WTO: Major powers create quagmire in "level playing field" talks (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The major industrialized countries - the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Japan, among others - appeared trapped in a quagmire of their own creation during discussions at the World Trade Organization on 29 July on the "level playing field" (LPF) issues track of the controversial WTO reform talks, said people familiar with the development.

UN: WFP calls for urgent food aid to help contain Ebola outbreak in DRC (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly expanding food assistance, logistics, telecommunications and air services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the Ebola outbreak shifts from a localized health emergency to the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.

UN: Nearly 15.3 million in Bangladesh facing acute food insecurity (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Approximately 15.3 million people in Bangladesh - 15 percent of the analysed population - are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), including around 483,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) between May and August 2026, according to a United Nations- backed report.