The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5
AI: Great promise, serious perilWhy it matters: Artificial intelligence emerged as one of the day’s defining themes, with speakers describing a technology capable of...
Canada urges stronger partnerships as global order faces ‘rupture’
Drawing on her upbringing in the coastal province of Nova Scotia, Ms. Anand opened with a maritime metaphor: “The tide does not wait. You...
Countries far from conflict paying the price for wars not their own, India tells...
Addressing the high-level debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, he said the inability to maintain peace was “not only weakening...
Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions
Prince Faisal bin Farhan told the UN General Assembly that Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region had been subjected to “flagrant Iranian...
Cuba warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as Foreign Minister denounces US pressure
Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla said the international system was witnessing an alarming rise in “expansionism, usurpation, plunder” and military and economic aggression, arguing that...
Lavrov issues call for new Eurasian ‘security architecture’
Quoting President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Lavrov said “the dictatorship of a single hegemon has run amok and is simply dangerous for everyone around it,”...
‘Safeguard the postwar order,’ China tells UN General Assembly
“The world wants peace not war,” Mr. Han told the General Debate of the Assembly's 81st session.He said the international system centered on the...
Research, Reflection and the Liberating Vision and Values
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In marking this the 61st anniversary of the founding of the organization Us and the development of...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 4
Why it matters: Small island States told the General Assembly that climate change is no longer a distant threat. It is damaging economies, threatening...
“We the People”—which People?
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The Constitution begins with three powerful words: “We the People.” History immediately asks: Which people? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — When...
Haiti at ‘watershed moment’, Prime Minister tells UN, urging full backing for security force
Addressing world leaders in New York, Mr. Fils-Aimé said criminal violence was threatening communities across the country, but insisted Haiti was neither defeated nor...
Pakistan’s Sharif warns any diversion of Indus waters will be ‘treated as an act...
Addressing the General Debate, Mr. Sharif said the shared waters of the Indus River system were the “lifeblood not only for the people of...
‘No one speaks on behalf of Lebanon’: PM Salam asserts State authority at UN
He said this priority was reflected in recent Cabinet decisions, taken after Lebanon “found itself facing a war it did not choose, but which...
What Is the Value of Ben & Jerry’s Without the Values of Ben and...
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Jerry Greenfield quit a year ago this week, saying the company had been silenced. Now he and Ben are asking for...
UN voices grave concern as fighting spreads across northern Ethiopia
Briefing reporters in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the UN was “particularly troubled by reports of the use of drones as well...
Tuvalu urges decisive global action as rising seas threaten its future
“For Tuvalu, sea-level rise is not a future threat, it is a present reality,” he said, describing efforts by the Pacific island nation to...
World News in Brief: West Bank demolitions accelerate, urgent support for Sudan, Haiti diplacement,...
In a call for an immediate halt to the demolitions, the UN Office, OHCHR, said that Israeli bulldozers demolished homes, farm buildings, water tanks...
‘Invest with Iraq’: PM sets out vision for new economic future
He was speaking during the debate of the UN General Assembly’s high-level segment, where he set out his country’s vision for economic growth, stability,...
Nepal PM urges climate justice after ‘Himalayan tsunami’ devastates country
Addressing the general debate of the Assembly’s 81st session, Mr. Shah said the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli disaster four weeks earlier in northern Nepal had swept through...
Security Council LIVE: Rising tide of forced displacement
At a time when war, climate crises and man-made disasters continue to displace millions around the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees briefed...
Sudan’s farmers are ready to return – private investment could get them there
The roadmap for recovery, and the potential for some $155 million in external investment, were among the outcomes of a three-day dialogue held this...
Africa needs its own AI solutions, not borrowed ones, says expert
That’s the opinion of one of the expert members of the UN-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, who leads...
Cuba Forum 2026: U.S. Provoked Crisis in Cuba
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Australia urges global cooperation on climate, AI checks and international law
He said that cooperating on urgent challenges that confront every country, creating solutions that work for citizens and staying true to the UN’s founding...
