The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Secretary-General/Trip Announcement
All right, good afternoon. Today, the Secretary-General will be heading to the…
Category: 2. World
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Issue Brief on “Autonomous Weapons in Modern Warfare: A Challenge to the Arms Control Regime?”
The emergence of modern technology has transformed the nature of warfare in unprecedented ways. Advanced tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), loitering…
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US approves $93m arms sale to India amid easing trade tensions
The US has approved two arms sales to India worth $92.8m (£71m), including Javelin anti-tank missiles and Excalibur precision artillery projectiles, the US state department says.
It comes nine months after India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met…
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Zelenskiy says 22 people missing at the site of Russian attack in western Ukraine – Reuters
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- Children among 26 killed in one of Russia’s deadliest strikes on western Ukraine BBC
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Turkey set to host COP31 climate summit, Australia to lead government talks – Reuters
- Turkey set to host COP31 climate summit, Australia to lead government talks Reuters
- Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia BBC
- Türkiye: New Climate Summit Host Must Respect, Protect and Facilitate Climate Justice…
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Trump and Mamdani to meet in Oval Office on Friday after months of bickering | Zohran Mamdani
Donald Trump has confirmed a long-awaited meeting with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will happen in Washington this week, setting up an in-person clash between the political opposites who for months have antagonised each other.
The…
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Shelter and food in desperately short supply as Gaza braces for harsh winter | Gaza
Everyone knew what was coming. But there was little the inhabitants of the tent cities that crowd the shore of southern Gaza could do as the storm approached. Sabah al-Breem, 62, was sitting with one of her daughters and several grandchildren in…
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Offhand remark, symbolic suit signal long winter for Japan-China ties – Reuters
- Offhand remark, symbolic suit signal long winter for Japan-China ties Reuters
- China warns there is ‘no market’ for Japanese seafood exports as spat over Taiwan comments escalates CNN
- Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to…
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Ukraine war briefing: rescuers comb through rubble after Russian attack kills at least 26 | Ukraine
US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the Ukraine war that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday. The draft plan – which was reportedly…
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Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday – The New York Times
- Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday The New York Times
- Trump says will meet with New York mayor-elect Mamdani on Friday Dawn
- “He asked, we agreed”: US PrezTrump confirms Oval Office meeting with NYC mayor-elect Mamdani ANI News
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