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💡What’s the ‘Flagship Initiative’, and how might it transform emergency aid? The latest proposal by the UN’s top humanitarian official, Martin Griffiths, wants to give a few pilot country officials freedom to reimagine aid delivery.
The New Humanitarian (EN)
📈WTO sees ‘subpar’ 2023 trade growth with multiple risks. While the trade agency’s revised forecast for this year is a little more optimistic than a few months back, the war in Ukraine, inflation and food insecurity pose a threat.
Reuters (EN)
🐦Could bird flu trigger the next pandemic? The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected thousands of mammals across the world. Are we next? Experts are not panicking yet, but they are keeping a close watch.
Heidi.news (FR)
🕵️UN rights council chooses a veteran activist to investigate abuses in Russia. Mariana Katzarova, a former journalist from Bulgaria, has worked for Amnesty International and taken part in a UN probe on Belarus.
The New York Times (EN)

Hi, Michelle here. Today we hear about the UN grappling with the Taliban’s jarring restrictions on women’s rights after Afghanistan's rulers extended a ban on female workers to the world body.