WTO: US turns up heat on India's farm policies, hints at possible rice dispute (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The United States dramatically escalated international pressure on India's domestic agricultural policies - specifically its public stockholding and price support programs - during a meeting of the World Trade Organization's Committee on Agriculture (CoA) on 27-28 May, according to participants familiar with the development.

UN: WMO confirms El Nino onset, signals intense extreme weather events (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
El Nino conditions are rapidly emerging due to unusually warm tropical Pacific ocean waters and are poised to reshape global temperature and rainfall patterns in the coming months, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather, such as heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned.

UN: US tactics toward Cuba mirror colonial-era coercion, warn experts (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
United Nations human rights experts have sounded deep alarm over what they described as escalating threats, coercive measures and judicial "weaponisation" deployed by the United States against Cuba.