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Yesterday, when the United Nations voted on five of the 10 non-permanent seats of its Security Council, the United States gained the support of two key Asia-Pacific allies: Australia and South Korea.

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President Donald Trump’s Tuesday speech to the United Nations General Assembly saw him excoriate the international body as ineffective and forecast Washington putting more distance between itself and ...

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U.N. rights chief Volker Türk expressed grave concern Monday over a "fundamental shift in direction" under U.S. President Donald Trump, warning that divisive rhetoric is being used to deceive and ...

Cop28 is coming at a crucial “pivot point” in the climate crisis, a UN expert has said. Cassie Flynn, global director of climate change at the UN Development Programme, cautioned that the world was ...