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U.S.-Iran Swiss talks postponed as Vance cancels trip and Israel intensifies strikes in southern Lebanon (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Iran war day 111: Tehran warns US as 14-point plan takes effect (LINK) — 18 June 2026
Italy's Meloni says Trump 'made up' story that she 'begged' him for photo at G7 (LINK) — 20 June 2026
Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump's comments about Meloni: headline — (LINK)
UK to provide 150,000 drones to Ukraine as part of $996 million package (LINK) — 18 June 2026
Moscow hit by largest Ukrainian attack since start of Russia's full-scale war: close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital (LINK) — 18 June 2026
— BBC: Almost 1,000 drones and four Ukrainian cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed across the country in 24 hours — Russia's defence ministry.
Explosions, sustained gunfire at airport in Niger capital, witnesses say (LINK) — 18 June 2026
Swiss central bank readies for FX intervention if safe haven franc strengthens but left its main policy rate unchanged on Thursday (LINK) — 18 June 2026
UK: Interest rates held as Bank warns of impact of high energy prices (LINK) — 18 June 2026
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Al Jazeera: UN meeting erupts over sexual violence allegations against Israel (LINK video) — 20 June 2026
UN agencies IAEA and WFP launch $1 million project to contain screwworm outbreak in Central America, Mexico amd US (sending beef prices there to near record highs) (LINK) — 19 June 2026
— The outbreak could be tackled through the release of flies treated with radiation to make them unable to reproduce, the agencies said. The sterile flies then mate with wild flies, reducing the population over time. Emergency response efforts could require up to 600 million sterile flies a week, they said. The only operational facility located in Panama now produces about 100 ?million. They said planned capacity in Metapa de Dominguez, Mexico, and Mission, Texas, could add up to 400 million sterile flies a week in coming years.
Swiss government wants to strengthen medicine supply: plans to make it easier to import and manufacture medicines. Online sales of over-the-counter medicines are also set to become easier (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Swiss Parliament proposes VAT increase by 0.4% to fund 13th Swiss pension payment (LINK) — 19 June 2026
— As the Constitution must be amended to implement it, the people and the cantons must give their approval at the ballot box. The referendum could take place before the end of the year.
Poland strips Zelensky of country's highest honour, escalating World War II-era row (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Orbán-appointed Hungarian president bans him from returning to power (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Trump's reflecting pool nightmare takes another turn, as the algae controversy leads to an even more embarrassing discovery: videos of blue paint strips peeling off the bottom — "hydrogen peroxide is a paint remover" (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Kennedy Center refuses to take tarps off where Trump's name was removed (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Horses originated in America and reached Europe through China, fossil DNA reveals: believed to be restricted to northeastern China, genomic analysis shows the Dalian horse's range extended to southern Siberia and Yakutia (LINK) — 20 June 2026
Solar power generates more energy than coal in the US for the first time ever (LINK) — 19 June 2026
China helped solar power hit record expansion levels by adding more than the rest of the world combined in 2025 — (LINK)
Swiss ski resort, the Glarus mountain village of Braunwald, closes because of climate change (LINK) — 19 June 2026
The Shroud of Turin: What the latest scientific evidence finally proves about "Jesus' burial cloth": five independent scientific clocks have completely shattered the medieval forgery narrative (LINK) — 19 June 2026
— The Queen Zone: The famous 1989 Nature study concluded with 95% confidence that the Shroud was a medieval fake dating to 1260 to 1390 AD. However, the raw data kept by the British Museum was hidden for decades until a legal request forced its release in 2017. A groundbreaking 2019 study published in Archaeometry analyzed this raw data and found it completely lacked statistical homogeneity. The single sample tested came from a heavily contaminated corner that had been invisibly repaired by medieval nuns. In fact, chemist Raymond Rogers proved this corner contains medieval dye and starch, whereas the main body of the Shroud does not. The Shroud's molecular decay perfectly matches that of a historical linen sample from the siege of Masada, dating to 55 to 74 AD. The reddish stains on the cloth are not artistic paint, but real human group AB blood. Furthermore, the blood soaked into the linen before the body image was formed, proving the cloth wrapped a real corpse.
Texas Air Force base hit with flu outbreak infecting nearly 160 troops after Hegseth lifts vaccine requirement, prompting the Air Force to temporarily require recruits there to once again get the flu shot: report (LINK) — 19 June 2026
SpaceX stock has officially fallen down to the low $170s from the $220s, down over 20 percent over its all-time high on Tuesday (LINK) — 19 June 2026
Global Dialogue on AI Governance: PalExpo 6-7 July 2026 (LINK) — 2 June 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