The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.

Swiss glacier collapses, burying village: Video, satellites show Blatten before and after. Janet Loehrke Shawn J. Sullivan. USA TODAY. Hear this story.

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier near the Swiss mountain of Rimpfischhorn, police announced on Sunday.

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Swiss entrepreneur Peter Huber is shifting most of his defense contracting business to Portugal, as the neutrality of his home nation threatens its arms industry.

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After the 2005 purchase of Wenger by Victorinox, the two companies continued to make Swiss Army Knives and other cutlery for some time. But eight years later, in January 2013, that came to an end.

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