A WFP staff member prepares food for refugees in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 5 June 2024 (Keystone/EPA/Orlando Barria)

💸As hunger soars, UN food agency grapples with chronic financial crisis. The WFP is facing an $8.1 billion funding shortfall, hindering its ability to respond to the soaring humanitarian needs – a crisis intensified by US aid cuts.

⚕️WHO budget crisis bigger than previously thought – $2.5 billion gap for 2025-2027. The UN health chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, expects jobs to be cut.

🤝🏻Rival Cypriot sides to work on removing landmines, other peace initiatives. The agreement was announced after weeks of meetings in Geneva.

✨State councillor Delphine Bachmann: ‘Geneva's economic attractiveness is never a given and must be defended.’ The cantonal official warned of the impact that US cuts on international Geneva and the move by inspection and certification giant SGS to Zug may have on the economy.

🦠EU countries divided over European Commission’s role in the pandemic treaty negotiations. Ahead of next week’s final round of talks, some EU nations feel their voices may not be represented by the commission.