Agnes Denes’s Wheatfield – A Confrontation (1984), restaged in the Messeplatz at the 2024 edition of Art Basel. Art Basel Art Basel announced its fifth edition in Doha, signaling a calculated expansion into the Middle East, just ahead of the final crucible of a busy spring season: the annual pilgrimage to Europe for the fair’s […]
Large chunk of glacier breaks off, burying 90% of Swiss village
Large chunk of glacier breaks off, burying 90% of Swiss village – CBS News Watch CBS News Video captured the moment the majority of the Swiss village of Blatten became buried under rock and ice after a massive chunk of a glacier in the Alps broke off on Wednesday, causing a landslide. Authorities had evacuated […]
Glacier collapse causes landslide that buries Swiss village in ice, mud and rock
Geneva — A 64-year-old man remained missing Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before. The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. State […]
5 skiers found dead on glacier in Switzerland; another skier killed by avalanche
The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another person was killed following an avalanche in a village north of there. Valais cantonal police said Sunday the group of victims was located on the Adler Glacier following aerial and ground searches after […]
A radar clocked someone going nearly double the speed limit. It turned out to be a duck — and a
A radar image of a speed offender caught in central Switzerland last month revealed that the culprit was not only a duck, but likely a “repeat offender,” local authorities said. Police in the town of Koniz, near the capital Bern, were astounded when they went through radar images snapped on April 13 to discover […]
U.S. and Chinese officials meet as the flow of goods slows amid Trump tariffs
U.S. and Chinese officials meet as the flow of goods slows amid Trump tariffs – CBS News Watch CBS News The flow of goods from China into the U.S. has slowed dramatically, which could soon mean job cuts, shortages and tough choices for consumers. However, there is progress in the trade war between the two […]