# NuseReal

Fast-track trials for shoplifters have been called for by the Metropolitan Police as the force revealed 104 repeat offenders were responsible for more than 5,300 crimes over the past two years (LINK) — 18 June 2026

— Each of the 104 broke the law at least 31 times before they were jailed, and the shoplifting offences made up around a third of cases in London where a suspect has been identified. All but three of the criminals continued offending after they had been charged.

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Newsweek: Obama Presidential Library compared to plans for Donald Trump's: Barack Obama's presidential library is the most expensive in U.S. history. Trump's is estimated to cost even more (LINK) — 18 June 2026

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RFK Jr. announces $700M investment in addiction services, emphasizing faith-based organizations (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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US: Georgia Republican legislative leaders reject governor's call for 2028 redistricting (LINK) — 17 June 2026

— CNN: The decision marked a setback for both Kemp and President Donald Trump, who has urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts to their advantage. Ten states already have enacted new congressional districts ahead of the November midterm elections. Georgia would have been the first to change districts for the 2028 elections.

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US: FBI director Kash Patel accused of directing $1m to 'slush fund' to pay bonuses to loyalist agents (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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All detainees from immigration facility 'Alligator Alcatraz' have been transferred, DHS says, citing concerns related to the hurricane season (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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Fox News: Subcontractors say they're owed millions, face financial ruin, after helping build Obama Presidential Center (LINK) — 17 June 2026

— Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021, and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark. Subcontractor owners interviewed by Fox News Digital described what they characterized as a chaotic work environment marked by repeated design changes, rework, scheduling disruptions, extensive oversight and years-long compensation disputes that still remain unresolved. The allegations emerge days after a Fox News Digital investigation reported that the Obama Foundation's reserve fund — originally promoted as a $470 million financial safeguard intended to help protect taxpayers if the project encountered financial trouble — remains funded at roughly $1 million.

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US Embassy warns citizens to avoid popular jet ski beach activity in the Bahamas, citing reports of sexual assaults and safety incidents involving local operators (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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US gov: United States announces more than $1 billion in assistance to UNICEF and World Food Program to address global humanitarian needs (LINK) — 16 June 2026

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At least 58 states and territories contaminated by landmines, UN human rights chief says (LINK) — 16 June 2026

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Nigeria's ex-oil minister Alison-Madueke cleared of all charges (bribery) in UK corruption trial (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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'Bitcoin Rodney' pleads guilty in $1.8 billion crypto fraud case (LINK) — 18 June 2026

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'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth' (LINK) — 17 June 2026

— In a review of key claims by the documentary, ABC News found that the majority of the scientific observations made in "An Inconvenient Truth" have come to fruition or are on track to in the years to come.

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Dell CEO Michael Dell donates $750 million to UT Austin for AI-focused medical campus and hospital (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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Uber and WeRide to bring self-driving taxis to Zurich, the first region in Switzerland to offer on-demand self-driving taxis (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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Apple to raise prices due to memory chip crunch, Tim Cook says (LINK) — 17 June 2026

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Brazilian police arrest 25 people in a crackdown on Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang (LINK) — 16 June 2026

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Iran forced to leave USA instantly after World Cup opener as FIFA protocols broken (LINK) — 16 June 2026

— Due to the conflict, Iran were forced to move their training camp to Mexico, but will play all of their group games in the USA. Iran have now returned back to Tijuana — after FIFA rejected their request to play each of their games in Mexico. Dozens of supporters could be seen waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flag inside the ground, while many other supporters had the design on T-shirts. hours before kick-off, a Los Angeles court on Monday dismissed a last-ditch attempt to overturn FIFA's ban regarding the flags. FIFA claims that the flag in question, which has a different lion-and-sun motif to the current design, violates their code of conduct as it is historically linked with Iran's previous Shah-led regime. In the build-up to the clash, Iran's sports minister Ahmad Donyamali, declared his country would stop the match if unauthorised flags were present.

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AI reveals 30,000 plant species face extinction, but digitisation and mathematical models can significantly help speed up the naming of new species and extinction assessments — Kew's State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2026 report (LINK) — 16 June 2026

— Eurekalert: 29,748 species of plants and 411 species of fungi are now threatened with extinction3, yet only a fraction of known species have been assessed (18% of plants and 0.6% of fungi). Fewer than 1,000 plant species have been formally declared extinct; many more are likely to have disappeared. Consequently, the true scale of extinctions has likely been underestimated. The challenge is compounded by the fact that over 100,000 plant species and more than 2 million fungal species are unknown to science (less than 10% of fungal life has been described to date), many of which could become extinct before being named and understood. The report comes as Kew completes a groundbreaking project, funded principally by the UK government through Defra, digitising all 7.4 million herbarium and fungarium specimens in its collections.

— In Costa Rica, researchers increased the country's known fungal diversity by nearly 20% by combining published records with digitised collections, providing new insights into how climate influences fungal distribution and establishing critical baselines for future research.

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Researchers calculate incidence of sunlight in Switzerland: even the shadow cast by every single tree is recorded in a new map (LINK) — 16 June 2026

— swissinfo: The map depicts solar radiation across the whole of Switzerland with a resolution of ten metres. The data is available for every hour and every day over a full annual cycle. Around a third of precipitation in Switzerland falls as snow. The new data therefore helps with flood warnings and planning for hydropower.

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Jeffrey Epstein attempted to take his own life on multiple occasions before his death, his former cellmate told The New York Times (LINK) — 16 June 2026

— He died by suicide just hours after a cellmate was transferred to another facility, leaving him alone in a cell for the first time.

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Catchup: "Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers' apps in favor of social media and video networks. In fact, 18-34-year-olds are abandoning content on publishers' platforms even more quickly than they're dropping TV news" — 2026 Digital News Report from Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) (LINK) — 15 June 2026

— Nieman Lab: Almost all online news growth is coming from third-party sources, and publishers' own sites and apps are being left behind. "Social media and video networks are now more popular as a source of news than owned and operated online news websites and apps in 30 of [...] 48 markets."

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Global Dialogue on AI Governance: PalExpo 6-7 July 2026 (LINK) — 2 June 2026

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

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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 (LINK) — 11 February 2026

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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 (LINK) — 22 January 2026

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