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• 🌾Hunger declines globally, but rises in Africa. The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people. Still, it continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition report.
  Health Policy Watch (EN)
• 🇷🇺Putin confidante Matviyenko in Geneva despite sanctions. Valentina Matviyenko, chair of the Russian Federation Council, is attending a meeting of heads of parliament in Geneva along with Duma politicians Leonid Sluzki and Pyotr Tolstoy, who are also on the Swiss sanctions list. Switzerland can issue a waiver for the duration of international diplomatic conferences.
  Keystone-SDA via Swissinfo (EN)
• 🤖Geneva to host global body to oversee sensitive AI. Initiatives to govern AI are multiplying fast. One of them is the Geneva AI Governance Institute, led by Geneva-based Axel Mazolo. Due to launch in September, the organisation will accredit certification bodies around the world, aiming to ensure the reliability and safety of so-called sensitive AI systems.
  Tribune de Genève (FR)
• 🥤In Geneva, global accord in sight on plastics pollution. Geneva is set to host final talks on a global treaty to curb plastics pollution next week, but negotiators must first address major sticking points.
  Swissinfo (EN)