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Jürg Wegelin

Swiss non-fiction writer and journalist

  • Jun 10

    Swiss sociologist and anti-capitalist firebrand Jean Ziegler dies at 92

    The sociologist, author, and former UN special rapporteur on the right to food died on Wednesday from complications of Parkinson's disease, his family confirmed.

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Wildfires spread as governments face pressure

Fires force evacuations as courts, students and shipping lanes test weary institutions

Europe’s heat crisis spilled into suburbs, train timetables and even the Tour de France, while governments elsewhere faced pressure from courts, streets and war. The day’s pattern was familiar: systems designed for ordinary strain met events that arrived too fast.

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  • Tokayev proposes Ukraine war freeze to Putin

    Proposes a freeze to the Ukraine war as Kazakh President Tokayev meets Russian President Vladimir Putin face-to-face during a bilateral summit in Omsk.

  • France wildfire crisis

    Evacuates 250,000 people as wildfires intensify across France and Spain, with military aircraft deployed to combat the spreading flames.

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The US under Trump: second term

The US administration expanded tariff threats to additional EU sectors and implemented new differentiated tariffs on a broad range of goods from dozens of countries, including EU members, reinforcing its transactional trade policy.

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