7 h. ago Trump steps up Greenland annexation demand and attacks European leaders at Davos

US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland but said the US would not use force to seize it during a rambling, invective-laden speech at Davos where he once again lashed out at Europe’s political leaders.The address to thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort indicated that while the US president was renouncing the use of military force – for now at least – to wrest control of Greenland, he still intended to wield America’s economic and diplomatic power to bend European allies to his will. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Trump steps up demand to annex Greenland but rules out using force

US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’Business live – latest updatesDonald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.Addressing thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort, the US president said he was “seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States”. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Bargain Ski Breaks: Europe’s top 10 budget resorts revealed with £1 beers

easyJet has released its Cheap Ski Index which ranks the most affordable ski resorts across Europe for Brits

Economics

37 h. ago Resort with £1 beers tops list of Europe's cheapest ski destinations

An Eastern European resort has been named Europe's most affordable ski resort in easyJet's new index

Economics

39 h. ago Balkan resort with £1 beers tops index of Europe’s most affordable ski resorts

A Balkan resort has topped an index of Europe’s most affordable ski destinations – boasting £1 beers and slope access for under £50 a day.

Economics

40 h. ago Terrified tourists left dangling for hours in freezing cold after ski lift breaks down

This is the moment terrified tourists were left dangling in freezing temperatures for nearly three hours after a ski lift broke down at a ski resort.

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3 d. ago After years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos

Reform UK leader has decried ‘globalist’ event but this year hopes to meet Donald Trump for Greenland talksFor years he has derided the annual gathering at Davos as a smug and conspiratorial meeting of enemies of the nation state. But this week, Nigel Farage will himself be rubbing shoulders with the “globalists” he has so reviled.Farage’s itinerary at the Swiss ski resort remains unclear, although his Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, said on Sunday he hoped Farage would get a chance to speak to Donald Trump, who is also attending the event run by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Waitress who escaped Swiss bar fire reveals staff had no safety training & says she’s ‘haunted by the faces of the dead’

A SURVIVING employee of the Swiss ski resort bar where a deadly fire killed 40 says she is "haunted by the faces of the dead". French national Louise Leguistin, 25, was one of the only staff members of Le Constellation to escape unharmed after the horrific blaze tore through the downstairs nightspot in the early...

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4 d. ago Five skiers die in two avalanches: Snow slide kills woman before four others are swept away just 90 minutes later

An off-piste avalanche struck a group of seven skiers in Austria in the Pongau area, killing four people - around 90 minutes after a female skier died in the nearby ski resort of Bad Hofgasteid.

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5 d. ago Huge avalanche ploughs through ski resort on Europe’s highest mountain

An avalanche has swept through a ski resort on Europe’s tallest mountain, sending tourists fleeing in panic.

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5 d. ago Avalanche sweeps through ski area on Europe’s highest mountain in Russia

An avalanche has swept through a ski resort on Europe’s tallest mountain, sending tourists fleeing in panic.

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5 d. ago Terrifying moment enormous avalanche engulfs ski resort at Europe's tallest mountain before sweeping over tourists as they ran for their lives

Dramatic footage taken on Mount Elbrus, in southern Russia, shows a torrent of snow tearing down the mountainside on Thursday.

Society

7 d. ago New ski resort in Wales hailed as 'a fantastic opportunity' for tourism

The Rhydycar West resort will include an indoor ski slope, water park, indoor and outdoor activity centres, up to 418 hotel rooms, 30 woodland lodge units, and 830 car parking spaces

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7 d. ago Huge £300m ski resort, waterpark and hotel to be built in Wales

Rhydycar West is a ‘complete game changer’, said councillors

Economics

9 d. ago Skier, 53, found dead inside mountain cable car by driver after it arrived at base

A 53-year-old skier was found dead inside a mountain cable car by the horrified driver after arriving at its base. The tourist is believed to have boarded the lift at the Val Cenis ski resort in Savoie, southeastern France, by himself on the afternoon of January 6. But when the gondola reached the mountain peak...

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9 d. ago Tourist found dead in gondola on mountain summit at ski resort

The tourist, who had boarded the lift by himself, is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest while on the gondola at the Val Cenis ski resort in Savoie, France

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9 d. ago The lesser known Rocky Mountain ski resorts with impressive yearly snow packs and manageable lift lines

Skiing in the Rockies doesn’t have to mean gridlock at the chairlift and chockablock trails. Less stressful but spectacular resorts await, if you know where to look

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9 d. ago Swiss ski resort that saw 40 killed in New Year's Eve fire is lined up to host events at the 2038 Winter Olympics

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Less than a fortnight after the blaze in Crans-Montana that killed 40, officials for the bid identified the municipality as a key site in their proposals.

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9 d. ago Horrified ski resort workers find dead tourist in a gondola when it arrives at mountain summit in France

A 53-year-old man was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest after boarding the lift at the Val Cenis ski resort in Savoie (stock), alone.

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9 d. ago Switzerland resort where 40 people died in ski bar fire set to stage 2038 Winter Olympics

Crans-Montana, the site of the tragedy on December 31, has been earmarked to host the Alpine skiing competitions

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