Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff to hold Ukraine peace plan talks at Kremlin next week (LINK) 26 November 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Navy secretary to review Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly's comments in a video to troops on their right to refuse "potentially unlawful conduct", according to a memo posted on social media by the Pentagon (LINK) 26 November 2025

Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations (LINK) 26 November 2025

World Aids Day 1 December 2025: Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response (LINK) 26 November 2025 — Geneva programme — (LINK)

Jakarta now the world's largest city (41.9m), Tokyo falls to third: UN DESA — Bangladesh's Dhaka projected to be largest by 2050 (LINK) 26 November 2025

— Asia is home to 19 of the world's 33 megacities, and nine out of the top 10. In addition to Jakarta, Dhaka and Tokyo, the other Asian cities in the top 10 are: New Delhi, India (30.2 million); Shanghai, China (29.6 million); Guangzhou, China (27.6 million); Manila, Philippines (24.7 million); Kolkata, India (22.5 million); and Seoul, South Korea (22.5 million).

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Trump says 'only a few' sticking points remain in Ukraine-Russia peace talks as Kyiv reportedly backs framework (LINK) 25 November 2025

Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine and Ukraine attack kills 3 in southern Russia while US peace plan is discussed (LINK) 25 November 2025

Guardian: 'Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs': Cop30 avoided total failure with last-ditch deal (LINK) 25 November 2025

— Rather than explicitly namecheck fossil fuels, the agreement refers to "the UAE consensus", the name given to the Cop28 deal to 'transition away from fossil fuels'. To great surprise, the wording was accepted.

National Parks to raise fees by $100 for international tourists to popular U.S. parks, left out of fee-free days, reserved for American residents (LINK) 25 November 2025

Monday, 24 November 2025

Suicide bombers strike security force headquarters in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, killing 3 officers (LINK) — ground.news: 46 media reports (LINK) 24 November 2025

Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire: Israel is allowing more food into Gaza, but aid workers say vital ingredients needed to improve people's diets are still missing. (LINK) 24 November 2025

US set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles today as a terror organization. It's not a cartel per se (LINK) 24 November 2025

— U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Cartel de los Soles, or Cartel of the Suns, of being "responsible for terrorist violence" in the Western Hemisphere. Venezuelans began using the term Cartel de los Soles in the 1990s to refer to high-ranking military officers who had grown rich from drug-running. The "suns" in the name refer to the epaulettes affixed to the uniforms of high-ranking military officers.

US federal judge dismisses indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, saying Lindsey Halligan appointment was unlawful (LINK) 24 November 2025

CNN fact check: 78 times Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the US (LINK) 24 November 2025

Philippine president says 7 suspects in corruption scandal involving flood control projects have been detained, others being sought (LINK) 24 November 2025

— AP: Massive corruption has been blamed for substandard or non-existent flood control projects in the poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country long prone to deadly floods and extreme weather.

Claims of systemic problems with BBC news coverage disputed by former adviser (LINK) 24 November 2025

Swiss court jails two men on Kosovo-linked terror charges (LINK) 24 November 2025

— The Federal Criminal Court sentenced two men from the Balkans, the so-called "Frères de Genève" [the Geneva Brothers], to 30 and 53 months in prison for their support of the Islamic State group. However, the court acquitted them of the charge of participating in the Islamist organisation in Kosovo, the Viti Brothers.

CERN's new careers website is now live:careers.cern now has an improved interface for a more intuitive user experience for potential applicants for CERN jobs (LINK) 24 November 2025

Bitcoin creator Satoshi now "poorer" than Bill Gates after $41b loss (LINK) 24 November 2025

Grisons mountain village of Brienz faces imminent landslide: villagers already evacuated for over a year (LINK) 24 November 2025