Stories from today

2025-12-02

• Arts and culture

  The Winter Egg, one of the few Fabergé eggs remaining in private hands, sells at Christie's in London, England, United Kingdom, for £22.9 million (US$30.2 million), setting a new auction record for a work by the House of Fabergé. (CNN)

  • https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/02/style/faberge-winter-egg-auction-sold

• International relations

  Indonesia and the Netherlands agree to repatriate two elderly Dutch nationals convicted of drug trafficking, including one on death row, on humanitarian grounds, following a request from Dutch king Willem-Alexander. (Reuters)

  • https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-dutch-sign-deal-repatriate-two-convicts-one-death-row-2025-12-02/

• International relations

  Venezuela approves the United States's request to resume deportation flights, reversing a brief suspension imposed following U.S. president Donald Trump's declaration that Venezuelan airspace was "closed". (AFP via Al Arabiya)

  • https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/world/2025/12/02/venezuela-reauthorizes-deportation-flights-from-us-ministry-

• Law and crime

  Former European Union foreign and security policy chief Federica Mogherini and two others are arrested in Belgium amid a fraud investigation. (The Guardian)

  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/02/former-eu-top-diplomat-federica-mogherini-arrest-fraud-investigation

• Law and crime

  Tunisian police arrest former human rights minister Ayachi Hammami to enforce a five-year prison sentence for a state-security conspiracy conviction issued amid recent appeals-court rulings that imposed long jail terms on opposition figures. (Reuters)

  • https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisia-arrests-prominent-opposition-figure-hammami-enforce-5-year-jail-term-2025-12-02/

• Politics and elections

  The Bissau-Guinean electoral commission announces that it is unable to release election results after armed men destroyed nearly all election tally sheets during the coup. (AFP via France 24)

  • https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251202-guinea-bissau-electoral-commission-says-armed-men-destroyed-election-ballots

• Politics and elections

  The Transitional Presidential Council announces that presidential and legislative elections will be held in August 2026. (AFP via France 24)

  • https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251202-haiti-sets-august-2026-elections

• Politics and elections

  The Bulgarian parliament withdraws its draft 2026 budget, originally prepared for the adoption of the euro, following nationwide protests against proposed tax increases. (Reuters)

  • https://www.reuters.com/world/bulgarias-government-withdraws-2026-draft-budget-after-protests-2025-12-02/

• Politics and elections

  Nigerian president Bola Tinubu appoints retired army general Christopher Gwabin Musa as defence minister, following Mohammed Badaru Abubakar's resignation amid a nationwide security emergency. (AFP via The Africa Report)

  • https://www.theafricareport.com/400924/nigeria-names-former-top-general-christopher-musa-as-defence-minister/

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