Today we take you to Brussels, where the European Commission is working to launch an infrastructure investment plan to rival Beijing’s famous Belt and Road initiative. But questions abound: Is it real? Is it new? And is it what low-income countries want and need?
Also in today’s edition: Eliminating hepatitis C comes with a price tag, and WHO’s historic new regional chief.
First though, UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, said in a situation update Wednesday that it urgently needs fuel if it is to continue its humanitarian work in Gaza, which is under Israeli bombardment.
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Vince Chadwick is a contributing reporter at Devex. A law graduate from Melbourne, Australia, he was social affairs reporter for The Age newspaper, before covering breaking news, the arts, and public policy across Europe, including as a reporter and editor at POLITICO Europe. He was long-listed for International Journalist of the Year at the 2023 One World Media Awards.
