The Two Big Questions Surrounding Bill Gates’s Climate Memo

The Microsoft co-founder wrote a lengthy memo warning against climate alarmism. Will it change how people talk about the issue or who funds climate action?

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World Leaders Express Hope and Relief After Gaza Deal

Leaders welcomed the agreement between Israel and Hamas, projecting optimism that an end to the war could be near.

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At the UN, Trump Strikes Radically Different Tones in Public and Private

At the United Nations, world leaders got to see both sides of President Trump: bellicose in public and far more conciliatory in private.

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U.N. Security Council raises the alarm on the potential dangers of A.I.

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The Security Council warns of deteriorating conditions from the war in Gaza.

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Guterres Says the U.N.’s Principles ‘Are Under Siege.’

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U.N. Gathers Amid Its 80th Anniversary and a ‘Free Fall’

The wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan will hang over the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly next week in New York. So, too, will budget and identity crises.

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Israel Returned to War in Gaza Hoping to Break Hamas. It Achieved Few, if Any, Goals.

Israel ended a truce in Gaza in March, hoping to break Hamas. The move has heightened suffering for Palestinians but achieved few, if any, Israeli goals.

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U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says

In a speech on renewable energy, António Guterres cited “clear market distortion” in favor of fossil fuels by President Trump and others but called the transition to cleaner energy economically inevitable.

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U.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Moves From N.Y.

The instructions from the office of Secretary General António Guterres were reviewed by The New York Times and came after President Trump ordered a review of U.S. funding to the agency.

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