# NuseReal

Swiss National Bank faces pressure to divest from Palantir Technologies (PLTR) in view of the company's contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Pete Hegseth 'butted heads' with fired Navy secretary John Phelan over shipbuilding and push to ignore judge's orders in favour of Senator Mark Kelly: reports — 24 April 2026 (LINK)

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Long working hours, job insecurity, and workplace bullying and harassment killing 840,000 people a year, ILO report finds: report "introduces an innovative approach structured around three interrelated levels to better understand the factors that shape the psychosocial working environment" — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

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Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

— Most US states now allow medical or recreational consumption of marijuana, though it remains illegal at the federal level.

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US Senate Republicans clear go-it-alone path for ICE funding — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

US Senate Republicans approve budget measure, teeing up bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol — 23 April 2026 (LINK)

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US: Virginia judge blocks redistricting referendum result that boosted Democrats' election hopes — 22 April 2026 (LINK)

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Pete Hegseth fires U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan — 22 April 2026 (LINK)

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Intercept: Pentagon erases wounded U.S. troops from Iran war casualty list: "definition of a cover-up" — 22 April 2026 (LINK)

— On the day the ceasefire between the Trump administration and Iran took effect, the tally of U.S. dead and wounded was 385. Despite a pause in hostilities, the number had slowly risen to 428 on Monday, according to Pentagon statistics. Yet on Tuesday, the number of wounded-in-action troops declined by 15 troops without public comment from the War Department, dropping the total to 413. The count held steady on Wednesday, except for one public War Department tally that put the "grand total" of wounded and dead at 411. Two Pentagon spokespersons said they were unable to field questions on the 15 casualties disappeared by the War Department on Tuesday.

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Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi — 22 April 2026 (LINK)

— "Yeah, well, reportedly, he's been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building," Figliuzzi said on "Morning Joe" show last year. Figliuzzi's lawyers argued that "this comment was a sarcastic, hyperbolic remark that receives protection from defamation liability." "A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally," the judge said.

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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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Complete Guide To Geneva Watch Days 14-20 April: events, releases and what to expect — 31 March 2026 (LINK)

Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026: Montreux Jazz sets the tempo in the city: the grand watchmaking salon will open its doors at Palexpo in Geneva from April 14 to 20, featuring many new developments. Eleven brands will be making their debut, including Audemars Piguet, which will be making a grand return, while in the city centre, a new venue will host the Montreux Jazz Festival for the very first time — 5 February 2026 (LINK)

— More than 6,000 retailers, 1,600 international journalists, and some 1,500 guests from around the world are expected to attend this major watchmaking event. Watches and Wonders Geneva will open its ticket office on February 10 on its website. With a brand new 600-square-metre space in the heart of the city, Quai Général-Guisan, the Montreux Jazz Festival will enliven the evenings with a music programme from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., including DJ sets and live performances.

Watches and Wonders 2026: T3 watch experts give their predictions on what we'll see at the event: from From Rolex discontinuations to square dials, here's what we want to see — 12 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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