Tag Archives: world leaders

Stop them … before they burn the whole region down

international peace and security

World leaders gather, these days, at the 77th session of the UNGA, and the main address for all speakers, from presidents and representatives of states, is international peace and security. The UN has achieved this in many places around the world, but failed to achieve in others, and perhaps the most important and most dangerous of which is the conflict here, in the Palestinian Territories.

In breach of diplomatic protocol; ‘don’t choose extinction’ dinosaur urges world leaders

diplomatic protocol

In a UN first, ferocious and talkative dinosaur bursts into the iconic General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York, with a special warning for any diplomats who still think climate action is for the birds.  

World leaders arrive for G7 summit in Cornwall, England

Leaders from the world’s largest developed economies arrived in Cornwall on Friday where they plan to address a number of ongoing crises. At least one of the announcements likely to be made at the in-person meeting, the first since 2019, is a pledge of one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to nations who need them. US President […]

Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens

Facebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders and politicians to use its platform to deceive the public or harass opponents despite being alerted to evidence of the wrongdoing. The Guardian has seen extensive internal documentation showing how Facebook handled more than 30 cases across 25 countries of politically manipulative behavior that was proactively detected by company […]