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Neither Taliban or former government will speak on behalf of Afghanistan at UN: officialsAll challenges to credentials must be heard by the assembly's credentials committee, which generally meets in November and did not convene earlier to hear the challenge.WorldSep 27
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Climate rallies in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia demand actionClimate change rallies were held in both Halifax and Fredericton as part of a larger movement across the country and raising awareness to the issue.EnvironmentSep 24
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COVID-19 vaccine inequity now top of mind at United Nations meetingAngola president João Lourenço said it was ``shocking to see the disparity between some nations and others with respect to availability of vaccines.''WorldSep 23
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U.S. court orders Facebook to release records of anti-Rohingya accounts to Myanmar probeThe judge criticized Facebook for failing to hand over information to investigators seeking to prosecute Myanmar for international crimes against the Rohingya.WorldSep 23
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U.K.’s Boris Johnson says humanity needs to ‘grow up,’ face climate crisis at U.N.Johnson is using his trip to the U.N. General Assembly to press governments for tougher emissions-cutting targets and more money to help poor countries clean up their economies.WorldSep 22
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Taliban seek to address UN General Assembly instead of Afghanistan ambassadorThe Taliban are challenging the credentials of their country's former U.N. ambassador and want to speak at the General Assembly's high-level meeting, the international body says.WorldSep 21
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Global crises make up agenda at United Nations with world leaders set to meetEarlier, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres issued a dire warning the world could be plunged into a new and probably more dangerous Cold War between the U.S. and China.WorldSep 21
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U.N. calls on donors to raise $606 million to stabilize AfghanistanThere are concerns that instability and upended humanitarian efforts, compounded by an ongoing drought, could further endanger lives and plunge Afghanistan toward famine.CanadaSep 13
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Iran agrees to allow new memory cards installed in UN cameras at nuclear sitesIran is now enriching small amounts of uranium to its closest-ever levels to weapons-grade purity as its stockpile continues to grow.WorldSep 12
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World is moving in wrong direction, facing crises and ‘unchecked inequality’: UN chiefThe U.N. chief said the world's nations and people must reverse today's dangerous trends and choose "the breakthrough scenario."WorldSep 11
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