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U.S. Supreme Court questions legality of Trump’s tariffs (LINK) 5 November 2025
Bolivian Supreme Court annuls the right-wing leader Jeanine Anez's conviction and 10-year sentence for illegally assuming presidency after 2019 ouster of Evo Morales: "violations" of due process during her trial (LINK) 5 November 2025
Morocco has declared 31 October a national holiday to mark the day the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution backing its plan for the disputed Western Sahara region. (LINK) 5 November 2025
Bitcoin at make or break level as China suspends 24% tariff on U.S. goods (LINK) 5 November 2025
Democrats set historic records on election night. Here are six of the firsts they accomplished: (LINK) 4 November 2025
- — First woman elected as Virginia governor: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operative and member of Congress
- — First Muslim woman elected to statewide office in the US: Virginia state senator Ghazala Hashmi became the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office anywhere in the country when she won Virginia’s lieutenant governor election
- — First Muslim mayor of New York: 34-year-old progressive Zohran Mamdani
- — First city or town to vote to divest from Israel: Somerville, Massachusetts
- — First state to counter Republicans mid-cycle redistricting
- — First woman elected mayor of Detroit: Detroit city council president Mary Sheffield
Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says (LINK) 4 November 2025
UN: Nations well off-track of Paris climate agreement goals (LINK) 4 November 2025
— "“The bottom line is that nations have had three attempts to hit the mark with their Paris Agreement pledges, and each time they have landed off target,” says report.
Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean: flooded nearly 12,000 homes (LINK) — ground.news: 37 media reports (LINK) 4 November 2025
— In Jamaica, the hurricane killed at least 32 people and caused an estimated $6 billion in damage The U.S. State Department has committed $24 million in disaster relief funding for the Caribbean islands.
Hurricane Melissa recovery: how airlines and travel brands are helping the Caribbean (LINK) 4 November 2025
Sudan's paramilitary kills at least 40 people as fighting spreads into Kordofan region (LINK) — ground.news: 22 media reports (LINK) 5 November 2025
Ukrainian drones reach deep inside Russia as battle for key city rages on (LINK) 4 November 2025
Powerful earthquake kills at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan (LINK) 3 November 2025
2017 Minamata Convention COP-6 opens in Geneva to strengthen global action on mercury pollution: 3-7 November (LINK) 3 November 2025
— COP-6 will consider measures to curb the illegal trade of mercury and strengthen control of its supply and compounds; review progress on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), which remains the largest source of global mercury emissions, and assess the enforcement of the ban on mercury-added skin-lightening products. Parties will also discuss a proposal to phase out dental amalgam, evaluate feasible mercury-free alternatives in vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production, and examine updates to the Convention's financial mechanism, including guidance to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Specific International Programme (SIP).
Trump says he won't sell Tomahawks to Kyiv for now after Putin threats (LINK) 3 November 2025
Qatar trying to keep Israel-Hamas ceasefire from falling apart, prime minister says (LINK) 2 November 2025
Drinking water in Tehran could run dry in two weeks, Iranian official says (LINK) 2 November 2025
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Bolivian top court annuls former interim president sentence and orders her immediate release (LINK) — ground.news: 40 media reports (LINK) 4 November 2025
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,349 (LINK) 4 November 2025
— Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, an important transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for more than a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on.
— Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv will set up offices for arms exports and joint weapons production in Berlin and Copenhagen this year.
— EC said in a draft text that Kyiv needed to make more progress on judicial independence, fighting organised crime and respecting civil society.
— Zelenskyy said Ukraine still needs to raise $750m to secure gas imports for the upcoming winter.
Federal judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at press briefings (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports (LINK) 4 November 2025
New Republic: The business press is in denial about Trump's UAE bribe: As Microsoft sends AI chips to the United Arab Emirates, reporters are failing to explain exactly how it was made possible (LINK) 4 November 2025
— What these stories fail to mention is that the easing of previous restrictions came just two weeks after the UAE purchased $2 billion in stablecoin from World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family owns a large share. The purchase was, apparently, the largest crypto transaction in human history.
After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights people-smuggling charges (LINK) 3 November 2025
CNN Analysis: Tuesday's U.S. local elections may leave America more divided than ever (LINK) 3 November 2025
CNN Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’ (LINK) 3 November 2025
Trump tariffs head to Supreme Court on 5 November in case eagerly awaited around the world: facing off against small businesses and a group of states (LINK) 3 November 2025
Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean: flooded nearly 12,000 homes (LINK) — ground.news: 37 media reports (LINK) 4 November 2025
— In Jamaica, the hurricane killed at least 32 people and caused an estimated $6 billion in damage The U.S. State Department has committed $24 million in disaster relief funding for the Caribbean islands.
Hurricane Melissa recovery: how airlines and travel brands are helping the Caribbean (LINK) 4 November 2025
US sanctions North Korean bankers accused of laundering stolen cryptocurrency (LINK) 4 November 2025
Federal judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at press briefings (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports (LINK) 4 November 2025
The $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum opens to the public: for the first time, visitors can see the whole collection of treasures from the tomb of the famed King Tutankhamun, which was discovered in 1922. (LINK) 4 November 2025
British mag names Valais resort Bruson near Verbier best in Europe (LINK in French) 4 November 2025
Switzerland more exposed to climate change than expected, compared with average global warming, says latest federal report (LINK) 4 November 2025
— While the global temperature has risen by 1.3°C, the warming compared with the pre-industrial era has already reached 2.9°C in Switzerland. According to the researchers’ calculations, in a world with a temperature rise of 1.5°C, Switzerland would experience a rise of 2.9°C. The rise in temperature will even reach 4.9°C if the planet warms up by 3°C. These figures represent an increase of 10-15% compared with previous climate scenarios for 2018. According to the report, this warming will mean more heatwaves, more droughts, heavier rainfall and less snow.
Bill Gates defends contentious climate views: "I'm glad people are listening," he said, before adding that it was hard to convey "nuanced positions nowadays." (LINK) 4 November 2025
2017 Minamata Convention COP-6 opens in Geneva to strengthen global action on mercury pollution: 3-7 November (LINK) 3 November 2025
The Geneva International Film Festival returns for its 31st edition from October 31 to November 9. This year's guests of honor are British director Stephen Frears and American screenwriter Alan Ball (LINK) 13 October 2025
Davos 2026 theme 'A Spirit of Dialogue': 19–23 January 2026 (LINK) 29 October 2025
— Discussions are centred around five key global challenges: cooperation in a contested world, unlocking new sources of growth, investing in people, deploying innovation responsibly, and building prosperity within planetary boundaries.
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