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Cuba in U.N. report: U.S. economic blockade violates international law
October 23, 2017The report claims that Cuba’s “situation began to worsen” under the Obama administration, despite diplomatic relations having been restored.
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Trump’s UN promises: War, racism, and an anti-communist crusade
September 22, 2017Trump revealed he is incapable of understanding our infinitely complex world, the existential crises we face, and the level of cooperation needed to solve them.
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UN action, plus direct talks, the way to solve DPRK issue
September 19, 2017Chinese President Xi made it clear a nuclear-armed, saber-rattling North Korea is just as unacceptable as a war.
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Trump threatens to “totally destroy” North Korea at United Nations
September 19, 2017The U.S. president belligerently threatened North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela, while pushing for a right-wing ultra-nationalist global alliance.
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This week in history: September 21 is World Peace Day
September 18, 2017In 1982, the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, to be devoted to commemorating...
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