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'Knocking on famine's door': UN food chief wants action now

The U.N. food chief is warning that the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm" when it comes to hunger

The Independent UK

No millennial monolith as Gen Y leaders rise at UN

Millennial leaders are rising at the United Nations General Assembly

The Independent UK

Kishida applauds Biden's address

Kishida applauded U.S. President Joe Biden for mentioning reform of the U.N. Security Council in his General Assembly address when the two leaders met on Wednesday.

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Russia to Face UN Heat as Zelensky Urges Punishment

Russia is set to face direct pressure Thursday at the United Nations over its invasion of Ukraine, whose leader Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the world to punish Moscow. As global leaders convened for the annual General Assembly, the Security Council will hold a special session among foreign ministers called by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia must face ‘just punishment’ over its invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky tells UN General Assembly

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed world leaders in a video speech

Evening Standard

Biden Vows Solidarity with Iran Women as Protests Spread

US President Joe Biden vowed solidarity with Iranian women Wednesday as eight people were reported killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police. Addressing the United Nations shortly after a defiant speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Biden saluted the protesters while renewing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At UN, Russia's war in Ukraine is both text and subtext

After two years of discourse dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine has taken center stage at this year’s U.N. General Assembly

The Independent UK

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Russia to face UN heat as Zelensky urges punishment

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russia is set to face direct pressure Thursday at the United Nations over its invasion of Ukraine, whose leader Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the world to punish Moscow.

AFP

Zelensky demands world punish Russia as Biden woos UN

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky demanded Wednesday that the world punish Russia in a dramatic video address to the UN General Assembly, where US President Joe Biden accused Moscow of violating basic international norms.

AFP

Putin plays the annexation card, pushing the war in Ukraine into a dangerous new phase

A lot has changed since world leaders last met in person at the United Nations General Assembly: a global pandemic, a looming food crisis, economic stress, climate disasters – and, of course, the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Conversation

Putin issuing nuclear threats to cover up ‘catastrophic failure’ in Ukraine, says Truss

‘It’s not a bluff’: Russian leader’s chilling threat to use ‘means of destruction’

The Independent UK

Biden lashes Putin as he backs UN reform

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday accused Russia of "shamelessly" violating the international order by invading Ukraine, as he pledged billions in food aid and backed an expansion of UN Security Council seats for the developing world.

AFP

GLIMPSES: At United Nations, boats safeguard current affairs

U.S. Coast Guard boats are a familiar presence during the U.N. General Assembly, guarding the aquatic border of the United Nations alongside New York City police boats

The Independent UK

US condemns death of Iranian woman in religious police custody while demonstrations erupt in Tehran

22-year-old’s death sparks backlash against religious laws

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Biden lashes Putin as he backs reformed UN

Miami Herald

Canada’s prime minister to host Haiti discussion as UN General Assembly gets under way

As the United Nations General Assembly gets under way in New York, Haiti is set to command attention not just from the United States, which is co-hosting a high-level donor event on Friday, but its neighbor to the north, Canada.

Radio France Internationale

Macron slams Russian colonial imperialism at UN General Assembly

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that Russia's invasion of Ukraine harked back to an age of colonialist imperialism.

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Biden slams Putin's invasion of Ukraine in a speech to the United Nations

Russia's invasion of Ukraine was the center of President Biden's address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, as the U.S. warns Russia is trying to annex more Ukrainian land.

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Emir of Qatar: All Welcome without Discrimination at World Cup 2022

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani stressed on Tuesday that his country will welcome the world and open its doors without discrimination during the FIFA World Cup 2022, which kicks off on November 20. Speaking before the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New…

Al Jazeera

At UN General Assembly, leaders condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine

Germany and France denounce Putin’s imperialism in Ukraine, as Qatar, Senegal and Turkey call for peace talks.

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Leaders Warn of Divisions over Ukraine ahead of Biden Speech

Ukraine will take center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday as world leaders warned of a new era of divisions over the war and other crises including climate change. US President Joe Biden will address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday as will Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the only…

The Independent UK

Biden at UN to call Russian war an affront to body's charter

President Joe Biden is ready to make the case at the U.N. General Assembly that Russia's “naked aggression” in Ukraine is an affront to the heart of what the international body stands

The Independent UK

At UN, hope peeks through the gloom despite a global morass

Hope can be hard to find anywhere these days

Los Angeles Times

Annual high-power UN meetings start with US looking to shore up unity on Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS — The world’s leaders converged on the United Nations on Tuesday for the opening sessions of the body’s annual General Assembly, held in person for the first time in three years, but with twin crises of war in Ukraine and famine in Africa weighing heavily on the gathering.

Al Jazeera

UN chief says world ‘in peril and paralysed’ as summit convenes

At UN General Assembly, Guterres warns leaders that nations are ‘gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction’.

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