Trade: US revives its WTO playbook - old tactics, new venue amid turmoil (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Amid an escalating war with Iran, the United States on 2 March unveiled its trade priorities for the World Trade Organization's 14th ministerial conference (MC14), as it did for the WTO's fourth ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar, in 2001, while simultaneously launching a war on Iraq.

UN: Corporate capture of land threatening food systems, warns report (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Land, which sustains life and embodies history, culture, and meaning, is being stripped of its life-giving role, as corporations, wealthy investors, and the institutions that support them convert it into a commodity, according to a United Nations human rights expert.

Sudan: Drone attacks pushing Kordofan & Blue Nile deeper into crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The deteriorating security situation in Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan is placing communities in acute danger, with clashes displacing families, restricting movement, and cutting off access to essential services, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on 2 March.