the title clash at Bukit Jalil on Sunday.

Kidambi, a former world number one, lost his first final in six years by 11-21, 9-21 in two successive games.

The former world number one has not secured a Badminton World Federation (