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
Sep 21 Kremlin's party gets 324 of 450 seats in Russian parliament By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press The number is less than the pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, won in the previous election but still an overwhelming majority. Continue reading
Sep 21 U.N. agencies want access to asylum-seekers stuck at EU border By Associated Press The governments of Poland and Lithuania introduced states of emergency that deny entry to certain border areas to anyone except border guards and security services. Continue reading
Sep 21 Toxic gas and new rivers of molten lava endanger Spanish island By Aritz Parra, Renata Brito, Associated Press As a new volcanic vent blew open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock flowed toward the sea, authorities on a Spanish island warned Tuesday that more dangers lie ahead for residents, including earthquakes, lava flows, toxic gases, volcanic ash and… Continue reading