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U.S.-China trade deal includes 55% tariff, Trump says. Deal also settles rare earths issues (LINK) 10 June 2025

Donald Trump proposes new crime with 'automatic' 1-year prison sentence: burning the U.S. flag (LINK) 10 June 2025

UN: International Day of Play: 2025 Theme: Choose Play Every Day (LINK) 11 June 2025

— A high-level event to promote the importance of play will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 11 June, co-hosted by UNICEF and UNESCO. Senior government representatives from Member States are expected to attend. It is estimated that 160 million children around the world are working instead of playing or learning. Only 1 in 4 children play out regularly on their street compared their grandparents generation where almost three-quarters said they played outside a few times a week. 41% of children had been told to stop playing out by either their parents or other adults such as neighbours.

EU unveils 18th package of sanctions against Russia, targeting energy, banking, oil (LINK) 10 June 2025

Former student, 21, takes own life in a school bathroom after gunning down 10 in Graz school: authorities have not confirmed the gunman's motive (LINK) 10 June 2025

Grim World Bank update warns Trump ushers in worst growth in 60 years: "trade tension is setting the stage for the weakest decade of growth since the 1960s. Economic development in many of the poorest parts of the world has come to a standstill" (LINK) 10 June 2025

US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says (LINK) 10 June 2025

Ukrainian F-16 scores air-to-air kill for the first time on 7 June (LINK) 10 June 2025

Russia's budget deficit up fivefold over 2024 (LINK) 10 June 2025

UN Ocean Conference catchup: Tonga poised to be the first country to recognize rights of whales: "The time has come to recognize whales not merely as resources but as sentient beings with inherent rights" (LINK) 10 June 2025

— Tongan Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku'ahos remarks were made during a speech she gave before the One Ocean Science Congress on 4 June, an event aimed at providing scientific insights about the ocean's health to global policymakers.

Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden (but see below) (LINK) 10 June 2025

— HuffPost: Fort Liberty reverted to Bragg, but in honor of the World War II medal-winner Roland Bragg, not the treasonous Braxton Bragg from the Civil War — (LINK)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sold tons of stock the week before 'Liberation Day' stock market plunge: made between $100,000 and $550,000 in stock sales the week ahead of Trump's tariff announcement, new disclosure reports show (LINK) 10 June 2025

Trump's failed Fox News gotcha moment proves he was wrong all along about call to California Government to alert him to National Guard deployment against protestors against immigration raids (LINK) 10 June 2025

Eurostar plans direct link between London and Geneva (LINK) 10 June 2025

Lake Léman surface water temperature at Geneva falls from 19 to 11 degrees because of almost annual upwelling at Whitsun (LINK in French) 10 June 2025

— Record was on end of June 2017 from 23 to 8 in two days at Bain des Pâquis.

Adorable animal content truly makes the internet more positive, study shows (LINK) 10 June 2025

— Writing in the Journal of Consumer Research, researchers argue that sharing animal photos and videos, often with a cute hashtag or humorous text, creates a "digital affective encounter" — an online experience that elicits positive feelings. The paper is built on the MSc thesis of Ghalia Shamayleh, MSc 19, Ph.D. 24. She is now an assistant professor at the ESSEC Business School outside Paris, France.

Annecy International Animation Film Festival 8-14 June (LINK)

WTO: Trade and Environment Week 30 June-4 July (LINK)

Swiss sign human rights declaration for 2025 European Women's Football Championship on July 2-27 (LINK)

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

Geneva to host new international talks on plastic pollution on August 5-14. (LINK)

Swiss Pavilion during the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan ("Designing Future Society for Our Lives": April 13 to October 13, 2025) includes The Geneva Public Portal to Anticipation: "From Heidi to High-Tech". (LINK)

— A first-of-its-kind interactive exhibition, designed to immerse the public in future scenarios generated by AI using data from the GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar.

— Foreign Ministry: Innovation and trade at heart of Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis's official visit to Japan — (LINK)

— Swissinfo: The Swiss Pavilion in Osaka expects over one million visitors — (LINK).

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