# NuseReal

Germany: Major raids carried out against Hells Angels in North Rhine-Westphalia — 28 April 2026 (LINK)

— The state's Interior Ministry in Düsseldorf said more than 50 properties were searched. The ban on the Leverkusen Hells Angel chapter is the latest in a series imposed on the group in the state over the past years. The investigation into the group is based on the suspicion of forming a criminal organization.

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Mexico: Special forces capture cartel leader 'El Jardinero' — 28 April 2026 (LINK)

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Washington Post: Trump administration has fired over 100 immigration judges, hires loyalists — 28 April 2026 (LINK)

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DRC creates a paramilitary mining guard backed by US and UAE funding — (LINK) ground.news: 18 media reports — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

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Mexico's Sheinbaum rules out a conflict with US over 2 CIA agents killed in Chihuahua accident: "Let us hope this is an exceptional case" — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— The head of the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, César Jáuregui Moreno, resigned after telling reporters days earlier that the state government had worked with U.S. agents on an operation. He later walked back the comments under pressure from Sheinbaum.

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China blocks Meta’s $2 billion takeover of Manus, a Singaporean artificial intelligence startup with Chinese roots — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

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US National Trust says it won't drop suit against Trump's $400M White House ballroom after DOJ request — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

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UK: Deal 'within sight' to end 14-month Birmingham bin dispute — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— Union members have been taking action since January last year, with an all-out strike launched in March, leaving rubbish piled on streets and residents with no recycling service. The dispute initially centred on the council's decision to remove Waste Recycling and Collection Officer (WRCO) roles, which it insisted was necessary to make improvements.

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SIPRI: Record arms spending for the 11th year in a row — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— Much of the global rise in military spending in 2025 was driven by Europe, where spending rose by 14% to $864 billion. Spain's defense budget jumped by 50%, Poland's by 23% and Italy's by 20%. Among European countries, Germany was the biggest military spender in 2025. Its defense budget rose by 24% to $114 billion, making it the world's fourth-largest. For the first time since 1990, German military spending passed the NATO benchmark of 2% of GDP, reaching 2.3%. The US spent less on its military — just $954 billion in 2025. That's 7.5% less than the year before.

Military spending surges in Europe and Asia, by almost 3% in 2025, pushing world to levels not seen in 16 years, report says — (LINK)

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Gunmen attack orphanage in northern Nigeria and abduct 23 pupils: 15 later rescued — (LINK) ground.news: media reports — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— The facility, Dahallukitab Group of Schools, was operating illegally, said officials.

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Trump's fortune could be wiped out by judge's ruling on 6 January 2021 disturbances: legal analyst — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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North Korea opens memorial museum for troops killed in Russia-Ukraine war — (LINK) ground.news: 23 media reports — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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US Supreme Court formally reinstates pro-GOP Texas voting map by 6 to 3: could flip as many as five currently Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republicans — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

US Supreme Court debates whether police may seek sweeping cellphone location data in investigations — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

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US immigration agents left a refugee to die in the cold. His Buffalo New York community is demanding justice — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, who spoke no English and had mental health issues, was dropped by federal immigration officers outside a closed coffee shop in the middle of a brutal winter. He had spent months in custody following a confusing encounter with local law enforcement, then was released — alone, in the cold — far from the Rohingya community hub where he might have found help. Days later, he died.

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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon amid ongoing ceasefire: an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson had earlier issued evacuation warnings for several villages in southern Lebanon — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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Mexico's government said Saturday that two U.S. federal CIA agents recently killed in a car crash in the country's northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. — 25 April 2026 (LINK)

— AP: The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear. Local government officials have said they were part of a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend and the vehicle exploded. Two Mexican officers also were killed.

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US: FBI director Kash Patel has admitted to alcohol-related crimes when a student, report reveals, as Trump stands by him — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Catchup: Syrian authorities arrest alleged perpetrator of 2013 Tadamon massacre, a former intelligence officer — (LINK) ground.news: 54 media reports — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

— At least 288 civilians were executed on April 16, 2013, in the Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus by Military Intelligence Branch 227 forces, who forced victims into a pit before shooting them.

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Dances With Wolves star Nathan Chasing Horse, 49, sentenced to life in prison on sexual assault charges — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— Chasing Horse's victims told the court that they continue to suffer from the trauma caused by his actions, and struggle with their faith after he exploited his role as spiritual leader and medicine man in order to target victims.

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Suspected pirates seize vessel carrying cement off Somalia, the second hijacking incident in days — (LINK) ground.news: 25 media reports — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

— At least four vessels have been targeted in suspected piracy incidents in the last week; the World Bank estimates pirates off the Horn of Africa earned between $339m and $413m in ransoms between 2005 and 2012.

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI for Altman changing it to a for-profit enterprise — 27 April 2026 (LINK)

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Chinese scientists have developed a revolutionary "battery" that can generate electricity from coal without any carbon dioxide emissions. — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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AI can cost more than human workers now — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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Scientists discover plants "scream" — we just couldn't hear them until now — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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The best of ultra-thin watchmaking at Watches and Wonders 2026 — 26 April 2026 (LINK)

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Sri Lankan monks arrested after 110kg of cannabis discovered in their luggage at Colombo — 25 April 2026 (LINK)

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A former University of South Florida student has been charged with killing his roommate and the roommate's girlfriend — two doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said Saturday. — 25 April 2026 (LINK)

— AP: Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is a native-born U.S. citizen. The man's remains were found on the Howard Frankland bridge Friday morning, but the woman is still missing, Hillsborough County Chief Deputy Joseph Maurer said on Friday. Abugharbieh had been a USF student but was not currently enrolled. University records showed he had attended the school from Spring 2021 through Spring 2023, and had pursued a BS in Management, a university spokesperson said. The murdered man was studying geography, environmental science and policy, and the woman was studying chemical engineering

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Petroloegas: Scientists discover that airborne microplastics come much more from land than from the ocean (more than 20x) and reveal a massive error in previous models — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Natural molecule could provide Ozempic, Wegovy alternative — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

UCSF: How to starve cancer: cut off the nutrients that help tumors grow — 2026 Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science on April 16 — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Millionaire big game hunter/conservationist trampled to death by elephants — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Geneva civil servants march against planned budget cuts — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

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US Appeals court overturns $8.2 million award to conservative former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore over Democratic PAC’s ad citing allegations that Moore solicited teen girls for sex: Moore did not prove libel or invasion of privacy — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Warner Bros Discovery shareholders approve sale to Paramount Skydance but cast an advisory vote against executive compensation plans tied to the deal. — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

— Al Jazeera: HBO Max, valuable titles like Harry Potter and even CNN could soon find themselves under the same roof with CBS, Top Gun and the Paramount+ streaming service. Attention now turns to regulatory authorities, with both Washington and London expected to examine the merger's impact on competition. Paramount triumphed over Netflix in a months-long bidding war. The merger has faced considerable opposition from actors, filmmakers and theatre groups that have raised concerns about the loss of a major studio and its impact on the creative community, theatre owners and moviegoers.

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US soldier arrested over Polymarket wagers tied to Maduro's capture: bets totaled $33,034 and, ultimately, paid out more than $400,000 — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

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International Finance Bank confirms XRP as a payment rail within ILP stream protocol — 22 April 2026 (LINK)

XRP payments instantly cut 80 percent SWIFT delay losses — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

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The Swiss government has approved a tightening of the screws for systemically important banks. They will have to cover all holdings in foreign subsidiaries. Swiss government wants UBS to increase its capital by $20 billion. Parliament will debate this law from the summer session onwards — 22 April 2026 (LINK)

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Catchup: Crypto investor Justin Sun sues Trump's World Liberty Financial over 'misconduct': has invested tens of millions of dollars in President Donald Trump's family's various crypto ventures — 21 April 2026 (LINK)

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Swiss parliamentary committee supports the lifting of a ban on the construction of new power plants — 21 April 2026 (LINK)

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25 to 27 October 2026: UNCTAD World Investment Forum 9: in Doha — 22 January 2026 (LINK)

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Road to the First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals being held in Geneva on 16 to 20 November 2026 — 11 February 2026 (LINKS)

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11 to 15 July 2027: International AIDS Society announces Geneva as host city for IAS 2027:: Around 5,000 people from more than 130 countries are expected to attend. Registration for IAS 2027 will open in November 2026 — 22 January 2026 (LINK)

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