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It’s Not the Oscars: U.N. Speakers Love to Ignore Its 15-Minute Rule

The chronic flouting of the time limit for speeches highlights a fundamental feature of the United Nations: It is made up of sovereign states that it cannot force to do anything.

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Fidel Castro holds the General Assembly record for his four-and-a-half-hour address in 1960.
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Harry and Meghan Change Children’s School After Talks With Security Team

The couple’s private security team had raised concerns about the difficulty of securing the route to school in traffic, according to a family spokesman.

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Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in Bondi Beach, Australia, in April. The couple recently moved back to Britain from the United States with their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5.
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