UN summit of world leaders, by the numbers: The longest speech, the language that...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly all the world's on stage, and all the men and but 20 women merely players. That's what a less-inspired...
Many powerful leaders skipped the UN this year. That created space for emerging voices...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Togo's foreign minister wasn't having any of it. He talked of an accelerating “African awakening,” of a resolve to “fight...
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end...
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan’s women, the UN is asked to declare ‘gender...
The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender...
Mandela’s granddaughter Zoleka dies at 43. Her life was full of tragedy but she...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Zoleka Mandela, a granddaughter of Nelson Mandela and whose life was tangled up in addiction, a suicide attempt,...
Moscow court upholds 19-year prison sentence for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow upheld a 19-year prison sentence Tuesday for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on...
Donatella Versace slams Italian government’s anti-gay policies from La Scala stage
MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced...
At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of making 2023 an “extremely dangerous year,” saying its actions are trying...
Dior triumphs with Parisian runway melding women’s past and future
PARIS (AP) — Amid the electric ambiance of strobe lights and an usually sweltering Parisian fall, Dior’s show Tuesday set in the Tuileries gardens...
Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region
GORIS, Armenia (AP) — Ruzan Israyelyan and her children spent days walking through forests in Nagorno-Karabakh and hiding from Azerbaijani drones as they fled...