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It’s time for slavery reparations, ‘the gravest crime against humanity,’ UN General Assembly says
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity”…
The United States and Israel clashed with Iran at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday where…
Jared Kushner’s dream of a Gaza city full of new skyscrapers clashes with reality of 60 million tons of rubble
Modern cities with sleek high-rises, a pristine coastline that attracts tourists, and a state-of-the-art port that juts into the Mediterranean.…
After 78 years as a founding member, U.S. fully withdraws from WHO—and it owes over $130 million to the UN agency
The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was…
UN warns about AI becoming another ‘Great Divergence’ of rich and poor like Industrial Revolution
Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in…
Nicki Minaj thanks Trump for leadership on Christians in Nigeria, calls for urgent action in UN speech
Rapper Nicki Minaj took up President Donald Trump’s allegations that Christians are persecuted in Nigeria, saying Tuesday at a United Nations event…
Ten years have passed since the death of Leonard Nimoy, who is best known for his role as Spock in…
UN traffic in New York is so bad that Emmanuel Macron couldn’t even cross the street while talking to Donald Trump on the phone
French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say that he can get President Donald Trump on the phone any time he wants. In…
World leaders at UN shocked by ‘macabre response’ on social media to Charlie Kirk’s death
The reaction over Charlie Kirk’s assassination touched yet another constituency this week: the collection of world leaders gathered at the United Nations.…
Trump goes off script in UN address, praising Germany for returning to nuclear energy and fossil fuels: ‘All green is all bankrupt’
President Trump used his UN General Assembly address to criticize Europe’s energy transition—singling out Germany—while defending continued global use of…












