Author: RICK GLADSTONE
Zelensky Vilifies Russia Over Atrocities: ‘They Killed Entire Families’
The Ukrainian president delivered one of his most forceful denunciations of the invasion in a live video speech to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.
Up-Close Ukraine Atrocity Photographs Touch a Global Nerve
The apparent execution of Ukrainian civilians by retreating Russian forces, their bodies strewn in streets and yards, has focused attention on what constitutes crimes in war.
‘Guernica’ Antiwar Tapestry Is Rehung at U.N.
The canvas replica of Picasso’s painting, symbolizing war’s horrors, had been a photogenic fixture at the United Nations for decades before its owner, the Rockefeller family, removed it last year.
U.S. and Russia to Confront Each Other at U.N. Over Ukraine
The Americans see the Security Council meeting as an opportunity to force Russia to explain itself, while Russia calls the meeting a diplomatic farce.
U.S. and Russia to Confront Each Other at U.N. Over Ukraine
The Americans see the Security Council meeting as an opportunity to force Russia to explain itself, while Russia calls the meeting a diplomatic farce.
Russia Says U.N. Security Council Meeting Is Just a U.S. Stunt
U.S. officials see the meeting, scheduled for Monday, as a chance to expose Russia to criticism on a global stage. They expressed confidence that it would go ahead as planned.
Covid setbacks to schooling are ‘nearly insurmountable,’ the U.N. says.
Many millions of children have “significantly missed out” on the academic learning they would have acquired in the classroom, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report.
U.N. Approves Israeli Measure to Condemn Holocaust Denial
The resolution was aimed at combating what Israel and other countries have described as an epidemic of disinformation about the murder of nearly six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis.
Boris Johnson’s Apology Is Part of a Long Tradition
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s self-abasing apology, for attending a party during a pandemic lockdown, joins a long list of mea culpas by the prominent and powerful.