WHO : Flu pandemic framework and preparedness threatened? (PRIV)
(TWN, Geneva)
A major effort of the World Health Organization (WHO) on pandemic influenza preparedness faces possible weakening as governments grapple with the handling of "genetic sequence data" of viruses .

United Nations : Fighting world's largest criminal industry - modern slavery (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Modern slavery and human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries and one of th e biggest human rights crises today, United Nations and government officials said.

Opinion : Birds of a feather - Kim Jong-un and Donald J Trump (PRIV)
(IPS, Stockholm/Rome)
After his first meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump declared: "And then we fell in love, okay? No, really - he wrote me beautiful letters, and they're great letters."