WTO: US again thwarts Appellate Body appointments, defying 130 members (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
For the 101st time, the United States on 27 October blocked a request from 130 members to expeditiously fill all seven vacancies on the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s dysfunctional Appellate Body.

Labour: Most domestic workers still trapped in informal employment (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
An estimated 66.5 million domestic workers - representing more than four out of five domestic workers worldwide - are informally employed, without effective labour and social protections, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).

UN: Haiti on course for worst hunger crisis on record, warns WFP (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Acute hunger is continuing to rise in Haiti and is set to reach unprecedented levels, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.