Trade : ACP group exposes asymmetries in chair's draft fisheries text (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Many developing countries, including the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, the largest coalition of develo ping countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO), apparently expressed sharp concerns over the draft negotiating text issued by the chair of the Doha fi sheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland, on grounds that it is tilted in favour of preserving the subsidies provided by the big subs idizers that allegedly contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, said people fami liar with the discussions.

Opinion : Dangerous scramble for renewable energy resources (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
The growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have triggered natural resource scrambles for strategic minerals, generating dangerous rivalries f ought out in the global South.

UN : Barriers to movement are the never-ending normal for Palestinians (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Sundus Azza scans the news befo re she heads home, checking for signs that her 30-minute commute could turn in to a four-hour-long slog. Any incident could make travel difficult.

UN : Multi-lingual #AfghanGirlsVoices campaign to return girls back to schoo l (PRIV)
(IPS, Nairobi)
A Taliban edict is rolling back time in Afghanistan after access to education for all Afghan girls over the age of 12 was indefinitely suspended on September 18, 2021.