Here's what else has happened

• 📌Former CERN director Fabiola Gianotti to lead next year's AI Summit in Geneva. Her prestigious appointment, announced by Swiss federal councillor Albert Rösti on Wednesday, was dampened by concerns over the summit's modest CHF6 million budget and Switzerland's decision not to invite heads of state.
  Le Temps🔐 (FR)
• 🗳️Israeli media eye Rebeca Grynspan's Jewish identity as she emerges as UN chief frontrunner. The daughter of European Jewish refugees who fled persecution in the lead-up to the Second World War and moved to Costa Rica, Grynspan's heritage has caught the attention of several Israeli media outlets assessing her prospects of becoming the next UN secretary general.
  Middle East Eye (EN)
• 🗣 A woman has never been so close to leading the UN. Rebeca Grynspan came out on top in the Security Council's first straw poll vote. However, the Costa Rican is starting from further behind than previous winners, and obstacles lie ahead, writes Daniel Safran-Hon, an analyst and former UN official.
  Le Temps🔐 (FR)
• 💼Spain’s nominee to lead ILO advocates for a charter of minimum labour rights. Spain’s second deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Díaz, who is challenging incumbent Gilbert Houngbo for the top post at the International Labour Organization, set out her vision last week, including seeking more public-private funding for the cash-squeezed agency.
  El País
• 💾WFP to extend Palantir contract despite concerns raised in leaked audit. A 2025 internal audit, seen by PassBlue and France 24, reveals key privacy concerns regarding the use of Palantir’s software, even as the UN World Food Programme decided to renew its contract with the company for five years.
  France 24 and PassBlue (EN)
• 💥Myanmar military intensified air ttacks and abuses before election, UN nvestigators say. A report by the UN's Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar found that all sides in the country’s civil war – the military and various armed groups – committed war crimes and serious abuses, including torture and sexual violence, in the past year.
  Reuters (EN)
• 💉WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence. The World Health Organization's director general on Wednesday voiced his concerns after US president Donald Trump signed an order days earlier pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said vaccination policies should be based on rigorous science, not political influence.
  RFI (EN)