WTO : Preparations for MC14 adversely affected by US tariff issue (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Preparations for the World Trade Organization's 14th ministerial conference (MC14), to be held in Yaounde, Cameroon, in March next year, are being adversely affected by issues such as United States President Donald Trump's proposed unilateral tariffs and reciprocal tariff plan, culminating in unprecedented uncertainty, while seemingly making the rules-based WTO redundant and ineffectual, said people familiar with the development.

UN : Migrants must not be blamed for global housing crisis, says expert (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Far from being responsible for the housing crisis in countries around the world, migrants are often victims of the same crisis, which has other, un-related root causes, a United Nations human rights expert has said.

UN : Sweeping funding cuts jeopardizing life-saving response in Sudan (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The sudden funding cuts by top government donors are a catastrophic blow to humanitarian assistance in Sudan, "a country in the grip of one of the deadliest humanitarian crises of our times," a senior United Nations official has warned.