UN : Around 2 million people in Lebanon facing food insecurity (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Some 2 million people in Lebanon, including 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are currently facing food insecurity, on account of multiple crises being faced by the country, United Nations agencies have said.

Finance : The year of inflation exposes dogma and class bias (PRIV)
(IPS, Sydney)
Inflation worries topped Ipsos's What Worries the World survey in 2022 overtaking COVID concerns.

UN : The value of strong multilateral cooperation in a fractured world (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
The multilateral system, even in the face of heightened geopolitical tension and big power rivalry, remains the uniquely inclusive vehicle for managing mutual interdependencies in ways that enhance national and global welfare.