# NuseReal

A CHF 50m foundation to help international Geneva is being set up by the canton and the Wilsdorf Foundation (LINK) 22 May 2025

— There is still a chance it could be forced to a referendum. The Swiss People's party objected to an initial CHF 10m package in February.

Geneva Graduate Institute: As multilateral diplomacy falters under leaders like Trump and Putin, Geneva — a key hub of global diplomacy — must step up. What could a "new diplomacy" look like? (LINK) 22 May 2025

— In the new issue of the Global Challenges, professors and researchers from the Institute and a guest author offer contrasting analyses of the opportunities and challenges of a "new" diplomacy for International Geneva, trade, inclusiveness, UN mediation, new media, and AI.

Romania's top court rejects far-right candidate's attempt to annul election (LINK) 22 May 2025

— George Simion, a pro-Trump ultranationalist, had alleged foreign interference in rerun vote won by Nicusor Dan.

UK court temporarily blocks deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius (LINK) 22 May 2025

— The last-minute injunction came hours before the agreement was expected to be signed at a virtual ceremony with representatives from the Mauritian government. Two British nationals who were born at the Diego Garcia military base on Chagos claimed that the islands should remain under British control.

Robert Reich: hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill makes Trump king: courts cannot use funds to enforce contempt citations (LINK) 22 May 2025

House passes Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill after GOP leaders win over key holdouts (LINK) 22 May 2025

Two Israeli Embassy staff members killed outside Jewish museum in Washington, DC (LINK) — ground.news: 93 media reports (LINK) 21 May 2025

— The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was observed pacing outside the museum before the shooting, walked into the museum after the shooting and was detained by event security.

Trump administration defends deportation flight of eight migrants to South Sudan, criticizes judge (LINK) 21 May 2025

Three dead in swept-away cars and two missing after floods ravage Var region of French Riviera (LINK) 21 May 2025

— Coastal town Le Lavandou severely hit. The town will "have to rebuild everything that was destroyed: roads, bridges, banks, wastewater treatment plant, coastline," warned its mayor, Gil Bernardi.

M&S expects cyber-attack to last into July and cost £300m in lost profits: pre-tax profits rose by a better-than-expected 22% to £876m in the year to 30 March, shortly before the attack (LINK) 21 May 2025

Guardian: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers (LINK) 21 May 2025

UnitedHealth statement: There is nothing secret about our programs with Skilled Nursing Facilities (LINK) 21 May 2025

Without waiting for Trump, E.U. and Britain impose new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged a friendly, if fruitless, phone call about ending the war in Ukraine (LINK) 21 May 2025

— The measures will crack down on Moscow's so-called "shadow fleet" — around 200 vessels used to transport Russian oil exports globally — the 27-nation bloc and London said in separate statements. They are the 17th set of European sanctions imposed on Russia since it invaded its neighbour in 2022, the E.U. said.

Netanyahu says war will continue until all parts of Gaza under Israeli control (LINK) 21 May 2025

In first delivery since March, UN dispatches 90 aid trucks to Gaza (LINK) 21 May 2025

Jewish Chronicle: UN corrects claim 14,000 Gazan children could die in 48 hours after it was debunked: The figure came from an independent report into instances of starvation in the Strip, but was projected over a whole year rather than two days (LINK) 21 May 2025

— The same day, buried in a story about how aid in Gaza has yet to reach the population, BBC News issued a correction to UNOCHA head's claim. However, by then, the claim had already been widely reported across t he UK and global media and cited as true by nine Members of Parliament in the Commons during a debate.

Swiss government pledges CHF11 million to UNRWA but not for Gaza: a further CHF9 million is being allocated to support four other humanitarian organisations (LINK) 21 May 2025

WHO members agree to 20% rise in mandatory contributions (LINK) 21 May 2025

— World Health Organization member states have agreed in committee talks to raise their mandatory contributions by 20% from 2026. If the resolution is backed in the plenary session, the organisation's budget for 2026-2027 will rise to $5.1bn.

Closeup: Report of the Director-General to Member States at the 78th World Health Assembly (LINK) 19 May 2025

— Member States have given us, US$ 4.2 billion for two years Member States have given us, US$ 4.2 billion for two years — or 2.1 billion a year — is not ambitious, it's extremely modest. I hope you will agree with me, and I will tell you why: US$ 2.1 billion is the equivalent of global military expenditure every eight hours; US$ 2.1 billion is the price of one stealth bomber — to kill people; US$ 2.1 billion is one-quarter of what the tobacco industry spends on advertising and promotion every single year. And again, a product that kills people.

Trump shows video claiming 'white genocide' to South African President in Oval Office meeting (LINK) — ground.news: 211media reports (LINK) 21 May 2025

Moderna withdraws application for US approval of combined flu-Covid shot, plans to resubmit vaccine application later this year (LINK) 21 May 2025

— The decision comes a day after the US FDA said it would require new clinical trials for approval of annual Covid-19 boosters for healthy people under 65 years old. Shares of the company have been battered by declining Covid revenue as well as investor concerns spurred by the appointment of the vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Disney "places Venezuelan employees on unpaid leave" as Temporary Protected Status is lifted after a Supreme Court ruling favored the Trump administration's stance (LINK) 20 May 2025

2024 Geneva Open May 18-24, 2025, staged at the Tennis Club de Genève at the Parc des Eaux-Vives, the oldest and largest tennis club in Switzerland: winner gets €90,675 (LINK).

United Nations Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection, held every 5 years: 7-11 July in Geneva (LINK)

One World for Health: The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly convenes from 19 to 27 May 2025 — (LINK)

6 key issues to watch at the 78th World Health Assembly: countries are expected to adopt a treaty to help the world prevent and be better prepared for pandemics, and determine the future of WHO (LINK) 18 May 2025

— Countries are dealing with a rise in noncommunicable diseases and more frequent extreme weather events that increase people's risks of death and diseases, and the comeback of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, in places where it was once eliminated.

Friends of Traditional Medicine: Traditional Medicine: From Traditional Heritage to Frontier Science, for Health for All: the growing global momentum to integrate Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) within universal health systems and sustainable development frameworks, 23 May 2025 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the UN Palais des Nations, Geneva (LINK) 9 May 2025