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GEN: A global hub for environment governance and the host region of the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, Geneva is key place to protect wetlands and reverse the trend of global loss of wetlands (LINK) 8 January 2026
Turkish man jailed for 11 years in U.K. for supplying people-smuggling gangs with thousands of Channel small boats (LINK) 7 January 2026
Flight of the bullions: Why did Maduro move gold to Switzerland? (LINK) 7 January 2026
— Euronews: Caracas shipped 127 tonnes of central-bank gold to Swiss refineries over a period of five years, seeking cash and collateral as the Venezuelan debt crisis deepened. Switzerland hosts some of the world's biggest refineries. These include Valcambi, PAMP, and Argor-Heraeus, largely clustered in the canton of Ticino. Swiss public broadcaster SRF said Maduro's government shipped gold abroad as an "act of desperation" to avert state bankruptcy, selling part of the bullion and using some as collateral for loans and the refinancing of its debt.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz drops reelection bid: a conservative influencer's viral video alleging fraud by day care centres that receive government aid further fanned the controversy, leading the administration to announce a freeze of child care funding to the state (LINK) 5 January 2026
— In a statement announcing his decision, Walz defended his administration's actions, saying they "made systemic changes to the way we do business" in response to "an organized group of criminals [that] have sought to take advantage of our state's generosity."
Breaking news
Trump administration suspends support for 66 international organizations, agencies and commissions (LINK) 7 January 2026
— France24: Most of the targets are UN-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels focused on climate, labour and other issues the Trump administration has categorised as catering to diversity and so-called "woke" initiatives, according to a partial list obtained by The Associated Press.
— "The Trump Administration has found these institutions to be redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation's sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity," the State Department said in a statement.
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so (LINK)7 January 2026
UN experts condemn US aggression against Venezuela (LINK) 7 January 2026
Swiss flu wave expected to be one of the most severe on record (LINK) 7 January 2026
For the first time the Dow closed above 49,000 and comes 36 trading days since the index reached 48,000 (LINK) 6 January 2026
Major news
GEN: A global hub for environment governance and the host region of the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, Geneva is key place to protect wetlands and reverse the trend of global loss of wetlands (LINK) 8 January 2026
Turkish man jailed for 11 years in U.K. for supplying people-smuggling gangs with thousands of Channel small boats (LINK) 7 January 2026
Flight of the bullions: Why did Maduro move gold to Switzerland? (LINK) 7 January 2026
— Euronews: Caracas shipped 127 tonnes of central-bank gold to Swiss refineries over a period of five years, seeking cash and collateral as the Venezuelan debt crisis deepened. Switzerland hosts some of the world's biggest refineries. These include Valcambi, PAMP, and Argor-Heraeus, largely clustered in the canton of Ticino. Swiss public broadcaster SRF said Maduro's government shipped gold abroad as an "act of desperation" to avert state bankruptcy, selling part of the bullion and using some as collateral for loans and the refinancing of its debt.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz drops reelection bid: a conservative influencer's viral video alleging fraud by day care centres that receive government aid further fanned the controversy, leading the administration to announce a freeze of child care funding to the state (LINK) 5 January 2026
— In a statement announcing his decision, Walz defended his administration's actions, saying they "made systemic changes to the way we do business" in response to "an organized group of criminals [that] have sought to take advantage of our state's generosity."
Miscellaneous
Trump's attack on Venezuela backs Fifa into a corner over World Cup (LINK) 7 January 2026
Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows (LINK) 7 January 2026
— Guardian: Mayor says ICE claims incident was self-defense are not true, and tells agency to 'get the fuck out of Minneapolis'. Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the victim was "a legal observer" of action ICE, which had sent a surge of agents into the city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. A witness to the incident, Emily Heller, told local media that the victim was shot in the face multiple times. Heller said she saw a car blocking traffic that appeared to be part of a protest against the ICE operation, and heard an agent telling the driver, a woman, to "get out of here". "She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times," Heller told MPR News, a Minneapolis public radio station.
Parent warned of $500 fine and permanent ban after 14-year-old child violates Carnival Cruise curfew (LINK) 7 January 2026
— Cruise Fever: According to Carnival's official policy, "Guests 17 years of age and under who are not accompanied by an adult in their traveling party, 21 years of age or older, must be clear of all public areas by 1:00 AM." Mother clarified that the teen wasn't actually alone as he was with cousins who were 19 and older. However, Carnival's rules state that supervising adults must be at least 21.
Trump's Jan. 6 propaganda website unveiled on 6 January: clash on CNN (LINK) 6 January 2026
Geneva opera shuts for 18 months (LINK) 6 January 2026
— All opera and ballet performances are taking place at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices on Place des Volontaires.
AI-powered browsers can be tricked into stealing your data. The companies building them have decided that's a risk worth taking. (LINK) 6 January 2026
7 telltale signs a video is an AI deepfake (LINK) 6 January 2026
Nestlé launches large baby food recall in Europe: Beba and special products such as Alfamino (LINK) 5 January 2026
— Controls carried out by the authorities in Austria detected small amounts of cereulide — a toxin that causes food poisoning characterized by nausea and vomiting — in two batches. According to the Ministry of Health, however, the concentrations are so low that they do not pose a danger. The recall affects products sold in Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, among others. So far, there are no known cases of illness related to the consumption of the food
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