Edith M. Lederer

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  • Container cranes sit idle at the port of the port of New York & New Jersey in Bayonne, N.J., Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Economy

    UN says Trump tariffs and trade tensions will cut global economic growth by 0.4% in both 2025 and 2026

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • United Nations (UN) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screenPolitics

    UN says women’s rights are under attack 30 years after world leaders adopted equality blueprint: ‘We’re seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny’

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • US Ambassador Dorothy Camille Shea votes in the UN Security Council, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Politics

    U.S. splits with European allies as it refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war in UN votes

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Speaks At The 79th Session Of The United Nations General Assembly In New YorkPolitics

    Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. and Ukraine have competing proposals on how to end the conflict—and how it started

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk at podiumPolitics

    Elon Musk met with Iran’s U.N. ambassador as Tehran may look to ease tension with Trump

    By Matthew Lee, Edith M. Lederer, and others
  • FILE -Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting on Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, April 24, 2024 at United Nations headquarters. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution with U.S. support urging wealthy developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure that they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence.Fu Cong told reporters Monday that the two resolutions are complementary, with the U.S. measure being “more general” and the just-adopted one focusing on “capacity building.”(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)Politics

    China and U.S. agree on something as Washington supports Beijing-sponsored UN resolution urging rich countries to close widening AI gap

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Shantanu MukherjeeFinance

    U.N. says world economy isn’t as bad as it thought and projects 2.7% growth for 2024 driven by gains in U.S., Brazil, India—and Russia

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • United NationsPolitics

    U.S. is one of just 9 countries to vote against granting new ‘rights and privileges’ to Palestine in UN General Assembly

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • United NationsPolitics

    U.S. vetoes UN membership for Palestine after 12 out of 15 on Security Council vote in favor

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Linda Thomas-GreenfieldPolitics

    America actually just called for a Gaza cease-fire at the UN—and China and Russia vetoed it

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • A Yemeni man browsing the news on his laptop screen that broadcasts U.S.-U.K. warships amid news spread relating to the attack on the Zografia ship in the Red SeaPolitics

    U.N. sounds alarm that global trade is being disrupted by triple threat of Red Sea attacks, Ukraine war and low water in Panama Canal

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Stephane DujarricFinance

    The world economy will slow further off its pre-COVID pace in 2024, UN projects

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Shantanu Mukherjee, Director of Economic Analysis and Policy DivisionFinance

    U.N. forecasts worse than expected global economic growth slowdown to 2.4% this year from an estimated 2.7% in 2023

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Red SeaPolitics

    The Red Sea attacks are adding 10 extra days—and inflation—to 15% of all international trade, American ambassador tells UN

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Palestinians crowded together as they wait for food distributionPolitics

    Israel’s siege of Gaza shrank Palestinian GDP 4% in one month, U.N. report says. If war continues, it could set Palestinian territories back 19 years

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press