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A ‘Chaotic Race’ for the World’s Top Diplomat

The contest to replace António Guterres as U.N. secretary general has been jolted by last-minute entrants and deep divisions among members of the Security Council.

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The United Nations headquarters in New York City. The global body will replace António Guterres as secretary general.

U.S. Global Health Strategy Jeopardizes Prevention of Pandemics, Experts Warn

The Trump administration has been negotiating agreements with dozens of individual countries. Public health experts say a global agreement would be far more effective.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times

A burial crew carrying the body of a possible Ebola patient in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo in August.

U.S. Global Health Strategy Jeopardizes Prevention of Pandemics, Experts Warn

The Trump administration has been negotiating agreements with dozens of individual countries. Public health experts say a global agreement would be far more effective.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times

A burial crew carrying the body of a possible Ebola patient in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo in August.

Who’s Hiding Secrets About Dag Hammarskjöld’s Death?

The U.N. leader died in a plane crash in 1961. Many suspect foul play, but a lot of information still remains secret.

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Dag Hammarskjöld, the secretary general of the United Nations, in London in the mid-1950s.

Lana Nusseibeh’s U.N. Bid Collides With U.A.E.’s Role in Sudan

Lana Nusseibeh, one of the Gulf nation’s top diplomats, has led the effort to deny her country’s role in Sudan. Now it’s complicating her bid to become secretary general of the United Nations.

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Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates is a candidate to become the next secretary general of the United Nations.

Lana Nusseibeh’s U.N. Bid Collides With U.A.E.’s Role in Sudan

Lana Nusseibeh, one of the Gulf nation’s top diplomats, has led the effort to deny her country’s role in Sudan. Now it’s complicating her bid to become secretary general of the United Nations.

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Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates is a candidate to become the next secretary general of the United Nations.

North Korean Hackers Stole Billions, the F.B.I. Says. It’s Not Their First Heist.

This week’s $6.3 billion hack of Binance is the largest to hit crypto, and would be the most that North Koreans have stolen in years of brazen cybercrime.

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Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in 2025.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister: We’ll Outlast Trump

The Trump administration is carrying out the most intense pressure campaign on Cuba in decades. The Cuban government says its plan is simply to endure.

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Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla of Cuba during an interview with The New York Times this week.

Israel Has Committed Genocidal Acts in Gaza Since Cease-Fire, U.N. Human Rights Panel Says

The panel also accuses Israel of committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank. Israel condemned the report.

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An Israeli strike on a Gaza City mosque in July.

Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says

The assaults on infrastructure, which cut off heat and power on bitterly cold winter days, amounted to a crime against humanity, investigators said.

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Svitlana Zinoviyeva, left, and her daughter, Oleksandra Buzko, mounted a tent above the bed last winter to stay warm at home amid subzero temperatures, power outages and minimal to no heat in buildings across the city in Kyiv, Ukraine.

To Work With P.O.W.s, Ukrainians Suppress Feelings About the Enemy

Much has been said about how Ukraine should treat Russian prisoners of war. Less attention has been paid to the emotional struggle for the Ukrainians tasked with that work.

© Oksana Parafeniuk for The New York Times

America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the Security Council that international cooperation was needed to ensure that A.I. remains under human control.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that A.I.’s development had made its “upside more tangible, but also the stakes and risks more immediate.”
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