The Latest Breaking News from António Guterres

After a decade, the UN’s Antonio Guterres is stepping down. His legacy will be mixed, at best

In his farewell address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, António Guterres reminisced about his time as secretary general.

The Conversation · Sep 30

Uzbekistan highlights Central Asia cooperation at UN General Assembly

Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of Uzbekistan’s Presidential Administration, used her UN address to focus on regional cooperation, Afghanistan and reform of the organisation. She also covered domestic reforms, AI, human rights and environmental challenges.

Euronews · Sep 24

UN chief says world’s biggest problem is the changing way power is used – Donald Trump’s speech confirms his diagnosis

UN secretary-general, António Guterres, used his final address to the general assembly to recast the world’s crises as a single problem. War, inequality, the climate emergency and artificial intelligence, he argued, are not separate crises but chapters of the same story. That story, as he told it, is the story…

The Conversation · Sep 24

Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – as it happened

Kirsten Gillibrand says acting US navy secretary told her of attempted suicides after carrier strike group’s lengthy deployment as part of US war in Iran. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

Killer robots or super intelligence? Trump and world leaders clash over AI

While Donald Trump rejected global efforts to control AI and UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of the dangers of handing life-and-death decisions to machines, other leaders called for international cooperation to manage the technology.

Euronews · Sep 23

Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action

Experts say some of António Guterres’s possible successors could be ‘disastrous’ for efforts to tackle crisis

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

AI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid deep distrust between US and China

Fears persist about Trump ‘sucking up’ to Xi on Taiwan, but few concrete outcomes anticipated from US meeting

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

Outgoing UN chief says polluters have treated atmosphere like an ‘open sewer’

António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation

The Guardian - US · Sep 22

Who's Actually Speaking for Africa at the UN This Week — and Who Sent Someone Else

Nigeria's Tinubu, South Africa's Ramaphosa and Egypt's el-Sisi are all skipping UNGA 81 in New York. Here's who's standing in, and why.

Latin Times · Sep 22

Superpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address

António Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22