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World Sep 22

At UN General Assembly, little unity as Trump blasts China, WHO over pandemic

By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran

World Jun 09

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News Wrap: UN General Assembly will not convene this fall due to pandemic

In our news wrap Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly announced it will not convene in person this September due to the pandemic. It’s the first time that's happened in the world body’s 75-year history. Also, in Hong Kong, hundreds…

World Sep 25

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News Wrap: Iran’s Rouhani calls U.S. sanctions ‘economic terrorism’

In our news wrap Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced the Trump administration's withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He said Iran would only come to the negotiating table if…

World Sep 24

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Denouncing globalism at UN, Trump says ‘future belongs to patriots’

President Trump offered tough talk and his "America first" approach in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, targeting Iran and calling out Chinese trade policy. Trump also used the global forum to make a case for…

World Sep 26

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Trump says U.S. will increase Iran pressure, accuses China of U.S. election meddling

At the UN Security Council, President Trump said the U.S. would pursue additional sanctions against Iran, declared support for the first time for creating a Palestinian state and accused China of meddling in the 2016 election. Nick Schifrin reports.

By Nick Schifrin

Sep 26

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Erdogan: ‘Sad’ to see U.S. working with ‘terrorist’ Kurdish forces in Syria

By Amna Nawaz, Larisa Epatko

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the United States on Wednesday for supplying weapons in the Syria conflict to offshoots of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which he considers terrorist organizations. In an interview with Amna Nawaz, the Turkish president said…

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Sep 26

Watch 3:10
Trump says leaders at UN laughed with him, not at him: ‘We had fun’

By Yamiche Alcindor

President Donald Trump held a news conference Wednesday in New York, during which he addressed the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as well as his own accusations of misconduct. White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump about the…

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Sep 25

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Leaders confront Trump’s ‘America First’ philosophy at UN

By Nick Schifrin

At the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump unapologetically rejected internationalism and trumpeted national sovereignty, leaving Europe to defend the world order and multilateralism. Nick Schifrin reports from New York.

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Sep 25

‘We are only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us,’ Trump tells UN

President Donald Trump says he has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take a "hard look" at U.S. foreign assistance.

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Sep 25

Trump urges the world to isolate Iran, says he won’t meet ‘until they change their tune’

By Associated Press

Trump said in a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly he has launched an "economic pressure" campaign to deny Iran the money it needs to advance a "bloody agenda" of havoc and slaughter in Syria and Yemen.

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