Author: Edith M. Lederer
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U.N. says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations
UNITED NATIONS • Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions, a U.N. task force warned Wednesday. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released the report saying that the war is “supercharging” a crisis in food, energy…
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Russia urged to stop using land mines in its war in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS • A top official in the global campaign against the use of land mines urged Russia on Monday to stop its troops in Ukraine from laying the weapons that too often kill and maim civilians. Alicia Arango Olmos, Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva and this year’s president of the state…
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC’s new stadium keeps same name
Switchbacks FC’s future stadium has something old, something new, some things borrowed and something blue. The new stadium being built southeast of the intersection of Cimarron and Sierra Madre will keep the name of the old stadium, Weidner Field, on the east side of Colorado Springs. The name was announced at a celebratory event at…
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World leaders criticize response to pandemic
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstan’s president, it was “a critical collapse of global cooperation.” “Our world has been turned upside…
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It’s U.S. against most of U.N. council on Iran sanctions
UNITED NATIONS • The United States and most of the rest of the U.N. Security Council dug in their heels Thursday on diametrically opposed positions over the restoration of international sanctions on Iran. In increasingly intense rhetorical terms, U.S. officials insisted they had acted legitimately in triggering a so-called “snapback” mechanism that would re-impose all…
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U.S. demands restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the notification to the president of the U.N. Security Council, setting the stage for…
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U.N. chief warns leaders pandemic may cause historic famine
UNITED NATIONS • The U.N. chief on Thursday warned the largest gathering of world leaders since the coronavirus pandemic began that it will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world,” with historic levels of hunger and famine and up to 1.6 billion people unable to earn a living unless action is taken now. Secretary-General…
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Iran accuses U.S. of `economic terrorism,’ urges sanctions end
UNITED NATIONS • Iran’s foreign minister demanded Thursday that the United States immediately halt what he called a “campaign of economic terrorism” and lift sanctions, saying they have made it increasingly difficult for the country to export oil and virtually impossible to import medicine and medical equipment, including to identify and treat coronavirus patients. Mohammad…
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UN Security Council approves resolution on Yemen sanctions
UNITED NATIONS • The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday extending targeted sanctions for war-torn Yemen after contentious negotiations among the council’s member nations. Among the disputes had been whether to refer to U.N. experts’ findings that Yemen’s Houthi Shiite rebels are receiving parts for drones and weapons, some with technical characteristics similar to…
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UN: Thousands fleeing Syrian offensive, kids dying in cold
UNITED NATIONS • Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed Syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near Turkey’s border “under horrendous conditions” in freezing temperatures that are killing babies and young children, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday. Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security Council that “the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe” in…