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Swiss government lifts nearly all COVID-19 restrictions

Switzerland will lift almost all its coronavirus pandemic restrictions from midnight, the government said on Wednesday, as fears waned that a spike in infections fuelled by the Omicron variant would overwhelm the health care system.

Reuters

The best Dublin Airport ski trip deals on offer for midterm break 2022

Flights to ski resorts in France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy are included

Dublin Live

Priscilla Presley's son gets married in 'beautiful' Switzerland as proud mum shares pics

Navarone Garibaldi - who is the son of Priscilla Presley and Marco Antonio Garcia - has married Elisa Achilli

Daily Mirror

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Germany and Switzerland set to ease restrictions – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics day 12: Canada crash out of men’s ice hockey – as it happened

Another busy day saw upsets, tight finishes, American success and more fallout from the Kamila Valieva controversy

The Guardian - AU

La Velle E. Neal III: Big shotmaker John Shuster’s miss adds drama in quest to defend curling gold

BEIJING — John Shuster is a big shot maker. This is the same person who, four years ago, won a gold medal in men's curling for Team USA with a game-changing, house-clearing heave that led to five points against Sweden that locked up the win.

Tribune News Service

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: Goggia grit and biathlon blues

Italy’s Sofia Goggia fought back from recent injury to win downhill silver as Switzerland savoured two skiing golds

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Suter Confirms Swiss Dominance with Olympic Downhill Gold

Corinne Suter confirmed Switzerland's alpine skiing dominance at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday when she streaked to victory in the women's downhill for the country's fourth gold in the mountains. The 27-year-old world champion clocked 1min 31.87sec down the 2.7km-long "Rock" course in Yanqing, finishing 0.16sec ahead of defending champion…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Mentally tired’ Eileen Gu claims silver as Mathilde Gremaud roars back for gold

Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud soared to gold in the Olympic women’s freeski slopestyle final after holding off another last-gasp charge by Eileen Gu

The Guardian - AU

Winter Olympics day 11: Valieva leads after short program – as it happened

Kamila Valieva took to the ice amid a swirl of controversy and elsewhere there were golds, blunders and much more

The Guardian - US

How to watch USA vs. Switzerland, live stream, TV channel, time, Men’s Round Robin Curling

The 2022 Beijing Olympics will continue on Monday with Men's Round Robin Curling featuring the United States versus Switzerland.

USA Today Sports Media Group

U.S.-Canada rematch set for Olympic hockey final

The cross-border rivals will play on Thursday after Canada erupted for five first-period goals over an Olympic record span of 3:24 in a 10-3 win over Switzerland.

Chicago Sun-Times

Winter Olympics: Bruce Mouat ‘excited’ for Sweden clash as Team GB aim for curling semi-finals

Mouat held his nerve to deliver the final stone match-winner to sink Switzerland 6-5 and secure his fourth straight win in the competition

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Team GB’s men edge Switzerland on final stone to close in on curling semi-finals

Team GB’s men are closing in on a place in the last four after a close match against Switzerland came down to the final shot

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day 10 – as it happened

Day ten of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: real snow causes chaos

Freestyle, skiing, women’s downhill, giant slalom and the cross-country skiing all disrupted or cancelled by blizzard conditions

The Independent UK

Swiss voters consider public aid plan for newspapers, media

It’s a widespread lament: Many traditional newspapers, especially small local ones, and other media outlets have seen subscriptions dry up as international internet behemoths swoop in on their traditional advertising markets

The Guardian - AU

Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Live updates: Norway shot to the top of the medal table with a good day in bad conditions, with Marte Olsbu Røiseland earning her third gold medal

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Reuters

Swiss reject ban on animal testing in referendum

Swiss voters rejected a proposal by animal rights activists to make Switzerland the first country to ban medical and scientific experiments on animals, but approved tougher restrictions on cigarette advertising in referendums held on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: golds for the snowboard olds

Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner become the oldest snowboarders to win any Olympic medal with mixed team victory

Asharq Al-Awsat

West Criticizes Arrest of Politicians in Sudan

Sudan on Friday denounced Western criticism of the arrest of two high-profile former officials opposed to military rule and charged with corruption, saying it was contrary to "diplomatic norms and practices". Khalid Omer Yousif and Wagdi Salih were arrested on Wednesday, a move Norway, the United States, Britain, the European…

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: skeleton, women’s curling and more – as it happened

Updates from day eight of the winter Games as Jaclyn Narracott took Australia’s first ever medal in skeleton

The Independent UK

Swiss group: Taliban make pledges on education, aid workers

Organizers of a closed-door conference in Switzerland attended by envoys from Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership says the delegation pledged to safeguard humanitarian aid workers, facilitate education for all Afghans, and to promote environmental protections

Reuters

Swiss raise rights concerns, including girls' education, with Afghan Taliban

Switzerland has raised concerns about human rights in Afghanistan, including about girls' education, in a meeting with the Taliban, a government spokesman said on Friday, as the new rulers in Kabul wrapped up a week of talks in Geneva.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shaun White fails to medal in his final Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin made it across the finish line of The Rock course on the Alpine hill for the first time in three races in the Beijing Games. She placed ninth in the super-G, well off the pace set by gold medalist Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.

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