# NuseReal

Swiss government outlines plan to stem affordable housing shortages — 5 February 2026 (LINK)

— Vacancy rate has dropped from 1.72% to 1% between 2020 and 2025, and rents have risen by 23.7% between 2009 and 2023.

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The Swiss medicines regulator Swissmedic has for the first time authorised a drug (Donanemab) that can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. — 4 February 2026 (LINK)

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UBS job layoffs expected in second half of year — 4 February 2026 (LINK)

— The bank gave no indication of the number of employees expected. According to recent media reports, staff numbers are expected to be reduced from an initial figure of around 115,000 to around 80,000.

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Court upholds exclusion of cross-border pupils from Geneva schools: it rejected 12 appeals from pupils living in France who wanted to be educated in the canton. — 3 February 2026 (LINK)

— "In the view of the Constitutional Chamber, the canton had acted lawfully in introducing the principle of schooling in the place of residence by way of regulation. However, the appellants have no place of residence in Switzerland and "cannot claim the right to receive sufficient free basic education there".

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9 Highlights from Art Genève 2026 — 3 February 2026 (LINK)

— Mark Westall: "Art Genève continues to prove why it sits in that sweet spot between rigor and discovery. Less frantic than the mega-fairs, more curated than a market sprawl, it rewards looking slowly — and this year delivered a strong mix of sculptural ambition, painterly restraint, institutional presence and a few moments of genuine joy."

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Switzerland's extraordinary medieval library: The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years — 3 February 2026 (LINK)

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Tether, a blockchain financial services company led by CEO Paolo Ardoino, has stockpiled 140 tons of gold worth upwards of $24 billion and stored it in a former nuclear bomb shelter in Switzerland — 2 February 2026 (LINK)

— Tether has been collecting gold as part of its business plan of selling gold-backed stablecoins called XAUT. A form of cryptocurrency, the way stablecoins are supposed to work is their value is tied to a currency or commodity. The Tether Gold website claims that each XAUT token represents direct ownership of actual gold within the company's Swiss vaults, minus a 0.25% transaction fee of the XAUT's value and other charges.

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GOP faces divide on ICE reforms as House struggles to end shutdown — 2 February 2026 (LINK)

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Is Jeff Bezos going to destroy the Washington Post? It sure looks like it, with Amazon contributing to the Trump inauguration and putting a ridiculous $40m behind a regrettable Melania Trump documentary that is leaving seats empty — 2 February 2026 (LINK)

— As a major round of newsroom layoffs is threatened — losses that would further weaken an already decimated staff — Bezos is doing what should be unthinkable.

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Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlash — 1 February 2026 (LINK)

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Carlos Alcaraz makes history with Australian Open title after defeating Novak Djokovic in enthralling men's final: youngest man ever to complete a career grand slam: at 22 years old, Alcaraz now joins an exclusive club comprising of just five other men who have won all four of tennis' grand slams — the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open — in the Open Era — 1 February 2026 (LINK)

Elena Rybakina, 26, the world No. 5, who was born in Russia but represents Kazakhstan, wins Australian Open for 2nd Grand Slam title against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka — (LINK)

— Rybakina will be elevated to world No. 3 when the WTA's latest rankings land Monday. Since Wimbledon last year, Rybakina has achieved a tour-best 37-6 record, while her latest triumph over Sabalenka extends her consecutive win streak over top-10 opponents to a career-best 10 matches. Sabalenka's loss is the second in succession for her in an Australian Open final. Last year, she was upset by American Madison Keys, also in three sets. Each of the two years prior, she was crowned champion at Melbourne Park.

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Melania film earns $8m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade. However 'Melania' fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promote — 1 February 2026 (LINK)

— The Hollywood Reporter said that the Brett Ratner-directed documentary defied predictions that it would bomb "based on empty, or nearly empty, seat maps in cinemas across the country". The film, which follows Melania Trump as she prepared to re-enter the White House in early 2025, was beaten at the box office by two horror films: Iron Lung and Rachel McAdams's Send Help. But it managed to beat out action film Shelter. The Hollywood Reporter described it as an "expensive propaganda doc" and "a film that fawns so lavishly over its subject that you feel downright unpatriotic not gushing over it". In trailing credits, it added, the first lady's achievements are rolled "in such laudatory fashion that North Korea would blush".

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Bitcoin's price may have seen 'deepest pullback' at $77K: Analyst — 1 February 2026 (LINK)

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Bitcoin's 'hopium' for bulls may be over and this weekend's slide could be just the beginning — 1 February 2026 (LINK)

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Wharton study says stock returns aren't random: aggregate stock returns predictably drift, overshoot, and reverse because even sophisticated markets struggle with repetition — 1 February 2026 (LINK)

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LA Olympics chief says he 'deeply regrets' emails in 2003 with Ghislaine Maxwell — 31 January 2026 (LINK)

DOJ concludes Epstein files review with release of 3.5 million records: Members of Congress can request to review un-redacted portions of the files — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

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Gold and silver plunge, suffering their worst losses since the 1980s — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

Gold price tumbles as Trump's Fed chair pick eases central bank independence fear — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

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Bitcoin pulls back to as low as $81,000 as horrendous day continues: sheds nearly $10,000 over 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low of just under $81,000 — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

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Brutal selloff! Gold, silver prices crash in exceptionally volatile session: traders lock in profits following Thursday's record-breaking rally — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

— On the MCX, silver futures fell by 3.04% while gold dropped 1.28%, influenced by bearish global markets and a stronger US dollar.

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More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC this week, official says: Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world's coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

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Cold Florida weather delays earliest crewed Artemis 2 launch opportunity: now set for 8 February at earliest — 30 January 2026 (LINK)

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Tesla throws in the towel on car sales: The death of the Model S and Model X signal a new era for Tesla: the end of its traditional car business — 30 January 2026 (LINK limited)

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Indonesian couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol under Aceh province's sharia law — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

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Microsoft loses $357b in market cap (10%) after stock drop — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

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US dollar falls again as debasement fears outweigh Bessent's boost — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

Fed holds interest rates steady for first time since July — (LINK)

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Swissport pioneers Switzerland’s first fully electric aircraft turnaround at Geneva Airport: decarbonizing its ground operations on its pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050, including the objective to electrify 55% of its worldwide ground support equipment fleet by 2032 — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

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Amazon blocks mainstream press from watching 'Melania' documentary at Kennedy Center — 29 January 2026 (LINK)

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Zelensky condemns Russian drone strike that killed five on passenger train — 28 January 2026 (LINK)

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Trump-appointed Kennedy Center programming head resigns just days into job — 28 January 2026 (LINK limited)

Filmogaz — (LINK)

US: National Symphony Orchestra's music director says it will not leave Trump Admin-run Kennedy Center — 28 January 2026 (LINK)

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Around 300 people evacuated after fire at Courcheval hotels in French Alps, officials say — 27 January 2026 (LINK)

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Gladys Mae West, the pioneering black mathematician who helped lay the foundation for GPS, die in January 2026 at 95 — 28 January 2026 (LINK)

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The 'Doomsday Clock' is now 85 seconds to midnight — the closest it's ever been: 4 seconds closer to midnight than it was in 2025 — 27 January 2026 (LINK)

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From Punta del Este to Geneva | First Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1): at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG). (LINK) 12 January 2026

2 February to 6 February 2026: 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, 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.

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Feb 11: US to host meeting of Western Hemisphere defence chiefs — (LINK) ground.news: 26 media reports — 23 January 2026 (LINK)

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25 to 27 October: UNCTAD World Investment Forum 9: in Doha — 22 January 2026 (LINK)

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11 to 15 July 2027: International AIDS Society announces Geneva as host city for IAS 2027:: Around 5,000 people from more than 130 countries are expected to attend. Registration for IAS 2027 will open in November 2026 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)

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