Tiger mauls female zookeeper, 55, to death in front of horrified visitors

A female Siberian tiger has mauled a female zookeeper to death at Zurich Zoo in front of horrified visitors.

Swiss children under 10 allowed to hug grandparents as they 'do not transmit COVID-19 with Switzerland easing lockdown

Children under the age of 10 in Switzerland have been told they can now hug their grandparents as the country begins to ease coronavirus lockdown measures.

The country has revised its initial COVID-19 advice to stay apart after Daniel Koch, head of the Swiss infectious diseases unit, said scientists "now know young children don't transmit the virus".

FG confirms recovery of $322.51m of Abacha's loot from Switzerland

Nigeria - The Federal Government says it has received 322.51 million dollars from the Swiss Government as part of looted funds recovered from former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha.

Mr Oluyinka Akintunde, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

School children among over 30 injured in Swiss Alps train accident

Thirty-three people, most of them school children, were injured Monday when a train engine collided with carriages full of passengers at a station in the Swiss Alps, police and media reports said.

“No one is in critical condition,” said a spokeswoman for the regional police in the Swiss canton of Uri.

Oh gosh! Six climbers killed after frozen waterfalls collapse in the Italian and French Alps

Six people have been killed in two separate incidents after frozen waterfalls they were climbing collapsed in the Italian and French Alps.

Four died in the first incident close to Gressony-Saint-Jean in the northern Italian Alps, near Switzerland.

A fifth climber, a woman according to Italian media, was injured when the large slab of ice cracked and fell away from the mountainside.