# NuseReal

Guinea's Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leader — (LINK) ground.news: 26 media reports — 17 January 2026 (LINK)

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Trump asks countries to pay $1 billion for permanent Peace Board seats, a claim the White House denies as misleading — (LINK) ground.news: 62 media reports — 17 January 2026 (LINK)

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Switzerland joins Germany, Sweden, Italy, Portugal, Iceland, France, and more than 30 countries In Europe struggling with heightened travel barriers as Canada freezes start-up visa applications since 1 January (LINK) 17 January 2026

— "Canada's Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has stated that this pause is not a permanent decision but a strategic shift. The aim is to transition to a new, more selective entrepreneur pilot program that will be launched later in 2026. In the interim, individuals who have already secured a commitment certificate from a designated organization in 2025 will still be eligible to apply until June 30, 2026. However, new applicants without such certificates will face a difficult wait until the new program is operational."

— "For countries like Switzerland and Germany, known for their strong start-up cultures, the suspension is particularly difficult. Entrepreneurs who had hoped to capitalize on Canada's business-friendly immigration policies are now forced to reconsider their options, possibly delaying or even abandoning plans to establish themselves in Canada."

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Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase for 'debanking' him following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol (LINK) 17 January 2026

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UN treaty to protect 'extraordinary' marine life due to come into force on 17 January (LINK) 16 January 2026

— 148 countries, representing more than three-quarters of all UN member states, have signed on to the High Seas Treaty since it was adopted in June 2023. 81 governments agreed to include it in their national laws, bringing it into force. The treaty offers new protections to an area covering two-thirds of the world's oceans and as many as 10 million different species, many of which are still unidentified.

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Secretary-General on UN at 80: Speaking at Methodist Central Hall in London, the same venue where the first-ever UN General Assembly was held on 10 January 1946, he said the "values of multilateralism are being chipped away" (LINK) 17 January 2026

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Trump names Rubio, Blair, Kushner to lead Gaza Board of Peace — (LINK) ground.news: 519 media reports — 16 January 2026 (LINK)

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Saudi Arabia in talks With Egypt, Somalia on military coalition amid efforts to curb the UAE's influence in the region — (LINK) ground.news: 12 media reports — 16 January 2026 (LINK)

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China and Canada announce tariffs relief after a high-stakes meeting between Carney and Xi (LINK) 16 January 2026

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China and Russia in talks after halt to power supplies: Kommersant newspaper linked the halt to higher power prices in Russia compared with China's domestic prices — (LINK) ground.news: 21 media reports — 16 January 2026 (LINK)

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UN chief warns of a world in chaos as impunity and unpredictability spreads (LINK) 15 January 2026

UN chief's last annual speech slams world leaders for lack of cooperation — (LINK)

UN chief attacks world leaders putting cooperation on 'deathwatch' in final annual speech — (LINK)

AP: UN chief lashes out at countries violating international law — (LINK)

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Chad: 7 soldiers killed in reported clash at Sudanese border with RSF — (LINK) ground.news: 10 media reports — 15 January 2026 (LINK)

— NewArab: The RSF's war with the Sudanese army has killed tens of thousands of people and forced some 12 million from their homes since it erupted in April 2023.

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UNCTAD: 10 trends shaping global trade in 2026: lower growth, rising protectionism and structural shifts in value chains, services and regulation are redefining trade flows, creating new risks and opportunities (LINK) 15 January 2026

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Heather Cox Richardson: U.S. Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the Epstein files despite the law, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed requiring the release of those files in full no later than December 19 (LINK) 15 January 2026

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U.K. veterans aged 65 told to prepare for war (LINK) 15 January 2026

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Actor Timothy Busfield, 68, charged with sexually abusing boys on set of TV series (LINK) 15 January 2026

— Busfield,rwho starred in Thirtysomething and The West Wing, has made his first court appearance after turning himself in on criminal charges that he allegedly sexually abused two boys on the set of a TV series filmed in New Mexico, prosecutors say.

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Catchup: UN chief warns he could refer Israel to ICJ over laws targeting UNRWA (LINK) 13 January 2026

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Samsung set to hand out record bonuses as AI boom translates into profits (LINK) 18 January 2026

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Google search traffic to news sites plunges by one-third globally and 38% in the US (LINK) 18 January 2026

— Google responded by questioning the findings. Its own numbers do not match the sharp declines described in the report. Google also pointed out that the study left out traffic numbers from Google News. Social media platforms are also sending fewer readers to news websites. Since May 2023, traffic from Facebook has dropped 43% worldwide and 35% in America. Traffic from X fell even faster, declining 46% globally and 45% in the United States.

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Studies may have "detected" microplastics in the human brain because of a severe error: the same indicators for the materials used in microplastics like polyethylene can also be produced from the fats present in human tissue (LINK) 17 January 2026

— "At present, experts aren't sure how microplastics affect our health, nor have they definitely proven that they're harmful to us (though there are no shortage of studies suggesting they do). We do have plastics in us — that is safe to assume. But real hard proof on how much is yet to come."

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What the melting Alps have revealed (LINK) 17 January 2026

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DOJ says it has over 500 people reviewing millions of pages of Epstein files, no estimate on next release date yet (LINK) 16 January 2026

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Elon Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in 'wrongful gains' from his early support (LINK) 16 January 2026

— OpenAI gained between $65.5 ?billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur's ?contributions when he was co-founding what was then a startup from 2015, while Microsoft gained between $13.3 billion and $25.1 billion, Musk said in the federal court filing ahead of his trial against the two companies. "Without Elon Musk, there'd be no OpenAI. He provided the bulk of ?the ?seed funding, lent his reputation, and taught them all he knows about scaling a business. A pre-eminent expert quantified the value of that," Musk's lead trial lawyer Steven Molo said in a statement to Reuters.

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Elon Musk's xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules: Memphis activists who say 'Colossus' facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities (LINK) 15 January 2026

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US justice department investigating Minnesota Democrats Gov Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged obstruction of ICE (LINK) 16 January 2026

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The Martha Graham Dance Company, on a centennial nationwide tour, has announced it will no longer be performing at the Kennedy Center in April, joining a slew of other cancelations at the historic performing arts center in the wake of Donald Trump's controversial takeover. (LINK) 16 January 2026

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Letting sheep graze alongside solar panels: 'A massive leg-up' for U.K's armers and for panel operators — can save operators up to $67,000 per year on mowing and herbicide treatments, and many offer grazing rights at no cost, opening doors for producers who would otherwise be priced out of the industry (LINK) 16 January 2026

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Twice convicted, twice pardoned: Trump again pardons South Bay businesswoman convicted of fraud with brother (LINK) 16 January 2026

— Precisely why the two siblings were pardoned is unclear. No reason was given in the order Trump signed. The brother and sister were convicted by a jury in 2024 for running a scheme where several Otay Mesa companies they controlled bought an array of household goods from various companies and promised they would sell the products in Mexico or in domestic prisons and rehabilitation centers. That allowed them to purchase the goods at a discounted price. Instead, the products were sold back into the U.S. market – at U.S. level prices. After her release, both Adriana and Andres Camberos made a maximum $360 campaign fund to John McCann's 2022 mayoral campaign.

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Davos 2026 theme 'A Spirit of Dialogue': 19–23 January 2026 (LINK) 29 October 2025

— Discussions are centred around five key global challenges: cooperation in a contested world, unlocking new sources of growth, investing in people, deploying innovation responsibly, and building prosperity within planetary boundaries.

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Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator(GESDA) at WEF Davos for first time in 2026: future scientific discoveries in a contested world: panels 20 January – 15:00–15:45, 21 January – 10:00–12:00, 22 January – 14:00–14:45 (LINK) 14 January 2026

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From Punta del Este to Geneva | First Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1): 2 to 6 February 2026 at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG). (LINK) 12 January 2026

UNEP: In the run-up to the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1), the ISP-CWP Secretariat, in collaboration with the Geneva Environment Network, is organizing a series of events to prepare governments, non-government stakeholders and other interested parties for the session, to be held from 2 February to 6 February 2026 at CICG (LINK) 11 November 2025

— Established on 20 June 2025 under the mandate of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/8, the Panel addresses one of the most critical but under-supported pillars of the global environmental agenda: pollution.

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