# NuseReal

Breaking nuse

Israel and Hamas appear close to a ceasefire deal. These are the sticking points. — 22 December 2024 (LINK)

Ripple has pledged $5 million in XRP to support the inauguration events of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in January. This donation marks the largest cryptocurrency contribution ever made for a political event. Other major crypto firms, including Coinbase, Kraken, and Ondo Finance, have also committed $1 million each to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. — 22 December 2024 (LINK)

Pakistan military court jails 25 Imran Khan over 2023 attacks. — 21 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 54 media reports (LINK)

US military conducts precision airstrikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa. — 21 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 103 media reports (LINK)

Five dead, 200 injured in Magdeburg Christmas market attack. — 20 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 1022 media reports (LINK)

38 people are dead and over 100 missing in Congo after a ferry capsizes on the Busira River. — 20 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 56 media reports (LINK)

Over 20 civilians killed in central Mali village attacks by groups with links to Al Qaeda and Islamic State. — 20 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports (LINK)

Other headline news that internationalists can use

US President Biden authorises US$571 million in military aid to Taiwan: China objects. — 22 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 91 media reports (LINK)

FAO says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa: predicts number will rise to 52 million by mid-2025. — 20 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports (LINK)

Ukraine drones hit Russian hideout in war's first unmanned ground attack. — 21 December 2024 (LINK)

— The head of a Ukrainian brigade said that the attack on an unspecified date had destroyed Russian positions near Lyptsi, a village in the Kharkiv region.

Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6 in Kursk region: Ukrainian sources suggested that the target of the attack was a military barracks housing Russian officers.. — 21 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 128 media reports (LINK)

World Food Programme says three staff killed in Sudan by aerial strike. — 20 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 14 media reports (LINK)

US says it killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif in Syria airstrike on 19 December. — 20 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 101 media reports (LINK)

Catchup: Virginia man convicted of ISIS crypto financing scheme. — 16 December 2024 (LINK)

— His primary co-conspirator was a British-born ISIS member residing in Syria.

Miscellaneous nuse

Trump: Panama will lose control of Canal if it continues to 'rip-off' US. — 21 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 104 media reports (LINK)

'Possibly intoxicated' driver.Driver killed by police after driving truck into Killeen Mall, Texas: at least 5 injured. — 21 December 2024 (LINK)

Scientists observe 'negative time' in quantum experiments. — 21 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 18 media reports (LINK)

The world's largest iceberg, twice as large as Greater London, has broken free in Antarctica and is on the move, heading towards the island of South Georgia. — 21 December 2024 (LINK)

Agenda

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos/Klosters: "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age", 20-24 January 2025. — 20 December 2024 (LINK)

Gaza cultural heritage on show in Geneva in 'Patrimony in Peril' exhibition at Museum of Art and History: 5 October-9 February 2025— 5 October 2024 (LINK)

— The artefacts are from a collection of more than 530 objects that have been stored in crates in a secure warehouse in Geneva since 2007, unable to return to Gaza. The exhibition, which runs until February 9, also includes artefacts from Sudan, Syria and Libya. It was staged to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

Musica ex Machina: an exhibition about algorithmic music: EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, till 29 June 2025 — (LINK)

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