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Editorial: The shooting at Roxborough High and the absurd state law that limits local gun safety measures

It should come as no surprise that Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's executive order banning guns and other deadly weapons at city recreation centers and playgrounds did nothing to prevent a 14-year-old boy from getting murdered Tuesday after a football scrimmage outside Roxborough High School.

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UN Security Council to vote on condemning Russia annexation referendums

The United Nations Security Council is to vote Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums on annexing several Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine, the council's current president, France, has said.

Radio France Internationale

UN Security Council to Vote Friday on Resolution Condemning Russia Annexation Referendums

The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums on annexing several Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine, the council's current president, France, said Thursday. The resolution -- drafted by the United States and Albania -- has no chance of passing thanks to Moscow's veto power, though…

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‘Wait and See’: Jaishankar on India’s position on Russian referendums in occupied Ukrainian territory

The issue would come up for discussion at the U.N., says EAM Jaishankar

The Hindu

Arkansas senator suspended over filing frivolous complaint

An Arkansas state senator has been suspended after an ethics panel ruled that he had filed a frivolous complaint against a fellow lawmaker

The Independent UK

Older people left out as UN speeches repeatedly invoke young

As war, climate change and inequality have consumed much of the U.N. General Assembly, world leaders have largely left out mention of the planet’s aging population

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UN Chief Urges End to ‘Era of Nuclear Blackmail’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war. "Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we can hear once again the rattling of nuclear sabers," Guterres told a special…

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UN meeting produces sense that a 'new epoch' is arriving

The war in Ukraine and its global fallout transfixed the meeting of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this year

The Independent UK

UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders, by the numbers

The gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly is over

The Independent UK

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Republic of Congo’s foreign affairs minister has called on the United Nations to make its Security Council more diverse

The Independent UK

Politics impede long-advocated growth of UN Security Council

Virtually everyone involved agrees that the powerful U.N. Security Council needs to expand and include more voices

The Independent UK

A ground plan for India’s reformed multilateralism

New Delhi’s call for a structural overhaul of global multilateral institutions incorporates institutional accountability and a wider representation of the developing countries

The Hindu

'An inspiration': Tributes to UK's late queen at UN meeting

This year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders comes on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally — the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

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UAE FM Meets Cypriot Counterpart in New York

United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with his Cypriot counterpart, Ioannis Kasoulides, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, reported the UAE’s state news agency WAM on Saturday. The officials…

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This time something has shifted, we've got some tailwind behind us: EAM Jaishankar on UN reforms

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that there has been a "shift" on the issue of UN reforms among the international community. Read more on Dynamite News:

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China, India Call for Negotiated Way Out of Ukraine War

China and India on Saturday called at the United Nations for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war, stopping short of robust support for traditional ally Russia. After a week of pressure at the United Nations General Assembly, Russia's foreign minister took the General Assembly rostrum to deliver a fiery…

The Hindu

U.N. reforms | This time something has shifted, we've got some tailwind behind us, says Jaishankar

Jaishankar added that it is not usual in a General Assembly for Presidents, Prime Ministers or Foreign Ministers of a country to refer to another country.

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Russian foreign minister accuses West of trying to 'stop the march of history' by providing military aid to Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has used a speech at the UN to defend Moscow's war and rail against the West for supporting Ukraine. He has also warned Western leaders against interfering in China's moves in the Taiwan Strait.

The Independent UK

GLIMPSES: One prime minister, many quotable quotes

So you’re paying attention to the tectonic geopolitical issues at the U.N. General Assembly, and most of them are addressed in carefully calibrated and crafted diplomatic language

Asharq Al-Awsat

Abbas Delivers Palestine's Official Request for Full UN Membership to Sec-Gen

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres an official request to implement Resolution 181 adopted by the General Assembly in 1947, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Abbas informed world leaders and senior officials participating in the high-level meeting of the 77th annual session…

The Independent UK

As Ukraine worries UN, some leaders rue what's pushed aside

In speech after speech, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly are spotlighting Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Abbas demands US seek justice over Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, the Palestinian president accused the UN and the US of double standards.

The Independent UK

Pakistan's prime minister talks Kashmir, floods at UN

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability

Axios

Abbas: Lapid's UN remarks "positive," but Israel "destroying" two-state solution

“We have no partner in Israel we can talk to," he said at the UN General Assembly.

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