Sep 22 U.N. health agency sets higher, tougher bar for air quality By Jamey Keaten, Drew Costley, Associated Press The World Health Organization is setting a higher bar for policymakers and the public in its first update to its air quality guidelines in 15 years. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Biden announces U.S. has purchased COVID vaccines to donate globally By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the U.S. is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: Egyptian president say countries embracing terrorists must be held accountable By Associated Press Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi urged that countries embracing or offering sanctuary to terrorists be held accountable, in a video speech shown at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: U.S. and Australian leaders defend new alliance By Associated Press President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday that the new partnership between their two countries and the United Kingdom is in the best interest of global allies. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: 2021 United Nations General Assembly – Day 2 Racism, climate change and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the U.N. meeting of world leaders, a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world was "on the edge of an abyss.”… Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: President Biden and UK Prime Minister Johnson pledge climate option By Associated Press U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson underscored their commitment to tackling climate change Tuesday, during a White House meeting after both addressed the U.N. General Assembly earlier in the day. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 9:36 As Biden touts American democracy, here are the issues allies want U.S. to deliver on By Nick Schifrin, Yamiche Alcindor President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his first speech to the United Nations as part of its annual general assembly. Biden touted diplomacy and the endurance of democracy as he faces tensions with old allies, and global challenges, like COVID… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 6:43 As high temperatures hurt Sicily’s food production, rising sea levels threaten housing By Malcolm Brabant Climate change experts in Sicily, Italy are warning that rising sea waters are threatening some of the island's most crucial heavy industrial plants. They are also forecasting food shortages because crops are being destroyed. The island endured record temperatures this… Continue watching
Sep 21 WATCH: China’s Xi Jinping promotes ‘dialogue and cooperation’ in U.N. speech By Ted Anthony, Associated Press Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his nation’s longtime policy of multilateralism on Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: Iran’s president, criticizing U.S., likens sanctions to ‘war’ By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the United Nations leaders' meeting remotely from Iran, and he packed a full slate of direct criticism of the United States into his first U.N. address as head of state. Continue reading