# NuseReal

Georgian opposition figure arrested over alleged arson attempt at Tbilisi court (LINK) 29 November 2025

— Alexander Elisashvili, also called Aleko, broke into the court office building in the capital of Georgia early in the morning by breaking a window with a hammer. He then poured gasoline around the office, the ministry said on Facebook. The 47-year-old, who started the Citizens party and used to be an opposition lawmaker, had a gun and hurt a court worker when he was arrested, the ministry added.

Opposition leader detained in Azerbaijan's continuing crackdown on dissent (LINK) 29 November 2025

— Ali Karimli, a leader of the opposition in Azerbaijan, was arrested on Saturday, his adviser said. Karimli, who leads the Popular Front Party, was not answering phone calls, and his home was searched. Another party member, Mammad Ibrahim, was also arrested and had his home searched. Officials have not shared any details about the arrests. Some media close to the government said the arrests are linked to a criminal case against Ramiz Mehdiyev, a former top presidential official, accused of trying to take over the government, betraying the country, and money laundering. He is currently under house arrest, but the government hasn't confirmed these charges. President Ilham Aliyev has been in charge of Azerbaijan, a country of about 10 million people, since 2003, taking over from his father.

Honduras ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández whom Trump plans to pardon flooded America with cocaine (LINK) 29 November 2025

— He accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras. A man was killed in prison to protect him. Hernández was convicted in the U.S. on drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, WHO warns (LINK) 28 November 2025

— Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 — yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly children, still died from the virus last year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. Dr. Kate O’Brien, WHO’s Director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, said: "One person can infect up to 18 others. Many people think measles is not serious — but it is, and it can be deadly. One in five infected children ends up in the hospital." Last year, around 11 million people worldwide were infected, nearly 800,000 more than in the pre-pandemic period. Most of the deaths occurred in children under five, with about 80 per cent in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. "But no child needs to suffer the consequences of measles," Dr. O’Brien stressed. "Two doses of vaccine provide 95 per cent protection. The tragedy is that children are unprotected because the system is not reaching them."

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends strikes after Washington Post story of 'kill everybody' order after first strike: 'Fake news': "Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization." (LINK) 28 November 2025

— The Hill: The U.S. military has carried out over 20 strikes targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing more than 80 people that the administration has said were "narco-terrorists".

Tunisia hands up to 45-year prison sentences to "dozens" of opposition, business, media figures: charges of 'conspiracy against state security' and 'belonging to a terrorist group' (LINK) 28 November 2025

— Nearly 40 defendants, many of whom are critics of President Kais Saied, were sentenced to up to 66 years in April for "conspiracy against state security" and "belonging to a terrorist group".

S African ex-leader Zuma’s daughter quits parliament amid Russia war recruitment claims (LINK) 28 November 2025

Russia shut out of IMO Council for third straight year as vote count drops to 47 — far below the 113 needed for election (LINK) 28 November 2025

— Breakbulk News: Its absence from the Council strips it of voting rights on high-stakes decisions — including implementation of the revised 2025 IMO GHG Strategy, which commits member states to net-zero emissions "by or around 2050", and upcoming amendments to SOLAS and MARPOL covering cyber-risk management and autonomous vessel operations.

India imported 5.4 million tonnes of Russian oil, says CREA; Moscow relying on old tankers to dodge Western sanctions, according to a report by the European think tank, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) (LINK) 27 November 2025

Catchup: Greenlandic families fight to get children back now parenting tests banned (LINK) 23 November 2025

King hails playwright Sir Tom Stoppard as 'one of our greatest writers' and "deeply saddened" by the loss of "a dear friend": Sir Mick Jagger pays tribue to his "favourite playwright" (LINK) 30 November 2025

Housing crisis pushes young americans into crypto gambles: study (LINK) 30 November 2025

A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media (LINK) 30 November 2025

New review highlights the pathway to ecological success: successful environmental restoration is dependent on bridging the gap between ecological science and understanding the social and economic forces that drive change (LINK) 29 November 2025

Toys R Us, America's former retail leader, closed 1000s of stores, only 5 left (LINK) 29 November 2025

Ludwig Minelli, who founded assisted suicide nonprofit Dignitas, dies at one of his own clinics at age 92, days before his birthday: was also the founder and general secretary of the Swiss Society for the European Convention on Human Rights (LINK) 29 November 2025

Captain Cook was cooked, but not eaten, says a remarkable new book about the navigator (LINK) 29 November 2025

The billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing: one of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 billion in 2024 (LINK) 28 November 2025

— In the fall of 2020, Science of the Total Environment published a study claiming that jade amulets from traditional Chinese medicine could prevent COVID-19. The journal has now been expelled from the group due to the discovery of numerous irregular articles.

'Nature feeds us more than it floods us': North Carolina Asheville after-school program teaches kids to forage after Hurricane Helene (LINK) 27 November 2025

Catchup: Mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl may eat radiation (LINK) 25 November 2025

Horizon Santé 2025, 28-29 November, explores the future of healthcare: UNIL and EPFL: talks, information stands, presentations, science cafés and fun workshops for children (LINK) 26 November 2025

World Aids Day 1 December 2025: Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response (LINK) 26 November 2025 — Geneva programme — (LINK)

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.

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.