UN: Multi-decade high borrowing costs threaten millions with poverty (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
A "triple shock" encompassing higher energy prices, an unprecedented El Nino phenomenon and higher borrowing costs could push millions more people into poverty, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has warned.

UN: Conflict and drought driving rising famine risk in Sudan (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Conflict, displacement, severe drought and inadequate funding are driving an increased risk of famine in parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan in conflict-affected Sudan, according to a United Nations-backed food security monitor.

Opinion: Dollar system eroding slowly, but still dominant (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
The protracted demise of dollar-gold convertibility and associated fixed exchange rates did not end dollar hegemony.