Lake Geneva region news shorts for 6 January
GenevaLunch News Our slowdown news week at GL means you get a little list of short-short news items with sources today: Logitech, based in California and Romanel-sur-Morges, Vaud, announced Tuesday...
View ArticleItaly counts its dead, missing, wounded after earthquake
GenevaLunch News The Italian government now says that 207 bodies have been found and another 50 people are reported missing, but 1,500 are injured and 17,000 are homeless after the earthquake that hit...
View ArticleLunch with Warren Buffet for $1.68 million
GenevaLunch News Canadian hedge-fund managers Salida Capital placed the winning bid in an online auction to have lunch with US investor Warren Buffet. The $1.68 million final bid money goes to the...
View ArticleAid workers head for Southern India as floods leave 2.5 million homeless
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The worst floods in decades in southern India have killed at least 250 people and left some 2.5 million people homeless. Aid workers from around the...
View ArticleFloods take high toll in Brazil, China
GenevaLunch News Brazil’s northeastern states of Pernambuco and Alagoas have been hard hit by floods that have killed 33 people, with hundreds missing. An estimated 40,000 homes were washed away,...
View ArticleRussia’s wildfires “out of control”, heavy damage
GenevaLunch News Wildfires sweeping through several parts of Russia may be “out of control”, authorities concede, after initially denying several media reports about the damage they are causing:...
View ArticleRussian floods: day of mourning as death toll tops 170
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Heavy flooding and a lack of preparedness are taking a toll in southern Russia, which has been declared a disaster area by President Vladimir Putin, who declared...
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