India's commerce and industry minister, Piyush Goyal at the WTO headquarters on a delegation visit in February 2024 (WTO)

🇮🇳Meet the world’s toughest trade negotiator. And it’s not Trump. India, represented by its trade chief Piyush Goyal, has taken a famously tough stance at the World Trade Organization and during bilateral talks in its attempts to shift the power balance in the global trading system.

💉WHO chief urges action on mpox vaccines in Africa. Increasing access to mpox vaccines in African countries needs “a multi-pronged approach” with pharmaceutical companies and rich countries working together to reduce the pricing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an interview.

⛑️ICRC: The situation in Lebanon is becoming increasingly dramatic. Christian Cardon, International Committee of the Red Cross spokesperson and former delegate in Israel and Lebanon, says the situation has already passed a critical point and describes the alarming conditions that ICRC workers are dealing with on the ground.

🧮International Geneva in figures. Over the past ten years, the number of NGOs in Geneva has risen sharply while multinationals choosing it as their home have doubled, a sign that the multilateral hub is thriving. Here’s a look at what that looks like in numbers.

🕊️In DR Congo’s Beni region, departing peacekeepers leave a trail of abuse and anger. Thousands of troops from Monusco are set to finalise their withdrawal from the country soon, marking the end of the UN’s most expensive and longest peacekeeping mission as well as one that will not be missed.