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Singapore is the world's most expensive city | Check top 10 list
Travel | Dec 01, 2023, 12:29 PM ISTSingapore 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 | Aug 23, 2023, 05:03 PM ISTWhile 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, 06:23 PM ISTAccording 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 | Dec 03, 2015, 08:13 PM ISTZurich: 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 | Jul 21, 2015, 05:21 PM ISTMadrid: 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, 01:34 PM ISTBERLIN: 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
Jan 21, 2015, 03:02 PM ISTNew 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, 07:36 AM ISTNew 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 | Aug 26, 2013, 08:35 PM ISTZurich: 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 | Aug 22, 2013, 08:20 AM ISTBangalore: 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 | Jul 24, 2013, 08:33 AM ISTZurich, 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 | Jul 11, 2013, 03:51 PM ISTZurich, 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 | Apr 25, 2013, 06:20 PM ISTZurich, 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 | Jul 05, 2012, 11:27 PM ISTZurich, 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 | Jan 23, 2012, 05:57 PM ISTIslamabad, 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 | Jun 02, 2011, 08:00 PM ISTZurich, 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