Miscellaneous news
Swiss government to restrict international travel for asylum seekers except Ukrainians (LINK) 22 October 2025
White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom: includes Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta (LINK) 22 October 2025
— Additional donors include co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his family; and the Adelson family. Trump awarded Miriam Adelson, a Republican megadonor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly $1bn in the Arabian Sea near Karachi (LINK) 22 October 2025
U.K.: Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain (LINK) 22 October 2025
Tesla profits slide despite record revenue: US buyers rushed to secure a key tax credit on electric car purchases before it ended last month. Profits dropped by 37% (LINK) 22 October 2025
Eight Americans arrested in the Bahamas after 'high-powered weapons' and cash allegedly found on their boat (LINK) 21 October 2025
Louvre reopens after €88 million jewel heist as manhunt expands (LINK) — ground.news: 214 media reports (LINK) 22 October 2025
— Sunday heist stole eight crown jewels worth about 88 million euros, including pieces tied to Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Eugénie.Security reviews found gaps after investigators detailed how the four masked thieves used a freight lift, mechanical ladders, and a battery-powered disc cutter, then fled on motorbikes while one in three rooms lacked CCTV. Investigators say they have identified four people at the scene.
SpaceX says it has cut Starlink services to Myanmar scam camps (LINK) 22 October 2025
— More than 30 compounds are believed to be operating along the Thai-Myanmar border, where people from around the world are trafficked and forced to work on scams generating tens of billions of dollars annually.
New recycling method turns Teflon into toothpaste fluoride (LINK) 22 October 2025
The unexpected winner from Trump's Swiss watch tariffs: London overtakes America as the world's largest luxury watch market (LINK) 22 October 2025
Study reveals the place where time moves 9% slower for humans: stationary bikes (LINK) 22 October 2025
PostBus to test autonomous car service in four Swiss cantons: St Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden (LINK) 22 October 2025
Switzerland's massive hiring spree: 85,000 high-paying jobs up to €6,500 (LINK) 22 October 2025
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus wins $50 million verdict in defamation suit vs. ex-business partners (LINK) 20 October 2025
— According to the lawsuit, Nicklaus, 85, claimed executives at the company spread false stories that Nicklaus considered a $750 million deal to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf League and that he was suffering from dementia and no longer mentally fit to manage his affairs.