# NuseReal

Headline news that internationalists can use

Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest over press freedom award to Nicaraguan newspaper, La Prensa (LINK) 4 May 2025.

Breaking nuse

Houthi missile strikes near main Israel airport: many airlines suspend flights to Tel Aviv (LINK) 4 May 2025.

Brazilian police foil bomb plot at Lady Gaga's record-breaking 2.1m-audience free concert: police arrested a man and a teenager, raids at nine sites across multiple Brazilian states such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, confiscating electronic equipment and other items connected to the planned bombing (LINK) — ground.news: 441 media reports (LINK) — 3 May 2025.

Guardian US politics live: Trump's 100% film tariff plan "not in the interests of American businesses": Australian and UK politicians push back against US president's move, which is expected to send 'shock waves' through global industry (LINK) 4 May 2025.

— At Mar-a-Lago, Trump meets ex-Proud Boys leader he pardoned. Enrique Tarrio wrote on X: "He called me and my Mother over while we were at dinner and said he was sorry for what @JoeBiden did to all J6ers. I thanked him for giving me my life back. He replied with…I Love You guys. To the J6ers he wanted me to send y'all a message…He said…Thank you."

Seven Iranians among 8 men arrested in two separate anti-terror operations, Met police say: plot to "target a specific premises" (LINK) 4 May 2025.

Yemen's internationally recognized prime minister resigns over a political dispute (LINK) 3 May 2025.

Voice of America could be back on air next week: the broadcaster fell silent in March after an executive order by US President Donald Trump (LINK) 3 May 2025.

US federal court halts ruling ordering Voice of America to allow employees back to work and restore funding for Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks (LINK).

— The appeals court in a 2-1 decision suggested earlier judge lacked jurisdiction to order the employees to return to work and to require the restoration of $15 million in grants for Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

SpaceX launch site in Texas approved as the new city of Starbase: approved 212-6 among the voters who live there and are mostly Musk's employees at SpaceX (LINK) 3 May 2025.

Israeli forces to demolish more than 100 homes in Israeli-occupied West Bank, local governor says (LINK) 2 May 2025.

Miscellaneous nuse

The conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history (LINK) 5 May 2025.

Gold rises on dollar weakness, US Fed meeting in focus (LINK) 5 May 2025.

A jogger in Bern has been fined nearly CHF 7,000 after spitting on the sign outside the Russian Embassy: guilty of insulting a foreign national emblem. Security personnel monitoring the area tried to stop him. He was eventually detained nearby (LINK) 5 May 2025.

Agenda

Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions 28 April to 9 May 2025, Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG): theme of the meetings and the high-level segment will be "Make visible the invisible: sound management of chemicals and wastes" (LINK) 5 May 2025.

Over 70 Ministers gathered for the high-level segment held on 30 April and 1 May — (LINK)

— Katrin Schneeberger, State Secretary Federal Office of Environment, Switzerland: "We must also acknowledge that multilateralism is facing challenges. Geopolitical tensions and financial crises can at times weaken our ability to act collectively. That is why this conference — and this high-level segment in particular — are also valuable opportunities to reinforce international dialogue, a space where exchange and trust prevail."

Swiss Pavilion during the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan ("Designing Future Society for Our Lives": April 13 to October 13, 2025) includes The Geneva Public Portal to Anticipation: "From Heidi to High-Tech". (LINK)

— A first-of-its-kind interactive exhibition, designed to immerse the public in future scenarios generated by AI using data from the GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar.

Foreign Ministry: Innovation and trade at heart of Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis's official visit to Japan — (LINK)

Swissinfo: The Swiss Pavilion in Osaka expects over one million visitors — (LINK)

Geneva to host new international talks on plastic pollution on August 5-14. (LINK)

Swiss sign human rights declaration for 2025 European Women's Football Championship on July 2-27. (LINK)

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