Trade: US-EU critical minerals plan targets China's supply chain grip (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yerevan)
The United States on 24 April unveiled an agreement on the "United States- European Union Action Plan for Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resilience," which would "serve as the primary US-EU mechanism to coordinate trade policies and measures on critical minerals supply chains."

WHO: PABS negotiation set to resume, consensus elusive during "informals" (PRIV)
(TWN, Geneva)
The stage is set to resume the negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) System, with consensus remaining elusive during the informal meetings of the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States co-facilitated by France and South Africa.

UN: AI-driven surveillance poses a growing threat to democracy (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
United Nations human rights experts on 27 April warned that intrusive digital surveillance technologies are rapidly spreading and becoming normalized in everyday life, often in ways that violate international human rights obligations.