Sep 24 To protect Afghan girls, U.N. panel urges conditions on aid By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Since taking control over the country last month, the Taliban have restricted older girls' access to secondary school and have named an all-male Cabinet with no women. Continue reading
Sep 24 Iran foreign minister says country will return to nuclear talks ‘very soon’ By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump denounced the nuclear accord and withdrew the U.S. from the agreement in 2018. Biden and his team have made a U.S. return to the deal one of their top foreign policy priorities. Continue reading
Sep 24 McDonald’s pledges to phase out plastic in Happy Meal toys, a new app treats spider phobias and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin A new app helps treat spider phobias using augmented reality, researchers teach cows to use the potty and McDonald’s says it’ll phase out fossil-fuel based plastic from Happy Meal toys. Check out these stories and others you might have missed… Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: Biden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders as China concerns grow By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden declared Friday that the U.S. and other member of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad," are showing they “know how to get things done" in an increasingly complicated corner of the globe. Continue reading
Sep 23 WATCH: Iraq president on ‘national battle’ against corruption By Associated Press Iraqi President Barham Salih on Thursday said his country was facing a "national battle" against corruption and that it could not move forward until it was won. Continue reading
Sep 23 WATCH: 2021 United Nations General Assembly – Day 4 By Mallika Sen, Associated Press With cascading crises casting a pall over the proceedings at this year's UNGA, Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová had this reminder on the first day of debate: “We cannot save our planet if we leave out the vulnerable — the women,… Continue reading
Sep 23 U.N. summit seeks to fix food inequalities, but draws fire By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The food systems summit aimed to tackle hunger, nutrition, environmental sustainability and inequality on a planet where the U.N. says more than 2 billion people don't have enough to eat — while 2 billion are overweight or obese. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 8:26 Lack of access, infrastructure and government accountability hurt Ugandan vaccine goals By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman The U.S. plan to donate 500 million vaccines to developing countries aims to address the lopsided distribution and exacerbated impact of the virus. In Africa, Uganda is still struggling to vaccinate those most at-risk. It has recorded more than 120,000… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 8:54 U.S. and E.U. climate envoys on how China, developing nations can help combat crisis By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin The U.N. warns that unless the world acts faster than promised, Earth's temperatures will rise to catastrophic, irreversible levels. The U.S. calls the upcoming climate summit the last chance for the world to avoid disaster. Nick Schifrin discusses the crisis… Continue watching
Sep 23 Azerbaijan files case alleging ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Armenia By Mike Corder, Associated Press Azerbaijan has filed a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Armenia of a “policy of ethnic cleansing” targeting Azerbaijanis. Continue reading