# NuseReal

Israel at war — day 698: UN raises number of staff detained by Yemen’s Houthis to 19: 1 international staffer (LINK) 3 September 2025

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: list of key events reported, day 1,287 (LINK) 2 September 2025

— Russian drone attacks and shelling killed three people and injured five others in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region. Two people were killed in Russian attacks on the Polohivskyi district, as Russian forces launched 578 attacks on 18 settlements in Ukraine's Zaporizhia region. Separate Russian attacks also killed one person in Kherson, one person in the Kyiv region and one person in Donetsk, local officials reported. A Ukrainian drone injured three people in the village of Proletarsky, in Russia's Belgorod region. Russian forces seized the Ukrainian settlement of Fedorivka in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian attacks over the past week on Russia killed 12 people and injured almost 100. Russia's Defence Ministry said that its forces shot down 158 Ukrainian drones in a 24-hour period.

UNAIDS exhibits posters in Geneva throughout September to dispel myths and misconceptions about HIV (LINK) 2 September 2025

The Swiss government has accepted a proposal in principle to end the option of not paying a fine, and going to prison instead (if the fine is under CHF5000) (LINK) 2 September 2025

U.N. peacekeeping missions struggle, threatening their capacity to safeguard civilians in conflict zones, due to U.S. funding cuts (LINK) 2 September 2025

— President Trump's administration has canceled $4.9 billion in foreign aid, affecting peacekeeping operations crucial for protecting civilians in areas like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.S. contributes 27% of the $5.6-billion U.N. peacekeeping budget. Trump's administration has signaled intentions to end funding entirely by 2026, citing inefficiencies.

Gold price hits record high above $3,500 an ounce as investors seek safe haven: nearly doubled in value since 2023 (LINK) 2 September 2025

World's biggest iceberg A23a, more than twice the size of Greater London, breaks up after 40 years (LINK) 2 September 2025

Spain named the best place to retire "for pensioners with moderate-to-high retirement income" for its cost of living, safety, and sunny weather: France 2nd, Portugal 3rd (LINK) 2 September 2025

The White House says Trump's tariffs have raised $8 trillion in revenue. That's not even close: The customs and excise taxes collected from January 20, when Trump took office, to August 28 amount to about $156 billion, 2% of this figure (LINK) 2 September 2025

Trump's crypto project WLFI under attack as Ethereum upgrade backfires (LINK) 2 September 2025

— Hackers exploiting EIP-7702 vulnerability to steal WLFI tokens. The attacks leverage a vulnerability in the May Pectra upgrade that allows externally owned accounts to delegate control to smart contracts, enabling attackers to plant malicious code that instantly drains all incoming ETH and tokens.

Vatican puts Pope Francis's ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm centre: 22ha experiment in sustainable farming, vocational training and environmental schooling for kids and CEOs alike on the grounds of the papal estate on Lake Albano (LINK) 2 September 2025

Switzerland launches its own open-source AI model Apertus: trained only on publicly available data, it says (LINK) 2 September 2025

Pope Leo XIV confirmed Sunday his intent to include LGBTQ parishioners within the Catholic Church ahead of their planned Holy Year pilgrimage to Vatican City (LINK) 1 September 2025

Global Investigative Journalism Network: reporter's guide to detecting AI-generated content (LINK) 1 September 2025

— "This is the brutal reality of AI detection: the methods that made us feel secure are evaporating before our eyes."

Trump's World Liberty token falls in first day of trading (LINK) 1 September 2025

— President Donald Trump and his family are set to receive 75% of net revenue from the enterprise, according to a document published by World Liberty last year.

Trump family share of World Liberty crypto grows to $6 billion: The president and his family own 22.5 billion WLFI tokens, nearly a quarter of the total supply. — (LINK)

Trump declares D.C. a 'crime free zone' despite 442 crimes reported in past week (LINK) 1 September 2025

'House of Cards' actress Robin Wright joins Hollywood exodus from US after calling country a 's---show' (LINK) 1 September 2025

The White House says Trump's tariffs have raised $8 trillion in revenue. That's not even close: The customs and excise taxes collected from January 20, when Trump took office, to August 28 amount to about $156 billion, 2% of this figure (LINK) 2 September 2025

The Fondation Haute Horlogerie livens up Geneva Watch Days 4-7 September (LINK) 28 August 2025

GLOBAL GENEVA INSIGHTS piece: Insider's guide, historian's perspective (LINK)