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☆ Insider Today: Tech's biggest lie
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In recent years, some members of Congress have lacked a basic understanding of technology, let alone something as complex as generative AI. Marc Benioff spent much of the annual Dreamforce conference sounding the alarms on how untrustworthy generative AI is right now. Marc Benioff spent much of the annual Dreamforce conference sounding the alarms on how untrustworthy generative AI is right now. It's International Equal Pay Day. The UN General Assembly created this day in 2019 with "equal pay for work of equal value" in mind.

Persons: Mark Sumersett, isn't, Simon Simard, Daron Acemoglu, Insider's Aki Ito, Acemoglu, hasn't, Aki, It's, Nat Friedman, Rebecca Zisser, Peter Brown, Marc Benioff, Salesforce, Greg Johnson, Gary Reyes, Janette Beckman, Getty, Johnny Nunez, Lynn Goldsmith, Dakarai Akil, Tupac, Akon, Sean Kingston, Gucci Mane, There's, Carly Pearce, Valter Longo, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, MIT, Renaissance Technologies, Bloomberg Beta, McAfee, Oakland Tribune Staff, Interscope Records, Academy of Country, FOX, UN, Assembly, Getty Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Climate Change Hitting Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Jennifer RigbyLONDON (Reuters) - Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. International initiatives to fight the diseases have largely recovered after being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Fund’s 2023 results report released on Monday. But the increasing challenges of climate change and conflict mean the world is likely to miss the target of putting an end to AIDS, TB and malaria by 2030 without “extraordinary steps”, said Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund. The Fund also helped put 24.5 million people on antiretroviral therapy for HIV, and distributed 220 million mosquito nets. For example, malaria is spreading to highland parts of Africa that were previously too cold for the mosquito carrying the disease-causing parasite.

Persons: Jennifer Rigby LONDON, Peter Sands, Sands, Jennifer Rigby, Jane Merriman Organizations: Global Fund, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Fund, UN, Assembly Locations: Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Myanmar

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. International initiatives to fight the diseases have largely recovered after being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Fund’s 2023 results report released on Monday. But the increasing challenges of climate change and conflict mean the world is likely to miss the target of putting an end to AIDS, TB and malaria by 2030 without “extraordinary steps”, said Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund. The Fund also helped put 24.5 million people on antiretroviral therapy for HIV, and distributed 220 million mosquito nets. For example, malaria is spreading to highland parts of Africa that were previously too cold for the mosquito carrying the disease-causing parasite.

Persons: Peter Sands, Sands, Jennifer Rigby, Jane Merriman Organizations: Global Fund, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Fund, UN, Assembly, Thomson Locations: Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Myanmar

REUTERS/Magali Druscovich/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. But the increasing challenges of climate change and conflict mean the world is likely to miss the target of putting an end to AIDS, TB and malaria by 2030 without “extraordinary steps”, said Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund. For example, malaria is spreading to highland parts of Africa that were previously too cold for the mosquito carrying the disease-causing parasite. For example, in 2022, 6.7 million people were treated for TB in the countries where the Global Fund invests, 1.4 million more people than in the previous year. For example, he said, many countries with the highest burden of TB are middle-income countries that have more capacity to fund health services domestically.

Persons: Magali, Peter Sands, Sands, Jennifer Rigby, Jane Merriman, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: REUTERS, Global Fund, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, UN, Assembly, Global, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Myanmar

☆ Tens of thousands march to demand end to fossil fuels ahead of UN climate summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"If you want to win in 2024, if you do not want the blood of my generation to be on your hands, end fossil fuels." The March to End Fossil Fuels featured such politicians as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actors Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Kyra Sedgewick and Kevin Bacon. "If you don't stop fossil fuels our blood is on your hands." And the march, unlike others, was more clearly focused on fossil fuels. Signs included "Fossil fuels are killing us" and "I want a fossil free future" and "keep it in the ground."

Persons: Spencer Platt, it's, Joe Biden, Emma Buretta, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Antonio Guterres, Athena Wilson, Maleah, Athena, Alexandria Gordon, Biden, Sharon Lavigne, Jean Su, Eve Ensler, Anna Fels, Vanessa Nakate, Megan Bloomgren Organizations: United Nations, Ambition, UN, Assembly, Getty, Sunday, U.S, Broadway, U.N, Boca, Center for Biological Diversity, New Yorker, American Petroleum Institute Locations: New York, New York City, Brooklyn, Alexandria, Sunday's, Boca Raton , Florida, Florida, Houston, Louisiana, U.S, United States, China, New, Vietnam

☆ Speed dating for diplomats: An inside guide to the UN General Assembly
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The UN General Assembly meets in New York this week with a backdrop of war and increasingly fragmented world. On this special episode, we talk to our journalists around the world about what to expect during the gathering, and whether this storied body can actually get anything accomplished. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. *The podcast was updated to correct the spelling of speed dating in the headlineFurther ReadingWorld leaders to meet at UN as big powers vie for developing statesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, UN, Assembly, Thomson, Reading Locations: New York

☆ World leaders to meet at UN as big powers vie for developing states
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

John Angelillo/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsUNITED NATIONS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - World leaders meet at the United Nations next week in the shadow of geopolitical tensions - largely fueled by the war in Ukraine - as Russia and China vie with the United States and Europe to win over developing countries. BILLIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTUREThe Ukraine war is just one reason for the focus on developing countries. Ahead of the New York meetings, diplomats acknowledged their focus on the developing world but dismissed suggestions that rivalry played a role. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, described the U.N. gathering as a chance for small countries to "lay out their priorities to us" and that she doesn't view it "as being a competition between big powers." Ambassador Zhang Jun told Reuters that Beijing has "no intention to compete with anyone else" and that, as China's conditions improved, the country was "willing to do more in return for developing countries but we are not competing."

Persons: John Angelillo, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Richard Gowan, U.N, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Zhang Jun, Russia's U.N, Vassily Nebenzia, Joe Biden, Antonio Guterres, Sergei Lavrov, Nebenzia, Barbara Woodward, Michelle Nichols, Don Durfee, Howard Goller Organizations: UN, Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, REUTERS Acquire, UNITED NATIONS, United Nations, Group, New, Reuters, Security, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Ukraine, Russia, China, United States, Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Beijing, Moscow, European, Western, Brazil, India, South Africa, African

☆ Biden to meet with Netanyahu at UN General Assembly for first face-to-face meeting since Israeli PM returned to office
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Donald Judd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President Joe Biden next week will hold his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the Israeli leader came back into office. Biden will meet Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington later in the week. Netanyahu has not been invited to the White House since he returned to office in December, a move widely interpreted as linked to the Biden administration’s disapproval of the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms. Netanyahu’s office trumpeted in July that he had been “invited” to meet Biden in the United States, but the White House pointedly declined to call it an invitation and previously wouldn’t say where the leaders would meet. On Wednesday, Biden will meet with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, joining the Brazilian leader for an event with labor leaders from both countries.

Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Netanyahu, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, Israel, Jake Sullivan, ”, Zelensky, Sullivan, ” “, ” Sullivan, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN, Israeli, United Nations General Assembly, Biden, White, Ukraine, Capitol, Wednesday Locations: Washington, United States, Israel, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Brazil

☆ White House says Biden is focused on his job in the wake of his son’s indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Inside the White House, neither was an unexpected development. Biden had just arrived back to the White House from a five-day swing through Asia when McCarthy formalized his impeachment plans Tuesday. An element of the White House strategy is keeping Biden focused on his governing duties while discrediting House Republican investigators. White House officials have also steadfastly refused to weigh in, describing it was a family matter. The president and first lady have kept him close amid his legal proceedings, and Hunter has appeared at family events and White House functions.

Persons: Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, David Weiss, Kevin McCarthy, Biden, Weiss, McCarthy, Jake Sullivan, “, he’s, Sullivan, ” Sullivan, walling, –, I’ve, ”, Karine Jean, Pierre, “ I’m, Hunter, Jean Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, White, United Nations, UN, Assembly, New, Democratic Locations: Asia, New York, Ukraine, That’s, Northern Virginia

Prince William will touch down in New York on Monday for a two-day visit – primarily to attend the second Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit. William and Kate visit Câr-Y-Môr Seaweed Farm, a key partner of 2022 Earthshot Prize winner Notpla, in St. Davids, Wales on September 8, 2023. “In addition to unveiling this year’s Earthshot finalists next week, you’re also going to see Prince William sitting down with the UN Secretary-General and other world leaders… This really is the evolution of Prince William as the global statesman,” a close aide said. This trip’s timing also appears to be quite fortuitous, in that it comes weeks after Prince William topped a new poll as America’s most popular public figure. A huge crowd of well-wishers greets the Prince of Wales while in Massachusetts last December.

Persons: London CNN —, Prince William, –, Prince of Wales, William, Kate, Câr, Notpla, Arthur Edwards, Queen Elizabeth II, ”, you’re, “, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, King Charles, Biden, Donald Trump, Prince, David L, Ryan, Duke of Cambridge, King, “ You’ve, Andrzej Duda Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, CNN, UN, Assembly, Royal Foundation, Boston, Gallup, Republicans, Boston Globe, British Locations: London, New York, Singapore, St . Davids , Wales, “, Beantown, Wales, Massachusetts, Boston, Poland, Ukraine, Russian

☆ South Korea's Yoon heading to New York next week for UN General Assembly
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends the ASEAN-South Korea Summit at the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2023. Tatan Syuflana/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit New York next week to attend the United Nations General Assembly, Yoon's office said on Thursday. Yoon is scheduled to depart on Sept. 18 for the five-day trip during which he is expected to give a keynote speech on Sept. 20, Yoon's deputy national security advisor, Kim Tae-hyo, said. The trip would follow North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's rare summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week where they discussed military matters and possible Russian help for the North's satellite programme. Yoon will deliver a message on possible military exchanges between Pyongyang and Moscow at the General Assembly, South Korean news agency Newsis said, citing the presidential office.

Persons: Yoon Suk, yeol, Tatan, Yoon, Kim Tae, Antonio Guterres, Kim, Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Newsis, Soo, hyang Choi, Hyunsu Yim, Clarence Fernandez, Lincoln Organizations: South, ASEAN, South Korea Summit, Association of, Southeast Asian Nations, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, New, United Nations General Assembly, U.N, North, General Assembly, Thomson Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Rights SEOUL, New York, Ukraine, North, Pyongyang, Moscow, South Korean

The tribunal will issue an advisory opinion, which is not legally binding, but offers an authoritative statement on legal matters that could guide countries as they craft climate protection law. The prime ministers, representing the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), will argue that countries have an obligation to protect the marine environment under the UN convention on the Law of the Sea, including from greenhouse gas emissions. Low-lying island states like Tuvalu and Vanuatu are also at risk of becoming submerged by water by the end of the century due to slow-onset climate impacts. Small island nations have also sought legal clarity on nations' climate obligations in other courts. Vanuatu led a campaign to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on countries' obligations to address climate change.

Persons: Kausea Natano, Gaston Browne of, Tuvalu's Natano, Valerie Volcovici, Diane Craft Organizations: International Tribunal, International, UN, Court of Justice, Assembly, Thomson Locations: Hamburg, Germany, Tuvalu, Gaston Browne of Antigua, Barbuda, Small, States, Vanuatu

☆ Island States Seek Climate Protection From Law of the Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Persons: Valerie Volcovici, Kausea Natano, Gaston Browne of, Tuvalu's Natano, Diane Craft Organizations: International Tribunal, International, UN, Court of Justice, Assembly Locations: Hamburg, Germany, Tuvalu, Gaston Browne of Antigua, Barbuda, Small, States, Vanuatu

NORAD scrambled 2 fighter jets after an aircraft flew too close to President Joe Biden's vacation spot. The jets fired flares near the civilian pilot to get their attention. No information about the civilian aircraft or its pilot was released. AdvertisementAdvertisementF-16 intercepts of civilian aircraft that venture too close to where the president is are not uncommon. For instance, NORAD sortied F-16 fighter aircraft to intercept a Cessna, popping flares in the process, after it entered the temporary restricted airspace while Biden was delivering a speech in California last October.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Anthony Guglielmi, Olivia Dalton, Biden, John Kirby, Noble, NORAD's Organizations: NORAD, Service, Aerospace Defense Command, Coast Guard, US, Cessna, UN, White, National Security Locations: Wall, Silicon, Lake Tahoe, Washington, Canada, Virginia, California, New York City, Arizona, DC

In September, Medvedev said strategic nuclear weapons could be used to defend territories incorporated into Russia from Ukraine. And in January, as NATO member states debated new weapons shipments to Ukraine, Medvedev said defeat for Russia in the war could lead to nuclear conflict. “The loss of a nuclear power in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war,” Medvedev wrote on Telegram in January. Nuclear rhetoricThe United States has previously warned Russia against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, both through private direct communications, as well as public channels, including at last year’s UN General Assembly. Russia has about 4,477 deployed and reserve nuclear warheads, including around 1,900 tactical nuclear weapons, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

Persons: Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, ”, Medvedev, ” Medvedev, ” Medvedev’s, Putin, Matthew Miller, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko Organizations: CNN, NATO, Russia’s Security, Helsinki, Russia, “, Russia’s Defense, UN, Assembly, St ., Economic Forum, US Defense Intelligence Agency, US State Department, Federation of American Scientists Locations: Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Western, Moscow, United States, Belarus, St, St . Petersburg

☆ To help end the war in Ukraine, seize Russia's state assets and use them for reparations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

To end the war, some argue that Ukraine must make difficult territorial concessions to Russia. People in the United States, after all, do not vote for the president of Russia. The Biden administration has already authorized millions of dollars worth of assets from Russian oligarchs to be transferred to Ukraine. But it has refrained from touching Russia's Central Bank foreign currency reserves, which are estimated to be about $38 billion in the United States alone (and $215 billion in the European Union). As Financial Times economic commentator Martin Sandbu wrote last month, seizing state assets for reparations is an unproven legal strategy.

Persons: Cornel, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, there's, —, Vermont Sen, Bernie Sanders, Sanders, what's, Lawrence Summers, Robert Zoellick, Philip Zelikow, Biden, Martin Sandbu Organizations: Service, Harvard, Princeton, CNN, White, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Republican, Florida Gov, Vermont, New Lines Institute, UN, Assembly, Kremlin, Bank, Central Bank, European Union, Financial Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Washington, United, United States, Florida, America, Russian, West, Iraq, Washington ,, Mariupol

☆ Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Putin poses for a picture with his wife, Lyudmila, and daughters, Yekaterina and Maria. Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images Putin rides a horse during a vacation in Southern Siberia in August 2009. Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images Putin judges an arm wrestling match while visiting the Seliger youth educational forum in Russia's Tver region in August 2011. Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/AFP via Getty Images Putin plays with his dogs Yume, left, and Buffy at his home in Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, in March 2013. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018.

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☆ Fact Check-Audio translation of Emmanuel Macron’s 2022 UN speech is altered
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The faked audio also says he was speaking in April 2023, but Macron was in fact speaking on September 20, 2022. There was no session of the UN General Assembly in New York in April 2023. The 78th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to open on September 5, 2023 (here). Emmanuel Macron did not apologize to African nations for wrongs committed during the French colonial period. Audio of a 2022 speech to the UN General Assembly has been altered.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, “, MACRON, France, Read Organizations: United Nations General Assembly, UN, Assembly, Facebook, “ AS, WE, Reuters Locations: New York, French Republic, France, Ukraine, Kigali

CNN —The United States and Western nations including the United Kingdom and Germany on Monday skipped an event at the United Nations marking the 75th anniversary of the dispossession of Palestinians after Israel called for a boycott. The commemoration was boycotted by Israeli officials, who also urged diplomats of other nations not to participate. Erdan said he has managed to convince “a number of countries” to boycott Monday’s event. The UN’s website for the event and a video it posted about the Nakba largely avoided mention of Israel, focusing instead on the suffering of the Palestinians. “We will be sending thousands and thousands of complaints to the International Criminal Court” if Israel and its supporters fail to take responsibility for the Nakba, Abbas warned.

☆ Ukraine and Russia turn toward the Americas; Zelensky speaks to Mexican lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday appealed to Mexico’s Congress for support in the war against Russia, as both Kyiv and Moscow seek to reinforce ties in the Americas. Zelensky’s appeal comes after many Latin American countries have adopted a policy of non-intervention over the war in Ukraine, rebuffing efforts led by United States President Joe Biden to unite the global community in opposition to Russia’s invasion. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has raised eyebrows among Ukraine supporters for criticizing Western arms shipments into Kyiv. Still, Mexico has voted alongside the United States in UN resolutions calling for Russia to leave Ukraine. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, talks with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira as he leaves Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday.

☆ Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had wide-reaching effects, including trade and partnerships in Egypt
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Fcdo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has damaged partnerships and trade agreements around the globe. For Egypt, this has meant the country must seek new trade routes and reinforce existing partnerships with Europe and the US. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has presented Egypt with complex diplomatic challenges. Bilateral trade between the US and Egypt, at $9.1 billion in 2021, is also almost double the volume of Egypt's trade with Russia. A year on from the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western economic partnerships with Egypt are only likely to grow in importance.

☆ How Indonesia is using diplomacy to call for the end of Russia's war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Fcdo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Indonesia has joined the vast majority of the world's countries in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Agriculture, IT, and energy are just a few of the areas with potential for partnership between Indonesia and Ukraine. Indonesia has worked hard to build bridges in the interests of global trade and regional stability. Bilateral opportunities: Trade between Indonesia and Ukraine totaled $1.24 billion before Russia invaded Ukraine. 141 countries, including Indonesia, voted in favor of Russia's immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal from Ukraine.

☆ Growth is slowing in Indonesia and events thousands of miles away are playing a part
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Fcdo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

However, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has dented economies around the world, is contributing to growth slowing down in Indonesia. The food sector has been strongly affected by the war in Ukraine, which has disrupted wheat and fertilizer imports into Indonesia. After recording economic growth of 5.3% in 2022, the strongest for almost a decade, Indonesia is now braced for growth to slow down intensified by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With weakening commodity and energy prices denting export earnings, Indonesia is contending with economic headwinds as fears of a global recession mount. Indonesia, one of Asia's success stories of recent years, has been less hard-hit than many emerging economies by the war in Ukraine.

☆ Tense moment as Russia's UN ambassador interrupted a minute of silence for victims of Ukraine war at Security Council
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia's ambassador to the UN broke a minute of silence honoring victims of the Ukraine war. Nebenzya said the council should honor "all victims of what happened in Ukraine, starting in 2014." Video shows members standing in silence when Vasily Nebenzya requested to make a statement, and representatives sat down again to listen. Nebenzya emphasized that the council should honor "all victims of what happened in Ukraine, starting in 2014." 141 members voted in support, while seven voted against and 32 abstained, according to the Associated Press.

☆ UN to mark Russia invasion of Ukraine anniversary by urging 'just peace'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. The 193-member General Assembly is likely to vote next Thursday after two days of speeches by dozens of states to mark the Feb. 24 anniversary of the start of the war. Russia was diplomatically isolated last year, when 141 states voted on March 2 to denounce its invasion and demand Moscow withdraw its troops. The United States and western allies have called the invasion an unprovoked land grab against a sovereign nation. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said last month.

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