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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's justice department issued directive on 11 June to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses (LINK) 30 June 2025
Iran can regain capability to enrich uranium for a bomb within months, IAEA chief says (LINK) — ground.news: 58 media reports (LINK) 28 June 2025
At least 1.2 million Afghans forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, says UN (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK) 28 June 2025
UNCTAD financing for development Sevilla 30 June-2 July 2025: draft outcome document from 17 June (LINK) 28 June 2025
This year's UN climate talks are already behind, 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil: thorny questions about who will pay for global climate action derailed a climate summit in Bonn, Germany, this week. (LINK) 27 June 2025
Thai authorities defuse four bombs in Phuket, arrest suspects (LINK) — ground.news: 15 media reports (LINK) 27 June 2025
— Two male suspects were reported to have given information on the explosive devices, and are said to come from the southern Thai province of Pattani. Their motive, however, remains unclear.
'Slaughter masquerading as aid': MSF slams US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (LINK) — ground.news: 26 media reports (LINK) 27 June 2025
— The foundation "is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies," MSF said in a statement, demanding that the scheme be "immediately dismantled".
ITC: The future of online marketplaces: what's next for e-commerce entrepreneurs, particularly SMEs? (LINK) 27 June 2025
— Marketplace niches are getting deeper, and more profitable. Social commerce is blurring the lines between browsing and buying. AI-powered marketplaces are here, and they're smarter than ever. Sustainability is becoming a selling point. Cross-border trade is getting easier, and more inclusive: "digital platforms are key to unlocking intra-African trade, which is projected to grow by 50% over the next five years."
Global public debt hits a record $102 trillion in 2024, striking developing countries hardest (LINK) 26 June 2025
— Since 2010, developing countries' debt has grown at double the pace of advanced economies. Today, 3.4 billion people live in countries spending more on interest payments than on health or education.
The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on Isfahan nuclear bunker, one of Iran's largest nuclear sites, last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US' top general told senators during a briefing (LINK) 26 June 2025
WEF New Champions: Entrepreneurship for a New Era: roundup (LINK) 26 June 2025
Closing session roundup — (LINK video 15min)
Geneva becomes global hub for school connectivity with inauguration of Giga Connectivity Centre (LINK) 25 June 2025
— ITU-UNICEF initiative establishes new base for bringing every school online and promoting digital development: Located in Campus Biotech, the joint initiative's new headquarters serve as a space for collaboration and innovation, bringing together governments, the private sector, international organizations and other stakeholders.
Catchup: US digs heels in over China's bid to host ITU's World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027: the other contender, Rwanda, withdrew last week (LINK) 23 June 2025
Breaking news
US Senate to begin voting on Trump's 'big beautiful bill' (LINK) 30 June 2025
— When the bill comes up for a full Senate vote, expected either late on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, Republicans can only afford three defections in order for the bill to pass. If they lose three votes, Vice President JD Vance will have to cast a tie-breaking vote. The bill will then return to the House of Representatives, where leadership has advised a full vote on the Senate's bill could come as early as Wednesday morning.
International Conference on Financing for Development opens with a renewed global framework to tackle sustainable development challenges (LINK) 30 June 2025
US skips global UN meeting aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty (LINK) 30 June 2025
— At the last preparatory meeting on June 17, the United States rejected the outcome document that had been negotiated for months by the U.N.'s 193 member nations and announced its withdrawal from the process and the Seville conference.
— The Seville Commitment document, approved by consensus, will be adopted by conference participants without changes. It says delegates have agreed to launch "an ambitious package of reforms and actions to close the financing gap with urgency."
— It calls for a minimum tax revenue of 15% of a country's gross domestic product to increase government resources, a tripling of lending by multilateral development banks and scaling up of private financing by providing incentives for investing in critical areas like infrastructure. It also calls for reforms to help countries deal with rising debt.
Robert Reich:
Trump's giant budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even richer bill is a travesty, the worst Bill in history (LINK) 30 June 2025
Russia launched its largest aerial attack of the war, Ukraine says (LINK) 29 June 2025
— Moscow fired 537 aerial weapons toward Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, according to Ukraine's air force. Among these weapons, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely electronically jammed.
Canada rescinds tech tax on U.S., Canadian Prime Minister Carney says trade talks with US have resumed (LINK) 29 June 2025
Idaho firefighters killed in ambush, SWAT team find man with firearm dead on Canfield Mountain, Idaho, after hours-long manhunt (LINK) 29 June 2025
— "We do believe the suspect started the fire and we do believe that it was an ambush and it was intentional," sheriff said, noting that a preliminary investigation suggests there was only one gunman. "This was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in a service change notice this week that it would be ending the importing, processing and distribution of data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS), essential for forecasting hurricanes (LINK) 28 June 2025
— Part of three weather satellites in low-Earth orbit they are maintained by NOAA in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense. The SSMIS provides critical weather information that can't yet be replaced by other satellites and weather instruments, according to NOAA. "This service change and termination will be permanent," wrote NOAA.
Major news
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's justice department issued directive on 11 June to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses (LINK) 30 June 2025
Iran can regain capability to enrich uranium for a bomb within months, IAEA chief says (LINK) — ground.news: 58 media reports (LINK) 28 June 2025
At least 1.2 million Afghans forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, says UN (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK) 28 June 2025
UNCTAD financing for development Sevilla 30 June-2 July 2025: draft outcome document from 17 June (LINK) 28 June 2025
This year's UN climate talks are already behind, 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil: thorny questions about who will pay for global climate action derailed a climate summit in Bonn, Germany, this week. (LINK) 27 June 2025
Thai authorities defuse four bombs in Phuket, arrest suspects (LINK) — ground.news: 15 media reports (LINK) 27 June 2025
— Two male suspects were reported to have given information on the explosive devices, and are said to come from the southern Thai province of Pattani. Their motive, however, remains unclear.
'Slaughter masquerading as aid': MSF slams US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (LINK) — ground.news: 26 media reports (LINK) 27 June 2025
— The foundation "is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies," MSF said in a statement, demanding that the scheme be "immediately dismantled".
ITC: The future of online marketplaces: what's next for e-commerce entrepreneurs, particularly SMEs? (LINK) 27 June 2025
— Marketplace niches are getting deeper, and more profitable. Social commerce is blurring the lines between browsing and buying. AI-powered marketplaces are here, and they're smarter than ever. Sustainability is becoming a selling point. Cross-border trade is getting easier, and more inclusive: "digital platforms are key to unlocking intra-African trade, which is projected to grow by 50% over the next five years."
Global public debt hits a record $102 trillion in 2024, striking developing countries hardest (LINK) 26 June 2025
— Since 2010, developing countries' debt has grown at double the pace of advanced economies. Today, 3.4 billion people live in countries spending more on interest payments than on health or education.
The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on Isfahan nuclear bunker, one of Iran's largest nuclear sites, last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US' top general told senators during a briefing (LINK) 26 June 2025
WEF New Champions: Entrepreneurship for a New Era: roundup (LINK) 26 June 2025
Closing session roundup — (LINK video 15min)
Geneva becomes global hub for school connectivity with inauguration of Giga Connectivity Centre (LINK) 25 June 2025
— ITU-UNICEF initiative establishes new base for bringing every school online and promoting digital development: Located in Campus Biotech, the joint initiative's new headquarters serve as a space for collaboration and innovation, bringing together governments, the private sector, international organizations and other stakeholders.
Catchup: US digs heels in over China's bid to host ITU's World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027: the other contender, Rwanda, withdrew last week (LINK) 23 June 2025
Miscellaneous
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
Iran revises Evin prison strike toll on 23 June to 71 as judiciary reports 935 war dead (LINK) — ground.news: 264 media reports (LINK) 30 June 2025
— Iran also confirmed that top prosecutor Ali Ghanaatkar had been killed in the attack. Ghanaatkar's prosecution of dissidents, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, had led to widespread criticism by human rights groups.
The ongoing heatwave in Switzerland has forced the Beznau nuclear power plant, which relies on water from the River Aare, to halve its output. (LINK) 30 June 2025
U.S. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem secretly pocketed $80K from dark money group: report (LINK) 30 June 2025
Heartbreaking truth behind 'Afghan girl' photo (LINK) 30 June 2025
Italy and Spain bake in temperatures above 40°C as cities issue red alerts and regions mull work bans (LINK) 29 June 2025
Rescuers evacuate 50,000 from the Seferihisar district near Izmir as Turkey battles wildfires (LINK) — ground.news: 95 media reports (LINK) 29 June 2025
Trump says 'Mr Japan' unfair on cars, floats keeping 25% tariff (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports (LINK) 29 June 2025
— "They won't take our cars, right? And yet we take millions and millions of their cars into the United States. It's not fair," Mr Trump said during a Fox News interview. "Dear Mr Japan, here's the story. You're going to pay a 25 per cent tariff on your cars."
"After studying hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, I can see some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong" (LINK) 29 June 2025
13 best countries to escape the U.S.: cheap living, easy visas, great healthcare (LINK) 29 June 2025
Tips for expat retirees, from expat retirees (LINK) 29 June 2025
The toilet paper Europeans use would horrify American doctors (LINK) 29 June 2025
Tomatoes have more genes than humans (LINK) 29 June 2025
Death toll in Antioquia, Colombia, landslide rises to 22 with 8 missing (LINK) — ground.news: 22 media reports (LINK) 28 June 2025
Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low, according to Newsweek's latest poll tracker: 43% of Americans currently approve of Trump's performance, while 53% disapprove (LINK) 28 June 2025
Meidas+: Trump's court victory masks political freefall (LINK) 28 June 2025
— As the President basks in Supreme Court victories and executive power grabs, his core supporters are peeling away — and the consequences may be deeper than he thinks.
5 famous events in history that never really happened (LINK) 28 June 2025
5 historical movies that got it all wrong: Braveheart, JFK, Gladiator, Pocahontas, 10,000 BC (LINK) 28 June 2025
Warren Buffett announces $6 billion in donations to five foundations (LINK) 27 June 2025
Catchup: Renewables did not cause Spanish blackout, investigations find (LINK) 20 June 2025
— Gas and nuclear power plants were on hand to fill in sudden gaps in generation. But on April 28, the gas generators failed to ramp up in time, according to two new reports, one from the grid operator, the other from the Spanish government. When demand suddenly outstripped supply, other power plants began disconnecting from the grid to avoid incurring damage. "Had conventional power plants done their job in controlling the voltage, there would have been no blackout," said Concha Sánchez, chief of operations for grid operator Redeia. The government says that Redeia itself is also at fault for not having enough conventional power plants switched on.
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