Saturday, 15 November 2025

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,360: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres "strongly" condemned Russia’s "large-scale missile and drone strikes" on Ukraine, the secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said. (LINK) 15 November 2025

— Italy signed off on a 12th package of military support for Kyiv and pledged to help Ukraine overcome its energy crisis this winter by sending generators. Germany said it will raise military aid to Ukraine to 11.5 billion euros ($13.4bn) in 2026.

Friday, 14 November 2025

Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 6 people and injures at least 35 (LINK) 14 November 2025

— It was "a specially calculated attack to cause as much harm as possible to people and civilians," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. Moscow denies targeting civilian areas.

UN report reveals revolutionary shift in global energy: 'We stand at a unique and defining moment in history': solar and battery projects will be more than sufficient to hit the 2030 climate goal of tripling renewable capacity (LINK) 14 November 2025

US agrees deal to slash Swiss tariffs to 15% after golden charm offensive: Switzerland will invest $200bn (£150bn) in the US (LINK) 14 November 2025

London judge finds global mining company BHP Group liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster: a dam collapsed 10 years ago and released toxic waste into a major river (LINK) 14 November 2025

Ukraine energy corruption scandal threatens Zelenskyy: Investigators allege that a former business partner of Zelenskyy's plotted to receive kickbacks worth $100 million (LINK) 14 November 2025

Ukraine's farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving (LINK) 14 November 2025

US aircraft carrier nears Venezuela in flex of U.S. military power (LINK) 14 November 2025

U.S. to remove tariffs on some products from Ecuador, Argentina, Guatemala and El Salvador: intended to reduce the price of bananas, coffee, and other food products from the region (LINK) — ground.news: 112 media reports (LINK) 14 November 2025

Despite Coinbase departure, only 28 companies have left Delaware this year (LINK) 14 November 2025

— Elon Musk has been pushing hard for companies to exit Delaware and reincorporate elsewhere, following the lead of his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Despite Musk's proclamation that "Delaware continues to bleed companies," those departing the state make up a distinct minority.

New Jersey man believed to be 1st known death from red meat allergy linked to tick bites: the man died in September 2024 just hours after consuming a hamburger (LINK) 14 November 2025

AI firm claims Chinese spies used its tech to automate cyber attacks: "first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign" (LINK) 14 November 2025

Trump rescinds support for Marjorie Taylor Greene, marking major political breakup (LINK) 14 November 2025

— He said Greene, who is running for reelection in 2026, has "gone Far Left". Greene has publicly warned in recent weeks that Trump has been too focused on foreign policy and is not doing enough to sell his domestic agenda at home.

Paul Krugman: The decline and fall of the Heritage Foundation: Its descent into conspiracy-mongering and blatant bigotry was utterly predictable (LINK) 14 November 2025

Thursday, 13 November 2025

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, Climate Action Tracker report finds: "a world at 2.6C means global disaster” (LINK) 13 November 2025

UN: Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30 (LINK) 13 November 2025

— "Hailed by Brazil as 'a crucial moment to demonstrate the strength of the health sector in global climate action,' a blueprint for global health systems to adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather has been launched at the COP30 UN climate conference.

CNN: Trump briefed on Wednesday on options for military operations in Venezuela (LINK) 13 November 2025

Swiss project to repair demining vehicles in Ukraine (LINK) 13 November 2025

— The aim of this initiative, financed by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs with a total budget of CHF7.1 million, is to establish a lasting national capacity.

Kyiv Post: Ukraine destroys Russian Orion drone base in occupied Crimea (LINK) 13 November 2025

Swiss Gruyère crowned world's best cheese: the 18-month old cheese Vorderfultigen Spezial presented by Swiss cheese maker Hitz Pius from the Vorderfultigen cheese company, beat more than 5,000 rivals from 46 countries at the competition in Bern at the 37th edition of the World Cheese Awards (LINK) 13 November 2025

— AFP: The winning cheese came from a mountain dairy in the pre-Alps region of Gantrisch, just south of Bern. Grand final judge Perry Wakeman said it was the kind of cheese "that would make people get excited about cheese." "It's a big old cheese — there's a lot going on. The texture is beautiful: it's flinty as you break it apart; the crystalline in there are so delicate," he said. "It is massive. It makes an impact." It was the first time that the contest, created by the British-based Guild of Fine Food in 1988, has been staged in cheese-loving Switzerland — though Gruyère cheeses have scooped the top prize five times before.

Gold set for best week in a month as data gap clouds US outlook (LINK) 13 November 2025

Gold falls 1% as broad market sell-off follows U.S. government reopening — (LINK)

— Gold rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday to hit its highest in more than three weeks, buoyed by expectation that the U.S. government reopening will restart the flow of economic data and boost bets for further interest rate cuts. Gold prices fell 1% on Thursday, pulling back from a three-week high earlier in the session amid a broad market sell-off following the reopening of the U.S. government.

The U.S. federal shutdown may be over, but the damage is not: families, federal services and benefits could take weeks to stabilize after the shutdown. President Trump on Wednesday signed a bill that will fund the government until Jan 30 (LINK) 13 November 2025

China's economic slowdown deepens in October as housing slump worsens and investments shrink more than expected: 4.9% year-on-year, output slowing from a 6.5% rise the prior month and missing a 5.5% expected jump (LINK) — ground.news: 11 media reports (LINK) 13 November 2025

Heather Cox Richardson: MAGA meets reality: the cost of tariffs, undocumented immigrants (LINK) 13 November 2025

California revokes 17,000 commercial driving licenses given to immigrants (LINK) 13 November 2025

Trump administration designates 4 violent left-wing and anarchist European networks as terrorist organizations (LINK) 13 November 2025

UK: No-fault evictions on rental homes banned from May 2026: The new rules will affect more than 11 million people (LINK) 13 November 2025

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

EUR 1 million Dutch contribution strengthens IOM's Resilience Fund for migrants worldwide (LINK) 12 November 2025

— In addition, the Netherlands has provided EUR 3 million in flexible funding to IOM in 2025. The Netherlands also continues to support key IOM initiatives, including the COMPASS programme on protection and safe migration and the Afghanistan response, which provides life-saving assistance and reintegration support to vulnerable returnees. The Resilience Fund is a global campaign to mobilize USD 100 million in flexible funding.

Paris Agreement 10 years on: More wins than you may realize (LINK) 12 November 2025

UN's Internal Courts: the 17 November vote (LINK) 12 November 2025

Court hears case to disqualify Central African Republic's president from December election (LINK) — ground.news: 8 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

U.S: Newsom ex-Chief of Staff arrested in $225k campaign fraud (LINK) — ground.news: 184 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

Helen Cox Richardson: Trump, Epstein, girls (LINK) 12 November 2025

White House responds to Epstein emails invoking Trump: "fake narrative to smear President Trump" (LINK) 12 November 2025

Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them by Jessica F. Green: A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation (LINK) 12 November 2025

— "Governments have misdiagnosed the political problem of climate change, focusing relentlessly on measuring, reporting, and trading emissions. Green proposes using international tax, finance, and trade institutions to create new green asset owners and constrain fossil asset owners, reducing their clout."

Colombia president orders suspension of intelligence sharing with US until the Trump administration stops its strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean (LINK) — ground.news: 105 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

— The Colombian president made the announcement on X after a CNN report which stated that the UK has also suspended some intelligence sharing with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, due to concerns over US military attacks.

Trial of former Congolese rebel leader Lumbala over wartime atrocities in 2002 and 2003 opens in Paris (LINK) — ground.news: 61 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

— Dramatic twist; Lumbala abruptly dismisses his legal team, just hours after his long-awaited trial opened.

Myanmar military takes delivery of helicopters and aircraft from Russia and China (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

— Myanmar is Russia's first known export customer of the Mi-38T, according to the defense-intelligence company Janes. The United States, the European Union and others have imposed sanctions on Myanmar that include the prohibition of arms sales.

European Union and Indian navies take over ship used by pirates off Somalia to seize tanker (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

India probes link between Delhi car blast and earlier Kashmir arrests, sources say: 16 arrested near New Delhi, 5 in Kashmir (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

India asks UN wildlife body [CITES] not to curb its animal imports amid Ambani zoo furore at Vantara, large private zoo run by Asia's richest family: accused by non-profits of irregular imports, Indian investigators have cleared Vantara of any wrongdoing (LINK) 12 November 2025

Study: all AI models failed safety tests for robot control (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports (LINK) 13 November 2025

Scientists finally figured out why birds yell at each other every morning (LINK) 12 November 2025

Chinese scientists discover caves carved by water on Mars that may have once harboured life (LINK) — ground.news: 14 media reports (LINK) 12 November 2025

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Venezuela mobilizes troops, weapons in response to US warship buildup in Caribbean (LINK) — ground.news: 79 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Thailand to halt implementation of ceasefire deal with Cambodia heralded by Trump (LINK) — ground.news: 8 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Suicide bombing at Islamabad court, killing 12 (LINK) — ground.news: 346 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Women in Darfur report rape "used intentionally and systematically" and lost children amid Sudan violence, UN Women says (LINK) — ground.news: 10 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Dozens of indigenous protesters breach COP30 summit venue in Brazil: minor injuries reported (LINK) — ground.news: 165 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Climate Change News: Not another COP-out: We must rewrite the rules of the UN climate talks (LINK) 11 November 2025

— "The world doesn't just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster and more accountable multilateral system to deliver climate action."

BBC: Israel has demolished at least 1500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

France to help Palestinians draft constitution for future state, Macron says (LINK) — ground.news: 44 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

— Ground News bias assessment: Left-Leaning outlets frame the initiative as "consolidation" or "advance" of Palestinian statehood, highlighting Macron's "red line" on annexation and a "devastating war. Conversely, right-leaning coverage emphasizes the need for "reform" within the Palestinian Authority, portraying Macron's call for elections as "encouragement" and underscoring Israel's "harsh verbal violence" reaction, citing the 67-8 Knesset vote against statehood. Center-Leaning reports neutrally describe a "future state" and the "joint committee," detailing conditions like auditing for "pay-to-slay.

Masked Israeli settlers torch property, injure four Palestinians, army says (LINK) — ground.news: 45 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Switzerland nears deal to cut US tariffs to 15% after business push (LINK) 11 November 2025

— Matches the rate levied on the EU’s exports to the US. Exports account for more than 70 per cent of Switzerland's GDP. Switzerland itself has already abolished all industrial tariffs and the US is the country's top export market for goods including watches, chocolate and machinery.

UN rights chief calls for a probe into killings in Tanzania and allegations of concealing evidence (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

67 places solo female travellers do not recommend: 1. India, 2. India, 3. Johannesburg (LINK) 11 November 2025

Japan's SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83 billion to fund CEO Masayoshi Son's AI initiatives (LINK) — ground.news: 105 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

Chinese 'cryptoqueen' gets 11 years in U.K. for $6.6b fraud (LINK) — ground.news: 202 media reports (LINK) 11 November 2025

— The Metropolitan Police seized more than 61,000 Bitcoins, valued over $6 billion, and found laptops containing $27.3million of Bitcoin wallets. Prosecutors have set up a compensation scheme as thousands of Chinese victims press to recover investments that reflect Bitcoin's rise. Three others were jailed last year for 6 years 8 months and 4 years 11 months respectively.

2022 fire at Glacier 3000: restaurant owner acquitted (LINK) 11 November 2025

— The prosecution argued that the accused had not properly trained her staff to handle the new stoves and that, as a result, one employee had stacked a stove with a plastic tank on top of another stove that had not been turned off, causing the fire. It requested a 30-day suspended fine of CHF50 ($63). The fire destroyed the self-service restaurant on the third floor, the restaurant on the fourth floor and the lift machinery.

Monday, 10 November 2025

Fight fake news and climate deniers, Brazil's Lula tells UN talks (LINK) 10 November 2025

Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief (LINK) 10 November 2025

COP30: Green Digital Action Hub to accelerate innovation for a sustainable future: New global nerve centre will harness digital technology for climate action and sustainable development for all (LINK) 10 November 2025

— The hub, anchored in Brazil as a legacy of the 30th UN Climate Change Conference, COP30. is set to become the nerve centre of Green Digital Action, a partnership kicked off by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with leading tech organizations at COP28 in 2023. The GDA Hub will provide tools, expertise, and data to help nations scale up green technologies, reduce the environmental footprint of technology and ensure access to sustainable digital solutions for all. The new hub builds on the COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action, endorsed by 82 countries and nearly 1,800 companies and organizations last year.

— Organizations shaping discussions and engagement at the hub will include the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the World Bank Group, the European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC), Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH?, the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), as well as ITU. In parallel, an International Advisory Board led by Brazil will oversee progress to ensure inclusive and impactful outcomes.

WEF: What does a successful COP30 look like? 5 climate leaders share their calls to action (LINK) 10 November 2025

Deadly car explosion strikes near New Delhi's Red Fort: blast killed at least eight people and injured more than 20 (LINK) — ground.news: 516 reports (LINK) 10 November 2025

Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit over edited January 6 speech: US president demands 'full and fair' retraction of BBC documentary that prompted resignation of two top executives (LINK) 10 November 2025

— Despite his legal threat, Trump would find it difficult to prove defamation in the US, where the 1st Amendment provides expansive protections of speech: "The broadcast seems to be factually truthful."

Tesla loses major executives, including Cybertruck chief (LINK) 10 November 2025

Putin, 73, spotted 'in pain' with sickly shriveled hand (LINK) 10 November 2025

Thousands of passengers grounded across US: more than 2000 cancellations and 7065 delays (LINK) 10 November 2025

U.S. federal government shutdown: Trump says end near, breakaway Democrats back deal (LINK) 10 November 2025

U.S. Supreme Court rejects effort from county clerk to overturn 2015 decision which grants same-sex couples the right to marry (LINK) 10 November 2025

— The Court declined to take up her appeal without explanation and without any noted dissents.

Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn verdict that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll (LINK) 10 November 2025

Atlantic: The Trump Administration has a new plan for Gaza: wants to build housing for those displaced by the war (LINK) 10 November 2025

Atlantic: The new brutality of OpenAI: The company is pursuing aggressive legal tactics against its opponents (LINK) 10 November 2025

Former French president Sarkozy released from prison after three weeks to appeal 5-year sentence for conspiring to fund his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (LINK) 10 November 2025

2025 Booker Prize awarded to British-Hungarian novelist David Szalay for 'Flesh' (LINK) 10 November 2025. Guardian review — (LINK)