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U.N. Searches for Its Next Leader

António Guterres is stepping down in December after two terms as secretary general. No front-runner to succeed him has emerged so far.

© Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters

António Guterres, 77, is stepping down at year’s end after two terms as the U.N. secretary general.
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U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead

Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.

© Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Employees at a data training center of Spirit AI at the company’s headquarters in Beijing last week. Artificial intelligence will be the dominant theme of several meetings at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
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U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead

Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.

© Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Employees at a data training center of Spirit AI at the company’s headquarters in Beijing last week. Artificial intelligence will be the dominant theme of several meetings at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
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Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program

The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Vasily Nebenzya, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, condemned what he called “the destructive path of our Western colleagues” when it came to exerting pressure on Iran.
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