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U.S. Treasury Secretary to announce Iran sanctions as Tehran dismisses economic warfare threat (LINK) — 24 August 2026
Norway pledges $9.2 billion to Ukraine for 2027, matching its 2026 aid levels: primary focus of the 2027 package will remain on military support, which will notably include direct procurement of weaponry from Ukraine's domestic defence industry (missiles) (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Ukraine drone strikes target second Russian retail giant: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of opening "Pandora's box" with strikes on economic targets (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Russia likely to mobilize at least 300,000 more troops to Ukraine war, Zelensky warns (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Israeli strikes kill three, including child, in Gaza Strip: the strikes came two days after a Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank following a rock-throwing incident (LINK) — 23 August 2026
21 former international cricket captains urge Pakistan to ensure 'humane treatment, proper medical care' for Imran Khan (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Catchup: Russian drones kill 15 people at a shopping mall in central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, officials say: Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: plus two other separate Russian attacks in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, left a total of 21 people dead (LINK) — 21 August 2026
US Postal Service details 95-page mail-in ballot restrictions despite court ruling, so that the rules can go into effect immediately if the existing court injunction is reversed (LINK) — 21 August 2026
Catchup: Somali pirates hijack oil tanker off Yemen in latest attack (LINK) — 20 August 2026
Breaking news
Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks in Jordan to de-escalate tensions (LINK) — 24 August 2026
U.K. Premier Burnham visits Kyiv to reaffirm UK support for Ukraine: to hand long-range missile blueprints to Zelensky (LINK) — 24 August 2026
Powerful storm hits Baltic countries, killing 2 and leaving around half a million people without electricity across Latvia and Lithuania (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Record heat dome locks in across the southern US (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Southern California heat wave could bring 112F(44.5C)-degree temperatures (LINK) — 23 August 2026
U.S.: human-caused wildfire near Reno, Nevada, prompts state of emergency as 90,000 urged to flee (LINK) — 22 August 2026
U.S.: Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Sunday countered President Donald Trump's recent claims that the measles, mumps and rubella — or MMR — vaccine could be lethal (LINK) — 23 August 2026
At least 30 killed in Guinea capital after massive waste pile collapses, trapping victims beneath garbage in three-story building below (LINK) — 23 August 2026
Kazakhstan votes in a parliamentary election expected to strengthen president's grip on power in Central Asia's largest nation: 73-year-old Tokayev, a former Soviet official and Kazakh diplomat who previously worked at the United Nations, has been in office since 2019 (LINK) — 23 August 2026
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Trump's misleading crime drop claims: in fact, crime had been falling for a couple years before Trump was elected to a second term. In fact, the violent crime rate Trump inherited from Biden was lower than what Biden inherited from Trump (LINK) — 21 August 2026
World Soccer Cup 2026 roundup
+Global Geneva agenda
Vote on best language learning app 2026 by 10 September for 23 September award: app profiles (LINK) — 18 August 2026
Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues organizes its 18th run of hope on 27 September to raise funds for the Geneva League Against Cancer (LINK) — 20 August 2026
— Participants may choose between a 5-kilometre run, a 10-kilometre run, or a 5-kilometre family walk along Geneva's Quai du Mont-Blanc and Quai Wilson.
Denmark targets August 21 for second Security Council UN chief poll (LINK) — 3 August 2026
25 to 27 October 2026: UNCTAD World Investment Forum 9: in Doha (LINK) — 22 January 2026
Road to the First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals being held in Geneva on 16 to 20 November 2026 (LINK) — 11 February 2026
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 (LINK) — 22 January 2026
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