UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With China leading the way by announcing its first emission cuts, world leaders said Wednesday they are getting more serious about fighting climate change and the deadly extreme weather that comes with it. At the United Nations’ high-level climate summit, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced the world’s largest carbon-polluting country would…
China has committed for the first time to not only stop increasing carbon emissions, but to actually cutting them by 7 to 10 per cent by 2035, a move that reinvigorates the global emissions reductions push, even as the United States withdraws from the Paris climate change agreement. Outlining China’s new carbon targets in a…
In a speech laced with threats against Russia and with little about China, US President Donald Trump’s address at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday may have given Beijing some reason for optimism. According to observers, the American leader’s attacks on Russia over the war in Ukraine signalled his frustration and revealed cracks in ties…
NewsFeed At the 80th UNGA, Argentina’s President Javier Milei — a key Trump ally in Latin America — praised Trump’s tariffs and immigration crackdowns while attacking “left-wing infiltration” of US institutions, warning America’s decline would spark a “global disaster.” Published On 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain voices dominate. Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spotlights some thoughts from leaders who might have…
US President Donald Trump took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, delivering a sweeping speech that touched on foreign policy, immigration, climate change and more. He attacked friends and rivals alike, while making controversial – and often factually inaccurate – assertions. Here’s a look at some of his key comments…
The senior Palestinian diplomat in the U.K., Ambassador Husam Zomlot, told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump must live up to his vow to bring peace to the Middle East. “We hope the U.S. will join this international momentum, and will be part of this real international quest, for an end to the genocide,”…
International body says mishap appears to have been caused by accidental triggering of built-in safety mechanism. Published On 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United Nations has been forced to issue a statement offering an innocent explanation for an escalator malfunction involving US President Donald Trump…
China’s emissions-cutting pledge is poised to take center stage at a United Nations climate meeting Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering — if predictable — broadside against the science surrounding planet-warming fossil fuels. Some 118 nations will outline plans to curb global warming, which is driving disasters worldwide — from catastrophic floods…
United States President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly that Israel’s war on Gaza must stop immediately as he called the recent recognition of Palestinian statehood by several Western countries a “reward” for Hamas. “We have to stop the war in Gaza immediately,” Trump told world leaders in New York on Tuesday,…