WTO members voiced support on Monday, 22 July 2024, for the early start of the director general selection process for 2025. (WTO)

🗳️Exclusive: WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala tells Reuters she will seek second term. African states had led a push for the former Nigerian economist to start her campaign early to secure her spot presumably ahead of the US elections in November and a possible return of Donald Trump to the White House.

🆘Ukraine invites UN and ICRC to Russia's Kursk region. Russia described the move as a provocation as the ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric visits Moscow, where she is expected to meet with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov today.

🇮🇱Israel risks 'pariah' status over Gaza 'genocide': UN experts One of the experts, Francesca Albanese, said Israel's membership at the United Nations should be reconsidered over its disregard for international rules in the last year as the death toll in Gaza surpasses 41,000. Israel responded to her remarks by accusing her of having a "hate-filled agenda".

🔥Aftermath of the tariff war: The possible end of the WTO, billion-dollar losses and poorer nations. With protectionism on the rise and geopolitical blocs increasingly divided, the world economy stands to shrink significantly.

💲Latest global climate finance goal talks ‘still stuck’ on dollar amount. Delegates meeting in Baku last week failed to hash out the last details of a new climate finance target that would succeed the failed $100 million goal from 2025 onwards.