Red Cross workers carry the body of a person who died of Ebola into a coffin at a health center in Rwampara, Congo, 20 May, 2026. (Keystone/AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

💉Vaccines for latest Ebola outbreak could take months to develop, says WHO. Two possible vaccine candidates against the Bundibugyo virus species are being developed, but neither has gone through clinical trials yet, experts at the health organisation said yesterday.

🏭WHO expert: ‘Declaring climate change a global public health emergency would be a turning point’. From air pollution to heat waves, climate change is a health crisis that requires action now to save millions of lives, warns a commission of leading experts in a report to the global health body. Robb Butler, the WHO’s special representative on climate and health, explains.

🌌CERN opens public consultation on giant accelerator project in a bid to win over critics. The process, aimed at smoothing the way for the construction of a 91-km underground tunnel around Geneva, will last four months. Opponents of the mega-project hope to present their arguments.

🇺🇳María Fernanda Espinosa: ‘There is no lack of money in the world’. Ecuador’s former foreign minister, who recently threw her hat in the ring for the UN secretary general role, says a “new financing compact” could help member states better understand whether they are getting their money’s worth from UN budgets.

🏁In race for UN secretary general, a strong start can prove fatal. The tables may be turning for early frontrunner Rafael Grossi, the Argentine head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who still has some convincing to do among some of the Security Council’s five veto-wielding powers.

🔮UN cuts global growth forecast, blaming Middle East crisis. Economists expect global GDP to grow by 2.5 per cent in 2026 and 2.8 per cent in 2027, a scale-back of previous January estimates, citing rising energy prices and volatility in financial markets.