Trade: US and Australia forge rare earth alliance to counter China (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a "framework" agreement on 20 October ostensibly aimed at "securing supply in the mining and processing of critical minerals and rare earths."

UN: Global aid collapse endangering civil society & multilateralism (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Attacks on global aid, rising securitisation, and dismantling of the international aid architecture pose an urgent threat to fundamental freedoms, a United Nations expert has warned.

DRC: UN warns of crumbling health system as deadly epidemics surge (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has sounded the alarm over the collapse of the health system in North and South Kivu provinces, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where hostilities continue to impact civilians and devastate critical civilian infrastructure.