Trade : Trump's "switch-on, switch-off" actions fueling unprecedented chaos (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump on 6 March temporarily paused the 25% tariff on imports of all goods from Mexico while his Commerce Secretary indicated an exemption for all goods from both Canada and Mexico until 2 April, in what appears to be an allegedly chaotic unilateral "switch-on and switch-off" trade policy that is intensifying global uncertainty and trade frictions, said people familiar with the development.

UN : Achieving gender equality in employment may take nearly two centuries (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out an ambitious agenda for equality, women still face significant barriers in the economy, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.

UN : Emergency aid fund allocates US$110 million for neglected crises (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Amid a precipitous scaling back of global humanitarian funding, the United Nations on 6 March allocated US$110 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost life-saving assistance in ten of the world's most underfunded and neglected crises across Africa, Asia and Latin America.