Monday, 1 December 2025

Trump reportedly gave President Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela on 30 November phone call (LINK) 1 December 2025

China's state defence giants see revenue slump as corruption probes stall procurement (LINK) 1 December 2025

Ex-Credit Suisse employee charged with money laundering by lending to Mozambican state-owned companies totalling over $2 billion (CHF1.6 billion): Credit Suisse and its successor company UBS are accused of failing to prevent the offence (LINK) 1 December 2025

— swissinfo: The loans were granted by the Credit Suisse Financial Group to three Mozambican state-owned companies in 2013. In 2016, they became known as the "Mozambique debt scandal". In 2020, the OAG opened initial criminal proceedings in this connection, which it is currently conducting against two people on suspicion of money laundering and aiding and abetting the bribery of foreign public officials.

Bitcoin pulls back under $86k, stocks find support in Fed expectations (LINK) 1 December 2025

Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announces $100K humanitarian aid for Sri Lanka as Cyclone Ditwah triggers severe flooding in Southeast Asia (LINK) 1 December 2025

Swiss crossword setter, charged with defaming the Valais section of the right-wing Swiss People's Party, acquitted of defamation (LINK) 1 December 2025

— In its verdict on Monday, the court found that the two men had merely expressed an opinion, which is protected by freedom of expression. Nor did the judge find them guilty of offences against honour or slander. A clue in a Valais paper, Le Nouvelliste, on November 18, 2023, was: "Swiss political party — racist, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-feminist, anti-ecological, anti-poor, nationalist". The answer: UDC (the French abbreviation for the Swiss People’s Party). The Valais section of the People's Party took exception to this and demanded, and received, an apology from Le Nouvelliste.