Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, talks to the media during a press conference organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (Acanu) at the Global Health Campus in Geneva, 10 September 2025. (Keystone/EPA/Salvatore di Nolfi)

🦟Global Fund boss warns aid cuts jeopardise progress against malaria. Climate change, conflicts and a lack of funding compounded by recent aid cuts are hurting hard-won gains in fighting malaria, according to one of the world’s top health funders. The Geneva-based organisation is also being forced to shrink its activities and consider layoffs.

🕊️A fight for peace in Sudan, also being waged from Geneva. Tunisian former minister and ex-UN official Mongi Hamdi and the Kofi Annan Foundation are leading a conference in Nairobi seeking to rally support to stop the Sudanese conflict. Tribune de Genève

🚢Brazil to propose new forum to address climate and trade complaints, sources say. The initiative, set to be presented at the WTO's annual public forum next week, aims to overcome disagreement among countries about where the trade impacts of environmental protection policies should be discussed.

💰Corporate philanthropy surges, led by pharma giants. The top 20 funding providers in the private sector increased their donations by 87 per cent in recent years, according to a non-profit report.

☢️Iran and UN appear at odds over nuclear deal. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday the deal on the table gave it access to all of Iran’s nuclear facilities only to be contradicted by Tehran’s own statement that no inspections were guaranteed.