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WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE NEARLY DOUBLES SINCE 2014
Latest findings have revealed that climate change impacts one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands... READ MORE›
FROM THE EVERGLADES TO KILIMANJARO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DESTROYING WORLD WONDERS
Natural world heritage sites also play a crucial role supporting local economies and livelihoods, said Tim Badman, director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme... READ MORE›
NORMAN DYHRENFURTH 99 DIES LED FIRST US TEAM TO REACH TOP OF EVEREST
A film Mr. Dyhrenfurth made of the climb, Americans on Everest, narrated by Orson Welles, opened the National Geographic Society's 1965 television season... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Swiss Alps
AS U.S. CEDES LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE, OTHERS STEP UP AT DAVOS
The lure of a potentially huge market for clean energy and other technologies that would help mitigate climate change was a driving force, analysts said... READ MORE›
AMERICAN HIKER FALLS TO DEATH NEAR ICONIC SWISS MATTERHORN
The body of an American hiker who fell almost 500 feet in the Swiss Alps was found near Zermatt... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST PEDESTRIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENS IN SWITZERLAND
Longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world officially opens in Switzerland, connects two sections of a walking trail... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST PEDESTRIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENS IN THE SWISS ALPS
High and handsome amid beautiful Swiss scenery, the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge offers hikers a time-saving, jaw-dropping experience... READ MORE›
DAVOS ELITES STRUGGLE FOR ANSWERS AS TRUMP ERA DAWNS
China's xi to promote globalization at davos, not 'war and poverty'... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST AND DEEPEST RAIL TUNNEL TO OPEN IN SWITZERLAND
The 57km 35-mile twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe... READ MORE›
EMIRATES HAS INVESTED $500 MILLION TO BUILD A SECRET 'FORT KNOX' OF WINE
Since the Dubai-based airline began its wine program 12 years ago, it has spent more than 500 million to develop the best wine list in the sky... READ MORE›
'WE HAVE BEEN POISONING OURSELVES': HAS ICE ANALYSIS REVEALED THE TRUTH ABOUT LEAD?
The period matches historical records of the spread of the Black Death - a plague that spread across Europe and arrived in Britain in 1348... READ MORE›
CHINA STEPS UP AS VOICE FOR GLOBAL TRADE
In Era of Trump, Chinas President Champions Economic Globalization... READ MORE›
THE SECRET LIFE OF KIM JONG UN'S AUNT, WHO HAS LIVED IN THE U.S. SINCE 1998
Alexandre Mansourov, a North Korean leadership expert who once studied at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, agreed... READ MORE›
TRUMP TEAM SHUNNING DAVOS MEETING OF WORLD'S ECONOMIC ELITE
World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab met with members of Trump's staff in December... READ MORE›
IN DAVOS, XI MAKES CASE FOR CHINESE LEADERSHIP ROLE
Despite a sluggish global economy, he said China's economy was likely to have grown by 6.7 percent in 2016... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND LANDSLIDE: ARE THE ALPS MELTING?
Before Wednesday's landslide, sensors on the Piz Cenaglo, high above the Bondasca valley, had already shown that the rock mass was moving... READ MORE›
HOW DAVOS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ELITE TOGETHER
In 1987 the organization was renamed the World Economic Forum, and its annual conference was well enough known to be referred to simply as Davos... READ MORE›
HOW DAVOS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ELITE TOGETHER
In 1987 the organization was renamed the World Economic Forum, and its annual conference was well enough known to be referred to simply as Davos... READ MORE›
BEST HIKING VACATIONS WITH LUXURY HOTELS FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS
Equally transcendent hiking downhill through the area's Sal forests to a suspension bridge over the Ganges... READ MORE›
CAN MODERN MAKEOVER SAVE SMALLEST SWISS VILLAGE?
For tourism director Elia Frapolli, a place to switch off completely, to escape from 21st-Century life, is precisely Corippo's attraction... READ MORE›
WHY GERMAN TRAINS DON'T RUN ON TIME ANY MORE
It is certainly hard to imagine such a prestige project happening in Germany these days... READ MORE›
DAVOS CEOS 'GO LOCAL' ON SUPPLY CHAIN IN TRUMP ERA
There is no doubt we need to adapt, Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault-Nissan RENA.PA 7201.T, told Reuters... READ MORE›
CHINA'S XI DEFENDS FREE TRADE IN SPEECH AT DAVOS
Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered a vigorous defence of globalisation and free trade in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos... READ MORE›
SWISS RESORT LAUNCHES SPECIAL TRAIN FOR CHINESE TOURISTS
A special train for Chinese tourists has been launched at a mountain resort in Switzerland, following tensions over cultural differences... READ MORE›
DAVOS ELITE PLAY-ACTING AS REFUGEES 'DISGUSTING SPECTACLE OF SMALL-MINDED RICH PEOPLE'
The reenactment of the refugee plight is a popular event at the Davos forum... READ MORE›
A CLOWN AND A CORRESPONDENT JOIN THE GLOBAL ELITE
What Its Like to Be a Plus-1 Among the Davos Elite... READ MORE›
MY BEST TRIP EVER: RICHARD BRANSON ON AN ITALIAN CYCLING ODYSSEY
Then we swam to Sicily and marathoned up to the top of Mount Etna... READ MORE›
GOTTHARD RAIL TUNNEL TO OPEN IN SWISS ALPS RUNNING 35 MILES UNDERGROUND
World's longest rail tunnel under the Swiss Alps opens on schedule... READ MORE›
TRUMP MAY NEED JAPANESE, CHINESE HELP TO REBUILD AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Industry analysts say the companies with the abilities to fulfill such advanced projects are mostly Japanese, Chinese and German companies... READ MORE›
HOW CAN THE ART WORLD RESIST TRUMP? PROBABLY NOT VERY WELL.
Contemporary artist Jeff Koons poses beside Balloon dog, one of his most famous works, on display at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S SHADOW LOOMS OVER DAVOS
The road to Davos, it seems, passes through Trump Tower this year... READ MORE›
AMERICAN WHO DIED ON MATTERHORN FELL FROM MOUNTAIN HE LOVED
Post to Facebook American who died on Matterhorn fell from mountain he loved Patrick James Harper tumbled to his death from iconic Swiss Mountain... READ MORE›
JUMPING OFF A CLIFF 'FEELS LIKE FLYING, NOT FALLING'
Some people play tennis or golf, I like to go jumping, explains base jumper Justine Edde... READ MORE›