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The Race Is On to Save the Alps’ Famous Huts and Trails as Melting Permafrost Threatens to Destroy Them

Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated ...

Pope meets families of young Italian victims of the Swiss Alps bar fire

Pope Leo XIV has met with families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in a fire that engulfed a Swiss ski resort bar ...

Fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps leaves people dead during New Year's celebrations

BERLIN -- A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations, police said early Thursday. Multiple people were killed in the blaze at the bar “Le ...
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Life in the heart of the Swiss Alps

This video captures daily life in Interlaken, Switzerland, a town located between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz in the heart of ...

Fire tears through bar at Swiss Alps ski resort Crans-Montana, killing dozens at New Year's celebration

Police in Switzerland say a fire at a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort area is believed to have left about 40 people dead ...

Around 40 dead after fire sweeps through Swiss ski resort bar

Authorities also said around 115 people were also injured in the fire that broke out during New Year's celebrations in the ...