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Jusoor International for Media and Developement: putting education in the service of sustainable development, 3 July 17h, Club Suisse de la Presse + online (LINK) 1 July 2025


Fox News: Senate passes Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' after marathon vote-a-rama (LINK) 1 July 2025

— Nearly every Republican in the upper chamber coalesced to advance Trump's $3.3 trillion megabill, save for Sens.Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Susan Collins, R-Maine. No Senate Democrat crossed the aisle to support the bill. Vice President JD Vance's tie-breaking vote was needed to push the bill across the finish line. The bill now heads to the House, where fiscal hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are frustrated with what they say are shallow spending cuts, and moderates are concerned over cuts to Medicaid. All have warned that they may not support the bill.

Guardian: What's in Trump's major tax bill? Extended cuts, deportations and more: GOP's sweeping legislation boosts wealthy, funds border wall and risks $3tn deficit before Trump's term ends (LINK) 1 July 2025


Trump hits back after Musk criticizes megabill as 'insane': suggests he could direct DOGE to probe subsidies awarded to the billionaire's companies (LINK) 1 July 2025

— Musk "may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!"


Trump administration raises possibility of stripping New York Democrat Mayoral contender Mamdani of US citizenship (LINK) 1 July 2025

— Mamdani, 33, who was born in Uganda to ethnic Indian parents, became a US citizen in 2018 and has attracted widespread media attention — and controversy — over his vocal support for Palestinian rights. Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican congressman for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support for "terrorism" during the naturalization process.


Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra suspended over leaked phone call with Cambodian leader while constitutional court considers a petition for her removal (LINK) 1 July 2025

— The deputy PM will serve as the country's acting leader. Paetongtarn, however, will remain in the cabinet as culture minister, a new appointment following a cabinet reshuffle that was endorsed hours before she was suspended. If she is eventually dismissed, Paetongtarn will be the second prime minister from the Pheu Thai party to be removed from premiership since August last year. At that time, her predecessor Srettha Thavisin was dismissed, also by the constitutional court, for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed. Paetongtarn's father is Thailand's deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra.


How will women's Euro 2025 teams and fans cope with sweltering heatwave in Switzerland? UEFA's hot weather protocol may come into effect during games, with players allowed water breaks if the wet bulb globe temperature exceeds 32C on the pitch (LINK) 1 July 2025

— Like most of Europe, temperatures in Switzerland are expected to be about 10C above average for the time of year. Temperatures could rise to highs of 35C, while there's also the threat of thunderstorms causing heavy downpours towards the end of the week. For the earlier kick-offs at 18:00 CET (17:00 BST), it is expected temperatures will be between 27 and 30C. But it's predicted to be cooler — between 24 and 27C — for the later 21:00 CET kick-offs. The tournament begins on 2 July as Iceland play Finland in Thun in the 17:00 BST game, with the temperature forecast to be 28C. However, it's expected to be 29C when hosts Switzerland face Norway in Basel later that evening. The heatwave is set to last until Monday, when temperatures are expected to drop by 10C to highs of 23C.


Ukrainian forces push Russian army away from Sumy, General Staff says (LINK) 30 June 2025


UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying: Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert 'catastrophic' rights and climate harms (LINK) 30 June 2025: Report in PDF — (LINK)


Trump revokes US sanctions on Syria (LINK) 30 June 2025


U.S. Republican plans to sell millions of acres of federal land for development and housing dropped: withdrawn from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act after it drew significant opposition from both sides of the political aisle (LINK) 28 June 2025


US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating ICE officers because of trend of agents detaining people while masking and wearing plainclothes (LINK) 28 June 2025


Catchup: At the UN Ocean Conference on 12 June, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to create the Melanesian Ocean Reserve: the first indigenous-led multi-national ocean reserve (LINK) 12 June 2025

— They will permit only sustainable economic activities consistent with indigenous values in their MOR waters. When complete, the Melanesian Ocean Reserve will span at least 6 million square kilometres of ocean and islands — an area as vast as the Amazon rainforest. It will encompass the combined national waters of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea, and connect with the protected waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone of New Caledonia.


TRUMP token now accepted for official Trump merchandise (LINK) 1 July 2025

— The range includes everything from distinctive fragrances to stylish sneakers and elegant watches, linking the vibrant world of political memecoins directly to tangible consumer goods. It's a bold step that challenges conventional notions of how digital currencies are perceived and utilized.

Donald Trump's crypto portfolio loses 78% of value in first half of 2025 (LINK) 1 July 2025


Dalai Lama, who turns 90 on July 6, 2025, set to reveal succession plan as China watches, hints Tibetan Buddhist institution could live on (LINK) — ground.news: 106 media reports (LINK) 30 June 2025


Jusoor International for Media and Developement: putting education in the service of sustainable development, 3 July 17h, Club Suisse de la Presse + online (LINK)


WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies): launching Investment for Good decade, 10 July 2025 15:00, Swiss Press Club + online (LINK)


UNCTAD financing for development Sevilla 30 June-2 July 2025: draft outcome document from 17 June (LINK) 28 June 2025

How did Spain come to be the only nation holding firm on its aid spending? By refusing to slash funding to poorer nations, Spain became an outlier in the new world disorder. Next week it hosts a UN summit in Seville to prove it: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development 30 June-3 July (LINK)

4th International Conference on Financing for Development 30 June - 3 July 2025 — (LINK)


WTO 6th Trade and Environment Week 30 June-4 July 2025, Geneva (LINK)

— The 2025 edition will feature 14 Member-organized side events, networking receptions and a display of sustainable products courtesy of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR).

WTO Trade and Environment Side Events (LINK) 1 July 2025


Switzerland not Viet Nam to host UNCTAD16 in Geneva 20-23 October 2025: "not possible to finalize the agreement with Viet Nam within the timeframe required to hold the conference in October 2025" (LINK)

— Geneva is the city where the 1st UN Conference on Trade and Development was held in 1964.


Youth at the forefront: building green, circular and just futures: webinar 26 June 15:30 (LINK)


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


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


World's top parliamentarians to meet in Geneva 29-31 July: Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, UN Geneva (LINK)

— Established in 2000 by the IPU, the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament brings together the highest level representatives of parliaments and the United Nations every five years.


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


Irène Zurkinden (1909–1987), rebel artist and friend of Meret Oppenheim, finally has her day in the Swiss spotlight at Basel's H. Geiger Kulturstiftung till 7 September (LINK, long article)

— The ambitious show, years in the making, attempts to reclaim Zurdinken's legacy from the margins of art history and position her as an artistic rebel, a daring woman who remained untethered to conventions, and whose outlook on the world around her was honest, unflinching, and dazzlingly inclusive. Last year, at Art Basel, New York's Meredith Rosen Gallery devoted its booth to Zurkinden, with Rosen calling her "truly… one of the greatest artists". That presentation followed the gallery's exhibition of her work in "The Paris Years" in the summer and fall of 2023, back in New York.


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.



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