The Alps

Soaring eagle films crumbling Alpine glaciers as Earth warms
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Soaring eagle films crumbling Alpine glaciers as Earth warms

PARIS (AP) — The images will be stunningly beautiful yet also hint of dire future consequences. Filmed with a camera…
Shrinking glaciers and rockfalls point to climate change in Alps
World

Shrinking glaciers and rockfalls point to climate change in Alps

High in the French Alps on the famed Mont Blanc mountain range, it is not hard to find evidence of…
Sherif al-Abd becomes second Egyptian to climb Mount Everest
Travel

Sherif al-Abd becomes second Egyptian to climb Mount Everest

Sherif al-Abd has become the second Egyptian to climb the top of Everest, the highest mountain in the world, 12…
Six injured in attack on Swiss train; motive unknown, police say
World

Six injured in attack on Swiss train; motive unknown, police say

Six people were injured in an attack aboard a Swiss train on Saturday by a man armed with a knife…
Blankets cover Swiss glacier in vain effort to halt icemelt
Environment

Blankets cover Swiss glacier in vain effort to halt icemelt

From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow…
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