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• President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the European Union during the UN General Assembly for efforts to weaken sanctions on Russian oligarchs. • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the assembly that Iran will not surrender in its conflict with the United States.

• Japan's leader aims to highlight her country's push for a more pivotal global role, promoting peace and stability through economic development. • Lam will likely warn against a "might makes right" approach, emphasizing the importance of preserving the current system that has allowed Vietnam to rise to middle-income status.

• The United Nations General Assembly has served as a major stage for diplomacy, where presidents, prime ministers, and leaders gather annually in New York to present their countries' positions. • The gathering allows leaders to appeal to international opinion and reaffirm the principles of the international system, making it a key event in global politics.

• Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly to discuss ongoing conflicts in the region. • The United Nations meeting is taking place as regional wars continue to escalate, with the U.S. playing a key role in the discussions.

• The Jordanian monarch is expected to address the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and other Palestinian issues in his speech at the United Nations. • King Abdullah II of Jordan will likely emphasize the need for a peaceful resolution, while Carrie Lam may warn against a "might makes right" approach to international relations.

• The United Nations General Assembly has kicked off its eighty-first session in New York, with global leaders gathering to address a world divided by war, geopolitical rivalry, and disregard for international law. • President of the General Assembly Khalilur Rahman emphasized that international law, civilian protection, and humanitarian access cannot be applied selectively, and that "trust is not given — it is earned".

• India called for stronger and reformed multilateralism on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. • The call emphasizes the need for strategic autonomy, which means maintaining independent decision-making amid competing geopolitical blocs, and global South leadership, advocating greater representation for developing countries.

• The United Nations has opened its annual meeting, with diplomats gathering to discuss various global issues. • Diplomats describe the current state of the world as "messy, troubled, unpredictable", highlighting deep divisions on issues like reproductive rights and climate change.

• World leaders are meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York to address multiple global crises. • Ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, and the Congo are raising questions about the UN's ability to end international violence.

• UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated in his final general assembly address that global superpowers are unable to solve the world's current problems. • Guterres described a decade of office marked by targeted civilians, weaponized hunger, and the disregard of international law.

Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chancesBritain should work towards rejoining the EU in the next decade, Tony Blair has said, adding to growing pressure on Andy Burnham to abandon Labour’s reluctance to revisit the 2016 referendum.The former prime minister has urged Burnham to use his 10-year plan in November to put the country’s membership of the union back on the table, a decade after it voted to leave. Continue reading...

In 2024 ethics filing, US health secretary pledged to ‘not engage in writing, editing, marketing or promotional services for any of these books during government service’Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, received $4m over the last year in book advances from allies within the Make America Healthy Again movement, according to a new report.The advances were for upcoming books by Skyhorse Publishing, a publishing house belonging to Tony Lyons, a friend of Kennedy Jr who is also president of Maha Center, a non-profit that describes itself as “tackling America’s health crisis through education, investigation, innovation and action”. Continue reading...