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Based in Switzerland🇨🇭, little passion about politics, international affairs & connecting with like-minded individuals to exchange ideas & foster meaningful friendships, with a background in banking.
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Security forces in Nepal used disproportionate force against youth-led protests on September 8, 2025, indiscriminately firing on protesters multiple times.

Authorities in Nepal should investigate the disproportionate use of force by police and hold those responsible to account.
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Boris Becker: ‘Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying – it’s a real punishment’
Boris Becker: ‘Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying – it’s a real punishment’
Former Wimbledon champion tells Donald McRae about how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the sport
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Abbott bets on cancer screening with $23 billion Exact Sciences deal reut.rs/48ow0qS
Abbott bets on cancer screening with $23 billion Exact Sciences deal
Abbott said on Thursday it would buy cancer test maker Exact Sciences in a deal valued at up to $23 billion, including debt, marking one of its largest acquisitions in nearly a decade and its first major push into cancer screening.
reut.rs
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: US volunteer, Ukrainian journalist injured in Russian drone attack near Lyman, Donetsk Oblast.

kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
Ukraine war latest updates: British Terrahawk Paladin air defense systems deployed in Ukraine (8)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 8 times today. Pictures have emerged of a U.K.-made Terrahawk Paladin air defense system deployed in Ukr...
kyivindependent.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Tightening how courts interpret the European Convention on Human Rights could work
Britain’s new effort to balancing human rights and deportations
Tightening how courts interpret the European Convention on Human Rights could work
econ.st
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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France and Poland want more Russia sanctions before 2026, but mini-action on 'shadow fleet' tankers is more feasible given the short time left.
Russian 'terrorism' in Poland spurs calls for further EU sanctions
France and Poland want more Russia sanctions before 2026, but mini-action on 'shadow fleet' tankers is more feasible given the short time left.
euobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, but don’t want to spend public money to keep them, a new survey has found.
Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, poll finds, but don’t want to spend tax dollars for a new stadium
Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay, but don’t want to spend public money to keep them, a new survey has found.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The former UK prime minister said that young graduates would have to work out how to manage teams of AI agents as they enter the workforce.
How Rishi Sunak is preparing his 2 teenage daughters for the workforce as companies replace interns with AI
The former UK prime minister said that young graduates would have to work out how to manage teams of AI agents as they enter the workforce.
www.businessinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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NEW: the IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Includes where and when someone flew, credit card used. Usually when the government gets this data from an airline it needs approval. IRS accessed a database it just paid for access to
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are sell...
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Video shows Palestinian children in Gaza using inoperative power lines as a swing. Israel has cut off electricity to the enclave since the beginning of its genocidal war.
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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President Trump’s pick to be the US deputy representative to the UN, former Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce, for years promoted inflammatory, anti-Muslim and conspiratorial claims, including suggesting former President Barack Obama was a secret Muslim bent on harming America. https://cnn.it/3JK72Jk
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The Trump administration is seeking custody of Tina Peters, the former GOP Colorado election clerk imprisoned for breaching voting-system data in a failed hunt for voter fraud. The push follows Trump’s pardon of 77 allies tied to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
https://bit.ly/48kpQbh
Trump Administration Seeks Custody of Convicted Election Denier Tina Peters
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.

Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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NEW: Top election officials wrote in a joint letter that they are “deeply concerned” about information provided by the Trump administration concerning access to several states’ voter rolls, and with a “potential lack of compliance with federal law.”
States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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SCOOP: Senators Padilla, Merkley and Wyden are calling for top election official Christy McCormick to resign from her position on the EAC or rescind her accusations against Democrats that they’re encouraging “open borders” because “they need the votes.”
Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Last week, the internet piled on President Trump's proposal for a 50-year mortgage. But maybe it's not as crazy as it sounds. n.pr/48gBWSR
Is a 50-year mortgage really that much crazier than a 30-year one?
Last week, the internet piled on President Trump's proposal for a 50-year mortgage. But maybe it's not as crazy as it sounds.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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BREAKING: A federal court blocks Texas’ new congressional gerrymander, which could net five more GOP seats in Congress, from being used in the 2026 midterms. Texas Republicans will likely ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Blocks Texas Gerrymander for 2026, Appeal Expected
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Mayor Ashley Curry will host a patriotic program with Commissioner Jeff Newton to recognize veterans who served our country.
Vestavia Hills hosts annual "Salute to Veterans" celebration
Mayor Ashley Curry will host a patriotic program with Commissioner Jeff Newton to recognize veterans who served our country.
www.alreporter.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A U.S. appeals court denied the Trump administration’s efforts to stop the release of full funding for November’s SNAP payments as ordered by a lower court judge.

The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.
Appeals court denies Trump effort to halt full SNAP benefits for November
Back-and-forth court rulings have led to confusion and frustration over SNAP subsidies that help 42 million recipients pay for groceries.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The Climate Investment Funds, a $13 billion multilateral vehicle that sits inside the World Bank, has raised $100 million in funding from Germany and Spain for a new program designed to help poor countries withstand the fallout from climate change
Germany, Spain Commit $100 Million to Climate Adaptation Program
The Climate Investment Funds, a $13 billion multilateral vehicle that sits inside the World Bank, has raised $100 million in funding from Germany and Spain for a new program designed to help poor countries withstand the fallout from climate change.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control.
Riot in Ecuador prison kills 31 amid gunfire and explosions
Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM