https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fifa on Monday banned Nepal's football chief for 10 years and the president of the Laos federation for two years for bribery. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151116/fifa-bans-nepals-football-president Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:22:03 +0100 fifa-bans-nepals-football-president The United Nations said Tuesday it would draw $15 million from its emergency fund to help kickstart relief operations in earthquake-ravaged Nepal, where thousands have already perished. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150428/un-kickstarts-relief-efforts-for-nepal-quake-victims Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:46:01 +0200 un-kickstarts-relief-efforts-for-nepal-quake-victims The Swiss government on Sunday sent a team of experts to Nepal to evaluate humanitarian needs there a day after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake killed at least 2,500 people and injured thousands more, while destroying buildings and triggering deadly avalanches. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150426/swiss-send-aid-team-to-nepal-earthquake-zone Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:26:20 +0200 swiss-send-aid-team-to-nepal-earthquake-zone Swiss climber Ueli Steck, who with two team mates came under attack by a group of sherpas on Mount Everest, says he was afraid he would die. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130430/climber-steck-admits-he-was-afraid-for-his-life Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:34:00 +0200 climber-steck-admits-he-was-afraid-for-his-life Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck has called off his 16th Mount Everest expedition after being attacked by a group of sherpas. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130429/ueli-steck-ends-everest-expedition-after-row-with-sherpas Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:26:00 +0200 ueli-steck-ends-everest-expedition-after-row-with-sherpas