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  Singapore is the world's most expensive city | Check top 10 list

  Travel | December 01, 2023 12:29 IST

  Singapore has reclaimed the top spot in the rankings for the ninth time in the past eleven years, attributed to high prices across various categories.

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  Too hot to handle! Zurich's high temperature may spoil your vacation plans

  Travel | August 23, 2023 17:03 IST

  While Zurich may be too hot to handle at times, it doesn’t mean your vacation plans have to be spoiled.

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  Man shoots two hostages dead and commits suicide in Zurich

  World | May 31, 2019 18:23 IST

  According to a police statement, a 60-year-old Swiss man took two women hostage on Friday morning and threatened to kill them if officers were to enter the building.

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  FIFA vice presidents Napout, Hawit arrested as bribery suspects

  Football | December 03, 2015 20:13 IST

  Zurich: FIFA vice presidents Juan Angel Napout and Alfredo Hawit were arrested Thursday as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's widening bribery case that has rocked soccer's scandal-hit governing body.Both men have opposed their

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  UEFA chief Michel Platini hopes 'new leadership' will solve FIFA's woes

  Football | July 21, 2015 17:21 IST

  Madrid:  European football's governing body UEFA president Michel Platini has underlined the urgent need for reform within FIFA, hoping the "new leadership" will solve the world football body's troubles.FIFA is set to elect a new president

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  Police: Several people killed in shooting in Switzerland

  World | May 10, 2015 13:34 IST

  BERLIN: Police said Sunday that they found several people dead after shots were heard in a town in northern Switzerland.Residents heard shots in the town of Wuerenlingen shortly after 11pm on Saturday night, police said.

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  1700 private jets fly to Davos to discuss global issues including global warming

  January 21, 2015 15:02 IST

  New Delhi: A squadron of 1,700 private jets are expected to fly Billionaires, world leaders and celebrities to the four-day conference annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – to discuss things such as terrorism,

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  Top 10 healthiest cities of the world

  World | May 31, 2014 7:36 IST

  New Delhi: A city with lush green parks, pollution free environment, healthy citizens, good medical care...looks like a dream world.Well, there are many cities in the world which are far from the stereotype hustle and

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  Zurich begins experiment with drive-in 'sex boxes'

  World | August 26, 2013 20:35 IST

  Zurich: No car, no sex. That's the rule for an experiment Zurich is launching on Monday to make prostitution less of a public nuisance and safer for women. Switzerland has long been famous for its

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  Google search goes 'desi' with Hindi tool

  India | August 22, 2013 8:20 IST

  Bangalore: Global Internet search engine  on Wednesday unveiled a software tool enabling Indian netizens to search its encyclopaedic website by writing in Hindi (Devanagari) script."Instead of typing Hindi letters from an English keyboard, netizens can

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  Zurich fined for political slogan on shirts

  Football | July 24, 2013 8:33 IST

  Zurich, July 24: Swiss top division club Zurich must pay a 20,000 Swiss francs ($21,300) fine after players wore shirts with a slogan promoting a political campaign for a new stadium.Zurich says in a statement

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  FIFA to host international anti-doping event

  Football | July 11, 2013 15:51 IST

  Zurich, July 11:  FIFA will host an international conference to discuss more effective ways to combat doping.   FIFA says the Nov. 29-30 event involving the World Anti-Doping Agency is titled: "Time has come to change

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  FIFA moves $200 mn museum project to Zurich

  Football | April 25, 2013 18:20 IST

  Zurich, Apr 25: FIFA said its $200 million museum will now be created downtown in its home city of Zurich.One year ago, FIFA announced the museum would be built underground next to its headquarters on

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  Football rule-makers approve goal-line technology

  Football | July 05, 2012 23:27 IST

  Zurich, Jul 5: Football's lawmaking panel has approved two goal-line technology systems for immediate use in matches.The International Football Association Board (IFAB) decision on Thursday clears FIFA to use goal-line technology at the 2014 World

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  Jittery Ijaz Wants To Testify In London Or Zurich

  World | January 23, 2012 17:57 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 23: Fearing arrest, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the central figure in the memo scandal, today said he would not visit Islamabad to depose before a judicial panel probing the matter and wants his

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  Kissinger To Help Tackle FIFA Problems

  Football | June 02, 2011 20:00 IST

  Zurich, June 2: Newly re-elected FIFA President Sepp Blatter is turning to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to help investigate problems within world football's governing body.Blatter says the 88-year-old Kissinger has agreed to