After the traumatic experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 194 member countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have agreed on a treaty aimed at improving responses to future pandemics, for example in the procurement and distribution of protective equipment and vaccines. Commentators assess its prospects of success.
In a landmark judgement, the UK's Supreme Court has ruled that when it comes to gender equality, the biological sex and not the social gender is decisive. The decision affects issues such as whether trans women are categorised as women in gender quotas and to what extent they have access to women's refuges and changing rooms.
Donald Trump has put more than 2.2 billion dollars in multi-year grants for elite private university Harvard on hold after it rejected a list of demands by the US administration, including tighter controls on foreign students and the suspension of diversity criteria. The university stressed that it would not tolerate government interference in its academic freedom. Europe's media take stock.
US President Donald Trump has described a Russian missile strike on the city of Sumy in north-eastern Ukraine in which more than 30 civilians were killed as a "horrible thing". Russian-American negotiations are set to continue this week, but with only a ceasefire on the Black Sea on the table. The media ask whether Trump's peace initiative has any chance of succeeding - and examine what role Europe can play.
Following a vote in parliament decided by the government majority, the clear separation of the sexes into male and female has been enshrined in the Hungarian constitution. In addition, the right of children to appropriate physical, mental and moral development is to take precedence over other fundamental rights. Critics fear these provisions could be used to restrict the right of assembly and ban Pride parades.