• Yemen uses U.N. speech to call for more COVID-19 vaccines

    Yemen uses U.N. speech to call for more COVID-19 vaccines

    Sep 27, 2021 06:38 PM EDT

    The top diplomat of Yemen's internationally recognized government said Monday his conflict-torn country needs millions more coronavirus vaccines to ensure some of the world's poorest are not left behind. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak said the roughly 1 million ...

  • WATCH: Jordan's king recalls Gaza War in U.N. General Assembly speech

    WATCH: Jordan's king recalls Gaza War in U.N. General Assembly speech

    Sep 22, 2021 08:36 PM EDT

    UNITED NATIONS — Jordan’s monarch recalled the 11-day Gaza War of this past summer in his speech before the United Nations, saying Tuesday the latest round of conflict was a reminder that the status quo is unsustainable. Watch King Abdullah's remarks in the player above. The war in ...

  • WATCH: China's Xi Jinping promotes 'dialogue and cooperation' in U.N. speech

    WATCH: China's Xi Jinping promotes 'dialogue and cooperation' in U.N. speech

    Sep 21, 2021 08:18 PM EDT

    ... t derail their 42-year-old relationship. "One country’s success does not have to mean another country’s failure," Xi said in a prerecorded speech. "The world is big enough to accommodate common development and progress of all countries." The comments from leaders of the two major powers, the ...

  • Harris rebukes China in speech on Indo-Pacific vision

    Harris rebukes China in speech on Indo-Pacific vision

    Aug 24, 2021 02:18 PM EDT

    ... of agreements out of that meeting aimed at combating cyberthreats, tackling climate change, addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and alleviating supply chain issues. After the speech Tuesday, Harris held a roundtable discussion with business leaders on supply chain issues. And after a delay of several hours that her staff refused ...

  • Hong Kong police arrest authors of a children's book in latest free speech crackdown

    Hong Kong police arrest authors of a children's book in latest free speech crackdown

    Jul 23, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    He says the national security law created expanded police infrastructure that's targeting an ever-widening net and eroding what made Hong Kong different from mainland China. Jeffrey Wasserstrom: A separate system of rule of law being different, freedom of speech being different, freedom of assembly being different, all that ...

  • India internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy

    India internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy

    Jul 15, 2021 02:40 PM EDT

    ... they call a climate of "digital authoritarianism." "If it becomes easier for user content to be taken down, it will amount to the chilling of speech online," Gupta said. The government insists the rules will benefit and empower Indians. "Social media users can criticize Narendra Modi, they can criticize government ...

  • WATCH: Biden marks Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech

    WATCH: Biden marks Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech

    Jun 01, 2021 04:08 PM EDT

    Biden spoke in Tulsa on Tuesday of the hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago. He said he had “come to fill the silence” about one of the nation's darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence.

  • WATCH: Harris cites challenges of 'fragile' world in Navy speech

    WATCH: Harris cites challenges of 'fragile' world in Navy speech

    May 28, 2021 01:20 PM EDT

    In her speech to more than 1,000 graduates, including ones who majored in mechanical, electrical and ocean engineering, Harris described climate change as “a very real threat to our national security.” “I look at you, and I know you are among the experts who will navigate and mitigate the ...

  • N. Korea warns US of ‘very grave situation’ over Biden speech

    N. Korea warns US of ‘very grave situation’ over Biden speech

    May 02, 2021 08:50 PM EDT

    North Korea on Sunday warned that the United States will face “a very grave situation” and alleged that President Joe Biden “made a big blunder” in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat.

  • WATCH: Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP response to Biden speech

    WATCH: Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP response to Biden speech

    Apr 29, 2021 12:28 AM EDT

    South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has used the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s address to Congress to vow that “America is not a racist country.”