Sweden, Finland and Switzerland are considering security links with US National Guard, general says
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guardโs security partnership program in a further expansion of U.S. military ties across Europe after Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine.
Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he's in โintense contactsโ with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets.
Britain pledges to come to Sweden's aid if attacked
Britain has signed a security assurance with Sweden which like its neighbor Finland is pondering whether to join NATO following Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine, pledging to โbolster military tiesโ in the event of a crisis and support both countries should they come under attack.
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic
Member state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. This year's annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters will be almost entirely "virtual." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)TANZANIA โ World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstanโs president, it was โa critical collapse of global cooperation.โโOur world has been turned upside down,โ said Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo. Switzerland's President Simonetta Sommaruga, one of the few women leaders to speak, said the pandemic โhas caused untold suffering in the world," with the most vulnerable hit hardest.