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Europe swelters under deadly 'Omega' heatwave, more records expected (LINK) — 24 June 2026
U.S. Senators brace for another government shutdown after spending talks stall (LINK) — 24 June 2026
Ships start sailing through Hormuz under UN evacuation scheme, IMO ays (LINK) — 24 June 2026
NATO's Rutte to meet Trump today, aiming to ease tensions ahead of July summit (LINK) — 24 June 2026
Power cuts in Finistère, France, leave around 68,000 sweltering amid scorching heatwave (LINK) — 24 June 2026
U.N. Secretary-General's call to action on methane (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Senate votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers in rare rebuke (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Iran chief negotiator says Hormuz will be administered by Tehran: State media (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Ukraine destroys key logistics bridge in Crimea, hits over 60 Russian military targets overnight (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Ebola cases in Congo reach highest first-month total of any outbreak, WHO says (LINK) — 23 June 2026
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China says it has a right to target people overseas who contravene it new ethnic unity law (LINK) — 24 June 2026
Israel smuggled Starlink systems into Iran to support anti-government protesters, former PM says (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Climate crisis: UN chief lays out solutions blueprint for clean energy transition (LINK) — 23 June 2026
U.S. Congress passes largest housing affordability bill in a generation (LINK) — 23 June 2026
U.S. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul issues subpoena for former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci about his response to the COVID-19 pandemic (LINK) — 23 June 2026
China sanctions 10 U.S. defense firms in trade clash: simultaneously banned 46 American companies from government procurement contracts, in response to Pentagon blacklisting Chinese firms (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Alibaba sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' label (LINK) — 23 June 2026
UK considers requiring social media to prioritize trusted news (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Niger becomes the third country to leave the International Criminal Court, accusing the ICC of practising "selective justice" (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Honduras to buy drones from Ukraine to fight drug trade (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Elon Musk loses his trillionaire status as SpaceX stock comes back to Earth (LINK) — 24 June 2026
Troubled Reflecting Pool faces fresh scrutiny over vandalism claims and duck deaths: President Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested (LINK) — 24 June 2026
— AP: An environmental group called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate after a Mallard duckling carcass was photographed floating in the algae-filled pool, and two other ducks were found dead nearby. The Center for Biological Diversity said Tuesday that the Wildlife Service must enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which protects migratory birds.
Brent falls below $76, notching its lowest level since day before U.S.-Iran war (LINK) — 24 June 2026
Crypto crashing hard. BTC, ETH and XRP fall 5% (LINK) — 24 June 2026
Larry Ellison cuts 21,000 jobs at Oracle as AI replaces human workers (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world's fastest for first time since 2017 (LINK) — 23 June 2026
Nassau Cruise Port sees new single-day record of 33,254 passengers on June 8 (LINK) — 23 June 2026
FIFA defends pitch conditions after France and Brazil complain about MetLife Stadium, currently branded as New York New Jersey Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup (LINK) — 23 June 2026
PassBlue photoessay: The UN Human Rights Office moves out of the Palais Wilson (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Swiss franc holds near seven-month lows as dollar strength persists (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Teams out of World Cup 2026: Updated list of nations eliminated from FIFA tournament: Haiti, Turkey and Tunisia (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Art Basel: 18-21 June: over 290 top galleries presenting works by over 4,000 artists: drone tour (LINK) — 20 June 2026
Thousands flock to Art Basel in Switzerland as market outlook improves: VIP preview days (LINK)
A $35m Picasso led first-day sales (Pablo Picasso's Le peintre et son modèle dans un paysage / the painter and his model in a landscape, 1963), while galleries reported strong seven-figure results across both historic and contemporary material — (LINK)
— Bringing together around 4,000 artists. Works by leading figures including Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and David Hockney drew significant attention throughout the fair.
Global Dialogue on AI Governance: PalExpo 6-7 July 2026 (LINK) — 2 June 2026
25 to 27 October 2026: UNCTAD World Investment Forum 9: in Doha (LINK) — 22 January 2026
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
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