# NuseReal

Breaking nuse

Pope Francis in critical condition after respiratory crisis, Vatican says. — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

— Pontiff in hospital for complex lung infection and has received high flows of oxygen and blood transfusions.

ZachXBT identifies Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacker group, as behind Bybit $1.4B hack "the largest crypto exchange hack in history". — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's bid to deprive federal funding from programmes that incorporate "diversity, equity and inclusion" initiatives. U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that Trump's policy likely violates the First Amendment because it penalizes private organizations based on their viewpoints. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

A Trump-appointed judge greenlighted the administration's plans to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on administrative leave and recall many from field offices around the world. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

FoxNews: Judge grants 19 AGs preliminary injunction against DOGE access to Treasury payment system. — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

US stocks post worst slide in two months, 1.7%, on gloomy economic data. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

ZachXBT identifies Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacker group, as behind Bybit $1.4B hack "the largest crypto exchange hack in history." — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

Israel claims Hamas killed Bibas children with their 'bare hands' — contradicts Hamas claim the family was killed in an airstrike. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

What Elon Musk got wrong about why federal retirement is still managed out of a limestone mine. — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

Einstein wins again! Quarks obey relativity laws, Large Hadron Collider finds: Top quarks follow the rules of special relativity day and night. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Headline news that internationalists can use

Hamas hands over six hostages but Israel delays release of 600 Palestinians. Ceasefire in jeopardy as Israel waits for meeting of security cabinet under pressure from right wingers — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's bid to deprive federal funding from programmes that incorporate "diversity, equity and inclusion" initiatives. U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that Trump's policy likely violates the First Amendment because it penalizes private organizations based on their viewpoints. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

— And the judge said the policy is written so vaguely that it chills the free speech of federal contractors concerned they will be punished if they don't eliminate programmes meant to encourage a diverse workforce.

— Abelson, a Baltimore-based appointee of former President Joe Biden, said longstanding court precedent bars the federal government from "leveraging its funding to restrict federal contractors and grantees from otherwise exercising their First Amendment rights."

US offers UN resolution on war in Ukraine that's far short of rival European statement. — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Elon Musk is flagrantly gutting an agency in charge of regulating Tesla. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Danish ex-astronaut accuses Elon Musk over 'lie' about stranded astronauts. Musk replies with slur. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Catchup: Codex Alimentarius Commission: side events at the 47th session in Geneva: effective labelling for healthier food, promoting food safety and access to safe trade, foodborne disease data for action, new WHO Alliance for Food Safety. — 7 February 2025 (LINK)

Miscellaneous nuse

New FDA-approved diabetes drug slashes heart attack and stroke risk (14 February publication). — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

How four major newsrooms are using AI. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

— According to Semafor, NYT management is now supplying AI training to its journalists, debuting an internal AI tool called "Echo", and approving usage of external AI tools including Google's Vertex AI, a few Amazon AI products, and ironically, Microsoft's Copilot and a non-ChatGPT tool from OpenAI.

— Quartz: G/O Media has become a major proponent of AI in the newsroom.

— AP: it uses AI for translation, transcription, headlines, research, and even some automated articles, but general blogs are still left to human hands.

— The Washington Post: bot called "Ask the Post AI" takes questions, spits out a brief AI-generated response trained on Washington Post content, and then lists relevant articles below in a Google-like manner.

US propagandist paid by Kremlin targets German election with network of fake news sites. — 19 February 2025 (LINK)

Agenda

International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit will be held in Abuja, Nigeria 26 - 27 February. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Updates to Global-Geneva articles