UN : Global food prices fall for the 11th consecutive month, says FAO (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The international prices of a basket of key agricultural food commodities fell for the eleventh consecutive month in February, mainly due to significant drops in the prices of vegetable oils and dairy products, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.

UN : Gender empowerment falters at highest echelons of the UN (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
When Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last week, he said the annual meeting takes on even greater significance at a time when women's rights are being "abused, threatened, and violated around the world."

El Salvador : Government unscathed by US case alleging secret pact with gangs (PRIV)
(IPS, San Salvador)
Despite serious allegations by the US justice system that two officials of the government of Nayib Bukele reached a secret agreement with the MS-13 gang to keep the homicide rate low, the Salvadoran president seems to have escaped unscathed for now, without political costs.