Edith M. Lederer

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  • Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy AgencyEnvironment

    ‘Full benefits of nuclear energy’ must be part of the plan to tackle climate change, says U.N. nuclear chief

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Riyad MansourPolitics

    UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Antonio GuterresEnvironment

    UN chief sees a world ‘becoming unhinged’ and a completely absent leadership: ‘we seem incapable of coming together to respond’

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Antonio GuterresFinance

    UN chief rips IMF and World Bank for ‘glaring failure’ during pandemic—and ‘bias and injustice built into the current international financial architecture’

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Antonio GuterresTech

    UN chief terrified of AI becoming a ‘monster’ of hate and lies because tech firms care more about engagement than human rights

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to media after a meeting with Burindi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye (not seen) at the Statehouse in Bujumbura on May 5, 2023. – Guterres is visiting Burundi to take part in the 11th High-level meeting of the regional oversight mechanism of the Peace, security and cooperation framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region. (Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP) (Photo by TCHANDROU NITANGA/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    UN chief wants to tackle the ‘monster’ of digital disinformation by creating a code of conduct for tech companies

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • David BeasleyEnvironment

    ‘It’s not too much to ask some of the multibillionaires to step up and help’: Outgoing UN official rips inaction from pandemic profiteers

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – 2023/03/05: A woman and her little daughter are seen carrying feminist placards during the demonstration. In the weekend leading up to International Women’s Day, ‘Feminist March’, organized a march calling for an even more inclusive movement where thousands of people gathered at the Dam Square in the city center. (Photo by Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)MPW

    Gender equality won’t be achieved for another 300 years at the current pace of progress, UN secretary-general says

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Antonio Guterres

    Rising seas are a ‘death sentence’ for some nations and will shake ‘mega-cities on every continent,’ UN chief says

    By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer McDermott, and others
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speechTech

    North Korean hackers have stolen up to $1 billion in virtual assets according to the UN: ‘A record-breaking year’

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Antonio Guterres

    The UN is worried about a ‘broad-based and severe slowdown’ of the global economy in 2023

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act and lowering health care costs for families during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. President Biden announced additional actions to save families hundreds of dollars a month on their health care. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHealth

    A record 16.3 million have signed up for ‘Obamacare’ health coverage. That’s double the number from when it launched a decade ago

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • A woman standing alone in front of a bombed out building.Finance

    COVID, inflation, war in Ukraine and the climate crisis are all conspiring to put a dent in global economic growth this year

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Antonio Guterres

    The UN chief has harsh words for world leaders: Earth ‘is literally on fire’ and it’s in ‘great peril’

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
  • Woman walks in front of destroyed buildings in UkraineInternational

    The UN may strip Russia of its membership from the Human Rights Council as soon as Thursday

    By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press