Breaking nuse
Israel announces military operation expanding in Gaza to seize 'large areas' (LINK) — ground.news: 41 media reports (LINK) — 2 April 2025
Myanmar earthquake survivors without food and shelter as death toll rises above 2,700 (LINK) — ground.news: 377 media reports (LINK) — 2 April 2025
Bangkok to review quake safety after collapse of high-rise leaves dozens missing (LINK) — ground.news: 202 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years: Russia calls up 160,000 men aged 18-30 as it moves to expand the size of its military.— 1 April 2025 (LINK)
The value of frozen Russian assets in Switzerland currently stands at CHF7.4 billion ($8.4 billion), the Swiss government announced. This represents an increase of CHF1.6 billion in one year. Additional assets have been identified, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). (LINK). — 1 April 2025
— In addition to these CHF7.4 billion, 14 real estate assets of individuals, companies or entities targeted by the European Union's sanctions against Russia have been taken over by Switzerland.
Climate change could wipe 40% off global economy, study predicts: models often contain a fundamental flaw Most prior research predicts that even extreme warming of 4°C will have only mild negative impacts on the global economy by the end of the century – between 7 percent and 23 percent.
Such modelling is usually based on the effects of weather shocks in the past. However, these shocks have typically been confined to a local or regional scale, and balanced out by conditions elsewhere.they assume a national economy is affected only by weather in individual countries. — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
— Most prior research predicts that even extreme warming of 4°C will have only mild negative impacts on the global economy by the end of the century — between 7% and 23%. Such modelling is usually based on the effects of weather shocks in the past. However, these shocks have typically been confined to a local or regional scale, and balanced out by conditions elsewhere. But future climate change will increase the risk of weather shocks occurring simultaneously across countries and more persistently over time.
— "We found if the Earth warms by more than 3°C by the end of the century, the estimated harm to the global economy jumped from an average of 11% (under previous modelling assumptions) to 40% (under our modelling assumptions). This level of damage could devastate livelihoods in large parts of the world." — Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney.
An 'administrative error' sends a Maryland father to a Salvadoran prison: the Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.— 1 April 2025 (LINK)
"JD Vance demonizes innocent man sent to El Salvador" — (LINK)
— Even though administration lawyers have acknowledged the error, Vance is publicly insisting on social media that Garcia was in fact a member of the infamous Central American MS-13 gang — citing as evidence court records that do not in fact say this.
Democrats' win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
Russia rejects US peace deal for Ukraine and issues new set of demands — 31 March 2025 (LINK)
Headline news that internationalists can use
Thailand braces for US$7 billion or more in losses from Trump's tariffs: Thailand has offered to try to increase imports of corn, soybeans, crude and ethane to narrow its trade surplus with the United States — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
Israel eliminates remaining tariffs on US goods ahead of Trump move (LINK) — ground.news: 22 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs will go into effect immediately, White House says — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
UN-backed forum in Lusaka seeks to boost resilience of world's Least Developed Countries — 31 March 2025 (LINK)
Miscellaneous nuse
US Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours in Congress criticizing the Trump administration: set a new record for the longest continuous speech in the Senate, surpassing Senator Strom Thurmond's 24-hour speech in 1957 to try to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act. — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
Gangs strike in Haiti's heartland Mirebalais, central Haiti, as hundreds flee under heavy gunfire: The attackers, identified as members of the 400 Mawozo and Taliban gangs, wore stormed a jail and
released approximately 500 inmates (LINK) — ground.news: 36 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
U.S. DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO murder case (LINK) — ground.news: 435 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
An 'administrative error' sends a Maryland father to a Salvadoran prison: the Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.— 1 April 2025 (LINK)
"JD Vance demonizes innocent man sent to El Salvador" — (LINK)
— Even though administration lawyers have acknowledged the error, Vance is publicly insisting on social media that Garcia was in fact a member of the infamous Central American MS-13 gang — citing as evidence court records that do not in fact say this.
Agenda
UN-backed forum in Lusaka seeks to boost resilience of world's Least Developed Countries — 31 March 2025. (LINK)
Geneva to host new international talks on plastic pollution on August 5-14. (LINK)
Swiss sign human rights declaration for 2025 European Women's Football Championship on July 2-27. (LINK)
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