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World’s glaciers are melting faster than expected, with visible consequences

The extreme temperatures Europe has experienced in recent weeks have resulted in an increase in the rate of snowpack melt in the Alpine glaciers. As in many other parts of the world, the consequences are increasingly visible in the Alps, where the glaciers are particularly vulnerable due to their smaller…

France 24

World's biggest Swiss flag unfurled on Alpine cliff

Teams of workers unfurled the world's biggest Swiss flag on an Alpine cliff on Sunday to mark the country's national day on Aug. 1.

Reuters

Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland's glaciers.

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Warming world creates hazard for Alpine glaciers

Italy endured a prolonged heat wave before an Alpine glacier broke off and killed seven hikers and left others unaccounted for

The Independent UK

Drones used in search after fatal Italian glacier avalanche

Drones are flying over an Italian Alpine mountainside seeking to spot any more victims, a day after a huge chunk of a rapidly melting glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks slamming into hikers

The Independent UK

Alpine glacier chunk detaches, killing at least 6 hikers

A large chunk of a glacier in Italy's Alps has broken loose and killed at least six hikers and injured eight others

The Independent UK

Several dead after chunk of Alpine glacier strikes hikers in Italy

A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside, slamming into more than a dozen hikers on a popular trail on the peak. At least four people were killed, Italy's state television said, and seven others were injured.

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Alpine Glacier Chunk Detaches, Killing Hikers

A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak killing at least five and injuring eight, authorities said. Italian RAI state television said the fatalities numbered six,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Leader podcast: G7 countries’ united front against Putin

Behind the Alpine glad-handing at this year’s G7 summit is an agenda packed with discussion points focussing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Dozens of children airlifted from mountain hiking trail after teacher gets them lost

Alpine rescuers scrambled two helicopters and 50 extraction experts to pluck the 99 schoolchildren from a mountainside in heavy rain in Vorarlberg, Austria

Daily Mirror

Daniel Andrews defends plan to cull feral horses as protesters rally outside state parliament

Parks Victoria intends to remove 500 horses from state’s eastern Alpine region this year as part of feral horse management plan

The Guardian - AU

Severe weather warnings for NSW and Victoria as blizzards move in to alpine areas, while SA is lashed by rain

Residents urged to avoid travel as cold front brings frigid temperatures, rain and damaging winds to several states

The Guardian - AU

Damaging wind warning issued for parts of ACT, southern NSW

Damaging winds averaging 60 to 70km/h with peaks of 90km/h are expected, while alpine areas could be hit with 130km/h gusts through to Monday.

The Canberra Times

Jai Hindley's Giro d'Italia challenge enters brutal final week of Alpine climbs

Jai Hindley sits ideally placed just 7 seconds off the overall lead of the Giro d'Italia, but there is still a tough week of racing before he comes close to thinking about becoming the first Australian to win the race overall.

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Austria's president seeks reelection after turbulent term

Austria’s 78-year-old president says he will seek reelection later this year, following a term that has seen him pilot the Alpine country through repeated political upheaval

Reuters

Vandals daub Ukraine colours on Swiss monument to Russian soldiers

Vandals have daubed blue and yellow paint - Ukraine's national colours - on a Russian monument to soldiers who perished fighting Napoleon's forces in Switzerland in the 18th century, drawing a complaint from Moscow's diplomatic mission.

Evening Standard

Badrutt’s Palace, St. Moritz: magical alpine luxury with a world-class restaurant line-up

From Jason Atherton to Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and Andreas Caminada, the culinary offering at Badrutt’s Palace is hard to fault. Anna Barnett checks into the slopeside palace

The Guardian - UK

Winter Paralympics: Teenager Aigner wins second gold amid melting snow

Warm weather melted artificial snow at Yanqing and caused disruption to the para Alpine skiing events

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Swiss Fondue Robot Out to Cause a Stir in Paris

Switzerland's national dish is fondue, a simmering pot of heartwarming melted cheese -- that can now be prepared, stirred up and served by a robot, thanks to some hi-tech wizardry. A Swiss team has been beavering away on Bouebot, the robotic creation putting a futuristic twist on an Alpine tradition,…

The Guardian - UK

Fitzpatrick and Knight lead biggest GB Winter Paralympic team since 1994

Alpine skiers Menna Fitzpatrick and Millie Knight are to lead the biggest British Winter Paralympic team in nearly 30 years

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day 16: GB win women’s curling gold before closing ceremony – as it happened

Team GB’s women won curling gold before a Beijing closing ceremony to a Games embroiled in controversy

The Guardian - UK

Stunning vistas, sumptuous food: readers’ favourite Alpine ski cafes and restaurants

Our tipsters dish out piste-side classics in mountain chalets and Bond-style hangouts this week – all served with astonishing panoramas

Daily Mirror

Alpine skier beams with pride as he becomes first man to represent Haiti at Winter Olympics

Richardson Viano, 19, took on Team GB's Dave Ryding among others as he competed in the alpine skiing men's slalom event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing

The Hindu

Winter Olympics | Arif Khan fails to finish men's slalom event

Alpine skier Arif Khan was India’s lone participant at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Los Angeles Times

Weather adds an air of dangerous unpredictability to skiing

BEIJING — A small army of workers fought the snow with brooms, flat-edged shovels and leaf blowers in a cacophony of scraping and high-pitched whirring that drowned out the public-address announcer's shouts for each skier fortunate enough to cross the finish line at the Yanqing National Alpine Centre.

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