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• 🇸🇾Some Israeli actions in Syria may amount to war crimes, UN probe says. The UN's Commission of Inquiry on Syria said it was deeply alarmed by violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by Israel on Syrian territory, noting its increasingly sustained and entrenched military activity, and the detention of 49 individuals, including children.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🚬More evidence of link between smoking and infertility. The risk of infertility is 1.4 times higher in women who smoke, according to a systematic review of studies conducted between 2000 and 2026, according to a World Health Organization report released on Tuesday. Meanwhile, women exposed to second-hand smoke had a 1.2 times higher risk of infertility.
  Health Policy Watch (EN)
• 💸WHO says staff shortage, funding challenges hamper Congo Ebola response. Luca Fontana, a technical officer with the organisation, said that while nearly 1,400 treatment beds had already been ​established across 59 treatment centres in the country, another 1,600 were needed as the virus continues to spread across the northeast.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🏢Rival cities vie to ‘poach’ international organisations from Geneva. Swiss officials say about 20 countries are trying to use the financial turmoil to strengthen their own position as multilateral hubs. Germany, Austria, Italy, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are among those cited as seeking to attract parts of international Geneva's ecosystem.
  The Financial Times via Swissinfo (EN)
• 🚢Hormuz disruption risks squeezing smaller firms out of supply chains. Higher energy, transport and financing costs disproportionately hurt smaller firms already operating with thinner margins, UN Trade and Development warned. Even when overall trade begins to recover, participation risks becoming more concentrated amongst larger firms, the agency said, in an analysis released Tuesday.
  Arete News (EN)