Vaccine Inequity Comes Into Stark Focus During UN Gathering
Written by PIA SARKAR The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution will come into sharper focus...
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Tensions Grow as US, Allies Deepen Indo-Pacific Involvement
Written by DAVID RISING With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. and...
Read MoreMideast in Shambles, but the World Has Moved on for Now
Written by ZEINA KARAM There was a time not long ago when uprisings and wars in the Arab world topped the agenda at the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York. With most of those conflicts in a stalemate, the world’s focus...
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‘The Future Is Raising Its Voice’: A Dire Mood at UN Meeting
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER Racism, climate change and worsening divisions among nations and...
Read MoreBiden to Double US Global Donation of COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
Written by ZEKE MILLER President Joe Biden is set to announce that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world up to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of...
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World Leaders Return to UN and Face Many Escalating Crises
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER In person and on screen, world leaders returned to the United Nations...
Read MoreUN: Brief Gains in Air Quality in 2020 Over COVID Lockdowns
Written by JAMEY KEATEN The U.N. weather agency says the world — and especially urban areas — experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel restrictions put in...
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Taliban Sweep Across Afghanistan’s South; Take 4 More Cities
Written by TAMEEM AKHGAR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS The Taliban completed their sweep of the...
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‘Nowhere to Run’: UN Report Says Global Warming Nears Limits
Written by SETH BORENSTEIN Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will...
Read MoreResidents: Myanmar Leaders Use Pandemic as Political Weapon
Written by DAVID RISING With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to...
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