France’s far-right was eyeing a historic chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative elections with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third.

Italy progress in second place behind winners Spain with 1-1 draw against Croatia and will face Switzerland in the last 16.

Result means Switzerland, rather than Germany, face a tougher last-16 assignment, setting up a potential meeting with holders Italy or 2018 World Cup finalists Croatia.

The billionaires brought servants from India to their Swiss villa and paid them less than they spent on their dog, the court heard.

The summit in Switzerland is a ‘milestone in the entire peaceful process’ says Kateryna Zelenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to Singapore.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed results of the Ukraine talks without Russia as ‘close to zero’, despite more than 90 countries taking part in the Swiss-hosted conference.

Over 90 countries attended a Swiss summit at the behest of Ukraine’s president – but Russia was not invited and China did not attend.

The question looming over the summit will be how Ukraine and Russia can move back from the brink and eventually silence the guns of war, without Moscow attending.

Developed at ETH Zurich, the protein-based gel led to 50 per cent blood alcohol reductions in mice, results that have left the team ‘confident’ it will work in humans.

Zelensky appealed to the two presidents to show their ‘leadership in advancing the peace – the real peace and not just a pause between the strikes’.

The Ukrainian president said his government will only accept a ‘fair peace’ to end the conflict despite the West’s calls for a quick solution.

Dedicated customers queued up the night before last weekend’s launch of the Current Form 1.0 collection to buy a pair of new Cloudmonster 2 shoes; they gave a round of applause for the first lucky customer

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Having blazed a trail across China, chef Frank Xu left for Europe, where he gives guests at Switzerland’s only Michelin-star Chinese restaurant, Le Tsé Fung, an authentic taste of his homeland.

This year at the luxury watch fair, Rolex skipped new model lines in favour of variants of tried-and-true favourites, striving for ‘harmonies of materials, colours and textures’

Switzerland on Wednesday announced that a high-level conference on the Ukraine conflict would be held on June 15-16, but without Russia.

Gisele Bündchen and Wang Yang were present to check out luxury timepieces, including 6 new watches by Rolex – such as a Daytona studded with diamonds and the Deepsea in 18-karat gold

Ukraine and up to 100 countries would attend the conference at the luxury Burgenstock resort near the central city of Luzern on June 15-16.

Europe’s top rights court on Tuesday ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in its first such ruling against a state on the issue.

Switzerland’s biggest lender expects Asia to be its future growth engine after the acquisition of rival Credit Suisse last year expanded its footprint and client assets in the region, says CEO.

After years of negotiations to join Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, there is now free access for travellers arriving by air or sea from both countries, marking new step in countries’ integration with the EU.

Feel like an aristocrat on board Belmond’s British Pullman, which has welcomed aboard royals like Queen Elizabeth and Prince Harry, or cross western Canada amid stunning views with Rocky Mountaineer

The move could make France the next European country to legalise euthanasia for the terminally ill.

Besides launching his first fashion collection with Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson, Federer has attended the Met Gala, performed with Coldplay, and supported the Springboks at the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Beijing and Bern share a ‘pragmatic’ view on how to achieve peace, according to sources close to the discussions.

Urs David Fehr was charged after he allegedly kicked Thandao Chandam and her friend, who were sitting outside a villa rented by him.

Some horology enthusiasts would argue that ultra-complicated timepieces are frivolous – particularly the perpetual calendar function seen in these watches by Bulgari, A. Lange & Söhne and IWC